Happy Halloween!

I'll be doing the monster mash all weekend. I can't wait to dress up and hand out candy!

Enjoy your Halloween! Be safe! Great work today....keep it up!

Hopefully you all aced today's quiz...if not, get an A on your homework!

This weekend, please complete the take home quiz provided in class for homework. If you lost yours or were absent, you can find the questions below.

• For a question that requires the graphing calculator, don't forget the links on the right!

As always, you must show work to receive credit! If you do not show work, I will not even accept your quiz!

Quiz Tomorrow! (Complex #'s)

If you have not yet turned in your stamps tomorrow is your last opportunity to do so!

Your only homework tonight is to study for tomorrow's quiz! I won't give you any extra after that long, tedious worksheet I gave you. (Sorry about that :) )

Tomorrow we'll start class with our complex numbers quiz. Here's a breakdown of what will be on it (all from section 2.4 in your textbook).

• Simplify powers of i (for instance, simplify i^31)
• Simplify radicals with and without negatives (a couple basic simplifying radicals, and a question like today's stamp problem)
• Adding/Subtracting complex #'s (just combine "like terms!"
• Multiply complex numbers ("foil" or "box method"; and remember, i^2 = -1)
• Divide complex numbers (multiply the numerator and denominator by the conjugate of the denominator)

This will be our first quiz grade of the second quarter...so study and get an A!

See you all tomorrow!

WinsDay

Tonight, please complete the worksheet (22 questions) regarding complex numbers provided in class. If you lost yours or you were absent, you can find the questions below.

Tuesday HW!

Today in class we...

• Discussed how to simplify various powers of i
• Quickly reviewed how to add/subtract/multiply complex numbers
• Defined "standard form" of a complex number
• Defined the "conjugate" of a complex number
• Divided complex numbers by multiplying the numerator and denominator by the conjugate of the denominator

Tonight, please complete the 11 problems provided in class for homework. If you lost yours, you can find the questions below.

Enjoy!

Take Home Test Due Tomorrow!

Happy Monday! Hopefully you all enjoyed your day back! We have a long week of work, and then 2 4-day weeks follow!

Also, the quarter ends Friday!

Tonight, please complete the 7 multiple-choice question take-home test provided in class Friday. If you lost it or you were out, you can find the take home test below.

Remember, you must show work or explain how you chose your answer for each question. If you don't, you will not receive credit!

Tomorrow we'll get back to work exploring complex numbers, and refresh our memories on the arithmetic operations with complex numbers! Wooo!

See you all tomorrow! Enjoy your afternoon!

Homecoming Weekend!

This weekend, please complete the take home multiple choice test provided in class. This will be collected and graded on Tuesday.

However, we will also potentially have a few book problems for homework on Tuesday, so it'd be a good idea to get your take home test done this weekend! It's only 7 questions!

**Remember, you must show some type of work or jot notes/thoughts down for each question, or you will not receive credit (read the top).**

Now, my two cents on what happened...

I know I joked around with some of you about what happened yesterday. I did not realize the seriousness of the issue at that time. What happened yesterday in the cafeteria was the opposite of safe, respectful, and responsible. As students, if you want to be treated like adults, if you want to be respected as equals, you must act that way. This weekend, be safe. Be smart. If you want to enjoy the fun activities that come with being an upperclassmen, you must act like an upperclassmen. I'm confident that most of you were not the instigators, and many of you were not even involved. It's a shame that you have to be lumped into a whole group. However, it is your responsibility to be leaders, and to act responsibly and refuse to support or participate in such stupidity. Every single one of you is better than that.

I love you guys. Keep being great people. But no more disappointing acts. Don't let irresponsible classmates make bad decisions and ruin things for everyone. If you know someone is going to do something, talk them out of it. If that's not an option, tell someone. Otherwise, everyone is to blame.

Alright, off my soapbox.

Have a great weekend! Be smart!

Test Tomorrow!

Study! Tomorrow we have our test on 2.1 to 2.3!  There are no graphing calculators allowed on the test and it is entirely open ended.

Here's a list of topics--this is exactly what's on the test! (with some thoughts about how to do each problem in parentheses):

• (Section 2.1) Write a quadratic in standard form given the equation in vertex form ("foil" or "box method," then distribute and combine like terms)
• (Section 2.1) Given a quadratic in standard form...
• Find the vertex (find the x coordinate with "-b/2a," then substitute this x-value to find y)
• Find the x-intercepts (set the equation =0, then factor or use the quadratic formula)
• Find the y-intercept (substitute 0 for x)
• Graph the quadratic (plot the points found above, then sketch a parabola)
• Write the equation in vertex form ( a(x-h)^2 + k)
• Write the equation in intercept form ((x-a)(x-b), where a,b are the x-intercepts you found)
• (Section 2.3) Divide polynomials using long division 
• (Section 2.2) Identify the degree and/or leading coefficient of a polynomial
• (Section 2.2) Describe the end behavior of a polynomial
• (Section 2.3) Divide using synthetic division
• (Section 2.3) Determine if a given term (for example, (x-5)) is a factor of a polynomial (divide, then check the remainder--if the remainder is 0, the term is a factor)
• (Section 2.2) Write the equation of a polynomial given its zeros (write the terms as (x-a)(x-b)(x-c), then multiply; a,b,c represent the x-intercepts given)
• (Section 2.2) Factor to find the x-intercepts of a function, then comment on the multiplicity (determine if the graph crosses (odd multiplicity) or bounces (even multiplicity) at each x-intercept
• (Section 2.3) Use synthetic substitution to evaluate a function (synthetically divide by the # given, and the remainder is the answer)
• (Section 2.2) Sketch the graph of a polynomial by hand
• Determine the end-behavior
• Find the zeros/describe the multiplicity of each (cross or bounce?)
• Find the y-intercept
• Sketch a graph
• (Section 2.3) Completely factor a polynomial given one of its factors (this is like #12 from the powerpoint classwork that was returned today)

Wednesday HW

Hummmp dayyyyy......I still love that commercial. Hump Day Commercial!

Tonight, please complete the following (test review) in your textbook:

Page 169-171: 3, 19, 23 (factor), 25, 27, 37, 47, 51

Great work on the review packet today! I loved seeing you all focused on your math, and more so, I loved seeing you all help one another to prepare for this test!

Tomorrow we'll spend our half day working on our review packet in the same groups.....and then on Friday it's TEST DAY!

Enjoy your evening!

No Homework?! Maybe

Tonight, please complete the 12 practice problems that we started in class. Tomorrow this will be collected and graded as part of our "classwork," so don't forget! You don't want a 0 on this assignment!

Tomorrow and Thursday we'll spend our time reviewing for Friday's test.

I will be here tomorrow after school if you need help! Thursday's a half day, so tomorrow is your last chance to come!

Spirit Week!

Let's have more spirit tomorrow...sports day! Dress up! Be pumped for math in the morning! WooooooooooOOoOOoooo!

Tonight, please start getting excited by completing the following in your textbook:

Page 124: 31, 33, 45, 47

Enjoy! Tomorrow we'll do some in-class practice, and then wrap up section 2.3 and review for our upcoming test!

**Our test will likely be split into 2 parts, multiple choice and open ended, over 2 days, Thursday and Friday. This is because we have only 30ish minute periods both days.**

It's the Wknd!

Hey.....keep up the great work! It's been a solid 2 days!

When we come back on Monday we'll talk about the remainder theorem and the factor theorem some more, and then we'll do some classwork practice.

This weekend, please complete the following in your textbook:

Page 123: 13,15,17,19,21

Enjoy! Have a great weekend! Rest up, relax your brain, get refreshed--we have a big week and a test coming up before the end of the marking period!

Thursday HW!

Tonight, please complete the following in your textbook (for some long division practice):

Page 123: 3, 5, 7, 9

Tomorrow we'll continue with "division of polynomials," and refresh our memories on synthetic division.

Great work today! Keep it up tomorrow!
Until then....go home, curl up on the couch with some sweatpants and some math problems, and have yourself a lazy, rainy day.

Before you know it it'll be the weekend again! :)

Another Take Home Quiz! Due Tomorrow!

Another take home quiz? Seriously?!

Yup. Get an A.

For homework, please complete the factoring take home quiz provided in class (or below!). This will be collected in class on Thursday (tomorrow)!

(No need to print this out; feel free to just copy the 5 questions onto separate paper and factor if you lost yours)

 

 

And remember...#3 is NOT a difference of 2 squares! (It's a sum, not a difference). You can only factor out the GCF!

3 Day Weekend!

Wooooooo!

While you're resting, relaxing, and enjoying your 3 day weekend, why not do a take home quiz too?

So this weekend, please complete the multiple choice take home quiz provided in class. Don't forget! Don't get a 0 on a quiz!

You must show work on the following questions, or you will not get credit: #2, 11, 12, 13, 14

Also, remember that we have a quiz on graphing polynomial functions (no graphing calculator) on Tuesday! We'll start with a stamp problem and look at our groupwork (we did a great job on the graphing), then take our quiz!

Extra Credit:
If you want to do some extra studying for our quiz, check out these problems in your textbook; bring them in on Tuesday with all work shown for xint, yint, and sketch the graphs (ignore the textbook directions):

• Page 109: 61, 65, 69; also, find the polynomial for #54
• (you may also want to review factoring by grouping and with 3 terms on your own)

Do your homework!

Remember, if there are any zeros on homework tomorrow the entire class will have extra homework over the long weekend! So do it! (I have bookwork and a multiple choice quiz...if we don't all do our homework, we'll have both over the weekend!)

Tonight, please complete the following in your textbook:
page 109: 1-8, 31, 41, 43, 45, 55

Tomorrow in class we'll...

• Finish our matching groupwork
• Answer any homework questions from the past 2 days
• Work in groups to graph (at least 2) polynomial functions by hand

 

Wed nes day HW!

Tonight, please complete the following in your textbook:

Page 109: 9,17,19,35,37,39,51,53

Tomorrow (in class) we'll finish talking about the "multiplicity of zeros" and then do some practice classwork. Friday we'll do some work with graphing, and then that's it! We'll have a short quiz on section 2.2 after our long weekend (most likely on Wednesday of next week).

See you all tomorrow! Enjoy your afternoon!

Tuesday HW!

Back to work!

Tonight's homework is short, but the two questions on the back require a graphing calculator. Use the links on the right if you don't have one! (or, stop by tomorrow morning before class to use one of mine).

• **To create an exponent with the online graphing calculator, use the "carrot" symbol ^. You can find it above the number 6 (hold shift, press 6)

Tonight, please complete the "Properties of Polynomials" worksheet I passed out in class. This should be a pretty short assignment! You can find the questions below if you lost yours!

See you all tomorrow for some factoring!

No homework?!

You got a night off!

Tonight, rest up, relax, and get ready for a week of hard work. Tomorrow we'll get back into our notes on polynomial functions (2.2)!

See you tomorrow!

Take Home Quiz!

This weekend, please complete the take home quiz provided in class! If you were absent (or lost it), you can find the quiz below! (You can either print it out or re-write it on separate paper).

Below you can see an answer key for last night's homework. This was the same as the quiz, just different equations! Use this to help you on the take home quiz!

It's almost Friday...

We're almost through another week...it feels like they're flying by to me!

Nice work today. You guys were awesome about helping each other out and working hard throughout the period. That's what I love to see! Keep it up!

Tonight, please complete the quadratics graphic organizer and graph the three functions. Remember, you don't have to fill in the "2 additional points" boxes.

Tomorrow we'll check our answers on these and get ready to move on to some new stuff!

Wed nes day HW

Great work the past two days! Tomorrow we'll put this into practice and do some graded assignments, and really get a sense of what we know...

Tonight, please complete the following in your textbook:

Page 95: 13 - 25 (odd)

• Find x-intercepts (aka zeros or solutions)
• Find the vertex
• (You also need to know how to find the y-intercept, so it would be good practice to do so)
• Graph (plot the stuff you found above)

And although I didn't check today's homework (you just did it because you're an awesome student), I definitely am checking this one. Enjoy!

See you all tomorrow!