Wednesday, June 8: We wrote a sequences/series/annuities quiz, for marks, in class today. No homework, but there is a CCT evaluation tomorrow. The questions will be the same as in the CCT package we gave out in class, but with different numbers!
Reminder: Important Upcoming Dates:
Thursday, Jun 9 - CCT evaluation (3 question test of the questions we gave out May 31 in class)
Mon Jun 13 - EXAM, 1 PM
Tuesday, June 7: We took up yesterday's homework and worked on some review questions. Study for the for-marks quiz on Sequences, Series and Annuities tomorrow. Practice Questions (optional): Page 410 #7, 9, 10, 11b, 12, 13-17.
Monday, June 6: We learned about annuities. Homework: p. 453 # C1, 1, 2, 4, 5, 11, 12.
Thursday, June 2: We learned about arithmetic and geometric series. Handouts:
Friday, May 27: We took up the quiz from earlier this week. We took up the homework. We were given an assignment, due Monday (Window Of Opportunity will be open until Wednesday). Assignment:
Tuesday, May 24: Today we looked at a couple of applications of sinusoidal functions: Temperatures and Tides. HW: The two questions on the back of the sheet + Page 346 #9, 10, 13. Mr. Oldridge points out that Pg. 346 #1, 2, 4-13 are all fair game for tomorrow's quiz. Handout:
Friday, May 20: We focused on reading the graphs of sinusoidal functions, and determining the equation of them. There was a handout ... it is to be completed by Tuesday! If you do not complete it by Tuesday, you will be staying after school to complete it. Handout:
. Homework: p. 309 #1ac, 2ac, 3adefg, 6b, 7d, 8a, 9a, 11a. Optional: #4 and 5. Remember: Students who do not finish the homework will be kept after school to finish it.
. Then we reviewed the graphs of y = sin x and y = cos x. Your homework is to memorize those two graphs (five major points on each).
Friday, May 13: We investigated the graphs of sin and cos. Homework: Finish the BACK of the first handout today (table of values and graph for cos theta vs. theta)
Thursday, May 12: We wrote the trigonometry (Chapter 4) unit test today.
Wednesday, May 11: As promised, here are the solutions for the review questions that we gave out today:
Tuesday, May 10: Today we "took up" the quiz that was supposed to be written today. No students who were present at the beginning of the class wanted it to count, and I obliged. This will not be happening again. BE READY FOR THE TEST ON THURSDAY.
Monday, May 9: Today we reviewed for the quiz and clarified how to find related angles. There was no official homework assigned, but I want both sides of the sheet completed by Thursday (because that's the day of the Unit Test!) Be able to do ALL of those questions for tomorrow, since we have a for-marks quiz tomorrow! If you can't do those questions, you will struggle on the quiz.
Friday, May 6: Today we tried to tie "secant" "cosecant" and "cotangent" into our trigonometry vocabularies. Homework: Page 273 #3bcd, 4b, 5, 6, 9.
Thursday, May 5: Today we learned about exact trig ratios for angles that are multiples of 30 and 45 degrees. The homework is shown at the bottom of your sheet: Page 238 #6. Memorize the special triangles!!!
Wednesday, Today we began to learn about trigonometric ratios for angles between 0 and 360 degrees. We turned co-ordinates in the x/y plane into sin, cos and tan ratios.
Tuesday, May 3: Today we continued to explore trig identities. Handout:
. Update on May 2: It turns out, Question 6, 12, and 14 aren't true....so don't break your back trying to prove them.
Thursday, April 28: We studied the ambiguous case of sine law. No homework was assigned.
Wednesday, April 27: Today we tried a few problems in THREE dimensions. The homework is Page 266 #3, 5, 10, 12
Tuesday, April 26: Today we got a review of Grade 10 trigonometry, and a homework sheet about applications of trigonometry. Homework: Finish the question sheet. Review of Grade 10 Handout:
Tuesday, April 19: Review package given out. Some students are writing the test tomorrow but others (due to religious observances) will be writing later. I promised some extra problems similar to 2(b) in the package ... here they are:
UPDATED 6 PM with CORRECTED ANSWERS). Spent the rest of the class reviewing for Wednesday's Test. No homework was assigned formally.
Friday, April 15: How to graph all exponential functions.
Thursday, April 14: Today we learned how to graph exponential function, and how to go from graph to equation. Homework: The questions at the bottom of the sheet: Page 185 #1, 4, 5, 6, and the three written below that. If you missed today due to the field trip, it is your responsibility to get extra help to catch up. Today's handout:
Wednesday, April 13: We took up the homework from yesterday and we saw some more applications of exponential functions. Finally, we saw that water cooling follows an exponential relationship when we look at Temperature over Time. Homework: p. 433 # 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, and a handout,
Tuesday, April 12: Today we worked with rational (fraction) exponents and learned of an application: half-life and radioactive decay. Homework: Page 175 #1, 2, 3, 4, 7; and the 5 questions on the back of the sheet. Handout:
Wednesday, April 6: In-class activity during class today, exploring exponential functions and reviewing exponent rules from Grade 9 and 10. Handout 1, Exponent Rules:
. Homework: Page 156 #9, 14a. No students are writing the test today, all students who did not write yesterday will be writing on THURSDAY MORNING.
Tuesday, April 5: Today, many of us wrote the Unit 2 test (reciprocals, radicals and inverses). Others will not be writing until Thursday morning.
Monday, April 4: We took up the quiz from Friday, which did not count for marks. We also were given a review sheet. Important questions to do from the review sheet are ALL of them, but particularly these, which I assigned as homework: #1ac, 2-5, 6abc, 7abc, 8-11. Friday's quiz:
Friday, April 1: Today we wrote a quiz testing what we know about reciprocal functions, rational expressions and radical expressions. Students who wrote it today will get their marks back on Monday. Homework: Page 93 #7bcd, 8bcd, 9ab, 1ad, 4ad. We covered this material a couple days ago and I told you it was low priority ... I wanted you to get reciprocal functions handled well before we did this. Now we must learn to add, subtract, multiply and divide rational expressions. Remember what I said in class ... look for a common denominator! Alternatively this video may help you understand.
Update: Test 2 is going to be on Tuesday. It will cover the same material as the quiz, but will COUNT for marks.
Important concepts include:
- Graphing reciprocal functions
- Determining the equation of a reciprocal function given the graph
- Simplifying rational expressions
- Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing rational expressions
- Simplifying Radicals
Thursday, March 31: Finish lesson on radical functions; diagnostic quiz in preparation for tomorrow. Quiz:
Wednesday, March 30: Today we finished our discussion of rational functions, and began to learn about radicals. Homework: p. 39 # C1, 1abcd, 2ad, 3ad, 4ac, 5abcd, 6ab, 7cdef, 13, 14, 16.
Tuesday, March 29: Today we talked about 1) Drawing reciprocal functions 2) Rational Expressions. There will be no homework, since I didn't update the wiki quickly. Today's handout:
. There will be a QUIZ about reciprocal functions on Friday, which will is everything from when we returned from March Break to a little bit of tomorrow's lesson.
Monday, March 28: Today we will learn to graph the reciprocal function, and how to determine the equation of one from its graph. Handout:
Friday, March 11: We practiced using the reciprocal function. No homework.
Thursday, March 10: Today we wrote a quiz about inverses and square root functions. We also spoke very briefly about reciprocal functions and the transformations they can undergo. No homework!
Wednesday, March 9: We finished an in-class assignment. If you want to work on it more, you can come by after school today, or before school tomorrow. I gave out two sheets of review for the quiz tomorrow. I highly recommend those as practice for tomorrow's quiz. My handout:
Tuesday, March 8: We began an in-class assignment about the reciprocal function. There is a quiz on Thursday about inverses and square root functions. No daily homework, just review for the quiz.
Monday, March 7: We reviewed the square root function with a handout (graphed 16 equations)
Friday, March 4: Today we learned to draw square root functions, and to come up with the equation from graphs. Handout + Homework sheet:
. Homework is the last 2 pages of the handout (titled "homework").
Thursday, March 3: Today we learned about the square root function, which is the inverse of the "square" function. There was no homework assigned tonight.
Wednesday, March 2: Today we learned about inverses.
Tuesday, March 1: Today we wrote the Unit 1 Test in class. No homework.
Monday, February 28: Students who were away on Friday wrote the quiz in class. Everyone else worked on a review sheet:
Friday, February 25: Wrote a quiz in class. Those who missed it will have to make alternate arrangements. No homework, but there is a test on Tuesday!
Thursday, February 24: We reviewed for tomorrow's quiz. A handout of fair questions (although not all possible types of questions) was given out. No official homework. Handout:
Wednesday, February 23: Today's lesson was about transformations. The homework is the worksheet that was handed out in class. These is a QUIZ on FRIDAY that involves everything up to today's content (transformations). It will focus on maximum/minimum, solving quadratic equations (factoring, quadratic formula), families of quadratic equations (February 22) and transformations (today).
Tuesday, February 22: We learned about families of quadratic equations, and how to solve for the factored form of the equation. Homework is page 57 #3ab ,4a, 6bc, 8bc, 11bc.
Thursday, February 17: We continued to work on an in-class assignment. It was collected in class, and will be returned on Tuesday. I have told the students I will not mark it over the weekend, and will give additional time (although maybe not class time) to complete it.
Wednesday, February 16: We began work on an in-class assignment, which (ideally) will be handed in by the end of class tomorrow. I am available for extra help from 9-10 AM tomorrow morning, and will stay late after school if need be.
Tuesday, February 15: The primary goal of today's lesson is solving for the intersection of a parabola and line. Answers:
Monday, February 14: We reviewed factoring. Visit this page for a recap. Homework: Page 49 #1, 7abdfh.
Friday, February 11: We wrote a quiz on Function notation (using f(x)), Domain and Range, Sketching parabolas (vertex form and standard form), Vertexes (max and min of quadratic functions) and X-Intercepts (quadratic formula). No homework!
Thursday, February 10: Maximum, Minimum and Roots of a Quadratic Function (Review of the last week or so): Handout:
Wednesday, February 9: Students who were here were given a 3-page handout to complete, involving finding vertexes, x-intercepts and domain/range in preparation for the QUIZ ON FRIDAY. Handout:
Tuesday, February 1: Introduction to the course; goal-setting journal; review of fractions. Homework: Finish the goal sheet (one side) and the fraction review sheet. (Handout:
Wednesday, June 8: We wrote a sequences/series/annuities quiz, for marks, in class today. No homework, but there is a CCT evaluation tomorrow. The questions will be the same as in the CCT package we gave out in class, but with different numbers!
Reminder: Important Upcoming Dates:Thursday, Jun 9 - CCT evaluation (3 question test of the questions we gave out May 31 in class)
Mon Jun 13 - EXAM, 1 PM
Tuesday, June 7: We took up yesterday's homework and worked on some review questions. Study for the for-marks quiz on Sequences, Series and Annuities tomorrow. Practice Questions (optional): Page 410 #7, 9, 10, 11b, 12, 13-17.
Monday, June 6: We learned about annuities. Homework: p. 453 # C1, 1, 2, 4, 5, 11, 12.
Thursday, June 2: We learned about arithmetic and geometric series. Handouts:
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Wednesday, June 1: We began a small unit about sequences, series and financial math. Handouts:
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Tuesday, May 31: We wrote the Sinusoidal Functions TEST
Monday, May 30: We reviewed for the test tomorrow!
Friday, May 27: We took up the quiz from earlier this week. We took up the homework. We were given an assignment, due Monday (Window Of Opportunity will be open until Wednesday). Assignment:
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Thursday, May 26: Modelling Periodic Data. Handout:
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Homework: Page 328 #3, 5 and Page 339 #9, 10 ,14.
Wednesday, May 25: Today we wrote a for-marks quiz on sinusoidal functions. Quiz:
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Tuesday, May 24: Today we looked at a couple of applications of sinusoidal functions: Temperatures and Tides. HW: The two questions on the back of the sheet + Page 346 #9, 10, 13. Mr. Oldridge points out that Pg. 346 #1, 2, 4-13 are all fair game for tomorrow's quiz. Handout:
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Friday, May 20: We focused on reading the graphs of sinusoidal functions, and determining the equation of them. There was a handout ... it is to be completed by Tuesday! If you do not complete it by Tuesday, you will be staying after school to complete it. Handout:
Thursday, May 19: Today we graphed some sinusoidal functions.
Wednesday, May 18: Today we continued to graph and read the graphs of sinusoidal functions. Page 309 #9b and 17. Optional: #4, 5, 8b.
Tuesday, May 17: Today we learned about transformations of trigonometric functions. Note:
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Monday, May 16: We took up the test. Solutions:
Friday, May 13: We investigated the graphs of sin and cos. Homework: Finish the BACK of the first handout today (table of values and graph for cos theta vs. theta)
Thursday, May 12: We wrote the trigonometry (Chapter 4) unit test today.
Wednesday, May 11: As promised, here are the solutions for the review questions that we gave out today:
Tuesday, May 10: Today we "took up" the quiz that was supposed to be written today. No students who were present at the beginning of the class wanted it to count, and I obliged. This will not be happening again. BE READY FOR THE TEST ON THURSDAY.
Monday, May 9: Today we reviewed for the quiz and clarified how to find related angles. There was no official homework assigned, but I want both sides of the sheet completed by Thursday (because that's the day of the Unit Test!) Be able to do ALL of those questions for tomorrow, since we have a for-marks quiz tomorrow! If you can't do those questions, you will struggle on the quiz.
Friday, May 6: Today we tried to tie "secant" "cosecant" and "cotangent" into our trigonometry vocabularies. Homework: Page 273 #3bcd, 4b, 5, 6, 9.
Thursday, May 5: Today we learned about exact trig ratios for angles that are multiples of 30 and 45 degrees. The homework is shown at the bottom of your sheet: Page 238 #6. Memorize the special triangles!!!
Wednesday, Today we began to learn about trigonometric ratios for angles between 0 and 360 degrees. We turned co-ordinates in the x/y plane into sin, cos and tan ratios.
Tuesday, May 3: Today we continued to explore trig identities. Handout:
Monday, May 2: Today we learned about trigonometric identities. Homework: The 14 problems on this sheet. Prove them all!
Thursday, April 28: We studied the ambiguous case of sine law. No homework was assigned.
Wednesday, April 27: Today we tried a few problems in THREE dimensions. The homework is Page 266 #3, 5, 10, 12
Tuesday, April 26: Today we got a review of Grade 10 trigonometry, and a homework sheet about applications of trigonometry. Homework: Finish the question sheet. Review of Grade 10 Handout:
Thursday, April 21: Some students wrote the Chapter 3 Test, and some students worked on an introduction (refresher) of trigonometry.
Wednesday, April 20: Some students wrote the Chapter 3 Test (Exponential Functions) Test:
Tuesday, April 19: Review package given out. Some students are writing the test tomorrow but others (due to religious observances) will be writing later. I promised some extra problems similar to 2(b) in the package ... here they are:
Monday, April 18: Diagnostic Quiz (Handout:
Friday, April 15: How to graph all exponential functions.
Thursday, April 14: Today we learned how to graph exponential function, and how to go from graph to equation. Homework: The questions at the bottom of the sheet: Page 185 #1, 4, 5, 6, and the three written below that. If you missed today due to the field trip, it is your responsibility to get extra help to catch up. Today's handout:
Wednesday, April 13: We took up the homework from yesterday and we saw some more applications of exponential functions. Finally, we saw that water cooling follows an exponential relationship when we look at Temperature over Time. Homework: p. 433 # 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, and a handout,
Tuesday, April 12: Today we worked with rational (fraction) exponents and learned of an application: half-life and radioactive decay. Homework: Page 175 #1, 2, 3, 4, 7; and the 5 questions on the back of the sheet. Handout:
Wednesday, April 6: In-class activity during class today, exploring exponential functions and reviewing exponent rules from Grade 9 and 10. Handout 1, Exponent Rules:
Tuesday, April 5: Today, many of us wrote the Unit 2 test (reciprocals, radicals and inverses). Others will not be writing until Thursday morning.
Monday, April 4: We took up the quiz from Friday, which did not count for marks. We also were given a review sheet. Important questions to do from the review sheet are ALL of them, but particularly these, which I assigned as homework: #1ac, 2-5, 6abc, 7abc, 8-11. Friday's quiz:
Friday, April 1: Today we wrote a quiz testing what we know about reciprocal functions, rational expressions and radical expressions. Students who wrote it today will get their marks back on Monday. Homework: Page 93 #7bcd, 8bcd, 9ab, 1ad, 4ad. We covered this material a couple days ago and I told you it was low priority ... I wanted you to get reciprocal functions handled well before we did this. Now we must learn to add, subtract, multiply and divide rational expressions. Remember what I said in class ... look for a common denominator! Alternatively this video may help you understand.
Update: Test 2 is going to be on Tuesday. It will cover the same material as the quiz, but will COUNT for marks.
Important concepts include:
- Graphing reciprocal functions
- Determining the equation of a reciprocal function given the graph
- Simplifying rational expressions
- Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing rational expressions
- Simplifying Radicals
Thursday, March 31: Finish lesson on radical functions; diagnostic quiz in preparation for tomorrow. Quiz:
Wednesday, March 30: Today we finished our discussion of rational functions, and began to learn about radicals. Homework: p. 39 # C1, 1abcd, 2ad, 3ad, 4ac, 5abcd, 6ab, 7cdef, 13, 14, 16.
Tuesday, March 29: Today we talked about 1) Drawing reciprocal functions 2) Rational Expressions. There will be no homework, since I didn't update the wiki quickly. Today's handout:
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Monday, March 28: Today we will learn to graph the reciprocal function, and how to determine the equation of one from its graph. Handout:
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Friday, March 11: We practiced using the reciprocal function. No homework.
Thursday, March 10: Today we wrote a quiz about inverses and square root functions. We also spoke very briefly about reciprocal functions and the transformations they can undergo. No homework!
Wednesday, March 9: We finished an in-class assignment. If you want to work on it more, you can come by after school today, or before school tomorrow. I gave out two sheets of review for the quiz tomorrow. I highly recommend those as practice for tomorrow's quiz. My handout:
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Tuesday, March 8: We began an in-class assignment about the reciprocal function. There is a quiz on Thursday about inverses and square root functions. No daily homework, just review for the quiz.
Monday, March 7: We reviewed the square root function with a handout (graphed 16 equations)
Friday, March 4: Today we learned to draw square root functions, and to come up with the equation from graphs. Handout + Homework sheet:
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Thursday, March 3: Today we learned about the square root function, which is the inverse of the "square" function. There was no homework assigned tonight.
Wednesday, March 2: Today we learned about inverses.
Tuesday, March 1: Today we wrote the Unit 1 Test in class. No homework.
Monday, February 28: Students who were away on Friday wrote the quiz in class. Everyone else worked on a review sheet:
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Friday, February 25: Wrote a quiz in class. Those who missed it will have to make alternate arrangements. No homework, but there is a test on Tuesday!
Thursday, February 24: We reviewed for tomorrow's quiz. A handout of fair questions (although not all possible types of questions) was given out. No official homework. Handout:
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Wednesday, February 23: Today's lesson was about transformations. The homework is the worksheet that was handed out in class. These is a QUIZ on FRIDAY that involves everything up to today's content (transformations). It will focus on maximum/minimum, solving quadratic equations (factoring, quadratic formula), families of quadratic equations (February 22) and transformations (today).
Tuesday, February 22: We learned about families of quadratic equations, and how to solve for the factored form of the equation. Homework is page 57 #3ab ,4a, 6bc, 8bc, 11bc.
Thursday, February 17: We continued to work on an in-class assignment. It was collected in class, and will be returned on Tuesday. I have told the students I will not mark it over the weekend, and will give additional time (although maybe not class time) to complete it.
Wednesday, February 16: We began work on an in-class assignment, which (ideally) will be handed in by the end of class tomorrow. I am available for extra help from 9-10 AM tomorrow morning, and will stay late after school if need be.
Tuesday, February 15: The primary goal of today's lesson is solving for the intersection of a parabola and line. Answers:
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Monday, February 14: We reviewed factoring. Visit this page for a recap. Homework: Page 49 #1, 7abdfh.
Friday, February 11: We wrote a quiz on Function notation (using f(x)), Domain and Range, Sketching parabolas (vertex form and standard form), Vertexes (max and min of quadratic functions) and X-Intercepts (quadratic formula). No homework!
Thursday, February 10: Maximum, Minimum and Roots of a Quadratic Function (Review of the last week or so): Handout:
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Wednesday, February 9: Students who were here were given a 3-page handout to complete, involving finding vertexes, x-intercepts and domain/range in preparation for the QUIZ ON FRIDAY. Handout:
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Tuesday, February 8: Solving Quadratic Equations (Blank handout:
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Monday, February 7: Maximum and Minimum of a Quadratic Function (Handout:
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Friday, February 4: Review of sketching parabolas, vertex form and standard form (Handout:
Thursday, February 3: Function notation, domain and range (Handout, filled in:
Tuesday, February 1: Introduction to the course; goal-setting journal; review of fractions. Homework: Finish the goal sheet (one side) and the fraction review sheet. (Handout: