Sunday, June 13, 2010

I'm not trying to sell anything, but take a few minutes and watch this . . .

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

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

Thursday, May 27, 2010

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                                                                                                                                   

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Friday, May 21, 2010

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                                                                                                                                   

Thursday, May 20, 2010

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

9.4 Graphing Rational Functions                                                                                                                                   

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Today's notes on Graphing Reciprocal Functions:

9.3 Graphing Reciprocal Functions                                                                                                                                   

Monday, May 17, 2010

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!

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Finishing up adding and subtracting. . .

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

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.

Friday, May 7, 2010

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



Happy Friday!

Thursday, May 6, 2010

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

Thursday, April 29, 2010

8.2 Solving Exponential Equations:

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Today's powerpoint:

Monday, April 26, 2010

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

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Solving radical equations...



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

Monday, April 19, 2010

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. . .

Thursday, April 15, 2010

And, to finish up 7.5...

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Notes from today! (The first part of 7.5)




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

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Inverses! (7.2)

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

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

Here are the notes from today (7.1):

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

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.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Today's notes (6.6) :

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Catching up...

6.3

6.5 (part 1)

6.5 (part 2)

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Dividing Polynomials!



(Yes, we'll practice more tomorrow)

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Notes from today (6.1)

Friday, February 26, 2010

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.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

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

Monday, February 22, 2010

The answers for tonight's worksheet:



Tomorrow's quiz will cover these same two topics!

Saturday, February 20, 2010

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!

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

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!

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

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!

Sunday, February 14, 2010

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

Saturday, February 13, 2010

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!)

Thursday, February 11, 2010

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)

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

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

Monday, February 8, 2010

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

Friday, February 5, 2010

And finishing up the week with some Vertex Form:

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Here are today's notes on Completing the Square!

Tuesday, February 2, 2010


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


Monday, February 1, 2010

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

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

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!)

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

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?

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

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

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

Thursday, January 7, 2010

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:

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

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)