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Algebra II C
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Grading Policy: You will be graded on a total points scale.  Each marking period you will be able to accumulate approximately 600 to 800 total points.  Your grade will be determined by taking the points earned and dividing by the total possible points for the marking period.

 

  • Full period test will be given approximately once every two weeks.  Students will be given at least two school days notice as to testing dates (in most cases I will announce a test a week in advance.)  Students are required to make up missed test as soon as possible.  Test will be worth 100 points each.  Approximately 5 test per marking period works out to be worth nearly 70% of the quarter grade.

 

  • Quizzes will be given often, usually without prior notice.  Quizzes will consist of two to ten questions and will be worth anywhere from 10 to 50 points.  Some homework assignments will be graded as quizzes (see below.) 

 

  • Homework will be given everyday.  It will be collected and checked most days and random assignments will be graded as quizzes using the following rubric:        

Homework not fully completed =0

Homework complete, all work shown =5

All students will start the quarter with 100 points for homework. Five points will be deducted for each missed or incomplete assignment.  THERE WILL BE NO MAKE-UP OR EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENTS. Homework that does not show appropriate work will be considered incomplete. 

Students that are not prepared for class will lose 5 homework points.  You must have your book, paper and something with which to write or you will be considered unprepared.  BORROWING A BOOK, PAPER OR A PENCIL FROM A CLASSMATE DOES NOT MAKE YOU PREPARED FOR CLASS.

 

Materials:

All students are required to bring their text book, a notebook (with blank pages) and a pen or pencil to class everyday or they will be considered unprepared.  A graphing calculator is highly recommended preferably a Texas Instruments TI-83 Plus.  You cannot use the calculator on a cell phone or a video game in my class.

Extra Help:

On most days I will be available immediately before and after school in room C125for quick questions.  Students needing more extensive help are advised to go to math resource.  I will be in the resource room during 8th period.

 

Course Objectives:

As mandated by the Roxbury Board of Education students successfully completing this course will be able to do each of the following (Those that are underlined are links to study guides.):

1                    Operate with signed numbers

2                    Identify and apply the properties of real numbers

3                    Evaluate basic powers and roots

4                    Evaluate mathematical expressions using the order of operations

5                    Combine like terms

6                    Use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to solve equations

7                    Solve and check equations involving more than one operation

8                    Calculate perimeter, volume, interest and distance

9                    Solve for a variable in terms of other variables

10                Solve linear inequalities

11                Solve and graph the solution set of absolute value equations

12                Translate phrases into algebraic equations and solve

13                Set up and solve financial problems

14                Use proportions to solve word problems

15                Solve direct, inverse, joint and combined variation problems

16                Solve word problems involving inequalities

17                Write the equation for and solve rate, coin, investment, ticket and mixture problems

18                Apply the three rules of exponents within algebraic expressions

19                Use zero and negative exponents

20                Name a polynomial by kind and degree

21                Apply basic operations on polynomials

22                Sight multiply special products

23                Factor GCF and special factoring formulas

24                Combine different factoring problems

25                Solve word problems involving quadratic equations

26                Write the equation of a line in general and point-slope form

27                Draw graphs of lines pertaining to word problems and estimate solutions using the graphs

28                Graph linear equations

29                Simplify algebraic expressions

30                Simplify complex fractions

31                Perform the basic operations on algebraic fractions

32                Solve fractional equations

33                Use fractional equations to solve real-life application problems

34                Determine if given points satisfy a system of equations

35                Identify systems of equations as consistent, inconsistent or dependent

36                Solve a system of two equations

37                Apply systems to the solution of word problems

38                Solve systems of three equations

39                Evaluate determinants

40                Solve systems by using Cramer’s Rule

41                Simplify roots

42                Simplify Radicals

43                Determine the sine, cosine or tangent of an acute angle in a right triangle

44                Use trigonometric functions to solve right triangles

45                Solve special right triangles

46                Determine the total surface area and volume of a geometric solid

47                Solve quadratic equations by completing the square or the Quadratic Formula

48                Determine the nature of the roots of a quadratic equation by finding the discriminant

49                Apply the methods of solving quadratic equations to word problems

50                Solve and graph quadratic inequalities