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

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Bellwork included practice SAT math questions.

Hwk #5 is due today.
The Classwork Sheet from yesterday, after the quiz, is due today.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 3-7, Linear Programming.

Hwk #15 is due on Monday. Sec 3-4.
Pages 142-143.
Problems 2, 3, 5, 6, 11, 20 (you must use graph paper for the problems involving graphing)
This was initially Hwk #16 on the Chapter 3 Homework Assignment Sheet given to the students at the beginning of this chapter.

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 10-28-15
Notes 10-28-15

Monday, October 26, 2015

Bellwork reviewed for tomorrow’s quiz and had students practice graphing systems of inequalities.
Hwk #14 is due today.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 3-4 by graphing a system of inequalities and finding the coordinates of the feasible region.

Quiz #2 tomorrow: Sec 3-1, 3-2, 4-7

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:
Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 10-26-15
Notes 10-26-15

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Bellwork reviewed solving systems of linear equations using matrices.

The remainder of the period we extended the use of matrices to a system of equations in three variables (Sec 3-6).

Hwk #13 is due tomorrow. Sec 4-7
Page 217
Problems 7-11
For this homework students are to write down Matrix A and Matrix B then give the solution as an ordered pair.

Hwk #14 will be due on Monday. Sec 3-6
Page 158. Problems 26, 27, 30, 31
AND
Page 218. Problem 30
For this homework students are to write down Matrix A and Matrix B then give the solution as an ordered triple.

Click on the links below for a copy of today’s bellwork with answers and notes/examples from today’s lesson:
Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 10-22-15
Notes 10-22-15

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Bellwork reviewed writing and solving Systems of Equations and solving an equation by factoring.

Hwk #12 is due today.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on how to use matrices and technology to solve a system of equations.

Hwk #13 is due on Friday. Sec 4-7
Page 217
Problems 7-1
Students are to write out the matrices and then give the solution as an ordered pair.

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 10-21-15
Notes 10-21-15

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Bellwork reviewed solving systems of equations and quadratic equations by factoring.

Classwork from yesterday after the test is due today.

The remainder of the period we finished discussing sec 3-2. We then began discussing Sec 4-7, solving systems of linear equations using matrices.

Hwk #12 is due tomorrow. Sec 3-2
Pages 128-129
Problems 8, 14, 44-48

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 10-20-15
Notes 10-20-15