Today we looked at factoring using decomp.  This method takes longer, but will always work.

HOMEWORK:  Pg 177
#12 a,b
#13 a,b
#15 - all
18a

Tuesday's double block will be going over ALL factoring:

• GCF
• Trinomials in form x2 + bx + c
• Difference of Squares
• Perfect Trinomial Squares
• Trinomials in form ax2 + bx + c
• Short cut when a or c is a prime number
• Decomp
• Multi-step Questions

April 13th

Nice Work!

Today was a day to solve the puzzle of factoring trinomials with a number in front  

Homework:  Handout " What Happened When the Boarding House Blew Up?"

Cool Down:  What Do You Call a Sore on a Police Officer's Foot?" #1-6

April 11

Two special polynomials

• Difference of Squares

• Perfect Trinomial Squares

HOMEWORK:  Both sides of the sheet "Jolly Green Giant" & Klutz"

There will be a quiz on factoring GCF, trinomials, Difference of Squares & Perfect Trinomial Squares.

April 10th

Finish the sheet with "A Drastic Way to Diet" and "When is a wrestler King of the Ring?"

Pg 194 #6,10

April 7th

As we discussed, I will use the blog to list the homework for the day, and you will ask me for extra help if you need it (rather than the tips I was giving on here).

Homework:  Pg 166  #11, 14 and 15 (a,b)

April 6th

Here's my test...  I stopped doing the blog because nobody was checking it.  Here is the homework for the past couple of days.  If you read this and would like me to keep it up regularly with homework again, please let me know.

April 6th  Pg 146  # 4 a,b,c  # 5 a,b,d  #6, plus "Where do Tadpoles in the Pawn Shop Come From?"

April 4th Pg 140 # 6 a,b  #8 b,d,f  #91  #15 f  #10 b,d,f  #11 ac  #16 a,c,d

March 2

Test Day - will have the tests marked by tomorrow morning.

Review - please make sure it is submitted

Started looking at systems of equations

HOMEWORK:  PG 401 . #5,6,8,10, & 12