Sorry... Week #8 EC

My fault.  I meant to post the EC on Thursday but apparently I forgot to push PUBLISH.  You have until before school Tuesday morning to complete the EC.

Wednesday 9/26

Today we had started studying for our test tomorrow.

Homework: Preview Test 8

Solutions

Tuesday 9/25

Today we continued solving equations.  Remember to follow all four steps:

1. Distribute
2. Move all variables to one side and combine.
3. Move all constants to the other side and combine.
4. Solve for the variable (by dividing).

Assignment #30
Red Book: P. 147 #19-39 odd

Be sure to check your answers in the back of the book!!!

Monday 9/24

Today we learned how to solve multi-step equations with one variable.  The PowerPoint of today's notes can be found here: Notes #16.  For a video, see below:
*Notice the notes and assignment numbers in the video are wrong.

HW#29: P. 72 #1-15, 29-33 odd
               P. 79 #13-17 odd

Be sure to check your answers in the back of the book!!!

Friday 9/21

7 weeks down! Go Bears!!! Here is this week's extra credit:

Thursday 9/20

Today we practiced the common assessment again.

Homework: #28 CA 2 Preview (Mulitple Choice)

Solutions

Wednesday 9/19

Today we worked on the #27 Common Assessment #2 Preview worksheet for Friday's common assessment.  We will continue to work on this review sheet in class tomorrow.

Answer Key

The following is a 3 part video that covers all the questions from the common assessment with different numbers (Side A of the worksheet).  The video has a mistake which has been corrected on the answer key.  Problem #2 on the A side should have a -6 in the box and constants cancel so that the answer is 5x^2 + 8x. If you have any questions please comment on this post.

Part 1:

Wednesday 9/19 Cont.

Part 2:

Wednesday 9/19 Cont.

Part 3:

Tuesday 9/18

Today we spent a lot of time covering last nights homework.  We also took some quick notes on factoring difference of squares problems.  Tonight's homework is our first review of all types of factoring.

Notes #15

HW #26: P. 418 #51-69 odd

Be sure to check your answers in the back of the book!!!

Monday 9/17

Today we learned how to factor trinomials of the form ax^2 + bx + c.  For notes we worked through two examples together and then we worked out the first three problems of the homework.  Hint (that was shared in class): this is a complicated process, sum up the steps you use to solve each problem and use it as a checklist.  My checklist would look like this:
1.) Magic x
2.) Put b on bottom
3.) Multiply a and c to get top number
4.) Think of two numbers that multiply to be the top number and add to be the bottom
5.) Draw a line through X to transform into SUPER X
6.) Place ax on top of both sides
7.) Reduce each side as if it was a fraction
8.) Rewrite reduced fractions as factors

Notes #14

HW #25: P. 401 #1-27 odd

Be sure to check your answers in the back of the book!!!

Friday 9/14

Six weeks down! We can't root for the Bears this weekend so I'll encourage you to root against the other teams in the NFC North.  You could also root for the Halos! Have a great weekend!!!

Thursday 9/13

Today we did our preview test. We are getting ready for test 6 tomorrow! Study the preview and make sure you can do everything on it!

Preview test
Solutions

Wednesday 9/12

Today in class we continued to learn how to factor.  While we did not take notes, we worked on assignment

#22 P. 397 #43-53 odd

 #23 Factoring Worksheet (only do the first 20 problems!!!)
Answer Key

Tuesday 9/11

Today we began factoring trinomials of the form x^2 + bx + c using the magic x as a tool.

Notes #13

HW #21: P. 397 #1-29, 33-37

Monday 9/10

Today we learned how to factor out a Greatest Common Factor.

Notes #12

HW #20 : P.377 #13-23, 35-39

Friday 9/7

Five weeks down...  Have a great weekend! Here's this week's extra credit: