Algebra 2

About college recommendations

2011-06-21T06:54:00.000-04:00

If you are in the Class of 2012 and want me to write one of your college recommendations, see this information page on recommendations. The first step is to complete a brief survey and give it to me by June 22. Next, return to that page [updated link -- URL changed 9/28/11] in September for instructions about what you'll need to do in the fall. If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me over the summer.

Class Mon. 6/20

2011-06-20T07:00:00.001-04:00

If you weren't in class on Monday, you can download the two things you missed from FirstClass:

A survey to complete about your experience in the class.
A computer lab activity that introduces Wolfram Alpha.

No HW due Mon. 6/20

2011-06-17T06:58:00.000-04:00

There's no homework for the post-exam weekend.

Final Exam Fri. 6/17

2011-06-13T06:57:00.001-04:00

The final exam is on Friday. Please arrive at the exam room (241 for E block, 174 for F block) by 10:50 a.m. and plan to stay through 1:00 p.m. in case you need the extended time that is offered to all students.

HW for Mon. 6/13 - Thu. 6/16

2011-06-10T06:56:00.000-04:00

Finish the remaining problems of the final exam review.

HW due Fri. 6/10

2011-06-08T06:56:00.001-04:00

Finish Part 3 of the final exam review.

HW due Wed. 6/8 (E) or Thu. 6/9 (F)

2011-06-07T06:55:00.000-04:00

Finish Part 2 of the final exam review.

HW due Tue. 6/7 (E) or Wed. 6/8 (F)

2011-06-06T18:51:00.001-04:00

Finish Part 1 of the final exam review.

HW due Mon. 6/6 (E block only)

2011-06-03T18:49:00.001-04:00

Finish the problem set "Complex number system."

HW due Fri. 6/3 (E) or Mon. 6/6 (F)

2011-06-01T08:17:00.000-04:00

Finish the problem set "Quadratic equations: complex solutions."

HW due Wed. 6/1 (E) or Fri. 6/3 (F)

2011-05-31T00:54:00.000-04:00

Finish the problem set "Review: quadratic equation solving."

No HW due Tue. 5/31 (E) or Wed. 6/1 (F)

2011-05-27T00:51:00.000-04:00

There's no homework over the holiday weekend.

Test Fri. 5/27

2011-05-25T00:50:00.001-04:00

Friday we will have our end-of-unit test on probability. Class time on Wednesday and/or Thursday was devoted to working on review problems. Homework is to finish the review problems and study for the test.

HW due Wed. 5/25

2011-05-23T06:53:00.000-04:00

Finish the problem set "Probability simulations."

HW due Mon. 5/23 (F) or Tue. 5/24 (E)

2011-05-20T06:52:00.000-04:00

Finish the problem set "Conditional probability - Part 3."

HW due Fri. 5/20 (F) or Mon. 5/23 (E)

2011-05-19T06:51:00.000-04:00

Finish the problem set "Conditional probability - Part 2."

HW due Thu. 5/19 (F) or Fri. 5/20 (E)

2011-05-18T09:55:00.001-04:00

Finish the problem set "Conditional probability."

HW due Wed. 5/18

2011-05-16T10:54:00.000-04:00

Finish the problem set "Probability: dice sums."

HW due and Quiz on Mon. 5/16

2011-05-13T13:29:00.000-04:00

Monday 5/16 we will have a quiz on probability. Friday 5/13 we worked on the problem set "Probability Review 1." Your homework is to finish the review problems and study for the quiz.

HW due Fri. 5/13

2011-05-11T04:48:00.002-04:00

Finish the problem set "Expected value."

HW due Wed. 5/11 (E) or Thu. 5/12 (F)

2011-05-10T04:49:00.001-04:00

Finish the problem set "Probability: repeated binomial experiments."

HW due Tue. 5/10 (E) or Wed. 5/11 (F)

2011-05-09T09:29:00.000-04:00

Finish the problem set "Probability: dependent and independent."

HW due Mon. 5/9

2011-05-06T09:25:00.004-04:00

Finish the problem set "Probabilities involving and, or, not."

HW due Fri. 5/6

2011-05-04T11:13:00.001-04:00

Finish the problem set "Probability: introduction."

Test on Wed. 5/4 (E) or Thu. 5/5 (F)

2011-05-03T08:00:00.002-04:00

We will have a short test on Wed. 5/4 (E block) or Thu. 5/5 (F block). Most of the test will be on counting. There will also be one matrix multiplication problem.

In class the day before the test, we worked on the problem set "Counting review." Your homework is to finish the review problems, check your answers, and study for the test.

HW due Tue. 5/3 (E) or Wed. 5/4 (F)

2011-05-02T07:58:00.000-04:00

Finish the problem set "The Binomial Theorem."

HW due Mon. 5/2

2011-04-29T08:10:00.002-04:00

Finish the problem set "Counting (Part 3): More combinations."

HW due Fri. 4/29

2011-04-27T08:15:00.001-04:00

Finish the problem set "Counting (Part 2): Combinations."

HW due Wed. 4/27 (E) or Thu. 4/28 (F)

2011-04-26T12:43:00.001-04:00

Finish the problem set "Counting (Part 1): Multiplication, Factorials, Permutations."

HW due Tue. 4/26 (E) or Wed. 4/27 (F)

2011-04-25T08:25:00.001-04:00

Finish the problem set "Matrix Multiplication."

No HW due Mon. 4/25

2011-04-15T06:00:00.000-04:00

There's no homework over the vacation.

Test Fri. 4/15

2011-04-13T07:57:00.000-04:00

We have a test Friday on linear systems and matrices. See the review packet for a topic outline.

At the preceding class we worked on the problem set "Review: systems and matrices." Your homework is to finish this review problem set, check your answers, and study for the test.

HW due Wed. 4/13 (E) or Thu. 4/14 (F)

2011-04-12T07:53:00.002-04:00

Finish the problem set "Reduced matrix from calculator."

HW due Tue. 4/12 (E) or Wed. 4/13 (F)

2011-04-11T14:51:00.000-04:00

Finish the computer lab "Solving systems using the Matrix Row Operations Tool." If you were absent, you can get the lab packet in FirstClass. Here's a link to the Matrix Row Operations Tool.

HW due Mon. 4/11

2011-04-08T07:41:00.002-04:00

Finish the packet "Matrix elimination with three variables."

Next week: Computer lab in room 700 on Mon. 4/11; test on Fri. 4/15.

HW due Fri. 4/8 (F block only)

2011-04-07T07:40:00.000-04:00

Finish the packet "Solving linear systems by matrix elimination (Day 2)."

HW due Fri. 4/8 (E block only)

2011-04-06T06:17:00.002-04:00

Finish the packets on the matrix elimination method from Tuesday 4/5 and Wednesday 4/6.

HW due Thu. 4/7 (F block only)

2011-04-06T06:14:00.002-04:00

Finish the packet "Solving linear systems: matrix elimination method."

No HW due Wed. 4/6 (E block only)

2011-04-05T07:07:00.002-04:00

Tuesday in class we began the packet "Solving linear systems: matrix elimination method" but you do not have to finish it Tuesday night. We will continue the packet in class on Wednesday.

HW due Tue. 4/5 (E) or Wed. 4/6 (F)

2011-04-04T07:05:00.001-04:00

Finish the packet "Solving linear systems: elimination method."

Test announcement: The test for our linear systems unit will be on Friday 4/15.

HW due Mon. 4/4

2011-04-01T07:05:00.000-04:00

Finish the packet "Solving linear systems: substitution method."

HW due Fri. 4/1

2011-03-30T12:31:00.001-04:00

Finish the packet "Functions in pieces: an application."

HW due Wed. 3/30 (E) or Thu. 3/31 (F)

2011-03-29T09:24:00.001-04:00

Finish the problem set "Functions defined in pieces."

No HW due Tue. 3/29 (E) or Wed. 3/30 (F)

2011-03-28T09:23:00.000-04:00

There's no homework due at the class following the cumulative test.

Test Mon. 3/28

2011-03-25T06:28:00.000-04:00

We will have a cumulative test covering the whole course, from the beginning up to the polynomials unit that we finished recently.

Friday in class we worked on a second set of review problems "Cumulative Test 3 Review (Day 2)." Your homework is to finish the review problems if not already done, check your answers, and study for the test.

HW due Fri. 3/25 (F block only)

2011-03-24T10:38:00.002-04:00

In the review packets for Cumulative Test 3, do problems 11-16. (These problems appear at the end of review packet 1 and the beginning of review packet 2.)

HW due Fri. 3/25 (E block only)

2011-03-23T19:11:00.003-04:00

Finish the packet "Review for Cumulative Test 3 (Day 1)."

HW due Thu. 3/24 (F block only)

2011-03-23T19:10:00.002-04:00

In the packet "Review for Cumulative Test 3 (Day 1)" do problems 1-10.

HW due and Mini-quiz on Wed. 3/23

2011-03-21T21:52:00.000-04:00

Homework is to finish the problem set "Completing-the-square for circles."

During class on Wednesday, we will have a mini-quiz on circles -- just a couple of questions based on the two days we spent on this topic.

Looking ahead, there will be a cumulative test on Monday 3/28.

HW due Mon. 3/21

2011-03-18T10:19:00.001-04:00

Finish the problem set "Equations of Circles."

No HW due Fri. 3/18

2011-03-17T08:34:00.002-04:00

Since we just had a full-period test, there's no homework due Friday.

Announcement of future test: On Monday 3/28 we will have a cumulative test covering the whole course so far (up to the end of the Polynomials unit).

Test Wed. 3/16 (E) or Thu. 3/17 (F)

2011-03-15T12:36:00.000-04:00

Test on two topics: (1) polynomial functions, (2) transformations. A more detailed review outline was distributed in class.

In class the day before the test, we worked on a review problem set "Polynomial functions: last review." Your homework is to finish those review problems and study for the test.

HW due Tue. 3/15 (E) or Wed. 3/16 (F)

2011-03-14T12:52:00.000-04:00

Finish the problem set "Transformations Review."

HW due Mon. 3/14

2011-03-11T12:33:00.000-05:00

Finish the problem set "More graphical transformations."

HW due Fri. 3/11

2011-03-09T12:32:00.000-05:00

Finish the problem set "Graphs of |x| and squareroot(x), and their translations."

HW due Wed. 3/9 (E) or Thu. 3/10 (F)

2011-03-08T11:21:00.002-05:00

Finish the problem set "Writing function formulas for polynomials."

HW due and Quiz on Tue. 3/8 (E) or Wed. 3/9 (F)

2011-03-07T09:27:00.002-05:00

Finish the problem set "Polynomial graphing practice." At our next class (Tue. for E block, Wed. for F block) there will be a no-calculator quiz on polynomial graphing.

HW due Mon. 3/7

2011-03-04T14:43:00.000-05:00

Finish the handout problem set "Translations of power function graphs."

Upcoming: Quiz Tue. 3/8 on polynomial graphing.

HW due Fri. 3/4

2011-03-02T06:15:00.000-05:00

Finish the problem set "Polynomial graphs using multiplicity."

HW due Wed. 3/2 (E) or Thu. 3/3 (F)

2011-03-01T06:10:00.002-05:00

Finish the problem set "Polynomial graphs: end behavior and zeros."

HW due Tue. 3/1 (E) or Wed. 3/2 (F)

2011-02-28T09:29:00.002-05:00

Finish the problem set "Graphs of power functions and monomials."

Form due Mon. 2/28

2011-02-18T00:01:00.001-05:00

There's no math to do over the vacation, but you do need to think about which math course you want to take next year, and hand in the "Senior-year math course options" form on Monday 2/28.

Quiz Fri. 2/18

2011-02-16T06:40:00.000-05:00

Quiz on what we have covered so far about polynomial functions. At the preceding class (Wed. E block or Thu. F block) we worked on a set of review problems. Your homework is to finish the review problems, check your answers, and study for the quiz.

HW due Wed. 2/16 (E) or Thu. 2/17 (F)

2011-02-15T05:15:00.001-05:00

Finish the problem set "Further dividing and factoring."

HW due Tue. 2/15 (E) or Wed. 2/16 (F)

2011-02-14T05:14:00.002-05:00

Finish the problem set "Polynomial applications."

Upcoming: Quiz this Friday 2/18 on polynomials.

HW due Mon. 2/14

2011-02-11T08:34:00.001-05:00

Finish the problem set "More dividing and factoring."

HW due Fri. 2/11

2011-02-09T10:19:00.002-05:00

Finish the problem set "Dividing polynomials."

HW due Wed. 2/9 (E) or Thu. 2/10 (F)

2011-02-08T11:01:00.001-05:00

Finish the problem set "Polynomial arithmetic."

HW due Tue. 2/8 (E) or Wed. 2/9 (F)

2011-02-07T11:01:00.000-05:00

Finish the problem set "Polynomial functions (introduction)."

Quiz Mon. 2/7

2011-02-04T15:35:00.002-05:00

On Monday 2/7 we'll have a quiz where you will need to convert quadratic functions back-and-forth between f(x) formulas and graphs without using a calculator.

Friday in class, we worked on the packet "Additional review: quadratic functions and graphs." Your homework is to finish this review packet and study for the quiz.

HW due Fri. 2/4

2011-01-31T13:54:00.005-05:00

Finish the problem set "More quadratic functions and graphs."

Upcoming: We will have a quiz Monday on quadratic function formulas and graphs (going both ways without a calculator).

HW due Mon. 1/31 (E) or Thu. 2/3 (F)

2011-01-28T12:28:00.004-05:00

Finish the problem set "Writing function formulas for quadratic graphs."

HW due Fri. 1/28 (E) or Mon. 1/31 (F)

2011-01-26T10:17:00.000-05:00

Finish the problem set "Quadratics with Irrational Zeros."

HW due Wed. 1/26 (E) or Fri. 1/28 (F)

2011-01-25T19:04:00.002-05:00

Finish the problem set "Graphing quadratic functions by hand."

No HW due Tue. 1/25 (E) or Wed. 1/26 (F)

2011-01-24T18:58:00.000-05:00

No homework due at the class following the cumulative test.

Cumulative Test Mon. 1/24

2011-01-20T05:04:00.000-05:00

The cumulative test is now scheduled for Monday 1/24 for both classes.

HW due Thu. 1/20 (F block) or Fri. 1/21 (E block)

2011-01-19T05:03:00.002-05:00

Finish the review problem set "Cumulative Test 2 - Review 2."

HW due Wed. 1/19

2011-01-14T18:25:00.001-05:00

Finish the review problem set "Cumulative Test 2 - Review 1" which is the beginning of our review for a cumulative test covering the whole course from September through December.

Test Fri. 1/14

2011-01-11T18:23:00.000-05:00

Test Friday on quadratic functions. At the preceding class (Tue. 1/11 for E block, Thu. 1/13 for F block) we worked on a set of review problems.

HW due Tue. 1/11 (E) or Wed. 1/12 (F)

2011-01-10T10:11:00.002-05:00

Finish today's problem set "Quadratic functions: putting it all together."

HW due Mon. 1/10

2011-01-07T07:38:00.001-05:00

Finish the problem set "Equation solving using completing the square."

HW due Fri. 1/7

2011-01-05T12:36:00.001-05:00

Finish the packet "Completing the square (Day 2)."

HW due Wed. 1/5 or Thu. 1/6

2011-01-04T12:35:00.000-05:00

Finish the packet "Completing the square (Day 1)."

no HW due Thu. 12/23 or Tue. 1/4

2010-12-22T07:00:00.001-05:00

F block class has no homework due Thu. 12/23, but please be on-time for class. We'll be going to the a capella concert for the class period.

For both classes, there's no homework over the vacation. Enjoy! Happy holidays and travels. See you in 2011.

HW 12/20-12/21 and Test Wed. 12/22

2010-12-20T08:26:00.000-05:00

Test Wed. 12/22 on what we have covered so far about quadratic functions.

The classwork and homework for Mon. 12/20 and/or Tue. 12/21 is to complete a set of review problems, check the answers, and prepare for the test.

Class Fri. 12/17 and HW due Mon. 12/20

2010-12-17T10:41:00.002-05:00

If you were absent on Fri. 12/17, you missed two things:

We had a just-for-practice, not-for-a-grade cumulative quiz. See me early next week about making it up.
The homework is the problem set "Geometry applications of quadratics."

HW due Fri. 12/17

2010-12-15T12:49:00.002-05:00

Finish the problem set "Vertex form."

Upcoming: We will have a test Wed. 12/22 on what we've covered so far about quadratic functions.

HW due Wed. 12/15 (E) or Thu. 12/16 (F)

2010-12-14T05:41:00.000-05:00

Finish the problem set "Finding the vertex."

HW due Tue. 12/14 (E) or Wed. 12/15 (F)

2010-12-13T09:15:00.001-05:00

Finish the problem set "The Quadratic Formula."

HW due and Quiz on Mon. 12/13

2010-12-10T06:36:00.001-05:00

Finish the problem set "Some shortcuts to factors and zeros."

Also, Monday we will have a short quiz just on factoring (including using factoring to find zeros and solve equations).

HW due Fri. 12/10

2010-12-08T06:40:00.002-05:00

Finish the problem set "More factoring and equation solving."

Upcoming: Monday 12/13 we will have a short quiz on factoring.

HW due Wed. 12/8 (E) or Thu. 12/9 (F)

2010-12-07T19:05:00.001-05:00

Finish the problem set "Zeros of quadratics by factoring."

HW due Tue. 12/7 (E) or Wed. 12/8 (F)

2010-12-06T10:01:00.002-05:00

Finish today's problem set "Quadratic functions: zeros and solutions."

no HW due Mon. 12/6

2010-12-03T10:04:00.000-05:00

Since we just had a test, there's no weekend homework.

HW due and Test on Fri. 12/3

2010-12-02T08:22:00.000-05:00

Friday 12/3 we'll have a no-calculator test on exponents, logarithms, and exponent properties.

In class Wed. 12/1 (E) or Thu. 12/2 (F), we worked on a 3rd set of review problems. Your homework is to finish any review problems that you haven't already done, check the answers to all the review problems, and study for the test.

Hw due Wed. 12/1 (E) or Thu. 12/2 (F)

2010-11-30T08:25:00.001-05:00

Finish the problem set "Exponents and logs: no-calculator review (Day 2)."

Coming up on Friday 12/3: Test on exponents and logs (no-calculator).

HW due Tue. 11/30 (E) or Wed. 12/1 (F)

2010-11-29T08:24:00.000-05:00

Finish the problem set "Exponents and logs: no-calculator review (Day 1)."

Class Tue. 11/23 (E) or 11/24 (F)

2010-11-23T15:29:00.000-05:00

In class Tue. 11/23 (E block) or Wed. 11/24 (F block) we completed the problem set "Exponent properties with fraction exponents."

There's no homework over the vacation. Happy Thanksgiving!

HW due Tue. 11/21 (E) or Wed. 11/22 (F)

2010-11-22T08:20:00.000-05:00

Finish the problem set "Fraction exponents."

Note: There were different versions of this assignment for E block versus F block. If you were absent so you are downloading a copy from FirstClass, make sure you get the right version for your class (E vs. F in the filename).

HW due Mon. 11/20

2010-11-19T12:36:00.001-05:00

Finish the problem set "nth roots and 1/n exponents."

Note: There were different versions of this assignment for E block versus F block. If you were absent so you are downloading a copy from FirstClass, make sure you get the right version for your class (E vs. F in the filename).