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, April 11, 2016

Bellwork reviewed some SAT style math questions.

Hwk #16 is due today.

The remainder of the period we finished discussing Sec 9-7, Probability of Multiple Events.

Students were also introduced to the unit of angle measure called Radians.

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 4-11-16

Alg 2 Notes 4-11-16

Friday, April 8, 2016

Bellwork reviewed SAT math questions.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 9-7, Probability of Multiple Events.

Hwk #16 is due on Monday.  Sec 9-7

Pages 534- 536

Problems 11, 12, 16, 19, 20, 22, 36, 39, 48-50

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 4-8-16

Alg 2 Notes 4-8-16

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Sophomores did not attend Algebra 2 class today.

Juniors spent the time preparing for next weeks testing, SAT and ACT WorkKeys.  Juniors in 1st hour had a bellwork of practice SAT math questions.  The remainder of the time students filled out an SAT Questionnaire and demographic information on the SAT and ACT WorkKeys answer sheets.

Hwk #15 is due tomorrow.  Sec 1-6

Pages 43-44

Problems 11-14, 17, 19, 24-27, 34, 36, 40

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 4-6-16

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Bellwork reviewed some probabilities using a table of survey results and results of a survey using a Venn Diagram (Sec 1-6).

The remainder of the period we finished discussing Sec 1-6 by covering Geometric Probability.

Hwk #15 is due Thursday.  Sec 1-6

Pages 43-44

Problems 11-14, 17, 19, 24-27, 34, 36, 40

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 4-5-16

Alg 2 Notes 4-5-16

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Bellwork reviewed finding the number of outcomes for a given situation by using the Multiplication Counting Principle, Factorials, Permutations, and/or Combinations.

The remainder of the period we finished discussing Sec 6-7, Combinations and Permutations, and began discussing Sec 1-6, Probability.

Hwk #14 is due on Monday, April 4.  Sec 6-7

Pages 348-349

Problems 9, 18-20, 29-32, 39, 40, 46-49, 55

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 3-24-16

Alg 2 Notes 3-24-16