Honors Pre - Calculus 2009 - 2010
Welcome to Honors Pre-Calculus. I am looking forward to a great year, I have heard only great things about this group. This course is the prerequisite for AP Calculus which hopefully you will be taking next year. Since it is the prerequisite you will do a few things a little different this year. The biggest change is you will have to explain your answers at times. This is to ensure that you really know and understand the material and not just memorizing an algorithm. The following is a few guidelines that you will need to understand and follow to make this a very successful year. I wish you good luck and I am looking forward to a great year.
Text Book - The text book (which costs $100) requires that you attempt every problem that I assign. If the question asks you to explain or justify your answer you must explain your enaswer to receive the full benifit of this type of problem. Also, some of the test questions will also ask you to explain and justify your answers. This is an area that the AP Calculus committee is emphasizing so you need to start this year getting used to explaining your work. If you put the time into the homework you will have no trouble with the tests. Please do not stuff your book with papers this will get me in a bad mood and class will not go well. The bindings on text books cannot handle the extra paper, so please help me out so that the books will last as long as possible.
Calculators - You will be issued a TI-89 graphing calculator. They are a very powerful too, however, you cannot become dependent on the calculator. Half of your tests will allow no calculator, so make sure you can do the work by hand. If the text book says to do the work by hand, the test on that material will require you to do the work by hand. The calculator costs $140.00 so do not lose it or you will pay for it. Do not leave your calculator in your hot car. The heat will damage the calculator and the batteries. If you drop the calculator it will break. Please be careful with them. You only need to bring them to class when I tell you, so please leave them at home so you can use them to do your homework and bring them in when I tell you.
Grades -
a. Test 75%
b. Homework/Notebook/Journal 25%
I have a few procedures that I expect you to follow.
You must have a three ring binder this year. I want three sections in the binder: Notes, homework and journal. I will collect the notebook each time we have a test or quiz. I will also collect and grade homework periodically. Each howork assignment must have on the top of the page, your Name, Section, Page Number and the Problem Numbers. When I grade your notebook I will base part of the grade on your organization and how well you follow directions.
Your book must have a book cover on it. I will do a book check several times a quarter and your book must be covered. The books are in great condition and I want them to look like that when I get them back. Do not lose your book, they cost $100.00.
You must bring your calculator to class on test day or else you do not get to use one. I will not provide you with one and you cannot share with a classmate. Also, you must use a pencil on the test and once again I will not provide one for you. If you use pen I will deduct points from your test.
If you or your parents need to get in touch with me you can either email me at obstr@lcmrschools.com or phone the office at 884-3475 and leave a message.
I am really looking forward to a great year.
If you lose your notes or need to get the notes ahead of time due to an absence the following links will get you to each set of notes for the particular chapter. I will only provide you with one copy of the notes if you lose them it is your responsibility to get the second copy.
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Honors Pre-Calculus September 2009 |
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8 Half Day Hand out syllabus and notes HW: Go to my web page and read the Honors page |
9 Section 1.1 Notes Pages 1-5 HW: Notes page 9 |
10 Section 1.1 Notes Pages 6-8 HW:Page 5 #1-5 all and notes pages 10-13 |
11 Piecewise Functions Notes pages 14 - 17 HW: Notes page 18 |
14 Piecewise Functions
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15 NO Class |
16 Section 1.2 Notes pages 19-26 HW: Page 13 #1-41 odd |
17 Section 1.2 HW: Page 13 #2-40 even |
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21 Section 1.3 Notes 29 - 32 HW: Page 20 #1-20 all and notes pages 33-39 (use 37 for hw #15-20) |
22 NO Class |
23 Calculator Work Notes pages 40-42 HW: Notes pages 42-43b |
24 Quiz 1.1-1.3 (and piecewise) Part 1 |
25 Quiz 1.1-1.3 (and piecewise) Part 1 |
28 Finish Calculator Work HW: Pages 42-43b in notes
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29 No Class |
30 Section 1.4 Notes pages 44-48 HW: Notes page 49 and page 26 #1-11 odd
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Honors Pre-Calculus October 2009 |
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1 Section 1.5 Class: Notes pages 55 and 56 and page 33 #1-4 all, 17-20 all, 23,24,26,27,28
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2 Calculator Work Notes Pages 68 and 69 |
5 Review
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6 No Class |
7 Quiz Sections 1.4 and 1.5
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8 Section 1.6 Notes pages 64, 65 and 67and text book page 39 #1-13 all(omit 11)
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9 No School |
12 No School |
13 HW: Page 44 R1-R6 Page 49 T1-T28 (omit T19) |
14 No Class |
15 Review
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16 Test Chapter 1 Part 1 |
19 Test Chapter 1 Part 1 HW: Exploration 2-1a |
20 No Class |
21 Section 2.2/2.3 HW: Page 57 #1-29 odd and Page 63 #1-23 odd |
22 Section 2.4 HW: Page 68 #1-19 all
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23 Section 2.4 HW: Page 69 #21 - 44 all
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26 HW: Notes pages 20-23
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27 No Class |
28 Review and Start Section 2.5 |
29 Quiz 2.1-2.4 |
30 Section 2.5 HW: Page 73 #1-5 all, 7-22 all (skip 8, 21)
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Honors Pre-Calculus November 2009 |
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2 Hw: Page 79 R2, E3,R4 and T1-T4 all T9-T20 all
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3 No Class |
4 Notes pages 31-40 |
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9 Review
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10 No Class |
11 Test Chapter 2
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12 Section 3.2 Hw: Notes pages 9,10 Page 92 #1-11 all
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13 Section 3.2 Hw: Page 93 #13-18 all #19-25 odd and #26
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16 Section 3.3 Hw: Page 98 #1-15 all
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17 No Class |
18 Review |
19 Quiz Part 1
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20 Quiz Part 2 |
23 Section 3.4 Hw: Page 104 #1,2,3-53 odd
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24 Section 3.5 Hw: Notes pages 24, 25 |
25 Half day | 26 No School |
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30 Section 3.5 Hw: Pg 109 #1,2,3,6,7,10 11,14,15,19,23,25,27, 31, 37, 40, 44
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Honors Pre-Calculus December 2009 |
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Notes pages 24 and 25 |
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2 Section 3.5 HW: Pg 109 #1,2,3,6,7,10 11,14,15,19,23,25,27, 31, 37, 40, 44 |
3 Section 3.6 HW: Page 115 #1-13 odd |
4 Section 3.6 HW: Notes pages 30, 31, 32
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7 HW: Notes pages 33 - 40
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8 No Class |
9 HW: R1-R5 T1-T16 |
10 Review
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11 Test Part1 |
14 Test Part 2 HW: Page 133 #1-6 all |
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16 Section 4.2 HW: Page 137 #1-13 all and page 7 in the notes |
17 Section 4.3 HW: Page 143 #1-25 odd
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18 Section 4.3 HW: Page 143 #27 - 53 odd
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21 HW: Notes page 11
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22 HW: Notes page 12 |
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Honors Pre-Calculus January 2010 |
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4 Notes pages 13-21 (Section 4.4) HW: Page 149 #1-27 odd
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5 No Class |
6 Section 4.4 HW: Notes page 22
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7 Pop Quiz Identity HW: Notes page 22a
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8 Pop Quiz Solve Trig HW: Notes page 23 |
11 Teach 4.6
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12 No Class |
13 QUIZ 4.1-4.4 HW: Pg 164 #1-4 all and #5-25 odd and #24 |
14 Notes 27-30 HW: Pages 31 and 32 |
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19 Notes 33 - 38 HW: Pages 39 and 40 |
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21 HW: pages 41-43
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22 Pop Quz page 216 HW: Page 44 - 48 |
25 Review |
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27 Test Chapter 4 and Extensions
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28 Test Chapter 4 and Extensions |
29 Test Chapter 4 and Extensions HW: Page 357 #1-13 all (Section 9.1) |
Honors Pre-Calculus February 2010 |
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1 Notes pages 2-3 (Section 9.2) HW: Pg 359 #1,2 and notes pages 7 and 8
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3 Notes pages 4-7 (Section 9.3) HW: Pg 362 #1-16 all
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4 Review
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5 Quiz
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8 Notes pages 8-9 (Section 9.4) HW: pg 367 #1-16 all
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9 No Class |
10 Notes pages 10-13 (Section 9.5) HW: Pg 375 #1-27 odd
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11 Notes pages 14-17 (Section 9.6) HW: pg 383 #1-13 all
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12 No Class |
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16 Chapter Review Page 398 R1-R6
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17 No Class |
18 Notes pages 24 and 25 |
19 Chapter Test Page 401 #1-27 odd (skip 7,8,12,15,17) |
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24 Test Chapter 9
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Honors Pre-Calculus March 2010 |
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2 HSPA |
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4 HSPA Review |
5 Test Ch 9 Part 1 (NC) |
8 Test Ch 9 Part 1 (C) |
9 No Class |
10 Section 6.2/6.3 HW: Pg 229 1-11 odd and #15, #18 Pg 233 #1-13 odd |
11 Section 6.4/6.5 HW: Pg 237 #1-11 odd Pg 241 #1-13 odd |
12 Section 6.7 HW: pg 251 #1-7 odd and #17 |
15 Review |
16 No Class |
17 Test Chapter 6 |
18 Algebra Packet Notes pages 1-6 |
19 Algebra Packet Notes pages 1-6 HW: Notes pages 7,9 |
22Algebra Packet Notes pages 1-6 HW: Notes page 9 |
23 No Class |
24 Notes pages 12-15 HW: Notes page 10, 16 (Handout #6) |
25 HW: Notes pages 11 and 17 Start Partial Fractions |
26 Partial Fractions HW: P4 in notes
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29 Review |
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31 Quiz Factoring, Division and Partial Frac |
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Honors Pre-Calculus April 2010 |
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12 Rational Roots HW: Notes page 23
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13 No Class |
14 Rational Roots/Lines HW: Notes page 24,30
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15 Quadratics HW: Notes page 34
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16 Circles HW: Notes page 40
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19 Review
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21 Test |
22 Asymptotes HW: Notes page 43 |
23 Rational Graphs
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26 Rational Graphs HW: Notes pages 49 and 50
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27 No Class |
28 Review |
29 Partner Quiz
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30 Review Partner Quiz |
Honors Pre-Calculus May 2010 |
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| 3 Test Part 1 (Rational Graphs) | 4 No Class | 5 Section 7.2
HW: Page 277 #1-19all (just ID function and write equation) |
6 Start Teaching 7.4 HW: Page 298 #1-49 odd and 53-59 odd (Due May 13) |
7 AP History (12) Work on 7.4
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10AP Bio/Physics (8) Work on 7.4 |
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12 AP Language (12) Work on 7.4 |
13 Section 7.4 HW: Handout pages 13 and 14 (1-32 all)
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14 Section 7.4 Teach Percents (Notes 10-12a) HW: Handout pages 15
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17 Teach Percents (Notes 10-12a) HW: Notes pages 16 and 17
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18 No Class | 19 Percents HW: Notes pages 18 and 19 |
20 HW: Notes pages 44-46 |
21 Review |
24 Test (No Calculator)
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26 Test Calculators Collect Calculators |
27 Limits HW: Notes pages 7-11
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28 Limits from Functions HW: Notes pages 20 and 21 |
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Honors Pre-Calculus June 2010 |
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1 Limits from Functions HW: Notes pages 22 and 23 Hand out review for final |
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3 Limits from Functions HW: Notes pages 23a and 23b
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4 Limits at Infinity HW: Notes page 27
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7 Continuity HW: Notes pages 35 and 36
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8 No Class
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9 Continuity (Groups) HW: Notes pages 37 and 38
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10 Trig Limits HW: Notes pages 43 and 44
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11 Review HW: Notes pages 45 and 46
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14 Review
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15 No Class | 16 Test Limits
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17 Exams |
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21 Exams |
22 Honors Exam |
23 Graduation |
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