The test over Chapter 8 will be on Tuesday, May 6.

Students were given the review on Tuesday, April 29.

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Chapter 8 Review

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sec 8-8.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 8-8, writing exponential equations to model real-life situations to find missing quantitites.

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Bellwork 5-1-14

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Notes 5-1-14

No Algebra 1 class today.  Students are at Henry Ford Health Systems.

Bellwork reviewed graphs of exponential functions (Sec 8-7).

The remainder of the period we began our discussion on Sec 8-8:  Modeling real situations with exponential equations.

Hwk #23 is due on Friday:

Sec 8-8, pages 441-442, problems 3-5, 9, 10, 20, 30, 31

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Bellwork 4-29-14

Bellwork Answers 4-29-14

Notes 4-29-14

Bellwork reviewed rules of exponents.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on sec 8-7, graphs of exponential functions.

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Bellwork 4-28-14

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Notes 4-28-14

Bellwork reviewed simpliying expressions using the rules of exponents.

Students then took a quiz over sections 8-1, 8-3 to 8-5.

After the quiz students were to work on an exploration using the graphing calculator to find the effects on the graph of y=a(b)^x when the values of a (the coefficient) and b(the base) are changed.

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bellwork 4-17-14

Bellwork Answers 4-17-14

No Algebra 1 Class today, students are at Henry Ford Health Systems.

Bellwork reviewed simplifying expressions using the rules of exponents from sections 8-1, 8-3 to 8-5.

Hwk #22 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 8-7:  Graphs of Exponential Functions.

Quiz over sections 8-1, 8-3 to 8-5 on Thursday.  Students were given the review on Monday.

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Bellwork 4-15-14

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Notes 4-15-14

There will be a quiz over the above sections this Thursday, April 17.  Students were given the review along with the answers today, Monday, April 14.

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Review Sec 8-1, 8-3 to 8-5

Bellwork reviewed simplifying exponential expressions using the rules of exponents.

Hwk #21 is due today.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 8-5, Division Rules of Exponents.  We then began our discussion on Sec 8-7, Exponential Functions and their graphs.

Hwk #22 is due tomorrow:

Sec 8-5, pages 420-421, problems 7-11, 45-48, 56

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Bellwork 4-14-14

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Notes 4-14-14