Algebra 10-12 assignment; April 29

After going over our homework, we continued working on simplifying radicals today by including variables and polynomials in what we could work with under the radical sign.  After going through several examples together, the students then got started on their homework in class.


Assignment:  Simplifying variables with radicals worksheet;  #2-20 evens, #21-26 all; #28-38 evens

Geometry assignment; April 29

We went over our chapter 11 test today and continued working on the properties of prisms.  We went over a few more examples together before starting to put together a formula notecard.  These notecards can be used on tests and quizzes.  The students then got started on their homework in class.


Assignment:  Surface Area and Volume of Prisms worksheet

Algebra 10-12 assignment; April 28

We got back our factoring test today and went over it as the students had a chance to correct their mistakes.  We then got started on the next unit of study which involves working with radical expressions.  Today's lesson involved work on simplifying radical expressions and factoring out perfect squares.  After going over several sample problems together, the students then got started on their homework at the end of the period.


Assignment:  Simplifying radicals worksheet #1-20

Geometry assignment; April 28

We began chapter 12 today working with 3-D objects.  The new terms that we introduced today involved finding the surface area and volume of various types of prisms.  Each one of these values is a combination of the area calculations that we have been working with in chapter 11.  After going through several sample problems together, the students got started on their homework at the end of the period.


Assignment:  section 12-1;  page 478;  #1-5, 7-11, 13, 14

Geometry assignment; April 25

After turning in the review assignment for Chapter 11, we took the test on Chapter 11 today in class.  There was an extra credit opportunity for the students to work on at the end of the test if they chose to.

Assignment:  extra credit opportunity

Algebra 10-12 assignment; April 25

After going over our review sheet and entry task, we took the test on our factoring unit today in class.  There was an extra credit opportunity for the students to work on at the end of the test if they chose to.


Assignment:  extra credit option

Geometry assignment; April 24

We went over our homework today before going through 4 review problems in preparation for the test tomorrow.  The students started working on a review assignment out of the book during the last part of the period.  Review guides for the test were also handed out before the end of the class.  Test on chapter 11 is tomorrow.

Assignment:  Chapter 11 review ;  page 470;  #1-23 all   (omit 5, 15, 17, 20)


Answers to the review questions appear below:

1.  64
2.  8 times radical 5
3.  18 square cm
4.  240
6.  perimeter = 24 + 8 radical 3;     area = 32 radical 3
7.  7
8.  24
9.  perimeter = 30 + 4 radical 2;    area = 52
10.  36 square meters
11.  9 radical 3
12.  6 radical 3 square cm
13.  circumference = 188.4;     area = 2826
14.  22 cm
16.  18 pi
18.  169/4 pi - 30
19.  16 pi
21.  area ratio is 1:4
22.  75
23.  9/25

Algebra 10-12 assignment; April 24

We went over our homework and a few more examples of using factoring to solve quadratics today in class.  The bulk of the class time was then spent working on a review sheet for the test tomorrow.  At the end of period, the students were given the answers to the review sheet so that they could use it to check their work and study for their test tomorrow.

Assignment:  Review Sheet for Factoring Unit

Geometry assignment; April 23

We introduced the topic of geometric probability today by using the area of various figures to determine the chances of certain events occurring.  We reviewed some basic probability ideas before taking a look at how they apply in geometric problems.  The students then got started on their homework at the end of the period.


Assignment:  Geometric probability worksheet

Algebra 10-12 assignment; April 23

After going over our homework and entry task, we introduced the concept of how to use factoring to solve polynomials.  Once a polynomial is factored, both factors are then set equal to zero in order to solve for both possibilities of the variable.  After working through several problems together, the students then got started on their homework.

Assignment:  Solving quadratics by factoring worksheet

Geometry assignment; April 22

We worked on section 11-7 today dealing with the ratio of areas between similar polygons.  We studied scale factors, perimeter ratios, and area ratios.  We then used these ratios to solve a variety of problems.


Assignment:  Ratio of Areas and Similarity worksheet

Algebra 10-12 assignment; April 22

We spent time today working on a combination of all the factoring skills that we have acquired during this unit.  We created a note card to use during the test and spent time going over several different types of problems:  GCF, sum and product puzzles, AC method, and grouping.  The students then got started on their homework assignment;

Assignment:  Factoring overview worksheet

Algebra 10-12 assignment; April 21

The students got back their factoring quiz today that they took last Friday.  We then started over our next topic that involves factoring the difference of perfect squares.  We went over several examples together before getting started on our homework at the end of the period.

Assignment:  Factoring Difference of Squares WS;  1-8 all;  10-46 evens

Geometry assignment; April 21

We went over our quiz from last week before getting started on today's lesson.  We continued to work on finding the areas of sectors and the lengths of arcs today.  We focused on using the areas of sectors to find the radius values of circles and various other areas inside of a circle and an inscribed triangle.  The students got started on their assignment at the end of the period.


Assignment:  Section 11-6 worksheet   #1-12 all

Geometry assignment; April 18th

We quickly went over our homework assignment before getting started on the quiz today.  The quiz was over finding the area of regular polygons.

After the quiz, the students got started on their homework assignment.


Assignment:  Determining areas of irregular shapes   #1-6

Algebra 10-12 assignment; April 18th

After going over our homework and working through an entry task to review our factoring skills,  the students took a quiz on factoring today covering factoring by grouping and the AC method of factoring.  After they were done, they worked on an extra credit assignment.


Assignment:  extra credit polynomials worksheet

Geometry assignment; April 17

We spent time today introducing the concept of arc lengths and sector areas in circles.  Both of these figures involve working with a fraction of a circle that is found by using the central angle and then comparing it to the entire 360 degrees of the circle.  We did a few problems together before getting started on the homework problems.


Assignment:  section 11-6;  page 453;  classroom exercises  #1-4;  written exercises #1-10

Algebra 10-12 assignment; April 17

After going over our homework and entry task, we did some more work with the AC factoring method today.   The new topic of the day was how to take out a GCF first before using the AC method to finish off the problem.  We got started on our homework after the lesson was completed.


Assignment:  AC factoring method worksheet #2;  #31-40

Algebra 10-12 assignment; April 16

After going over homework problems, we introduced the topic of factoring using the AC method and grouping.  This method involves the most steps of our factoring skills, so we will spend a couple of days working on it together.

Assignment:  AC factoring method worksheet  #1-16 all

Geometry assignment; April 16

After going over our homework, we introduced the topic of finding areas and perimeters of circles.  We went over the difference between an exact value and an approximate value, as well as showing how circles are used in a variety of word problems and ones involving compound shapes.


Assignment:  section 11-5;  page 448-449;  #1-17 all

Geometry assignment; April 15th

We continued working with regular polygons today, working more problems with special right triangles and trig functions to solve for the apothem, radius, perimeter, and area of regular polygons.

The students then got a start on their assignment at the end of the period.

Assignment:  area of regular polygons worksheet  1-10 all;  11-19 odds

Algebra 10-12 assignment; April 15

We continued working with factoring by grouping today.  The concepts that we added were factoring out negative terms and factoring out GCF from the final factored answers.

Assignment:  Factoring by Grouping worksheet #2

Geometry assignment; April 14

We got back our quiz from last week and went over that before getting started on the new topic for today:  working with the area of regular polygons.  We introduced drawings and terms that included the radius of a polygon and the apothem of a polygon.  We then worked a few examples together of how to determine the area of regular polygons.


Assignment:  Section 11-4;  page 443;  #1-12 all

Algebra 10-12 assignment; April 14

We introduced another form of factoring today:  factoring by grouping.  This method allows the students to break down polynomials with 4 terms.  We went over 4 examples together in class before the students got started on their assignment.

Assignment:  Factoring by Grouping worksheet

Algebra 10-12 assignment; April 11

We went over our homework and practiced this week's factoring skills one more time through the entry task today before taking the factoring quiz.  After the quiz, the students then got started on their homework assignment for the weekend.

Assignment:  Factoring Trinomials worksheet  #1-18

Geometry assignment; April 11

We spent a few minutes going over our homework and making final preparations on the note card for taking the quiz today.  Once those questions were answered, the students then got started on their quiz on areas of polygons.


After the quiz, the students got started on their homework assignment for the weekend.


Assignment:  Area of triangles and trapezoids worksheet  #1-20

Algebra 10-12 assignment; April 10

We reviewed our factoring skills with quadratics today, as well as the method of finding greatest common factors.  After going over the homework and entry task, we focused on working with quadratics that have a lead coefficient other than 1.  In working with these types of quadratics, we factored out the GCF first before using the sum and product puzzle to complete the factoring.  We did several problems together before the students got started on their homework at the end of the period.

Our first quiz on factoring will take place tomorrow.

Assignment:  Using GCF and Standard Quadratics WS   #1-26 all

Geometry assignment; April 10

We continued our work with areas of polygons today by reviewing the homework and making a formula notecard for the quiz tomorrow.  We went over some sample area problems that involve perimeter in class before starting the assignment that deals with more practice problems.

Assignment:  area of polygons worksheet


Answers appear below  (all the answers are listed, but not all the problems were assigned)

Section 11-2 side

1.  231 square inches
2.  72 square millimeters
3.  160 square inches
4.  264 square cm
5.  99 square cm
6.  115 square mm
7.  7 cm
8.  19 inches
9.  8 times square root of 5   (or 17.9)
10.  16 times square root of 3   (or 27.7)
11.  400 square cm
12.  x squared - 25
13.  length = 20 cm;  width = 15 cm
14.  96
15.  $1000
16.  70.7 square feet]


Section 11-3 side

1.  45
2.  200
3.  208
4.  56 times square root of 3    (97.0)
5.  297
6.  108
7.  7
8.  8
9.  220
10.  height = 16;  perimeter = 136
11.  area = 160;  median = 20
12.  height = 16
13.  33 km
14.  128 square feet

Algebra 10-12 assignment; April 9th

We reviewed what we have learned about factoring and sum and product puzzles through our entry task and going over homework.  We then got started on working with standard form polynomials in the quadratic form.  We will be working on factoring these types of equations for the next several days.  Today was an intro to the process and involved showing the students how to use the sum and product puzzles in order to factor these expressions.


Assignment:  factoring polynomials worksheet #1 ;  #1-30 all

Geometry assignment; April 9th

After going over our homework, we introduced the topic of finding the area of trapezoids.  We used triangles again, and came up with another formula to add to our tool box of working with polygons.  After going over several examples together in class, the students then got started working on their assignment.

We will be having a quiz on sections 11-1 to 11-4 on Friday.


Assignment:  section 11-3;  page 436-437;  #2-8 evens,  9-16 all, 18-20 all

Algebra 10-12 assignment; April 8th

We continued working on factoring today, going over the possibility of polynomials that are prime and cannot factor.  We also started working with product and sum puzzles that we will use as we start to factor polynomials without using a GCF.


Assignment:  Product and sum puzzles + GCF factoring WS

Geometry assignment; April 8th

We went over our homework from yesterday and did a short entry task in reviewing the areas of triangles and parallelograms.  We then spent time going over several problem together in working on areas of rhombuses.  The students then got started on their homework at the end of the period.  We now have 4 area formulas that we can use:  rectangle, parallelogram, triangle, and rhombus.

We will be having a quiz on these shapes on Friday.

Assignment:  section 11-2;  page 431-432;  classroom exercises #4-9;  written exercises #4, 14, 17, 21-24

Geometry assignment; April 7th

We continued our work with determining the areas of various shapes today.  Today's topics were calculating the area of parallelograms and triangles.  We worked through several problems together for each topic and then the students got started on their homework.


Assignment:  compound shape worksheet  #1-6 all;  section 11-2;  page 431, #1-16 all  (don't do #4 and 14)

Algebra 10-12 assignment; April 7th

1st day of the 4th quarter.  We began our unit on factoring polynomials today with a quick review of factor trees and finding the greatest common factor between two different numbers.  We went over several examples of how to take out the greatest common factor from monomials, binomials, and trinomials before getting started on the homework.

Assignment:  Finding GCF worksheet;  #1-20 all, 21-41 odd

Geometry assignment; March 28

We went over our homework and then got back the test from chapter 9 today.  After answering questions on each of those pieces of work, the students then worked on a problem solving activity involving index cards during the rest of our shortened periods.  There is no homework over spring break.

Assignment:  none

Algebra 10-12 assignment; March 28

We went over our polynomials test today before working on a problem solving activity during our shortened periods.  The students did not have an assignment over spring break.

Assignment:  none