Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Homework due Wednesday 2/1

Do the problems on the last page of today's class activity packet, "Hot Peppers (Making an exponent ruler)."

Homework due Wednesday 2/1

Do the problems on the last page of today's class activity packet, "Hot Peppers (Making an exponent ruler)."

Monday, January 30, 2006

Homework due Tuesday 1/31

Problem set from today's class handout "More on Exponential Functions," page 2.

Friday, January 27, 2006

Homework due Monday 1/30

Lesson 6.2 exercises 17, 21, 23, 25-28, 29-35 odd, 36, 37-45 odd, 46-53.

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Homework due Friday 1/27

Read Lesson 6.1 and do exercises 15, 17, 23, 37, 39, 41-51 (all), and 71.

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Optional retest Thursday 1/26 2:30

After school Thursday 1/26 there will be optional re-tests for students who scored below 2.5 (below B-) on the tests for Ch. 4 and/or Ch. 5. Students may earn improvements of up to +0.5 on either or both test grades.

Test Wednesday 1/25

We will have a test Wednesday on polynomials (Chapter 7, plus some handouts, and omitting "synthetic division"). Tuesday in class we worked on a set of review problems in the form of a practice test.

Monday, January 23, 2006

Friday, January 20, 2006

Homework due Monday 1/23

Do the problems in today's handout packet, "Advanced factoring methods."
Also, do Lesson 7.4 exercises 39-49 odd.

Our test on polynomials (Chapter 7) is coming up on Wednesday 1/25.

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Homework due Friday 1/20

Lesson 7.5 exercises 11-39 alternating odd, 41-51 odd.



D block: Also Lesson 7.4 exercise 61.

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Homework due Wednesday 1/18

Lesson 7.4 exercises 27-37 odd (delete the word "synthetic" from the directions), 51-59 odd, 61 (E block only), 64, and 80.



Solutions and page references for last week's test are online at
http://lhs.lexingtonma.org/Dept/Math/243/ha2cumulativejan06solutions.doc.

Friday, January 13, 2006

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Homework due Friday 1/13

Lesson 7.3 Exercises 33-59 odd, 71-79 odd.

Lesson 7.4 Exercises 11-25 odd.

Friday, January 6, 2006

Homework due Wednesday 1/11

Lesson 7.2 exercises 13-27 odd, 38, 41, 56, 57. Special directions for 13-27 odd: Before graphing, write down everything you can predict about the graph (possible number of zeros, turning points, end behavior). Then do the problem as directed in the book.

Cumulative test Tuesday 1/10

Tuesday we will have a cumulative test on Chapters 1-5.

Wednesday, January 4, 2006

Homework due Friday 1/6


  • Lesson 7.1 exercises 1-3, 17-27 odd, 33, 35, 43, 45, 51-59 odd, 81.
  • page 435 Activity (questions 1-17)
  • Lesson 7.2 exercises 29-37 odd.