(MTH-PC) - Pre-Calculus:

​College Algebra

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Monday 1:30 - 3:00
​Raleigh - Southbridge
Thursday 1:30 - 3:00
Cary - The Forge

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Reference Material:

Textbook 1

Textbook 2

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Week 1: Session 1

September 7th

Topics: Class Introduction

Assignment: Register and complete Quiz 1 (due September 21st)

recording

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Week 1: Session 2

September 11th

Topics:
0.1 Linear Equations
Solving Linear Equations in One Variable and Applications Involving Linear Equations

0.2 Quadratic Equations
Factoring and Square Root Method

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
Online HW2 (due Sept 21st)
​Quiz 2 (due Sept 21st)

Class notes

recording

Supplemental

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Week 2: Session 3

September 18th

Topics:
0.2 Quadratic Equations
Factoring, Square Root Method, and The Quadratic Formula

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
Online HW3 (due Sept 25th)
​Quiz 3 (due Sept 25th)

class notes

recording

Supplemental

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Week 2: Session 4

September 21st

Topics:
0.2 Quadratic Equations
Completing the Square and Graphing Quadratic Equations

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
Online HW4 (due Sept 28th)
​Quiz 4 (due Sept 28th)

class notes

recording

Supplemental 1

Supplemental 2

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Week 3: Session 5

September 25th

Topics:
0.3 Other Types of Equations
Rational Equations and Radical Equations

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheets
Online HW5 (due Oct 2nd)
Quiz 5 (due Oct 2nd)

class notes

recording

Supplemental 1

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Week 3: Session 6

September 28th

Topics:
0.3 Other Types of Equations
Equations Quadratic in Form: u-Substitution, Absolute Value, and Factorable Equations

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
Online HW6 (due Oct 5th)
​Quiz 6 (due Oct 5th)

Class notes

recording

supplementaL

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Week 4: Session 7

October 2nd

Topics:
​0.3 Other Types of Equations
Equations Quadratic in Form: u-Substitution, Absolute Value, and Factorable Equations

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
Online HW7 (due Oct 9th)
​Quiz 7 (due Oct 9th)

class notes

recording

Supplemental 1

Supplemental 2

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Week 4: Session 8

October 5th

Topics:
​​0.4 Inequalities
Graphing Inequalities and Interval Notation, Linear Inequalities, Polynomial Inequalities, Rational Inequalities and Absolute Value Inequalities

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
Online HW8 (due Oct 12th)
​Quiz 8 (due Oct 12th)

class notes

recording

Supplemental 1

supplemental 2

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Week 5: Session 9

October 9th

Topics:
​​​0.4 Inequalities
Absolute Value Inequalities

Assignment:
Online HW9 (due Oct 19th)
​Quiz 9 (due Oct 19th)
Ch 0 Pre-Test
​Ch 0 Test (due Oct 19th)

class notes

recording

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Week 5: Session 10

October 12th

Topics:
​Ch 0 Review (Part 1)

Assignment:
Optional Online HW10 Ch 0 Review
Ch 0 Pre-Test
​Ch 0 Test (due Oct 23rd)

class notes

recording

Ch 0 Pre-Test

Answer Key

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Week 6: Session 11

October 16th

Topics:
​Ch 0 Review (Part 2)

Assignment:
Optional Online HW10 Ch 0 Review
Ch 0 Pre-Test
​Ch 0 Test (due Oct 23rd)

No HW or Quiz 11 (you're welcome)

class notes

recording

Ch 0 Pre-Test

Answer Key

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Week 6: Session 12

October 19th

Topics:
​​0.5 Graphing Equations
Cartesian Plane, The Distance and Midpoint Formulas, Point-Plotting, Using Intercepts and Symmetry as Graphing Aids, and Circles

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
​Online HW12 (due Oct 26th)
​Quiz 12 (due Oct 26th)

class notes

recording

supplemental

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Week 7: Session 13

October 23rd

Topics:
​0.6 Lines
​Graphing a Line, Slope, Equations of Lines, and Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
​Online HW13 (due Oct 30th)
​Quiz 13 (due Oct 30th)

class notes

recording

Supplemental

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Week 7: Session 14

October 26th

Topics:
​0.7 Modeling Variation
Direct Variation, Inverse Variation, and Joint Variation and Combined Variation

0.8 Linear Regression: Best Fit
Scatterplots, Identifying Patterns, and Linear Regression

Assignment:
Online HW14 (due Nov 2nd)
​Quiz 14 (due Nov 2nd)

class notes

recording

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Week 8: Session 15

October 30th

Topics:
Chapter 0.5 Review

Assignment:
Optional online HW14 Ch 0.5 Review
​Chapter 0.5 Pre-Test
​Chapter 0.5 Test (due Nov 6th)

class notes

recording

Ch 0.5 Pre-test

Answer Key

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Week 8: Session 16

November 2nd

Topics:
​1.1 Functions
Definition of a Function, Functions Defined by Equations, Function Notation, and Domain of a Function

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
Online HW16 (due Nov 9th)
Quiz 16 (due Nov 9th)

class notes

recording

Supplemental

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Week 9: Session 17

November 6th

Topics:
​1.2 Graphs of Functions
Recognizing and Classifying Functions, Increasing and Decreasing Functions, Difference Quotient, Average Rate of Change, and Piecewise-Defined Functions

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
Online HW17 (due Nov 13th)
Quiz 17 (due Nov 13th)

class notes

recording

Supplemental

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Week 9: Session 18

November 9th

Topics:
​​​1.2 Graphs of Functions
Recognizing and Classifying Functions, Increasing and Decreasing Functions, Difference Quotient, Average Rate of Change, and Piecewise-Defined Functions

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
​Online HW18 (due Nov 16th)
​Quiz 18 (due Nov 16th)

class notes

recording

Supplemental

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Week 10: Session 19

November 13th

Topics:
​​1.2 Graphs of Functions
Recognizing and Classifying Functions, Increasing and Decreasing Functions, Difference Quotient, Average Rate of Change, and Piecewise-Defined Functions

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
No HW & Quiz 19

class notes

recording

Supplemental

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Week 10: Session 20

November 16th

Topics:
​​​​​​​​1.2 Graphs of Functions
Recognizing and Classifying Functions

​1.3 Graphing Techniques: Transformations
Horizontal and Vertical Shifts, Reflection About the Axes, and Stretching and Compressing

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
​Online HW20 (due Nov 30th)
Quiz 20 (due Nov 30th)

class notes

recording

supplemental

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Week 11: Session 21

November 27th

Topics:
​1.4 Combining Functions, Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing Functions, and Composition of Functions

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
​Online HW21 (due Dec 4th)
Quiz 21 (due Dec 4th)

Class notes

recording

supplemental

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Week 11: Session 22

November 30th

Topics:
​1.5 One-to-One Functions and Inverse Functions
One-to-One Functions, Inverse Functions, Graphical Interpretation of Inverse Functions, and Finding the Inverse Function

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
Online HW22 (due Dec 7th)
​Quiz 22 (due Dec 7th)

class notes

recording

supplemental

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Week 12: Session 23

December 4th

Topics:
Chapter 1 Review (Part 1)

Assignment:
Optional HW23 Chapter 1 Review
Chapter 1 Pre-Test
​Chapter 1 Test (due Dec 11th)

class notes

recording

Ch 1 Pre-Test

Answer Key

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Week 12: Session 24

December 7th

Topics:
2.1 Quadratic Functions
Graphs of Quadratic Functions: Parabolas and Finding the Equation of a Parabola

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
Online HW24 (due Dec 14th)
​Quiz 24 (due Dec 14th)

class notes

recording

Supplemental 2-1

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Week 13: Session 25

December 11th

Topics:
2.2 Polynomial Functions of Higher Degree
Identifying Polynomial Functions, Graphing Polynomial Functions Using Transformations of Power Functions, Real Zeros of a Polynomial Function, and Graphing General Polynomial Functions

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
Online HW25 (due Jan 8th)
​Quiz 25 (due Jan 8th)

class notes

recording

supplemental 2-2

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Week 13: Session 26

December 14th

Topics:
2.2 Polynomial Functions of Higher Degree
Identifying Polynomial Functions, Graphing Polynomial Functions Using Transformations of Power Functions, Real Zeros of a Polynomial Function, and Graphing General Polynomial Functions

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
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No Homework and Quiz 26

class notes

recording

supplemental 2-2

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Week 14: Session 27

December 18th

Topics:
OPTIONAL - online only

​Chapter 1 Review

Assignment:
None

Class notes

recording

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Week 14: Session 28

January 4th

Topics:
​​​​2.3 Dividing Polynomials
Long Division of Polynomials, and Synthetic Division of Polynomials

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
Online HW28 (due Jan 15th)
Quiz 28 (due Jan 15th)

class notes

recording

Supplemental 2-3

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Week 15: Session 29

January 8th

Topics:
​​​​​2.4 The Real Zeros of a Polynomial Function
The Remainder Theorem and the Factor Theorem, The Rational Zero Theorem and Descartes’ Rule of Signs, Factoring Polynomials, The Intermediate Value Theorem, and Graphing Polynomial Functions

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet

No HW & Quiz 29

class notes

recording

Supplemental 2-4

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Week 15: Session 30

January 11th

Topics:
​2.5 Complex Zeros: The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
Complex Zeros and Factoring Polynomials

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
Online HW30 (dueJan 18th)
Quiz 30 (due Jan 18th)

Class notes

recording

supplemental 2-5

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Week 16: Session 31

January 15th

Topics:
​2.6 Rational Functions
Domain of Rational Functions, Vertical, Horizontal, and Slant Asymptotes, and Graphing Rational Functions

Review Chapter 2 (Part 1)

Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
​Online HW31 (due Jan 22nd)
Quiz 31 (due Jan 22nd) (free back)

class notes

recording

supplemental 2-6

Ch 2 Pre-Test

answer key

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Week 16: Session 32

January 18th

Topics:
​Review Chapter 2 (Part 2)

Assignment:
Optional HW32 Ch 2 Review
Chapter 2 Pre-Test
​Chapter 2 Test (due Jan 25th)

class notes

recording

Ch 2 Pre-Test

answer key

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