Algebra 10-12 assignment; Jan. 30

We introduced the method of solving systems of equations by elimination today.  We also took a quick check quiz at the end of the period.

assignment:  Elimination worksheet #1

Geometry assignment; Jan. 30

We went over our quiz from earlier in the week as well yesterday's homework.  The remainder of the period was spent working on a review worksheet that emphasized section 7-6.  The students were given answers to the first page of the review worksheet.  The answers to the second page appear below.

Assignment:  chapter 7 review worksheets


Answers to second sheet:

1.  48
2.  20
3.  12
4.  12
5.  10
6.  40
7.  10
8.  7
9.  10
10.  11
11.  6
12.  10

Algebra 10-12 assignment; Jan. 29

We continued to work with solving systems of equations by substitution today.  We also took a quick check quiz at the end of the period.

assignment:  substitution worksheet #3

Geometry assignment; Jan. 29

We covered the second half of section 7-6 today dealing with proportional lengths.  We introduced the concepts of proportions between transversals that cut through three parallel lines.  We also showed how to work with angle bisectors in triangles in terms of proportional lengths.

assignment:  section 7-6;  page 272-273;  2, 6-11, 20-22

worksheet #7-12

Algebra 10-12 assignment; Jan. 28

We continued to work with solving systems of equations by substitution today.  We also took a quick check quiz at the end of the period.

assignment:  substitution worksheet #2

Geometry assignment; Jan. 28

We went over the first part of section 7-6 today dealing with proportional lengths in triangles.  This theorem is known as the side-splitter theorem and can be used with lines parallel to the base of a triangle.

Assignment:  section 7-6;  page 272;  #1, 3-5, 12, 15, 16

worksheet questions #1-6

Algebra 10-12 assignment; Jan. 27

We spent some time today reviewing solving systems of equations by graphing with our entry task.  We then continued to study how to solve systems of equations by substitution.

Assignment:  Substitution worksheet;  #1-15 odd, 17, 18, 20

Geometry assignment; Jan. 27

After going over our homework, we took a homework check quiz in class today.  The assignment was a similarity worksheet on sections 7-4 and 7-5 that the students started on after the quiz.

Assignment:  similarity worksheet;  don't do questions 10-12

Algebra 10-12 assignment; Jan. 24

We introduced the second method of working with systems of equations today:  solving by substitution.  We will be working on substitution for the next few days with both systems of equations that we are given and systems of equations that we create using word problems.


Assignment:  section 7-2 in book;  page 384-385;  #5, 9, 11, 13-15, 34, 36

Geometry assignment; Jan. 24

We went over next two types of similarity theorems today in class:  SSS and SAS for similar triangles.  The proofs for these theorems involve showing that the corresponding sides are proportional through the use of equivalent fractions.

We will go over the homework on Monday before taking a quiz on Monday as well over sections 7-4 and 7-5.

Our test for chapter 7 is scheduled for Friday of next week.

Assignment:  Section 7-5;  page 266;  #1-12 all

Geometry assignment; Jan. 23

We spent today continuing to work on similarity proofs.  We also went over a few word problems involving diagrams and similar triangle proportions.

Assignment:  Similar Polygons worksheet +  page 259  #23, 25

Algebra 10-12 assignment; Jan. 23

We spent another day working on solving systems of equations by graphing.  Today's emphasis was to convert into slope intercept first before graphing.  We also took a look at what parallel lines and overlapping lines do in terms of solutions for systems of equations.

Parallel lines have not solutions, while overlapping lines are the same line and have infinitely many solutions.

Assignment:  Solving systems by graphing worksheet #2

Geometry assignment; Jan. 22

Today is the first day of 2nd semester, so we talked some about final grades and semester finals.  The grades will be posted tomorrow and I'll pass back the finals then as well.

We continued on today with our study of similarity.  Today's topic dealt with using the AA similarity postulate to write similarity proofs.  We also did some similarity calculation problems in the process of the lesson.

Assignment:  section 7-4;  page 257-259;  #1-13 all, 15, 21, 24

Algebra 10-12 assignment; Jan. 22

Today is the first day of the second semester, so we talked some about semester grades and semester finals from last week.  We then got right into our next unit which is on systems of equations.  The lesson today was on solving systems of equations using graphing.  We reviewed how to graph lines from slope intercept forms and then started solving systems by graphing.  We got started on our homework during the last 15 minutes of the period.

Assignment:  Systems of Equations graphing WS #1

Geometry assignment; Jan. 14

We spent time in class today reviewing for the final.  The focus today was on chapters 3 and 4 involving parallel lines and congruent triangles.  Once we went over a few problems together, the students then had time to work in class on their review packets.


Assignment:  Finals review packet #2

Algebra 10-12 assignment; Jan. 14

We spent more time today reviewing in class for our final exam.  The topics that we reviewed today involved equations and inequalities.  The students then started work on a review packet in class.  At the end of the period, the students checked their review packet from yesterday.


Assignment:  Finals review packet #2

Geometry assignment; Jan. 13

After going over homework, we took our chapter 7 quiz on similarity in class today.  The students also got the first of their 3 review packets today that they will be working on to prepare for the semester final.  After finishing the quiz today, they got started working on the first one.

Assignment:  Final review packet #1

Algebra 10-12 assignment; Jan. 13

We began our review for the final today in class by going over some problems out of chapters 1 and 2 together.  The students then started working on their review packet for the day in class.  They will receive 1 packet per day each of the next three days to work on in class and as homework to prepare for the final exam on Thursday.

Assignment:  Final Review Packet #1

Geometry assignment; Jan. 10

We continued working on scale factor and types of similarity problems today.  We went over problems involving rotated figures and overlapping figures today in class.

Our quiz on the first part of chapter 7 will take place on Monday.


Assignment:  Similar polygons worksheet  (1-6 all);  solving proportions worksheet  (evens only)

Algebra 10-12 assignment; Jan. 10

We took the test on the statistics unit today in class

No assignment over the weekend.

Geometry assignment: Jan. 9

We introduced the concept of similar figures today in geometry and the notation that goes along with them.  We worked with the scale factor between two figures and went through several types of example problems together.

Assignment:  section 7-3;  page 250  classroom exercises  #1-10 all ;  page 251,  written ex.  #15-22 all, 24, 25

Algebra 10-12 assignment; Jan. 9

We spent time reviewing in class today in preparation for tomorrow's statistics unit test.  We also talked through several different types of correlation problems.

Assignment:  Statistics Unit review sheet

Geometry assignment; Jan. 8

Today's lesson focused on the different properties of proportions that can be used in solving geometry problems.  Several different versions of cross multiplication were shown and practiced.  We then began to work on some elementary proportion problems involving geometric figures.

Assignment:  Section 7-2;  page 247;  #1-26 all

Algebra 10-12 assignment; Jan. 8

We continued our work with scatter plots today.  The goal of today's lesson was how to interpret scatter plots once they have been made.  The concepts of strong and weak positive and negative correlations were covered and practiced.

Assignment:  Interpreting Scatter Plots worksheet

Geometry assignment; Jan. 7

We went over section 7-1 in class today which deals with ratios and proportions.  We spent time working on sample problems that used ratios and geometry figures to solve problems.  We also went over problems that involved simplifying ratios that need to be converted to the same unit.

Assignment:  section 7-1;  page 243-244;  #1-23 all, 24, 26, 28, 30

Algebra 10-12 assignment; Jan. 7

We introduced the concept of scatter plots today and went over how to construct them from a set of data.

Assignment:  scatter plot graphs using 4 data sets

Geometry assignment; Jan. 6

We spent some time reviewing some of the concepts of triangle inequalities, as well as doing a little algebra review with factoring and simplifying fractions.

Assignment:  inequality worksheet plus page 237 in book, #1-18 all

Algebra 10-12 assignment; Jan. 6

We reviewed our statistics topics today in class after going over the stats quiz that we took just before Christmas break.  We focused on stem and leaf plots and box and whisker plots.


Assignment:  Stats review worksheet