GPS Accelerated Geometry Honors
Important Messages
Exponentials and Inverses Quiz Friday April 26.
EOCT Friday May 3.
2nd period 9:30-11:30 Room 2804, Proctor: Barker
5th period 12:30 - 2:30 Room 2427, Proctor: Danner
6th period 1:30 - 3:30 Room 2804, Proctor: Barker
7th period 1:30 - 3:30 Room 2447, Proctor: Willis
Bring your graphing calculator to class everyday!
Assignments / Homework
Parabolas and Systems of Equations
Monday May 6. Circles, ellipse and hyperbola review. HW: Classifying Conics worksheet.
Tuesday May 7. Completing the square review. HW: Classifying Conics, completing the square worksheet.
Wednesday May 8. Parabolas activity.
Thursday May 9. Parabolas practice.
Friday May 10. Conic practice.
Monday May 13. Solving systems. HW: 5.6 Practice 1-7
Tuesday May 14. Solving systems. HW: 5.6 Practice 8-16.
Wednesay May 15. Solving systems of equations. HW: 10.7 A
Thursday May 16. Happy Conics Activity.
Friday May 17. Final Test Review Sheet.
Monday May 20. Final Test Review.
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EOCT Review:
Monday April 8. Circles. HW: Lesson 29 Practice Arc Length and Sector Area. 1-6.
Tuesday April 9. USATestprep Accounts. HW: Complete USATestprep Assignment Practice Test 1. www.usatestprep.com
Wednesday April 10. Lengths and angles with circles. HW: Lesson Practice 2, 3, 5, and 6.
Thursday April 11. Spheres. HW: Lesson Practice 4, 7, and 8. Complete USA Testprep Assignment Practice Test 2 by 11:59 pm on Sunday. Purchase one folder with brads and put EOCT materials in order.
Friday April 12. Circles Quiz. HW: Complete USA Testprep Assignment Practice Test 2 by 11:59 pm on Sunday. Purchase one folder with brads and put EOCT materials in order.
Monday April 15. Polygons, Triangles. HW: Lesson Practice 9-11.
Tuesday April 16. Points of concurrency and Quadrilaterals. HW: Lesson Practice 12-13.
Wednesday April 17. Coordinate Geometry. HW: Lesson Practice 14-15.
Thursday April 18. Language of Geometry. HW: Lesson Practice 16-17.
Friday April 19. Geometry Quiz. HW: Complete USA Testprep Assignment Practice Test 3 by 11:59 pm on Sunday.
Monday April 22. USA Test Prep In Class. HW: Lesson Practice 18-20.
Tuesday April 23. Exponentials. HW: Lesson Practice 21-23.
Wednesday April 24. Inverses. HW: Lesson Practice 27-29.
Thursday April 25. USA Test Prep In Class. HW: Study for Quiz. Note: If you did not complete In Class USA Test Prep assigment today, then complete before tomorrow.
Friday April 26. Exponentials and Inverses Quiz. HW: Complete USA Testprep Assignment Practice Test 4 by 11:59 pm on Sunday.
Monday April 29. Statistics.
Tuesday April 30. GA Math Book 2
Wednesday May 1. GA Math Book 2
Thursday May 2. GA Math Book 2
Friday May 3. EOCT
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Unit 8: Conics
Monday March 18. Circles and completing the square. HW: Circles worksheet HW#1 2-10 even.
Tuesay March 19. Circles continued. HW: Day 2 worksheet 46-70 even.
Wednesday March 20. Ellipses. HW: Ellipses Homework #2 do problems 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 10.
Thursday March 21. Ellipses continued. HW: Ellipses Homework #3 do problems 1,2,5,6 ALL and 3,4,7,8 standard form, center a, b, c only (no graphs or points)
Friday March 22. Hyperbolas. HW: Hyperbolas Homework #4 do ALL of problems 1-3; and for problems 6-8, write the equation in standard form, identify a,b,c and the center and then graph problems. You do not need to label the foci, vertices and asymptotes for 6-8.
Monday March 25. Hyperbolas continued.
Tuesday March 26. Parabolas.
Wednesday March 27. Parabolas continued. Review. HW: Conics Review Sheet.
Thursday March 28. Conics Test.
Friday March 29. Conics Activity. HW: NONE
April 1-April 5 SPRING BREAK! ENJOY!
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Unit 7: Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences and Series
Tuesday March 5. Arithmetic Sequences. HW: Arithmetic Sequences and Series Homework 1-8.
Wednesday March 6. Arithmetic Series. HW: Arithmetic Sequences and Series Homework 9-12.
Thursday March 7. Geometric Sequences. HW: Geometric Sequences and Series Homework 1-15.
Friday March 8. Geometric Series. HW: Geometric Sequences and Series Homework back page. 1-9 odd, and 13.
Monday March 11. Geometric Series. HW: Geometric Sequences and Series Homework back page. 2-14 even, 11 and 15.
Tuesday March 12. Test Review. HW: Test Review Worksheet
Wednesday March 13. Sequences and Series Test.
Thursday March 14. Pi Day!!!! To earn pi-squared (approx. 10) bonus points on a quiz, please bring in one food item and make and wear a pi day t-shirt.
Friday March 15 Teacher Work Day. No School for Students!
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Unit 6: Graphing Rational Functions
Tuesday February 19. Introduction to Rational Functions. HW: Into worksheet 1-6 on the back.
Wednesday February 20. Vertical and Horizontal Asymptotes. HW: 9.2 Practice B 1-12. Graph 7-12 on graph paper.
Thursday February 21. Vertical and Horizontal Asymptotes continued. HW: Practice Worksheet 1-16.
Friday February 22. Holes. HW: Rational Functions Worksheet 1-10, graph 1-3 only.
Monday February 25. Feed Hungry Iguana's very healthy snacks please! HW: Remember your expectations worksheet 1-6.
Tuesday February 26. Quiz. Slant Asymptotes. HW: Remember your expectations worksheet 7-8.
Wednesday February 27. Factoring Quiz. Parabolic Asymptotes. HW: Graphing Rational functions worksheet 3 do problems 2, 3, and 4.
Thursday February 28. Factoring Quiz! Practice. HW: Graphing Rational functions worksheet 4 do problems 1, 3, 4, and 5.
Friday March 1. Factoring Quiz! Review for Test.
Monday March 4. Unit 6 Test.
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Unit 5: Exponents and Logarithms
Monday January 7: Root and exponent form. HW: Math 3 (Green Book) Page 112 do problems 2-36 even.
Tuesday January 8: Rules of exponents and radicals. HW: Math 3 Page 115 do problmes 2-32 even.
Wednesday January 9: Exponents and Radicals continued. HW: Math 3 Page 116 do problems 2-14 even and 20-24 even.
Thursday January 10: Review Exponents and Radicals. HW: Review Worksheet.
Friday January 11: Exponents and Radicals Quiz. HW: Relax and enjoy the weekend!
Monday January 14: Wiggies Lab! HW: Page 127 do problems 1, 5, 13, 14, 17, 21, 36, 37, 39 - no calculator!
Tuesday January 15: Modeling with Exponential Functions. HW: Worksheet on modeling with exponential functions problems 2 adn 3.
Wednesday January 16: More modeling with Exponential functions. HW: Finish modeling worksheet.
Thursday January 17: Corrections on Exponents and Radical Quiz. HW: Exponents and Radicals Worksheet Practice A problems 1-33 every other odd problem.
Friday January 18: Graphing Exponential Functions. HW: Worksheet on Graphing Exponential Functions 1-12 all.
Monday January 21: MLK Holiday. No School
Tuesday January 22: Interest. HW: Modeling Exponential Growth/Decay interest worksheet 1 and 2 all and Rational Exponents practice 2-24 even (1-23 odd recommended).
Wednesday January 23: Review Unit 1 Part 1. HW: Review Worksheet do ALL.
Thursday January 24: Test Review continued. HW: Study for Test.
Friday January 25: Unit 1 Part 1 Test.
Monday January 28: Introduction to logarithms. HW: Logarithm Worksheet.
Tuesday January 29: Rules of logarithms. HW: Math 3 (Green Book) Page 157 1-23 odd.
Wednesday January 30: Rules of logs continued. HW: Worksheet 8.5 Practice B 1-3 and 7-30 all.
Thursday January 31: Solving logarithmic equations. HW: Math 3 (Green Book) Page 161 22-36 all.
Friday February 1: Solving logarithmic equations continued. HW: Math 3 (Green Book) Page 162 19-32 all. NOTE: If you were absent and I gave you the lesson 8.6 worksheet, just hold onto it until next week. Do the book homework instead.
Monday February 4: Review Logarithms. HW: Logarithms review worksheet.
Tuesday February 5: Logarithms Quiz.
Wednesday February 6: Using logarithms to solve for an exponent. Classwork 8.6 Practice B middle column and 49 and 50. HW: 8.6 Practice C 1-11 odd.
Thursday February 7: Graphs of Logarithmic Functions. HW: Discovering the Graphs of Logarithmic Functions worksheet.
Friday February 8: Inverse Functions. HW: Green Book p. 148 13-18.
Monday February 11: Exponenet and Log Review Sheet.
Tuesday February 12: Review.
Wednesday February 13: Review.
Thursday February 14: Unit 5 Test.
Friday February 15: No School President's Day Weekend.
Monday February 18: No School President's Day Weekend.
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Final Exam Review:
Monday December 10: Units 1 Review. HW: Unit 1 Review
Tuesday December 11: Unit 2 Review. HW: Unit 2 Review
Wednesday December 12: Unit 3 Review. HW: Unit 3 Review
Thursday December 13: Unit 4 Review. HW: Unit 4 Review
Friday December 14: Review
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Unit 4: Statistics
Wednesday November 14: Learning Task 1. Spread (Dispersion) of Data. HW: Page 262 2-18 even.
Thursday November 15: Learning Task 2. Box and Whisker Plots. HW: Complete back page of the Task.
Friday November 16: Learning Task 2. Shape of Data.
Monday November 19: M&M activity. How to estimate a population mean with a sample.
Tuesday November 20: Helicopter Activity. Experimental Design.
Wednesday-Friday: No School. Happy Thanksgiving!
Monday November 26: Normal Curve and the Empirical rule. HW: Empirical rule worksheet
Tuesday November 27: Normal Curve z-scores. HW: Worksheet 7.4A 13-17; 7.4B 6-11, 12-14.
Wednesday November 28: Mean, Variance, Standard Deviation Practice. HW: Lesson 6.2 Practice worksheet 1-21 odd.
Thursday November 29: Normal curve - finding z-scores from areas. HW: Normal Curve Practice worksheet.
Friday November 30: Normal curve - finding mean and standard deviation. HW: Normal Curve Review worksheet. Practice Problem 6
Monday December 3: Quiz Review.
Tuesday December 4: Normal Curve Quiz
Wednesday December 5: Review for Statistics Test Part I
Thursday December 6: Review for Statistics Test Part II
Friday December 7: Unit 4 Test
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Unit 3: Right Triangle Trigonometry
Georgia Performance Standards:
MA2G1. Students will identify and use special right triangles.
a. Determine the lengths of sides of 30°-60°-90° triangles.
b. Determine the lengths of sides of 45°-45°-90° triangles.
MA2G2. Students will define and apply sine, cosine, and tangent ratios to right triangles.
a. Discover the relationship of the trigonometric ratios for similar triangles.
b. Explain the relationship between the trigonometric ratios of complementary angles.
c. Solve application problems using the trigonometric ratios.
Wednesday October 24: Special Right Triangles. HW: Math 2 (Purple Book) Page 253-154 2-22 even and #7.
Thursday October 25: Special Right Triangles. HW: Page 155-156 1-24 all. You must show work for credit.
Friday October 26: Intro to Trigonometry. HW: Page 166 1-6 Find sin, cos, and tan for angle R. Note: This assignment is on the back of the trigonometry handout from class. Do not use your textbook. Some of the problems have been changed!
Monday October 29: More Trig. HW: Same worksheet as Friday, do 1-6 find sin, cos, and tan for angle S. Also, do problems 8, 10, 12 find sin, cos, and tan for both A and B in fraction and decimal form (rounded to 4 decimal places.)
Tuesday October 30: Finding Side Lengths with Trigonometry. HW: Trig Worksheet Kuta Software 1-10, Special right triangle practice.
Wednesday October 31: Applications. HW: Finish Applications worksheet.
Thursday November 1: Quiz Review. HW: Quiz Review Sheet
Friday November 2: Right Triangle Quiz
Monday November 5: Factoring. HW: Finish Factoring worksheet, 1-52 even.
Tuesday November 6: No School!
Wednesday November 7: Inverse Trig functions. HW: Page 176 1-24 all
Thursday November 8: Trig application practice. HW: Applications worksheet 1-5 and 25-30.
Friday November 9: Unit 3 Review. HW: Right Triangle Trig review sheet AND Complete the factoring worksheet 1-51 odd!
Monday November 12: Unit 3 Review.
Tuesday November 13: Unit 3 Test.
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Unit 2: Inverse and Polynomial Functions
Georgia Performance Standards:
MA2A2. Students will explore inverses of functions.
a. Discuss the characteristics of functions and their inverses, including one-to-oneness, domain, and range.
b. Determine inverses of linear, quadratic, and power functions and functions of the form f(x) = a/x, including the use of restricted domains.
c. Explore the graphs of functions and their inverses.
d. Use composition to verify that functions are inverses of each other.
MA2A3. Students will analyze graphs of polynomial functions of higher degree.
a. Graph simple polynomial functions as translations of the function f(x) = axn.
b. Understand the effects of the following on the graph of a polynomial function: degree, lead coefficient, and multiplicity of real zeros.
c. Determine whether a polynomial function has symmetry and whether it is even, odd, or neither.
d. Investigate and explain characteristics of polynomial functions, including domain and
range, intercepts, zeros, relative and absolute extrema, intervals of increase and decrease, and end behavior.
MA2G5. Students will investigate planes and spheres.
a. Plot the point (x, y, z) and understand it as a vertex of a rectangular prism.
b. Apply the distance formula in 3-space.
c. Recognize and understand equations of planes and spheres.
Tuesday September 11: Characteristics of Polynomial Functions. #1-4 HW: Characteristics vocab worksheet.
Wednesday September 12: Characteristics of Polynomials #5-7. HW: Characterisics packet #s 4-7.
Thursday September 13: Characteristics of Polynomials #8. HW: Characteristics packet #8.
Friday September 14: Characteristics of Polynomials #9. HW: Characteristics packet #9.
Monday September 17: Characteristics of Polynomials worksheet. HW: Finish worksheet.
Tuesday September 18: Polynomial Quiz. Factoring Review. HW: P.4 Exercises worksheet problems 9-12, 19-24, 29-34, 39-42, 43-46, and 51-52.
Wednesday September 19: More Factoring. HW: P.4 Exercises worksheet problems 53-62 and 65-72.
Thursday September 20: Still More Factoring. HW: Factoring Review Handout 1-20. Write one review question per assignment in class.
Friday September 21: Putting it all together. HW: Unit 2 Part 1 Test Review
Monday September 24: Test Review. Long Division with polynomials. HW: Page 88 1-4.
Tuesday September 25: Unit 2 Part 1 Test. HW: Click on the following links to watch two 6 minute videos on synthetic division. You must take notes!!
www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/polynomials/v/synthetic-division
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/polynomials/v/synthetic-division-example-2
Wednesday September 26: Synthetic division assignment in class.
Thursday September 27: Ps and Qs HW: Math 3 Page 91 problems 1-14.
Friday September 28: Checkpoints testing. HW: None! Have a nice weekend!
Monday October 1: Finding roots more practice. HW: Finding zeros worksheet 1-7.
Tuesday October 2: Roots review. HW: Polynomials and Roots and zeros worksheet.
Wednesday October 3: Finding roots with a calculator. HW: Unit 2 Review 1-9
Thursday October 4: Test Review. HW: Unit 2 Review 10-17. Unit 2 Test Part 1 corrections due on Friday.
Friday October 5: Test Review. HW: Study for your test on Monday!!!
Monday October 8: Unit 2 Part 2 Test
Tuesday October 9: Operations and composite functions. HW: Math 2 - the purple book!! (NOTE: NOT Math 3 - the green book that you usually use!) Page 114 problems 2-24 even,15, and 25-29 all.
Wednesday October 10: More with composite functions and domain. Classwork: 4.2 Practice 1-31 HW: Finish classwork. Note: Composite of Functions Worksheet is due Friday, but can be turned in Thursday for extra credit.
Thursday October 11: Inverse functions. HW: Complete the Composite of Functions worksheet AND from Math 2 - the purple book! page 119 do problems 2-22 even. Note: Questions 16-18 ask you to use the horizontal line test to determine whether the inverse of f is a function. Remember that the vertical line test will tell you whether you have a function. If a graph passes the horizontal line test, then it's inverse is also a function.
Friday October 12: Graphing inverse functions. HW: Worksheet on Graphing Inverse Functions.
Monday October 15: Teacher workday; No school for students
Tuesday October 16: Review of Compositon and inverse functions. HW: Review Worksheet
Wednesday October 17: PSAT. HW: Study for midterm.
Thursday October 18: Review of composite functions. HW: Bring in all 4 tests, review sheets and the last two nights homework to review for midterm.
Friday October 19: Review for midterm. HW: Review sheet.
Monday October 20: Review for midterm. HW: Study for midterm exam.
Tuesday October 21: Midterm Exam.
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Unit 1: Modeling with Matrices
Georgia Performance Standards:
MA2A6. Students will perform basic operations with matrices.
a. Add, subtract, multiply, and invert matrices, when possible, choosing appropriate
methods, including technology.
b. Find the inverses of two-by-two matrices using pencil and paper, and find inverses of
larger matrices using technology.
c. Examine the properties of matrices, contrasting them with properties of real numbers.
MA2A7. Students will use matrices to formulate and solve problems.
a. Represent a system of linear equations as a matrix equation.
b. Solve matrix equations using inverse matrices.
c. Represent and solve realistic problems using systems of linear equations.
MA2A8. Students will solve linear programming problems in two variables.
a. Solve systems of inequalities in two variables, showing the solutions graphically.
b. Represent and solve realistic problems using linear programming.
MA2A9. Students will understand and apply matrix representations of vertex-edge graphs.
a. Use graphs to represent realistic situations.
b. Use matrices to represent graphs, and solve problems that can be represented by graphs.
Monday August 13: Course syllabus, solving systems of equations. HW: Math 3 Pg. 10 #3-12 (multiples of 3) using graph paper and parent signature on syllabus.
Tuesday August 14: Solve systems using elimination. HW: Math 3 Pg. 10 Graph and use elimination to solve #s 8, 11, 15, 18; and Do #s 22-24 - no graphs or solutions required.)
Wednesday August 15: Matrix Intro, Booster Club Task. HW: Math 3 Pg. 42 problems 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, and Booster Club 1-4.
Thursday August 16: Booster Club Task Continued HW: Math 3 Pg. 47 problems 1-7 all and Finish Booster Club
Friday August 17: Quiz Redo #6 on the Booster Club activity if necessary! Have a nice weekend!!
Monday August 20: Matrices - Inverses. HW: Quiz corrections, Walk Like a Mathematician worksheet question 6, and if you are in second period do page 57 1-3; if you are in 5th, 6th, or 7th period, do page 57 1-6.
Tuesday August 21: Matrices - Determinants. HW: Math 3 Page 51 1-9 all.
Wednesday August 22: Matrices - Area of a Triangle; Matrix Algebra. HW: Solving Matrix equations Practice problems 1-6 from class.
Thursday August 23: Matrices - Matrix Algebra continued. HW: Unit 1 Part 1 Test review sheet. Write 2 review problems and corresponding solutions according to the topic assignments made in class.
Friday August 24: Test Review. HW: Study for Test!!
Monday August 27: Unit 1 Part 1 Test
Tuesday August 28: Solving systems with matrices. HW: Math 3 Page 58 9-16 all AND Parabola problem on today's handout.
Wednesday August 29: Solving systems extra practice. HW: Finish systems worksheet.
Thursday August 30: Matrices and digraphs. HW: Georgia Air Taxi Worksheet. Study for short quiz.
Friday August 31: Solving systems with matrices quiz. Intro to solving systems of linear inequalities. HW: Practice and Applications worksheet 12, 20, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, and 48.
Monday September 3: Labor Day. No School
Tuesday September 4: Linear Programming. HW: Worksheet 3.4 Practice B, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10
Wednesday September 5: More Linear Programming. HW: Linear Programming worksheet problems 2, 3, and 5.
Thursday September 6: Even more Linear Programming. HW: Finish Unit 1 Test Review. Write one practice problem as assigned in class.
Friday September 7: Review for Unit 1 Part 2 Test. HW: Study for Monday's Test!
Monday September 10: Unit 1 Part 2 Test. HW: None!
