| Q4 W11 |
5/27/11 |
Friday |
Class:
No school - teacher work day :-).
Homework:
(1.) Summer vacation!
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| Q4 W11 |
5/26/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Periods 6 & 7 take the Semester 2 Exam.
Everyone checkout for the rest of the afternoon.
Homework:
(1.) Enjoy your summer vacation you crazy kids.
(2.) Know that Mr. C. loves all of you :-).
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| Q4 W11 |
5/25/11 |
Wednesday |
Class:
Review for Semester Exam.
Periods 1 & 2 take the Semester 2 Exam.
Homework:
(1.) Study for Semester Exam.
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| Q4 W11 |
5/24/11 |
Tuesday |
Class:
Review for Semester Exam.
Periods 3, 4,& 5 take the Semester 2 Exam.
Homework:
(1.) Study for Semester Exam.
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| Q4 W11 |
5/23/11 |
Monday |
Class:
Review for Semester Exam.
Homework:
(1.) Study for Semester Exam.
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| Q4 W10 |
5/20/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Dog Wars - afternoon.
Practice Worksheet for Semester 2 Exam - click here for copy.
Time Permitting:
Programming and Geometry using the Processing computer language.
Click here to download Processing - free download.
Homework:
(1.) Study for Semester 2 Exam and for the ACT.
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| Q4 W10 |
5/19/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Awards Day - morning.
Practice Worksheet for Semester 2 Exam - click here for copy.
Time Permitting:
Programming and Geometry using the Processing computer language.
Click here to download Processing - free download.
Homework:
(1.) Study for Semester 2 Exam and for the ACT.
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| Q4 W10 |
5/18/11 |
Wednesday |
Class:
Practice Worksheet for Semester 2 Exam - click here for copy.
Time Permitting:
Programming and Geometry using the Processing computer language.
Click here to download Processing - free download.
Homework:
(1.) Study for Semester 2 Exam and for the ACT.
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| Q4 W10 |
5/17/11 |
Tuesday |
Class:
Class Basketball Finals - afternoon.
Practice Worksheet for Semester 2 Exam - click here for copy.
Time Permitting:
Programming and Geometry using the Processing computer language.
Click here to download Processing - free download.
Homework:
(1.) Study for Semester 2 Exam and for the ACT.
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| Q4 W10 |
5/16/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 9-7, Transformations With Matrices
Homework:
(1.) Read Chapter 9-7.
(2.) Page 509, #4, 6, 8, 10.
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| Q4 W9 |
5/13/11 |
Friday |
Class:
ACT Practice Test - No. 33 to 60 - click here for copy.
ACT Practice Test answers for all - click here for copy.
Evaluate ACT practice Test Score - click here for scoring form.
Homework:
(1.) Study ACT Worked Out Practice Test Answers 33-60 - click here for copy.
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| Q4 W9 |
5/12/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
ACT Practice Test - No. 1 to 32 - click here for copy.
Homework:
(1.) Study ACT Worked Out Practice Test Answers 1-32 - click here for copy.
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| Q4 W9 |
5/11/11 |
Wednesday |
Class:
Quarter 4 Exam 2.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q4 W9 |
5/10/11 |
Tuesday |
Class:
Individual Graded Work - Q4HW7.
Homework:
(1.) Q4HW7 - click here for copy.
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| Q4 W9 |
5/9/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Continue Ch. 9-1, reflections in the X-Y Coordinate Plane.
Homework:
(1.) Page 468, #27, 29 to 32.
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| Q4 W8 |
5/6/11 |
Friday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Period 2 ==> practice reflections.
Period 6 ==> Cinco De Mayo Celebration.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q4 W8 |
5/5/11 |
Thursday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Return/review graded Q4Quiz5.
Intro. to Ch. 9, Transformations.
Ch. 9-1, Reflections.
Homework:
(1.) Page 467, #5-7, 12-17, 24,25.
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| Q4 W8 |
5/4/11 |
Wednesday |
Class:
Quarter 4 Quiz 5.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q4 W8 |
5/3/11 |
Tuesday |
Class:
Individual Graded Work - Q4HW6.
Homework:
(1.) Q4HW6 - click here for copy.
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| Q4 W8 |
5/2/11 |
Monday |
Class:
Homework review.
Practice worksheet - coordinates in space - click here for copy.
X-Y-Z graph paper - full size - click here for copy.
X-Y-Z axes - 2 per page - click here for copy.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q4 W7 |
4/29/11 |
Friday |
No School - Tornado Recovery.
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| Q4 W7 |
4/28/11 |
Thursday |
No School - Tornado Recovery.
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| Q4 W7 |
4/27/11 |
Wednesday |
No School - Tornadoes.
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| Q4 W7 |
4/26/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
"Sink the 3D Sub".
Homework:
(1.) Page 717, #11, 16, 17, 20.
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| Q4 W7 |
4/25/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 13-5, Coordinates in Space.
Homework:
(1.) Page 717, #2, 4, 5, 6, 7.
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| Q4 W6 |
4/22/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Quarter 4 Quiz 4.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q4 W6 |
4/21/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Individual Graded Work - Q4HW5.
Homework:
(1.) Q4HW5 - click here for copy.
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| Q4 W6 |
4/20/11 |
Wednesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Practice Worksheet - Inverse Functions of Linear Equations. See class notes for copy.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q4 W6 |
4/19/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Using the composition of functions to prove that functions are inverses of each other.
Definition of "one-to-one" functions.
Homework:
(1.) Six(6) problems - see class notes.
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| Q4 W6 |
4/18/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Definition of Inverse Functions.
Finding the inverse of linear functions.
Homework:
(1.) Find inverse function and graph f(x), f-1(x), and dashed y=x:
- y=f(x)=2x-4
- y=f(x)=(1/2)x+3
- y=f(x)=4x-1
- y=f(x)=(-3/4)x+6
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| Q4 W5 |
4/11/11 - 4/15/11 |
Monday - Friday |
No School - Spring Break!
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| Q4 W4 |
4/8/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Introduction to the three 'logarithm rules" - click here for copy.
Return/review Quarter 4 Exam 1.
Homework:
(1.) Enjoy Spring Break! Go play outside :-).
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| Q4 W4 |
4/7/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Quarter 4 Exam 1.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q4 W4 |
4/6/11 |
Wednesday |
Class:
Individual Graded Work - Q4HW4.
Homework:
(1.) Q4HW4 - click here for copy.
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| Q4 W4 |
4/5/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Logarithms ==> recall: a logarithm is an exponent!
Homework:
(1.) Practice HW4 worksheet (see class notes for copy).
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| Q4 W4 |
4/4/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Introduction to Matrices.
Dimensions of a matrix, scalar multiplication.
Adding, subtracting, and multiplying matrices.
Homework:
(1.) Page 753, #13-23 odd.
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| Q4 W3 |
4/1/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Quarter 4 Quiz 3.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q4 W3 |
3/31/11 |
Thursday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Compound interest rate problems.
Individual Graded Work - Q4HW3.
Homework:
(1.) Q4HW3 - click here for copy.
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| Q4 W3 |
3/30/11 |
Wednesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
The "general form" of the exponential function.
Solving exponential growth and decay problems.
Homework:
(1.) Practice Worksheet (see Monday class notes) - # 10-28 even.
(2.) Two exponential growth/decay problems (see class notes).
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| Q4 W3 |
3/29/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Simplifying fractional exponents.
Definition of Exponential Functions ==> y=a(b)x.
Graphing Exponential Functions
Homework:
(1.) Practice Worksheet (see Monday class notes) - # 9-27 odd.
(2.) Graph y=3x and y=(1/3)x
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| Q4 W3 |
3/28/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Review of the six exponent rules - click here for copy.
The 7th Exponent Rule ==> The Fractional Exponent Rule.
Homework:
(1.) Practice Worksheet (see class notes) - # 1-8.
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| Q4 W2 |
3/25/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Quarter 4 Quiz 2.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q4 W2 |
3/24/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Individual Graded Work - Q4HW2.
Homework:
(1.) Q4HW2 - click here for copy.
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| Q4 W2 |
3/23/11 |
Wednesday |
Class:
Period 2 ==> Field Trip to Tech. Center.
Period 6 ==> Practice for IGW tomorrow.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q4 W2 |
3/22/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Return/review graded Quiz 1 & Homework 1.
Continue 13-1, Volume of Prisms and Cylinders. Group practice: Page 692-693, #17, 25-27.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q4 W2 |
3/21/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 13-1, Volume of Prisms and Cylinders.
Homework:
(1.) Page 691, #1-6.
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| Q4 W1 |
3/18/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Quarter 4 Quiz 1.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q4 W1 |
3/17/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Individual Graded Work - Q4HW1.
Homework:
(1.) Q4HW1 - click here for copy.
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| Q4 W1 |
3/16/11 |
Wednesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Continue Ch. 12-4, practice finding the surface area of cylinders.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q4 W1 |
3/15/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Ch. 12-4, Surface Area of Cylinders.
Homework:
(1.) Page 657, #4-7.
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| Q4 W1 |
3/14/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Happy Pi Day!
Ch. 12-3, Surface Area of Prisms.
Homework:
(1.) Page 651, #6, 8, 9, 11.
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| Q3 W10 |
3/11/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Quarter 3 Exam 2.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W10 |
3/10/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Practice for Exam 2 - Practice Worksheet #2 - click here for copy.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W10 |
3/9/11 |
Wednesday |
Class:
Practice for Exam 2 - Practice Worksheet #1 - click here for copy.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W10 |
3/8/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 12-2, Nets and Surface Area.
Interactive Nets at Learner.org - better than reading the net folding instructions.
Homework:
(1.) Page 645, #5-7 (nets optional).
(2.) Page 648, #50-53.
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| Q3 W10 |
3/7/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 12-1, Three Dimensional Figures.
Interactive Isometric Drawing Tool - very cool.
Spinning Platonic Solids - and more! At MathIsFun.com.
Half-inch isomtric dot paper (use for the corner drawing in homework) - click here.
Homework:
(1.) Page 639, #1-8.
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| Q3 W9 |
3/4/11 |
Friday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Ch. 11-5, Geometric Probability.
Homework:
(1.) Bull's Eye vs Triple Score Question - see class notes.
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| Q3 W9 |
3/3/11 |
Thursday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 11-3, Area of Regular Polygons and Circles.
Homework:
(1.) Page 613, #3, 6, 14, 19.
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| Q3 W9 |
3/2/11 |
Wednesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Period 2 ==> AHSGE.
Period 6 ==> Mini ACT Topic Review: Complex Numbers.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W9 |
3/1/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Period 2 ==> AHSGE.
Period 6 ==> Mini ACT Topic Review: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W9 |
2/28/11 |
Monday |
Class:
Period 2 ==> AHSGE.
Period 6 ==> Installing and Using GeoGebra.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W8 |
2/25/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Q3Quiz6.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W8 |
2/24/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
IGW: Q3HW7.
Homework:
(1.) Q3HW7 - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W8 |
2/23/11 |
Wednesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Ch. 11-2, Area of Triangles and Trapezoids.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W8 |
2/22/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Properties of Parallelograms.
Ch. 11-1, Area of Parallelograms.
Homework:
(1.) Page 598, #3 to 5, 15 to 17.
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| Q3 W8 |
2/21/11 |
Monday |
Class:
Q3Quiz5.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W7 |
2/18/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Review for Q3Quiz5.
Homework:
(1.) Review for Q3Quiz5.
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| Q3 W7 |
2/17/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Homework review.
IGW: Q3HW6.
Homework:
(1.) Q3HW6 - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W7 |
2/16/11 |
Wednesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Continue Ch. 10-6, finding the measure of an exterior angle to a circle that is formed by a secant-secant, secant-tangent, or tangent-tangent.
Homework:
(1.) Page 565, #21, 23, 25 to 27,
(2.) Page 579, #39.
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| Q3 W7 |
2/15/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Return/review graded Q3Exam1 (time permitting).
Practice converting from the General Form to the Center-Radius Form of the equation of a circle.
Homework:
(1.) Finish practice "circle equation" worksheet (see class notes).
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| Q3 W7 |
2/14/11 |
Monday |
Class:
Per. 2 ==> Installing and Using GeoGebra.
Using GeoGebra to find the Incenter and Circumcenter of a triangle.
Per. 6 ==> Q3Exam1.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W6 |
2/11/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Q3Exam1 (Per. 6 delayed due to power outage).
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W6 |
2/10/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Continue IGW: Q3HW5.
Homework:
(1.) Q3HW5 - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W6 |
2/9/11 |
Wednesday |
Class:
Homework review.
Practice for Exam1.
Begin IGW: Q3HW5.
Homework:
(1.) Q3HW5 - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W6 |
2/8/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 10-6, Secants, Tangents, and Angle Measures.
Ch. 10-8, Equations of a Circle. The "center-radius" form and general form. How to switch from general form to "center-radius form by completing the square for x and y.
Homework:
(1.) Page 564, #12-14,
(2.) Page 577-578, #3, 4, 6, 7, 10-12.
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| Q3 W6 |
2/7/11 |
Monday |
Class:
Q3Quiz4.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W5 |
2/4/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Q3 Quiz4 deferred to Monday due to weather delay.
Continue work on Q3HW4 Worksheet.
Homework:
(1.) Q3HW4 - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W5 |
2/3/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Individual Graded Work - Q3HW4 Worksheet.
Homework:
(1.) Q3HW4 - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W5 |
2/2/11 |
Wednesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Definitions: incenter and circumcenter of a triangle.
Constructions: drawing a circle incribed within and circumscribed around a triangle.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W5 |
2/1/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Ch. 10-5, Tangents.
Construction: Tangent to circle from point outside circle.
Homework:
(1.) Page 555, #8, 9, 12, 14, 15,
(2.) Page 557, #29, 30.
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| Q3 W5 |
1/31/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
ACT practice (2 problems), return/review graded HW3/Quiz3 (time permitting).
Ch. 10-4, Inscribed Angles.
Homework:
(1.) Page 549, #8, 9, 13.
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| Q3 W4 |
1/28/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Q3 Quiz3.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W4 |
1/27/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Individual Graded Work - Q3HW3 Worksheet.
Homework:
(1.) Q3HW3 - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W4 |
1/26/11 |
Wednesday |
Class:
Homework review - click here for worked out answers.
Individual Graded Work - Q3HW3 Worksheet.
Homework:
(1.) Q3HW3 - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W4 |
1/25/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 10-3, Arcs and Chords.
Homework:
(1.) Page 534, #47-50, 52,
(2.) Page 540-541, #11-17 odd, 23-25, 39.
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| Q3 W4 |
1/24/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Ch. 10-2, Angles and Arcs.
Homework:
(1.) Page 532-533, #1-13 odd, 20, 32.
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| Q3 W3 |
1/21/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Quarter 3 Quiz 2.
* Semester 1 Report Cards Issued in Homerooms.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W3 |
1/20/11 |
Thursday |
Class:
Individual Graded Work -- Quarter 3 Homework 2.
Homework:
(1.) Q3HW2 - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W3 |
1/19/11 |
Wednesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Homework review.
Practice: circle and triangle properties.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W3 |
1/18/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
ACT Practice/Homework review.
Practice verifying Trigonometric Identities.
Ch. 10-1, Circles and Circumference.
Homework:
(1.) Verify 4 Trig. Identities (see class notes),
(2.) Page 526, #21-27, 44, 46, 52.
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| Q3 W3 |
1/17/11 |
Monday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Trigonemtric Identities (textbook page 391).
Verifying Trigonometric Identities.
The Reciprocal Identities, the Pythagorean Identities, sin(x)/cos(x) = tan(x).
Homework:
(1.) Memorize today's definitions and Identities.
(2.) Verify: cot2(x) + 1 = csc2(x)
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| Q3 W2 |
1/10 - 1/14/11 |
Monday-Friday |
|
No School - Snow/Ice Week!
|
| Q3 W1 |
1/07/11 |
Friday |
Class:
Quarter 3 Quiz 1.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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| Q3 W1 |
1/06/11 |
Thursday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Individual Graded Work -- Quarter 3 Homework 1.
Homework:
(1.) Q3HW1 - click here for copy.
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| Q3 W1 |
1/05/11 |
Wednesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
The special case: using the Law of Cosines and the Quadratic Formula to solve SSA triangles .
The "Ambiguous Case of the Law of Sines".
Homework:
Solve the following triangles:
(1) A=82 deg., a=9, b=12.
(2) A=105 deg., a=18, b=14.
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| Q3 W1 |
1/04/11 |
Tuesday |
Class: (today's class notes - click here)
Welcome Back!. *Start of Quarter 3*
The Law of Cosines.
Using the Law of Cosines for SAS and SSS triangles.
Homework:
(1.) Page 388, #20, 21.
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| Q3 W1 |
1/03/11 |
Monday |
Class:
NO SCHOOL - TEACHER WORK DAY.
BEGIN SEMESTER 2.
Homework:
(1.) None.
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