SYLLABUS FOR ALGEBRA II
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (the instructor reserves the right to modify as needed):
Week of | Topics |
8/24-26 | CHAPTER 1 SOLVING LINEAR EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES |
1.1 Solving Equations | |
1.3 Applications and Problem Solving | |
R.1 The Set of Real Numbers | |
1.4 Sets, Inequalities, and Interval Notation | |
8/31-9/2 | 1.5 Intersection, Union, and Compound Inequalities |
1.6 Absolute-value Equations and Inequalities | |
CHAPTER 2 GRAPHS, FUNCTIONS, AND APPLICATIONS | |
2.1 Graphs of Equations | |
2.4 Linear Functions: Graphs and Slope | |
9/9 | 2.5 More on Graphing Linear Equations |
2.2 Functions and Graphs | |
2.3 Finding Domain and Range | |
9/14-16 | Review for Exam 1 ******** EXAM 1 ******************************************* |
2.6 Finding Equations of Lines; Applications | |
CHAPTER 3 SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS | |
3.1 Systems of Equations in Two Variables | |
3.2 Solving by Substitution | |
3.3 Solving by Elimination | |
9/28-30 | 3.4 Applied Problems, Two Equations |
3.5 Systems of Equations in Three Variables | |
3.7(a),(b) Systems of Inequalities in Two Variables | |
CHAPTER 4 POLYNOMIALS AND POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS | |
4.1 Introduction to Polynomials and Polynomial Functions | |
10/5-10/7 | Review for Exam 2 ********* EXAM 2 ******************************************* |
4.2 Multiplication of Polynomials | |
10/14 | 4.3 Introduction to Factoring |
4.4 Factoring Trinomials: x2 + Bx + C | |
4.5 Factoring Trinomials: Ax2 + Bx + C | |
10/19-21 | 4.6 Special Factoring |
4.8 Applications of Polynomial Equations and Functions | |
R.3 Exponential Notation | |
R.7 Properties of Exponents and Exponential Notation | |
10/26-28 | CHAPTER 5 RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS, EQUATIONS, AND FUNCTIONS |
5.1 Rational Expressions and Functions:
Multiplication, Division, and Simplifying |
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5.2 LCM, LCD, Addition and Subtraction | |
5.3(a) Division of Polynomials | |
5.4 Complex Rational Expressions | |
11/2-4 | Review for Exam 3 ******** EXAM 3 ******************************************** |
5.5 Solving Rational Equations | |
11/9-11 | CHAPTER 6 RADICAL EXPRESSIONS, EQUATIONS, AND FUNCTIONS |
6.1 Radical Expressions and Functions | |
6.2 Rational Numbers as Exponents | |
6.3 Simplifying Radical Expressions | |
6.4 Addition, Subtraction, and More Multiplication | |
11/16-18 | 6.7 Applications Involving Powers and Roots |
6.8 The Complex Number System | |
CHAPTER 7 QUADRATIC EQUATIONS AND FUNCTIONS | |
7.2 The Quadratic Formula | |
7.3 Applications Involving Quadratic Equations | |
11/23 | 7.4 More on Quadratic Equations |
7.5-6 Graphing Quadratics | |
Happy Thanksgiving | |
11/30-12/2 | Review for Exam 4 ******* EXAM 4 ************************************************* |
12/7-9 | Section 8.1 Exponential Functions |
12/4 | Review for Final ******** FINAL EXAM *************************************** |