Friday, December 10, 2010

Chapter 9 Test Info

Chapter 9 Test
B2 - Test Tuesday
B4 - Test Friday
A2 - Test Monday
A3 - Test Monday

Chapter 9 Test - KNOW...

Monomials
-multiplying
-dividing

Scientific Notation

Polynomials
-Adding & Subtracting
-Multiplying

December 8th (B) and 9th (A)

9.7 Multiplying Polynomials
F.O.I.L. Method - to multiply two binomials, find the sum of the products.

First
Outside
Inside
Last

Assignment: p. 539 (#14-22) (30-34) - last homework assignment!

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

December 6th (B) and 7th (A)

NOTE: Counting today, there are 5 class days remaining until Semester Tests!

9.5 Adding and Subtracting Polynomials

You can only add and subtract things that are the same.
What makes terms the same?
1) same variables
2) same exponents

Assignment:
p. 525, #21-38

Sunday, December 5, 2010

December 2nd (B) and 3rd (A)

9.3 Scientific Notation

A number in Scientific Notation is written in the form:
C x 10^n
**Requirements
~C must be between 1 and 10 (1 is less than or equal to C is
less than 10)
~N is an integer (...-2, -1, 0, 1, 2,...)

n is how many places to move the decimal
positive - right
negative - left

Assignment:
p. 509, #18 - 34

Friday, December 3, 2010

November 30th (B) and December 1st (A)

Corrected HW assignment p. 499 #16-31
Completed HW Quiz (#1-7 - cross off #2 and #6)

YOU CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WITH MR. SCHWARTZ TO MAKE CORRECTIONS ON THE CHAPTER 8 TEST.

9.2 DIVIDING MONOMIALS

3 Rules:

1. Quotient of Powers
a^m/a^n = a^m-n

2. Zero Exponents
a^0 = 1

3. Negative Exponents
a^-n = 1/a^n

Reminder: ^ means to the exponent of...
/ - divide

Assignment: p. 504 (#14-28)