12/04 Homework 5,6,7,8th

12/04 Homework 5,6,7,8th:

Finish the Chapter 6.1 problems that I handed out it class. There are four of them and each one will take about 10 minutes to complete so don't wait till the last minute to work on them. They are due at the beginning of class on Mon/Tues.

Stay Warm!

December 2/3. Periods 1,4

The homework assigned Monday/Tuesday was Section 5.3: 1-12 all.
The homework assigned Wednesday/Thursday is Section 5.4: 1-6 all.

I will check both assignments while you are taking the quiz on Friday.

The quiz on Friday will have questions about solving trigonometric equations from 5.3 and using the sum/difference formulas as well as the double-angle formulas from 5.4.

11/30-12/01 Homework 5,6,7,8th

11/30-12/01 Homework 5,6,7,8th:

Finish the Chapter 5.5 worksheet that I passed out in class. You may omit #15 and #16. We will review Chapter 5.4 and 5.5 in class on Wednesday and Thursday. There will be a quiz on Friday. Remember that Thursday morning is a late start day so I will not be around for tutoring.

11/23-11/24 Homework 5,6,7,8th

11/23-11/24 Homework 5,6,7,8th:

The homework for the holiday is to memorize the Sum and Difference Formulas and the Double Angle Formulas that we went over in class. You will have a short quiz over these formulas the day we return from break.

You should also complete Chapter 5.4 page 404 #1-17 odd (omitting #13). This was a handout that was passed out in class. Most students finished it and turned it in before class was over. If you did not then please have it turned in the day we return from break.

11/20 - Periods 1,4

Your homework this weekend is from Section 5.2: 1-20 odd. We have worked a couple of these problems in class, but I want for you to get some more practice proving these identities.

Have a great weekend!

11/10-11/11 Homework 5,6,7,8th

11/10-11/11 Homework 5,6,7,8th:

I handed out a work packet in class that contained problems from section 5.1 in the text book. These are problems from

page 379 #1-3 odd
# 27-33 odd
# 45-47 odd
#57-67 odd
# 77-79 odd

I chose the odd problems so that you could check your answers in the back of the book. Please take advantage of this.

This homework assingment is not due until the first class period of next week.

November 6 - Periods 1,4

Your homework for Monday/Tuesday is from Section 4.7: 19-34.

These problems require that you use a calculator to find the inverse sine, cosine, and tangent of various values.

If you don't have a calculator at home, you can still do the homework. Google has a very nice online calculator. Go to google.com and type in: atan(sqrt(3))

Google will perform the calculation and give you an answer back: 1.04719755

Have a great weekend!

November 4,5 - Periods 1,4

Homework is from Section 4.7: 1-16.

Remember to have your unit circle handy for doing these problems.

November 2,3 - Periods 1,4

Your Homework is from Section 4.6: 7-14.

These problems are asking you to plot sketches for tan, cot, sec, csc. Remember that for the reciprocal functions (sec and csc), you should plot cos or sin *first*.

11/02-11/03 Homework 5,6,7,8th

11/02-11/03 Homework 5,6,7,8th:

Page 351 #92-97
Omit #93

I handed this out during class. It was a page from your text book that had been copied. There should have been word problems using inverse trigonometric functions.

Remember last day to turn in anything or to do corrections is Friday before school.

Also, you don't have school next Monday.

10/28-10/29 Homework 5,6,7,8th

10/28-10/29 Homework 5,6,7,8th:

Complete the Practice Quiz I handed out it class. Study for the real exam on Friday.

Remember that next Friday is the end of the six weeks so all make up work is due Tuesday.

10/26-10/27 Homework: 5,6,7,8th

10/26-10/27 Homework 5,6,7,8th:

Page 349 #1-16

Remember all corrections must be made by Wednesday after school.

October 26/27, Periods 1, 4

Section 4.5: 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 54, 55

46, 48, 50, 52, 56.

We will probably do some of these problem in class, so be sure that you are paying attention and take good notes.

10/22-10/23 Homework 5,6,7,8th:

10/22-10/23 Homework 5,6,7,8th:

Finish your take home Practice Quiz and study for the real thing on Monday/Tuesday.

On your quiz you will have to graph one cycle of each trigonometric function and identify the amplitude and period of each.

Have a great weekend!

October 20,21 Periods 1, 4

In-class assignment: Section 4.5: 1, 3, 5, 7, 39, 41, 43, 73

Homework assignment: Section 4.5: 2, 4, 6, 8, 35, 37, 74, 76, 77

You will take a quiz (1 or 2 questions) on these problems during your next class period. You will be allowed to use your homework on the quiz.

10/20-10/21 Homework 5,6,7,8th:

10/20-10/21 Homework 5,6,7,8th:

Textbook Page 339 #1-20

Remember that you can check the odd answers in the back.

10/12-10/13 Homework 5,6,7,8th:

10/12-10/13 Homework 5,6,7,8th:

Page 329 #35-40

This homework is due on Friday 10/16

October 12,13 Periods 1,4

I have handed out an Exam 2 Review sheet for our upcoming exam this Friday.

The Exam 2 Review is your homework and is due on Friday.

I *strongly* encourage you to do as much of the review as possible so that you can ask questions in class on Wednesday and Thursday.

Oct. 8/9, Periods 1,4

Your homework this weekend is from Section 4.4 in the textbook. You should all have textbooks now, so I will no longer be copying pages out of the book.

Remember, if you don't understand the problems, you can always look back at your notes or in the textbook and try to figure it out for yourself.

10/09 Homework 5,6,7,8th

10/09 Homework 5,6,7,8th:

Trigonometry Exam One Review paper handed out it class. Your Exam will be on Wed/Thurs of next week and will count as two quiz grades.

I will be available for tutoring every morning at 8am. I will not be available after school next week.

If you have lost the review you can find a copy here.

10/07-10/08 Homework 5,6,7,8

10/07-10/08 Homework 5,6,7,8:

Page 328

#7-29
#73-74

Make sure to come in a retake the Unit Circle Quiz if you are unhappy with your grade.

10/05-10/06 Homework 5,6,7,8th

10/05-10/06 Homework 5,6,7,8th:

Finish the SAT worksheet from class. We will go over the answers in class.

October 5, 6 - Periods 1,4

HW is from Section 4.1: 17, 21, 22, 63, 65

I handed out copies of these problems in class today.

Oct 1, Oct 2 - Periods 1,4

HW is from the book. The same copy I handed out Wednesday.
27, 43, 45, 67 from Section 4.3

Have a great weekend!

9/30, 10/1 - Periods 1,4

HW: Section 4.3 page 309 from the text.

This was handed out in class in case you don't yet have a book.

59, 60, 61, 62, 65.

09/30-10/01 Homework: 5,6,7,8

09/30-10/01 Homework: 5,6,7,8th

Page 299 # 29-34

Page 318 # 11-14
# 39-42
# 49-52

09/28-9/29 Homework 5,6,7,8th

09/28-09/29 Homework: 5,6,7,8th Period

Textbook Page 290-292

#7-10
#17-24 (part a only)
#47-54
#87-90

09/25 Homework 5,6,7,8th

09/25 Homework 5,6,7,8th Period

Complete the Unit Circle and Table worksheet that utilizes the degree, radian and coordinates of the Unit Circle. Make sure that you complete all six trig functions for each circle measurement.

All work from the first six weeks is due Thursday. Make sure that you come in early in the week to make corrections on any quizzes that you made less than 100 on.

For 9/25, Periods 1,4

Don't forget to study for your quiz on Friday! 9 questions, no calculator or notes.

Remember to study your flashcards every day so that you don't fall behind.

Now that everyone has a textbook, I will start assigning homework from the book rather than handing out worksheets. The first assignment will be given Friday.

9/23/ and 9/24, Periods 1, 4

We will complete some additions to the deck of flash cards that we started last week. These will include the sine, cosine, and tangent of 30, 45, and 60 degrees.

There will be a quiz on Friday over these nine values. I will discuss the quiz in more detail during class Wednesday/Thursday.

Also, now that each of you has a textbook for the course, I will begin assigning homework from the book. Please keep track of your book -- you are responsible for it for the duration of the course. Please do not leave it in the classroom.

09/21-09/22 Homework 5,6,7,8th

Homework for 5,6,7,8th Period:

Recreate the Unit Circle that we did in class today on the blank circle worksheet that I handed out to you at the end of class. You may use one or both sides depending on how you wish to organize. Please label the degrees, radians and coordinates on the circle. You should do this from memory as much as possible. You may look at the circles that we did in class to check your work or if you get stuck. However, you should practice creating the circle from memory for future work in class.

09/18 Homework 5,6,7,8th

Homework for 5,6,7,8th

Text book page 309

#59-62
#64-67

09/18 Homework (1,4)

Please finish the 9 notecards we started in class. Those include sin, cos, and tan definitions along with the values of 45 degree, and 60 (or 30) degree angles that we went over in class.

Over the next several weeks we will be adding to this stack of notecards, and I expect that you will have them with you for every class. In fact, it would be a great idea to keep them with you all the time and quiz yourself during your spare time! :-)

Have a great weekend!

09/16-09/17 Homework 5,6,7,8th

5,6,7,8th period homework:

Please finish the SAT problems that I handed out earlier this week. Also go through your homework from last class p308 #1-4, #9-19, #27-29 and make sure that you don't have any decimal answers. If you do, change them into the radical form. Look at the examples in the chapter or the answers in the back of the book if you have any questions about this. Also, look back to the examples from class that are in your notes.

09/16-09/17 Homework (1,4)

Please finish the "Discovering Trig Ratios" worksheet. You need to have plots of five triangles and complete the table of values. We will be discussing our results on Friday.

Twitter Feed

I have created a Twitter feed for periods 1 and 4 so that homework reminders can be sent out. I will talk about the Twitter feed more in class next time.

The feed is located at: http://twitter.com/mrabellmath

09/14-09/15 Homework (1,4)

Complete the Pythagorean Formula sheet. We will review the answers to these problems next time.

Please attempt all the problems on the SAT practice sheet. Some of the problems are a little tricky, but if you think about them now, the solution will make much more sense to you when you see it in class.

09/14-09/15 Homework (5,6,7,8)

5,6,7,8th Period Classes:

Homework is from the Textbook. You should all have a textbook at home by now.

Page 308

#1-4
#9-16
#27-29

Make sure that you give yourself plenty of space to solve these problems. We will go over the answers at the beginning of the next class period.

If you need some help try looking at classzone.com

9/10-9/11 Homework

All Classes:

The Exam 1 Review sheet will be due on Monday/Tuesday and we will review it at the beginning of class before you take the exam. You are not responsible for #15, since we haven't talked about it yet.

The "Linear Regression with Coded Data" is also due on Monday/Tuesday at the beginning of class -- both sides need to be completed. For each problem, please show the equation of the line along with a scatterplot of the data.

Please make sure to review the composition and combination of functions, as well as how to find the inverse of functions. Parent functions will also be covered.

Regression models will not be covered on the exam.

The exam will be very simmilar to the Exam 1 Review worksheet, so be sure you are able to work all of the problems.

09/08-09/09 Homework

1st and 4th:

The front page of Regression Homework Sheet is due next class. Exam One Review is due first meeting next week.

5,6,7 and8th

Regression Homework Sheet (both sides) is due next class. Exam One Review is due first meeting next week.

09/04 Homework

All Classes:

SAT practice problem sheet handed out after today's quiz. You must show work on all problems in order to receive credit.

Have a great Labor Day! Remember that there is no school on Monday!!!

09/02-09/03 Homework

1st and 4th

Composite Functions Homework page and the first side of the Inverse Functions Homework sheet.

5,6,7,8th

Inverse Functions Homework Sheet both sides. Study for your quiz on Friday covering Combinations, Composite and Inverse Functions.

08/31-09/01 Homework

1st and 4th Period:

Combinations of Functions 1.8 Homework Page. The front side #1-5

5,6,7,8th Period:

Combinations of Functions 1.8 Homework Page. Both sides #1-7

Composition of Functions Homework Page. Three Word Problems

08/28 Homework

1st and 4th Period Homework:

Transformations of Functions Exploration Handout.

5,6,7,8th Period Homework:

Piece Wise Functions Handout from the 1997 Calculus AP Test.

08/26-08/27 Homework

All classes are to study the flash cards over parent functions that we made in class. The flashcards will be turned in for a grade on Friday before the quiz.

Pre AP classes also are to complete the worksheet on exploration of functions that was passed out in class. A calculator will be helpful in completing this assignment.

Don't forget to bring in your autobiography as well as two packages of index cards by next Monday/Tuesday.

08/24-08/25 Homework

Using the first six parent functions. Create examples of four functions for each. This should give you a total of 24 different functions. After you have done this, describe the transformation made by each function from it's parent function.

Don't forget to bring your notebook, index cards, pencil, calculator and autobiography to class.

Syllabus

Click here for syllabus.

Graphing Calculators

I recommend that each student own their own calculator. The model that we use in class is the TI-84 Plus.

I can not check out graphing calculators for students to take home as I only have one classroom set. Graphing calculators will help out in homework assignments in their current and future math classes. You are also required to have your own calculator for the SAT and ACT tests.

You may purchase a graphing calculator at Walmart or any other store that carries electronics. The cheapest I have found in a store is at Staples for $89. I recommend buying a used calculator to save money. I found many calculators using Craigslist which allows you to buy directly from people in the Austin area.

http://www.craigslist.com

Another option is purchasing a used calculator from one of the many used calculator websites.

http://www.usedcalculators.com/

Welcome!

I am so happy that you are my student this year. I hope that this blog helps you to keep up with all of your homework. If you have any questions you can email me at lou.kuhn@austinisd.org. I check my email every night around 9pm before I go to sleep.