Geometry assignment; March 27

We started a new chapter today, chapter 11.  This chapter deals with calculating the areas of a variety of different polygons.  Today's topic involved calculating the area and perimeter of rectangles.  We went over several sample problems before the students got started on their homework.

Assignment:  section 11-1;  page 426;  #1-22 all

Algebra 10-12 assignment; March 27

After reviewing with our last check quiz and entry task, the students took the test on multiplying polynomials today.  After the test they were able to work on an extra credit assignment if they chose to.

Assignment:  none  (extra credit was optional)

Algebra 10-12 assignment; March 26

We went over our homework and previous check quiz from the day before.  We also then reviewed a couple of problems dealing with multiplying polynomials before the students got started working on their review sheet.  At the end of the period, the students then took their final polynomials check quiz before correcting their review sheet.  The test on multiplying polynomials will take place tomorrow.

Assignment:  Multiplying polynomials review sheet

Geometry assignment; March 26

After turning in the chapter 9 review assignment, the students took the chapter 9 test in class today.

Assignment:  none

Algebra 10-12 assignment; March 25

We reviewed the special cases of multiplying polynomials today with our entry task and going over the homework.  The last topic in our unit on polynomials focused on multiplying any polynomial, and today that included binomials and trinomials.  We used a grid method ( 2x3, and 3x3) to accomplish our goal today, and the students saw several examples before getting started on their homework.

Tomorrow we will go through a review sheet in preparation for their test on Thursday.

Assignment:  Multiplying more polynomials worksheet  1-21 odd, 25-34 all

Test on Thursday

Geometry assignment; March 25

We spent time going over the homework today before reviewing for our chapter 9 test on circles together.  The students then got started on a review assignment out of the book in preparation for their test tomorrow.

Assignment:  Chapter 9 review;  page 369-370;  #1-24 all

Answers:

1.  chord, secant
2.  radius
3.  diameter
4.  inscribed in
5.  tangent line
6.  perpendicular
7.  10
8.  13 times radical 2
9.  100
10.  260
11.  angle YPW
12.  60
13.  120
14.  13
15.  in the same circle, if chords are congruent, then they are the same distance from the center of the circle
16.  75
17.  50, 50
18.  220, 140
19.  105
20.  30
21.  40
22.  12
23.  9
24.  square root of 55 or 7.4

Algebra 10-12 assignment; March 24

We went over our polynomials quiz today in class before spending some more time in working with special cases of multiplying polynomials.  We reviewed what we had done on Friday and then went over a few more examples before starting our homework.

Assignment:  Special Cases of Polynomials worksheet  #1-29 all, 33-38 all

Geometry assignment; March 24

We went over our homework today and reviewed the topic of solving quadratic equations with our entry task.  We then finished off the last section of the chapter that involved finding segment lengths in circles.  The last of three tools involves a secant and a tangent.  The students then got started on their homework assignment during the last part of the period.


Assignment:  Segment Lengths in Circles worksheet #2

Geometry assignment; March 21

We went over homework today and then started the last section of our chapter.  This section deals with the lengths of segments within circles.  We talked about two scenarios today:  segments that intersect inside a circle and segments that intersect outside a circle.  Both involve similar triangles and both involve short cuts to solving the problems.  We went over a few examples together and then the students got a start on their homework for the weekend.


Assignment:  Lengths of Segments worksheet;  do not do # 7 and #13

Algebra 10-12 assignment; March 21

We went over our entry task and homework today to begin the period.  The lesson today involved two shortcuts within the foil method.  One involved taking the difference of two squares, and the other involved squaring binomials.  We went over several samples together before then taking a short quiz over using the foil method.  After the students were done with their quiz, then they got started on their homework.


Assignment:  Specials cases of multiplying polynomials worksheet

Geometry assignment; March 20

Our classes were very short today, so we spent the time to go over the homework answers and then remind the students of an algebra topic that they will need in this final section.  The topic involved factoring a quadratic equation and then solving for x.  We went over a few examples together before I gave them a short review assignment.

Assignment:  factoring quadratics review worksheet  #1-10 all

Algebra 10-12 assignment; March 20

We had very short periods today, so we just went through our entry task and answered homework questions today.  We do have a quiz tomorrow, so the students do have a short homework assignment of 10 problems that involve reviewing the foil method.

Assignment:  Multiplying polynomials worksheet #3

Geometry assignment; March 18/19

These days are designated HSPE testing days, so not all the classes meet each day.  We continued our work with arcs in circles today, going over more complex problems involving angles both inside and outside of circles.  After a few more examples that we went over in class together, the students then got a start on their homework in class.


Assignment:  Other angles in circles worksheet  #1-20

Algebra 10-12 assignment; March 18/19

These days are designated HSPE testing days, so not all the classes meet each day.  We continued our work with multiplying polynomials today, as we got more work in with the FOIL method, as well as with the grid method of working with polynomials.  Larger exponents and polynomials with leading coefficients other than 1 were worked on together today before the students got started on their homework.

Assignment:  Multiplying Binomials worksheet #2

Geometry assignment; March 17

We spent time going over homework today before beginning section 9-6.  The topic that we dealt with today involved working with angles in circles that are neither inscribed nor central angles.  We worked through two different scenarios of angles inside a circle and then angles outside a circle.  The sample problems we went over helped the students get a start on their homework before leaving class.


Homework:  section 9-6;  page 359-360;  #1-21 all

Algebra 10-12 assignment; March 17

We got our test back today that the students took on Friday.  Test corrections are due on Thursday on a separate sheet of paper.

We started working on multiplying polynomials today by reviewing the distributive property and also using the FOIL method of working with polynomials.  FOIL stands for first, outside, inside, and last.  It involves the way in which a polynomial can be multiplied together.  The like terms are then combined and the answer is complete.

Assignment:  multiplying polynomials worksheet

Geometry assignment; March 14

We went over our quiz together that the students had taken earlier in the week to start the class off.  We then continued working with inscribed angles today, showing the last concept of how these angles are used in solving problems.  The students then started work on their 2nd assignment from this section.

Assignment:  Section 9-5;  page 354;  #1-9 all  +  Inscribed angle worksheet #2  #1-12 all

Algebra 10-12 assignment; March 14

After answering some final review questions before the test, the students took the exponents and polynomials test in class today.  Once they finished, they then got started on their homework for the weekend, which was a review worksheets dealing with adding and subtracting polynomials.


Assignment:  adding and subtracting polynomials worksheet

Geometry assignment; March 13

We continued on in our study of circles today, going into section 9-5 and introducing the concept of inscribed angles.  The students saw 4 different scenarios of how inscribed angles are used and applied in problem solving before getting a start on their homework.


Assignment:  Inscribed angles worksheet packet  #1-24 all

Algebra 10-12 assignment; March 13

We spent time today going over homework and a previous quiz from earlier in the week.  We then reviewed several topics together that will be covered on tomorrow's test.  The students spent the last portion of the period independently working on their review sheet for the test.  They were able to check their review sheet at the end of the period so they could use it to study.


Assignment:  Exponents and Polynomials Review Sheet

Algebra 10-12 assignment; March 12

After going over our homework, we worked on subtracting polynomials today and covered the concept of getting the additive inverse.  We practice a few examples together before getting started on our homework in class.


Assignment:  Subtracting Polynomials worksheet;  #1-6 all, 7-29 odd

Geometry assignment; March 12

After going over homework, we took the chapter 9 quiz in class today that covers section 9-1 to 9-4.  After the quiz, the students got started on their homework.

Assignment:  Section 9-3 practice WS;  #1-7 all  (one side);  #1, 3, 6  (other side)

Geometry assignment; March 11

We continued working with arcs and chords out of section 9-4 today.  We also did more review for the quiz tomorrow.  The key concept today dealt with determining the chord length once the distance from the center of a circle is known.

Assignment:  section 9-4;  page 347;  #1-13 all;  page 349;  Self-Test 1;  #1-3, 5, 6

Algebra 10-12 assignment; March 11

We worked on more polynomial skills today, focusing on adding polynomials.  This involves adding like terms, yet we also worked on a method of adding polynomials using columns.


Assignment:  Addition of Polynomials worksheet;  #1-4 all, 5-15 odd;  16-24 even

Geometry assignment; March 10

We introduced section 9-4 today that deals with the relationships between arcs and chords in circles.  We went over several problems together, as well as did some review for the quiz coming up on Wednesday.

Assignment:  Arcs and Chords worksheet  #1-14 all

Algebra 10-12 assignment; March 10

We continued our work with polynomials today by going over the concepts of putting polynomials in ascending and descending order.  We also worked on evaluating polynomials for a particular value substituted into the polynomial.

Assignment:  Evaluating polynomials worksheet;  #1-12 all,  15-35 odd

Geometry assignment; March 7

We continued working with arcs and central angles today.  We went over the specifics of the arc addition postulate, and how it is different from the segment addition postulate.  We also went through a few examples of problems dealing with central angles, unknown values, and algebraic equations.  The students got started on their homework towards the end of the period.

Assignment:  arcs and central angles worksheet

Algebra 10-12 assignment; March 7

We used our entry task to review scientific notation conversion and calculation.  We also spent some time reviewing the rules of exponents together before taking our final exponents quiz.  After the quiz, the students got started on the assignment dealing with more practice of combining like terms.


Assignment:  combining like terms worksheet

Algebra 10-12 assignment; March 6

We went over our exponents quiz today after the entry task.  This was the second of three short quizzes on exponents that we will be taking.  The third one is tomorrow.  We kept working on polynomials today with more work on adding like terms and then covering the topic of degrees of a polynomial.  After a few examples together, the students spent the last portion of the period working on their homework.


Assignment:  Degrees of Polynomials worksheet

Algebra 10-12 assignment; March 5

We reviewed exponents and scientific notation again in our entry task today, as well as when we went over the homework.  Our topic of study today focused on the basic parts of a polynomial.  We went over how to name a polynomial  (monomial, binomial, trinomial, etc.), how to identify terms and coefficients, and how to collect like terms.  After the notes, we took a short quiz on exponents before getting started on the homework.

Assignment:  Polynomial introduction worksheet  #1-39 odd

Geometry assignment; March 6

We went over homework today and then started the next section on arcs and central angles.  We introduced several new terms and symbols today in dealing with arcs in a circle.  We also went through several examples of how to calculate arc values as they pertain to the entire circle.  We used the total amount of 360 degrees a lot in our calculations.


Assignment:  section 9-3;  page 341;  classroom exercises  #1-13 all
page 341-342;  written exercises  #1-11 all

Geometry assignment; March 5

We continued working with tangents to circles today.  Our topics for this lesson included common tangents between two circles.  The common tangents can be internal or external, and will vary in number depending on how the circles are arranged.  Calculation problems were shown in how to work with common tangents before the students got started on their homework.

Assignment:  page 335  classroom exercises  #1-3;  page 335-336   written exercises  #1-6, 8, 10;  page 337   mixed review exercises #1-3

Geometry assignment; March 4

We went over our chapter 8 test today before going through the lesson.  Today's lesson dealt with tangent lines and circles and how calculation problems can be solved using tangents to circles.  We walked through several examples before getting started on our homework at the end of the period.


Assignment:  Tangents to Circles worksheet

Algebra 10-12 assignment; March 4

We continued working with scientific notation today, expanding our study into doing operations with scientific notation.  We also reviewed working with exponents together during the entry task and with the homework.

We will have a short quiz on exponents tomorrow during the period.

Assignment:  operations with scientific notation worksheet

Algebra 10-12 assignment; March 3

We went over our exponents quiz from last Friday as well as our homework over the weekend.  We will continue working with exponents as we progress through this week.  Today's topic dealt with scientific notation and exponents.  Converting between standard notation and scientific notation were the skills that were worked on today.  The students got started on their homework before finishing up the period.

Assignment:  Scientific notation worksheet and exponent review worksheet

Geometry assignment; March 3

We began our unit on circles today with an introduction to some new terms as well as a review of some calculations that the students have seen before in previous math classes.  Radius, circumference, area, diameter, center, secant, tangent, chord, and point of tangency were all discussed and demonstrated.  Working with congruent and similar circles and concentric circles were also aspects of this unit that students were introduced to.

Homework:  circle calculation worksheet #1-9 all;  section 9-1;  page 330;  classroom exercises #1-10 all