Today’s bellwork was a lateral thinking problem that encourages students to be good listeners, questioners, and outside-the-box thinkers.

We then finished our discussion on Sec 3-4, Linear Programming by doing a few example problems.

The remainder of the period we reviewed some problems that will be on Friday’s Test.

Hwk #7 is due today.

Hwk #8 is due tomorrow(graph paper needed)

Hwk #9 is due Wednesday (graph paper is needed)

Test #1 Friday, students given review today.

Retakes for Quiz #1 must be completed by Friday.

Click on the link below for notes/examples from today’s lesson (Sec 3-4):

Notes,examples Sec 3-4 9-30-13

Bellwork was four ACT type questions for students to practice on.

The remainder of the period we discussed writing and graphing a system of linear inequalities to was then used to maximize a given situation (Sec 3-4).

Hwk #6 is due today.

Hwk #7 is due on Monday.  Use matrices to solve systems of equations not Elimination or Substitution.

Click on the links below for today’s bellwork, bellwork answers, and notes from today’s lesson:

Bellwork 9-27-13

Bellwork Answers 9-27-13

Notes (sec 3-4) 9-27-13

Bellwork was review for writing a system of equations in three variables then solving these kinds of systems using matrices on the graphing calculator.

The remainder of the period we discussed graphing linear inequalities on the x-y plane and graphing a system of linear inequalities (Sec 3-3).  We also began discussing how to model the constraints of a given situation using inequalities (begin sec 3-4).

Hwk #6 is due tomorrow

Hwk #7 is due Monday(solve equations using matrices).

Click on the links below for today’s bellwork (with answers) and notes from today’s lesson:

Bellwork and answers 9-26-13

Notes (sec 3-3) 9-26-13

Bellwork reviewed writing systems of equations and solving them using matrices on the graphing calculator.

The remainder of the period we discussed systems of equations in three variables (Sec 3-6) and what they represent graphically/visually.  Students then learned how to solve a system of three equations using matrices on the graphing calculator and what these solutions/non-solutions represent.

Hwk #5 is due today.

Click on the links below for today’s bellwork, bellwork answers, and notes from today’s lesson:

Bellwork 9-25-13

Bellwork answers 9-25-13

Notes (sec 3-6) 9-25-13

Bellwork had students practice writing and solving systems of linear equations.

The remainder of the period we discussed solving systems of linear equations with matrices using the graphing calculators (Sec 4-7).

Hwk #5 is due tomorrow.

Click on the links below for today’s bellwork, bellwork answers, and notes/examples from today’s lesson:

Bellwork 9-24-13

Bellwork Answers

Notes and examples (Sec 4-7) 9-24-13

Bellwork reviewed finding the number of solutions to a system of equations and writing and solving a system of equations given a “story” problem.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 3-2, solving a system of linear equations using algebra:  Substitution and Elmination.

Hwk #5 is due on Wednesday.

Click on the links below for today’s bellwork, bellwork answers, and notes from today’s lesson:

Bellwork 9-23-13

Bellwork Answers 9-23-13

Notes (Sec 3-2) 9-23-13

No bellwork today.  Students were given Quiz #1.

The remainder of the period students were asked to try solving problems involving systems of linear equations in order to measure their prior knowledge of the subject.  Topics included:

• Telling the number of solutions to a system of linear equations without graphing.
• Using a graphing calculator to find the solution to a system of linear equations by finding where the graphs intersect.
• Finding the solution to a system of linear equations by using the algebraic method of Substitution.

No hwk due today.

Hwk #5 will be due Wednesday, September 25.

Bellwork reviewed problems that will be on tomorrow’s quiz.

The remainder of the period we began discussing Sec 3-1 and 3-2, solving systems of linear equations.

Hwk #4 is due today.

Quiz #1 is tomorrow.

Click on the links below for today’s bellwork, bellwork answers, and notes from today’s lesson:

Bellwork 9-19-13

Bellwork answers 9-19-13

Notes (sec 3-1, 3-2) 9-19-13

Bellwork reviewed composite functions.

The remainder of the period we finished Sec 7-6, Composite Functions.

Hwk #4 is due tomorrow.

Quiz #1 is Friday.

Click on the links below for today’s bellwork, bellwork answers, and notes from today’s lesson:

Bellwork 9-18-13

Bellwork answers and notes from 9-18-13

Today’s bellwork had students write equations of lines and solve a story problem involving perimeter.

The remainder of the period we began our discussion of Sec 7-6, Operations with Functions and Composite Functions.

Hwk #3 is due today

Hwk #4 is due on Thursday

Quiz #1 is Friday

Click on the links below for today’s bellwork, bellwork answers, and notes from today’s lesson:

Bellwork 9-17-13

Bellwork Answers 9-17-13

Notes (sec 7-6) 9-17-13