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

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Bellwork reviewed problems similar to ones that were on Quiz #4 as a means of explaining some of the common mistakes seen on the quiz.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 12-5, Working with Samples.

Hwk #20 is due tomorrow.     Sec 12-5

Page 680.   Problems 2-4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13-17, 31

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Alg 2B Bellwork with answers 5-1-18

Alg 2B notes 5-1-18

 

Monday, April 30, 2018

Bellwork reviewed Standard Deviation and Percentiles.

Hwk #19 is due today.

Students were given the review for the next test covering Probability, Outcomes, and Statistics.  Date for the test is still to be determined.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 12-5, Working with Samples.

Next Hwk:   #20    Sec 12-5

Page 680.  Problems 2-4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13-17, 31

Due date is still to be determined.

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Alg 2B Bellwork with answers 4-30-18

Alg 2B Prob,Stats, Outcomes Test Review

Alg 2B notes 4-30-18

Friday, April 27, 2018

Bellwork reviewed measures of variability and creating a histogram from a set of data.

The remainder of the period we finished discussing Sec 12-4, Standard Deviation.  We also began our discussion on Sec 12-5, Working with Samples.

Hwk #19 is due on Monday.   Sec 12-4

Page 672.    Problems 1, 2, 4, 5, 10-13, 15, 21

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Alg 2B Bellwork with answers 4-27-18

Alg 2B notes 4-27-18

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Bellwork reviewed answering questions about Percentiles and using Box-and-Whisker Plots.

Hwk #18 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began our discussion on Sec 12-4 (Standard Deviation).

Next Hwk:  #19.   Sec 12-4

Page 672.   Problems 1, 2, 4, 5, 10-13, 15, 21

Due date is still to be determined.

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Alg 2B Bellwork with answers 4-26-17

Alg 2B notes 4-26-18

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Bellwork reviewed Mean, Median, Mode, Range and Box-and-Whisker Plots.

The remainder of the period we finished discussing Sec 12-3, by covering the concept of Percentile.

Hwk #18 is due tomorrow.  Sec 12-3

Page 664.    Problems 1, 2, 9-11, 14, 16-18

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Alg 2B Bellwork with answers 4-25-18

Alg 2B notes 4-25-18

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

No bellwork today, students spent 15 minutes finishing up yesterday’s Quiz #4.

Classwork sheet from yesterday is due today.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 12-3.  We reviewed Mean, Median, and Mode and how to use technology to find these statistics (graphing calculator, the internet (my blog), and spreadsheet software).  We also discussed Box-and-Whisker Plots.

Next hwk:  #18    Sec 12-3   Due on Thursday, April 26, 2018

Page 664.   Problems 1, 2, 9-11, 14, 16-18.

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Alg 2B notes 4-24-18

Monday, April 23, 2018

Bellwork reviewed a couple of problems for today’s quiz.

Hwk #17 is due today.

The remainder of the period students took Quiz #4 over Sections 1-6, 6-7, 9-7, 12-2, and 12-6.

After the quiz students were to take the Classwork sheet over Mean, Median, Mode, and Outliers.  This sheet is due tomorrow.

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Alg 2B Bellwork with answers 4-23-18

Alg 2B Classwork after Quiz #4

Friday, April 20, 2018

Bellwork reviewed for Monday’s Quiz #4.

The remainder of the period we finished discussing Sec 12-6.  We then previewed some of the vocabulary students will see from the next few sections over Statistics.

Hwk #17 is due on Monday, April 20, 2018

Page 689

Problems 4, 5, 15-19, 22, 25a

For 4&5 use the binomial probability formula not a tree diagram.

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Alg 2B Bellwork with answers 4-20-18

Alg 2B notes 4-20-18

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Bellwork reviewed geometric probability and finding the number of outcomes.

Hwk #16 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 12-6, Binomial Probability.

Hwk #17 will be due Monday, April 23, 2018     Sec 12-6

Page 689.  Problems 4, 5, 15-19, 22, 25a

(for problems 4 and 5 use the binomial probability formula not a tree diagram)

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Alg 2B Bellwork with answers 4-19-18

Alg 2B notes 4-19-18