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Hey guys -

The exams have been graded and your scores have been posted on progressbook.  If you look, there's a new assignment called "Your exam grade is. . ." and the grade is listed in the comment section.

Have a great summer!

Fouss

Please keep scrolling down for the end of the year survey!

Here are the answers to the exam review.  Please forgive me if there are any little mistakes!  (It's late :) )

2nd Sem Exam Review Answers Alg 2

I'll get this copied and pass it out on Monday (hopefully), but here's an advance copy of the exam review if you're interested!  Hopefully at this point you've gone through the topics on the pink sheet and picked out ones that you definitely need to study!  Start with those.

2nd Sem Alg 2 Exam Review

The last notes of the year!  (Aren't you heart-broken?)

9.4 Graphing Rational Functions

Today's notes on Graphing Reciprocal Functions:

9.3 Graphing Reciprocal Functions

Here are the slides from today's trashketball game if you'd like to practice some more... or do some that we didn't get to!

Finishing up adding and subtracting. . .

Heard about the oil spill down in the Gulf of Mexico?
Check this out.

Here's the first part of today's notes on adding and subtracting rational expressions (9.2).  We'll finish these up tomorrow!

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Notice that all of these careers involve lots of math? Just sayin'.

I found this here.

Today's notes on Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions (9.1).



Happy Friday!

Here are the "insulting" fraction notes from today in case you need a refresher. :)

8.2 Solving Exponential Equations:

Today's powerpoint:

8.1 Exploring Exponential Functions

View more presentations from Kristen Fouss.

Here are a couple of things to help you review for tomorrow's quiz:
1. The answers to last night's worksheet



2. The slides from today's trashketball game

Solving radical equations...



(Remember, we cut out the last little section of problems in the assignment... we'll get to those tomorrow!)

Here are today's notes on rational exponents (7.6):



And don't forget about the five-minute check that I'd planned for today. . .

And, to finish up 7.5...

Notes from today! (The first part of 7.5)




And the 7.4 notes that hadn't previously been up...

Inverses! (7.2)

Welcome to 4th quarter! (Can you believe it?!)

Here are the notes from today (7.1):

Here are the answers to the Chapter 6 Review that I gave you today:



I haven't made the test yet, but chances are pretty good that it will be very very similar to this review.

Also, I just realized that I never posted the notes for 6.7 - 8. Sorry! Here ya go.

Today's notes (6.6) :

Catching up...

6.3

6.5 (part 1)

6.5 (part 2)

Dividing Polynomials!



(Yes, we'll practice more tomorrow)

Notes from today (6.1)

Here's the solution to the bonus problem from the quiz (in case you were wondering!):

First, make the equation = 0


Now factor out a GCF (x) and keep factoring the quadratic.

Then solve. x = 0, -4/3, and 3/2.

Here are the answers from last night's worksheet in case you wanted to check anything more closely:

The answers for tonight's worksheet:



Tomorrow's quiz will cover these same two topics!

Are you ready for....

The Quadratic Formula!

If you scroll down to a previous post, you'll see the Prezi that I showed in class with all of the different songs. But if you don't feel like scrolling, here's a link to it!

How about some more info on imaginary numbers?!? (I know... you can't wait to see what I'm going to give you!)

First, a website that is "totally dedicated to imaginary numbers". Fun, huh! There are some cool illustrations that you might want to check out.

The next one is a link to the BBC Website and (at the bottom of the page) a radio show that was done on imaginary numbers. I know of someone who put some images to it - I'm trying to track it down...

Now for something you might enjoy: Do Imaginary Numbers Really Exist?

And even a Wikipedia link.

Ok, so only Vennie took advantage of the extra credit. Maybe next time...

Here are today's notes!

Want some extra credit? Try this...

1. Comment here or e-mail me by 7:20 Wednesday morning that you saw this.
2. Complete the following problems:

a. Solve
b. Solve
c. Find the zeros of

Show all work! Due when you walk into class tomorrow!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Just to show you all how much I love you, I found this new way of thinking about factoring quadratics. :) If you're having trouble with some factoring, check out this little slide show!

Tic Tac Toe Factoring

Are you watching the Olympics? I wouldn't miss them. In case you didn't see the Opening Ceremonies last night, here are some really cool pictures. (And if you did see the ceremonies, check out the pictures anyway!)

The answers to tonight's review. Please check them!




Here are the worked-out answers to the worksheet due today (WS 5.7 Vertex Form)

Something that we're going to get to next week....

Quadratic Formula on Prezi

Here's the last problem on the notes that we finished up today:

And finishing up the week with some Vertex Form:

Here are today's notes on Completing the Square!

Here's the distribution of today's quiz scores. (Go check progress book and see how you did!)

Here are the answers to tonight's worksheet. Quiz tomorrow!

From Foxtrot.

(Click on it to make it bigger.)

Notes from yesterday (5.2):



Tomorrow's notes (5.3) (I won't be there - doctor said to stay home!)

On American Idol last night (yes, I watch), they said that 13 people out of the 12,000 that auditioned in Chicago made it to Hollywood. What do you think about those chances? What's the probability that someone made it?

Welcome to 2nd Semester! (Can you believe how quickly this year is going?!)

Here are the notes from today (5.1 - Graphing Quadratic Functions)

In case you're checking and you haven't heard yet (I just got the call), we're on a 2-hour delay tomorrow (Friday).

Hope you all enjoyed your day off! Remember, chapters 1 and 2 are due on Friday.


Here are all of the answers to the exam review packet:

A blank copy of our exam review (just in case you lost it or forgot it at school!)



Remember, whether we are at school or not you should be working on it!

Chapter 1 is due Thursday
Chapter 2 is due Friday
Chapter 3 is due Monday
Chapter 4 is due Tuesday

Please work ahead!!!!

The final factoring notes (difference of squares and perfect square trinomials)