Today’s bellwork reviewed the skills necessary for problems in Sec 3-4: Graphing a system of inequalities, finding the corners of the feasible region (solution region), and maximizing a linear combination using these corners.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing Sec 3-4, Linear Programming.

Hwk #15 is due on Monday. Sec 3-4
Pages 142-143
Problems 2, 3, 5, 6, 11, 20
Students will need graph paper for #’s 5, 6, 11, and 20

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 10-29-15
Notes 10-29-15

Students received the review for Chapter 3 today. The test over Chapter 3 will be next week. The exact date for the test will be decided and communicated to the students at a later date.

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Alg 2 Chapter 3 Review

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

There was no bellwork today. Students took a quiz over Sections 3-1, 3-2, 3-6.

After the quiz students were to work on a Classwork Sheet involving writing inequalities and graphing them. This sheet is due tomorrow.

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Alg 2 Classwork after quiz 10-27-15

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

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 10-26-15
Notes 10-26-15

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.

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Alg 2 Bellwork with answers 10-22-15
Notes 10-22-15

Students were given the review for Quiz #2 today. The exact date for the quiz has yet to be determined. It will be some time next week.

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Alg 2 Quiz #2 Review Sec 3-1, 3-2, 4-7

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

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

No bellwork today. Students took Test #1.

After the test students had an in-class practice sheet to work on which reviewed skills that we will be using in the coming weeks. This sheet is due tomorrow.

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Alg 2 Practice sheet after Test #1