About Brian Riley

2013-2014 is my 19th year teaching in the Dearborn Public Schools. Graduate of Michigan State University. B.S. Civil Engineering. Graduate of California State University. Secondary Teaching Certificate Graduate of Wayne State University. M. A. Sports Administration. Prior to Teaching at the Early College I taught for 13 years at Fordson High School where I coached baseball for 16 years. Born and raised in Rochester, Michigan Graduate of Rochester Adams High School

Monday, November 17, 2014

Bellwork reviewed simplifying complex number expressions.

Hwk #22 is due today.

The remainder of the period we finished discussing finding complex solutions to quadratic equations using the Quadratic Formula, Square Roots, and Completing the Square.

Hwk #23 is due tomorrow:

Page 278, Problems 41, 43-46

and

Page 293, Problems 12, 15, 21

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 11-17-14

Notes 11-17-14

Friday, November 14, 2014

Bellwork reviewed how to use Completing the Square to solve an equation and rewrite Standard Form into Vertex Form.

Hwk #21 is due today.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 5-6, Complex Numbers.

Hwk #22 is due on Monday, Nov 17:  Pages 278-279, Problems 3-5, 7, 10, 34-36, 40, 57, 59, 65

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 11-14-14

Notes 11-14-14

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Bellwork reviewed problems involving finding the vertex of a quadratic function and solving quadratic equations.

The remainder of the period we finished discussing sec 5-7, Completing the Square.  We then began our discussion on Sec 5-6, Complex Numbers.

Hwk #21 is due tomorrow.

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 11-13-14

Notes 11-13-14

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Bellwork consisted of practice ACT type math problems.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 5-7, Completing the Square.

Hwk #21 will now be due on Friday, Nov. 14:  Pages 285-286, problems 14, 17, 21, 28, 29, 42, 43, 46.

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Bellwork with Answers 11-12-14

Notes 11-12-14

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Bellwork reviewed the use of the Discriminant to find the number and type of solutions to a Quadratic Equation.

Hwk #20 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 5-7, Completing the Square.

Hwk #21 is due on Thursday:  Pages 285-286, Problems 14, 17, 21, 28, 29, 42, 43, 46

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 11-11-14

Notes 11-11-14

Monday, November 10, 2014

Bellwork reviewed solving quadratic equations using the Quadratic Formula.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 5-8 by discussing how to use the Discriminant to determine the type and number of solutions to a quadratic equation.

Hwk #20 is due tomorrow:  Pages 293-294, Problems 8, 9, 21-24, 31-33, 57-59

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 11-10-14

Notes 11-10-14

Friday, November 7, 2014

Bellwork reviewed using the skills of finding the vertex of a parabola and solving a quadratic equation to answer a few real-life questions.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 5-8, The Quadratic Formula.

Hwk #20 will be due on Tuesday, November 11:  Pages 293-294, Problems 8, 9, 21-24, 31-33, 57-59.

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 11-7-14
Notes 11-7-14

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Bellwork reviewed solving quadratic equations by factoring and using square roots as well as solving real world problems using these skills as well as the skill of find the coordinates of the vertex.

Hwk #19 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 5-8, The Quadratic Formula.

Hwk #20 is due on Monday, Nov. 10:  Pages 293-294, Problems 8, 9, 21-24, 31-33, 57-59

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 11-6-14

Notes 11-6-14

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Bellwork reviewed finding the coordinates of the Vertex and solving quadratic equations by factoring and using square roots.

The remainder of the period we discussed working backwards:  Turning solutions back into the original quadratic equation (Standard Form).

We also worked on a couple of “story problems” that could be solved with quadratic equations.

The practice sheet from sec 5-5 is due tomorrow.

Hwk #19 is due tomorrow: Pages 270-271, Problems 2, 3, 5-7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 51, 52

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 11-5-14

Notes 11-5-14