(MTH-PC) - Pre-Calculus:

​College Algebra
Monday 1:30 - 3:00
​Raleigh - Southbridge
Thursday 1:30 - 3:00
Cary - The Forge
Reference Material:

Week 1: Session 1

September 7th
Topics: Class Introduction
Assignment: Register and complete Quiz 1 (due September 21st)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Week 13: Session 26

December 14th
Topics:
​​2.3 Dividing Polynomials
Long Division of Polynomials, and Synthetic Division of Polynomials
Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
Online HW26 (due Jan 11th)
Quiz 26 (due Jan 11th)

Week 14: Session 27

December 18th
Topics:
OPTIONAL - online only

​Chapter 1 Review
Assignment:
None

Week 14: Session 28

January 4th
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

2.5 Complex Zeros: The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
Complex Zeros and Factoring Polynomials
Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
Online HW28 (due Jan 15th)
Quiz 28 (due Jan 15th)

Week 15: Session 29

January 8th
Topics:
​​​​2.6 Rational Functions
Domain of Rational Functions, Vertical, Horizontal, and Slant Asymptotes, and Graphing Rational Functions
Assignment:
Supplemental Worksheet
Online HW29 (due Jan 18th)
Quiz 29 (due Jan 18th)

Week 15: Session 30

January 11th
Topics:
Review Chapter 2 (Part 1)
Assignment:
Optional HW30 Ch 2 Review
Chapter 2 Pre-Test
​Chapter 2 Test (due Jan 22nd)

Week 16: Session 31

January 15th
Topics:
Review Chapter 2 (Part 2)
Assignment:
Optional HW30 Ch 2 Review
Chapter 2 Pre-Test
​Chapter 2 Test (due Jan 22nd)

Week 16: Session 32

January 18th
Topics:
End of the Semester Celebration
Assignment:
End of semester
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