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Advanced Alg 2: Spring 2024 Class Notes
Hello all you Manual Mathletes! I will try to upload notes at least once each week. If you do not find what you are looking for, please let me know and I'll try to include it.
January Notes
January 2024
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Jan 7 - Welcome Back! Intro & Problem Solving Activity: Pentominos
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Jan10 & 12: Powers & Roots
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Jan 17 & 19: Chapter 7.3 & 7.4 - Composition of functions and Inverses
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Jan 22 - Calendar; Domain & Range & Factoring Review Class Work
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Factoring Practice Link
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Jan 24 - Finish Chapter 7.6
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Feb 12 - Intro to Sequences Lesson
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Feb 14 - Arithmetic & Geometric Sequences
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Feb 16 - Sequences & Series Continued
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ACT Math
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Feb 22 - Explicit & Recursive Rules; Infinite geometric series
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Review Factoring Trinomials
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Jan 28 - Finish Chapter 11; Hand out Test Review
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Review Notes on Roots and simplifying radicals
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Jan 30 - TEST Review
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Feb 7th - TEST #1 - Powers, Roots, Sequences & Series +
Future Topics
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Chapter 8- Introduction to Exponential Functions
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Feb ?? - Cont. Exponential Functions
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What is an asymptote? Video Link
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The natural base, e, and the Natural log (ln)
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- Logarithms
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- Properties of Logarithms
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Proof for Change of Base Formula
Review Notes
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Notes on Roots and simplifying radicals
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Notes on Properties of Exponents
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Video Link: Linear programming EX.
February Notes
February 2024 ...TBD
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Feb 1 - Chapter 8 - Intro to Exponential Functions; growth factor
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Feb 5 - Chapter 8 - Exponential Decay & Solving Exponential Equations
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ACT Math Practice
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Feb 7 - Solving Radical Equations
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Feb 11 - The mysteries of me? NO! The mysteries of e. The Number e (Euler's number)
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Feb 13 - Chapter 8 - Cont. Exponentials
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Feb 15 - PD Day (NO School)
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Feb 18 - Parent/Teacher Conf.
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Feb 19 - Solving Exponential Equations & Intro to Logarithms
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Feb 21 - Review/REWARD Day!
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Feb 23 - Warm - UP w Logs
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Chapter 8: More Properties of Logs
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Mar 5 - Test Review DUE
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Mar 11 - Test #2 Review Day
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March 13 - Test #2 - Sequences & Series
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Mar 7 - TEST #2 - Exponential & Logarithmic Functions
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March 12 - ACT Day
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Future Topics - Conic sections: Circle, Ellipse, Parabola, & Hyperbola
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Chapter 12: Probability & Statistics
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Cyber Magic and Cards: What's the significance?
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March 11 - TEST Review - ANSWERS
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March 13 - Test #2 - Sequences & Series & Functions
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March 15 - ACT Math Review
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March 17 - Chapter 9.1: Direct & Inverse variation
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March 1? - Chapter 10.1: Distance & Midpoint Formulas
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March 13: Chapter 13: Trigonometry: PPT on Six Trigonometric Functions
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March ?: What is radian measure?
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GIF Link: angles measured in radians
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March 10 - Chapter 13.2: Trigonometry (cont.)
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March 14: 3.14 Pi Day-Lost the Digits Video
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March 15 -updates to come...
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March - PPT on Six Trigonometric Functions
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Why does the sine function look like that? Rotational Movements along the UNIT Circle link (Math open reference)
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March - Graphing trigonometric functions
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The Math Page Web LInk - Six trig functions with unit circle
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Memorize the Unit Circle: Left Hand Trick
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March -Details of Amplitude, frequency, and period
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GIF Link: angles measured in radians
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Using your Graphing Calc. Degree vs.Radians
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March 17/18 - Probability
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March 19/20 - Conditional Probability
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March 23 - Test Review
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March 27 or 29 - TEST #3 (HW Notebook DUE)
March Notes
April/ May Notes
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 11th, 2020
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April 9 - Trig Reading & Eratosthenes
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Eratosthenes Measures the Earth: Video
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April 11- Graphing Trig Functions
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April 16 - Review/REWARD Day
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April 23 - Field Test/EOC on computers
Review from March material
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Memorize the Unit Circle: Left Hand Trick
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April 17/18 -Details of Amplitude, frequency, and period
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April 19/20 - Law of Cosines (video)
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Applications with Waves (videos):
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Physics in motion (Excellent!)
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Graphing Trig Functions
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Apr 19- Permutations & Combinations
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Review TRIG Packet Answers
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Apr 23 - Intro to Probability
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Binomial stuff:
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Apr 25 - Pascal's Triangle & Binomial Theorem
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Patterns in Pascal's Triangle: Video
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Apr 27- Probability (cont.)
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May 1st - Review for FINAL EXAM
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- Test Review (just complete pages 1- 4)
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Mother's Day Card - Extra Credit Assignment
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May 14 - Intro to Conic Sections - Parabolas & Ellipses
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May 16 - Study Skills Day
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May 20 - Probability QUIZ Review WS
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May 23 - QUIZ Day!
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Final Exam Reviews (with answers):
REVIEW TOPICS
Review Chapter 7.3 & 7.4 - Composition of Functions & Inverses
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Review - Chapter 7.5 - Square Root and Cubic Functions
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Review - Chapter 7.6 - Solving Radical Equations
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TI-84 Calc: Using the Intersection Feature