546 PRE CALC ASSIGNMENTS

                              From Blitzer’s “PreCalculus

                                               ISBN: 0131874799

                                       Fall and Spring 2007-2008

                       

 

                       These assignments are the BARE BONES of the course.

            The letters RO means “Read and outline”. Outlining must be done thoughtfully and carefully otherwise you are wasting precious time. The letters DP means, “Do problems”.  RO means “Read and Outline” and CN means “class notes.”If for any reason class is cancelled, (snow, ice, other issues) you must stay on schedule and complete the homework for the assigned class day.

 

            Be sure your work is properly organized according to the “Rule of Three”.

            You are responsible for organizing them in dated  order in your binder.

            *****Homework will come from two directions: this4 web site AND in class 

            where additional assignments will be given.  Students are responsible for all

            assignments from both sources.

 

   NOTE WELL: NEW CLASSROOM GRADING ORGANIZATION AND POLICY:

 

                      THE RULE OF THREE:

 

Each dated class day will have a right hand cornered date and topic title for the class discussion.

(#1 component Class Notes CN-DATE-Topic)

 

THAT EVENING’S HOMEWORK: right hand dated and HW assignment clearly marked (Component #2  HW-DP-DATE-Topic)

 

The Class RO assignment  for the topics covered either done before or after a class (Component #3-RO-Date-Topic).Your note-taking guide may be part of these assignments

 

EVERY CLASS TOPIC WILL HAVE THREE GRADED COMPONENTS EACH WORTH 33% each for a total HW grade per lectured class topic:

 

Components will be numbered according to the order done. Most of the time, you will be doing the RO first, then the class notes(CN) and then the DP.

The Format for each graded event would have the following form:

ClassNotes(CN)-Topic-Date

Reading and outlining:RO-Topic-Date

Homework or HW-DP-Date

 

NOTE WELL: EVERY TOPIC  MUST HAVE THREE GRADED COMPONENTS all with the same Class Date which is the first date the topic is introduced.

 

 

It is  your responsibility to follow the class lectures and check the lesson assignment schedule which is based on the assignments from  Bare Bones topic assignments listed below.

 

      **********      Throughout the year and possibly daily, there will be additions 

                                 to these assignments either given in class or posted on the web.

                                 Check the lesson assignment schedule daily. Some HW

                                 assignments may be multiples of   class # assignments.

 

                                                            Bare Bones

 

 Date-Section-Topic With Corresponding Assignments

 

Date

Class Topic

Assignment

8/28/07

(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit/Topic

Review all syllabi considerations including style points

after school sign in book;tardiness and classroom etiquette.Chapter 1: page 4. Notation and definition of sets including Venn Diagrams.What does RO, DP,CN mean?

DP:p.14 First odds only problems 1-111.That means 1,17,1921,29,35,43,51,61,67,75,85,97,103,111

8/30/07

(B-D-F)

Lesson Unit/Topic

Section P.2_ Exponents and scientific notation

Review p.18-25 very carefully. Note "googol" on p.21

Board Work: p.20

On p.22 do the technology component

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In notebook, DP p.25 1-107 first odds.

Style Points count: Pass in p.24 with clear explanations and calculations

Lesson Unit/Topic

Section 1.1-1.2

Functions and their graphs:

Do cost fnc. Ti83

Calc, trace, vars ,y-vars,

2nd table, tble set-up

Test on September 12th

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Do p.135-136 first odds  and Hand In p.136-137

55-60 ,#72-78 all SPC

 

Class Topic

Assignment

Lesson Unit/Topic

Section 1.2 p.138-155

including difference quotient

Hand-in: SPC p.152 #99

ro p.138-149

In NB Do starting on p.149 #1-93 first odds.

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Major board practice for test on 9/12

Read p.154-155 Study for test on Blitzer p127-155 all class notes and all examples. Use the odd problems in all practice problem sections to practice for test.

 

·         Test today

 

HW:RO.p.156-163

 

Lesson Unit/Topic

piecewise functions,increasing and decreasing functions,relative max and minimum,even and odds functions

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HW: p.163-166 first odds. Hand-in p.166-167 #77-88 all.

Lesson Unit/Topic

p.166 #77-84

Investigation of graphical representation of the % of U.S. population consisting of Jewish Americans and the historical significance of the year 1940 which affects mathematical data.

Slope and average rate of change

Test on Tuesday October 2

on page 155-209

Read p.169-190 very carefully .

HAND IN QUIZ ASSIGNMENT FULFILLING WRITING ABOUT MATHEMATICS COMPONENT OF THIS COURSE:
SPC:

A) Hand -in the bottom right of p.168 and the top left of p.183 in the following format:

Objectives:

B) For page 168:Write out seven separate bullets with title included and then the answer to the bullets gleaned directly from the reading.

For p.183 Do the same for the three objectives

C) Do p.192 #35-36 using the graph at the bottom left of the page.

Lesson Unit/Topic

Slope and

Rigid and non-rigid transformations

RO page 194-205

Hand In DP WITH THIS STIPULATION FOR FULL CREDIT:Use Blitzer's 3 point graph method in the examples in the  RO. Use graph paper and label everything.Make sure you check all your odd question answers to see if your work is correct. If it is not, try again. No credit for answers without work shown.Hand-in: p.191 1-21 first odds and #27 and #29,#31,#33 and p.206 #1,9,11,17,23,27,33

 

Lesson Unit/Topic

Rigid and non-rigid transformations horizontally as well as vertically

SPC: Again, follow Blitzer's 3 point rule that is shown in all the examples.Hand In: p.206 #45-52 odds#67-107 first odds

USE GRAPH PAPER AND LABEL EVERYTHING.

Lesson Unit/Topic

Overview of summary of transformations on p.203.

 

Practice Problems for test:

p.256 Section 1.3-1.6 read all and DP in NB all example problems... check all odd answers.Also DP in NB.p.259#15-82 oddsCheck everything.

Lesson Unit/Topic

Review of all problems done for HW and board practice for test.

Study for Test on Tuesday onp155-209 starting with difference quotient .Use Blitzers Review and class notes for a for study guide

Class Topic

Assignment

Lesson Unit/Topic

Test today!

RO p.209-219. Very Important reading.Write in notebook important insights form this reading.

Lesson Unit/Topic

Combinations of functions, domain notation and composite functions

In Class, you will tell me what you RO'd....what important tips did you glean from the reading?

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SPC: Hand-n p,219 #1-73 fist odds.