Date

Course Topics

Focus Exercises

 Homework Due

Handouts in Class

Week 1

9/3

• Syllabus
• Real Numbers
• Adding/Subtract/Multiply/Divide Integers
• Factor Game

Section 1.1

Section 1.2

Section 1.3

Section 1.4

Section 1.5

9/8

Week 2

9/8

• Order of Operations
• Formulas
• Algebraic Expressions
• Simplify Algebraic Expressions

Section 1.6

Section 1.7

Section 1.8

Section 1.9

9/15

9/10

• Solving Linear Equations
• Proportions

Section 2.1

Section 2.2

Section 2.3

Section 2.4

Week 3

9/15

• Graphing and Solving Inequalities
• Review Chpt 1 & 2 Test

Section 2.5

Section 2.6

9/22

·   Chpt 1 & 2 Review Sheet

·   Review Sheet Answers

9/17

• Chapter 1 & 2 Test
• Solving Literal Equations

Section 3.1

Week 4

9/22

• Solving applications

Section 3.2&3.3

9/29

9/24

• Go over application problems
• Rules of Exponents
• Add/Subtract/Multiply

Section 4.1

Section 4.2

10/1

Week 5

9/29

• Polynomials
• Multiply Binomials
• Special Products
• CHAPTER 3 MINI TEST(50 POINTS)

Section 4.3

Section 4.4 

Section4.5

10/6

10/1

• More Rules of Exponents
• Scientific Notation
• Dividing by a monomial

Section 4.6

Section 4.7

Section 5.1

Group Quiz Chapt 4

Group Quiz Chpt 4 Soln

Week 6

10/6

• GCF
• Factor by Grouping
• Factoring Trinomials

Section 5.2

Section 5.3

Section 5.4

10/15 (the day of the test)

10/8

• Factoring Trinomials

Section5.5

Group Quiz 5.4-5.5

Group Quiz 5.4-5.5 Sol

Week 7

10/13

• Factoring Strategies
• Review Chpt 4 & 5 Test

Section 5.6

·   Chapter 4 & 5 Review

Chapter 4 & 5 Review Soln

10/15

• Chapter 4 & 5 Test
• Rational Expressions
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Section 6.1

10/20

Week 8

10/20

• Mult/Divide Rat’l expressions
• Add/Subtract Rational Expressions

Section 6.3

Section 6.4

10/29 (the day of the test)

·   Sec 6.3-6.4 Quiz

Sec 6.3-6.4 Quiz Soln

10/22

• Add/Subtract Rational Expressions
• Dividing Polynomials (start)

Section 6.5

Section 6.2

·   Sec 6.1-6.5 Quiz

·   Sec 6.1-6.5 Quiz Soln

Week 9

10/27

• Dividing Polynomials (finish)
• Complex Fractions
• Review Chpt 6 Test

Section 6.6

·   Ch 6 Review 

·   Ch 6 Review Soln 

10/29

• Chapter 6 Test
• Reducing & Simplifying Radicals
• Solving Quadratic Equations (start)

Section 7.0 - Radicals

Section 7.1

11/3

Week 10

11/3

• Solving Quadratic Equations (finish)
• Quadratic Formula

Section 7.1a - Quadratic Formula

11/17 (the day of the test)

·   Lecture Notes Sect 7.1

Quad Form Memory Story

11/5

• Quadratic Application
• Rational Equations

Section 7.2

Section 7.3

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·   Group-Sect 7.2

·   Group-Sect 7.3

Week 11

11/10

Veterans Day

( No School)

11/12

• Work Problems
• Chpt 7 Review

Section 7.4

11/17

·   Lecture Section 7.4;

·   Extra Credit Word Problems

Week 12

11/17

• Chapter 7 Test
• Cartesian Coordinate System
• Graphing Lines

Section 8.1

Section 8.2

11/24

·   Positive Slope

·   Negative Slope

·   Sect8.3 Ex4

·   Graph Paper

·   Chapter 8 Worksheet

11/19

• Slope
• Slope Formula
• Creating Equations of Lines

Section 8.3

Section 8.4

Section 8.5

·   Chpt 7&8 Review

Chpt 7&8 Review Ans

Week 13

11/24

• Standard Form
• Parallel and Perpendicular
• Graphing Method

Section 8.6 Section 8.7

Section 9.1

12/3 (the day of the test)

11/26

• Substitution Method
• Elimination Method

Section 9.2

Section 9.3

Section 9.4

Week 14

12/1

• Applications
• Chpt 8 & 9 Review

Section 9.4

12/8

12/3

• Chapter 8 & 9 Test
• Simplifying radicals

Section 10.1

Week 15

12/8

• Operations with radicals
• Multiplication of Radicals
• Handout Chpt 10 Takehome Test (Due the day of the final exam)

Section 10.2

Section 10.3

The day of the final exam

·   Chpt 10 Takehome Test

12/10

• Review for the final exam

·   Final Exam Pretest

·   Final Exam Pretest Ans