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, May 5, 2014

Bellwork reviewed finding the number of outcomes (sec 6-7) then introduced some basic probability questions.

Hwk #23 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 1-6, Probability.

Hwk #24 is due tomorrow: 

Sec 1-6, Pages 43-44, Problems 10-14, 28-33.

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Bellwork 5-5-14

Bellwork Answers 5-5-14

Notes 5-5-14

Friday, May 2, 2014

Bellwork reviewed finding the number of outcomes using the Multiplication Counting Principle, Permutations, and Combinations (Sec 6-7).

Hwk #22 is due today.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 6-7.  Students were introduced to Pascal’s Triangle and how it can be used to find Combinations.

Hwk #23 is due on Monday: 

Sec 6-7, pages 348-349, problems 9,18,20,29-32,39,40

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Bellwork 5-2-14

Bellwork Answers 5-2-14

Notes 5-2-14

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Bellwork reviewed problems that will be on Thursday’s test.

The remainder of the period we finished discussing sec 14-1.  We then began discussing Sec 6-7 which deals with finding the number of outcomes for a given situation using either the Multiplication Counting Principle, Permutations, or Combinations.

Hwk #21 is due tomorrow:

Sec 14-1, page 7-81, problems 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 26, 28.

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Bellwork 4-29-14

Bellwork Answers 4-29-14

Notes 4-29-14

Monday, April 28, 2014

Bellwork reviewed graphing a Secant function and simplifying Trigonometric Expressions.

The remainder of the period we continued our discussion on Simplifying Trigonometric Expressions (Sec 14-1).  Students worked on a practice sheet during the hour.

Chapter 13 and Sec 14-1 test will be on Thursday, May 1.

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Bellwork 4-28-14

Bellwork Answers 4-28-14

Simplifying Trig Expressions Practice

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Bellwork reviewed graphs of Sec and Csc functions and their Maximums, Minimums, and Vertical Asymptotes.

The remainder of the period we began discussing simplifying trigonometric expressions (Sec 14-1).

Students were given the review for the test over Chapter 13/Sec 14-1 which will be given the week of April 28, when we return from break.

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Bellwork 4-17-14

Bellwork Answers 4-17-14

Notes 4-17-14

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Bellwork reviewed equations and graphs of the Tangent Function (Sec 13-6).

Hwk #19 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began discussing the Reciprocal Trigonometric Functions (Sec 13-8).

Hwk #20 is due tomorrow:

Page 766, problems 2-4, 16-18, 25-27

AND

Page 797, problems 28, 29

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Bellwork 4-15-14

Bellwork Answers 4-15-14

Notes 4-15-14