APU International School, HCMC Vietnam

Algebra 1 Spring 2017

Instructor: Mr. Bill Pham | E-mail: billp@apu.edu.vn

Course website: https://stjohns.digication.com/MrPhamAPU/Algebra_1

Edmodo.com Group code: whwkrn

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

1. Course textbook: Algebra 1 Common Core. Pearson 2015

2. Scientific calculator and graphing papers (you can download and printout online)
3. Notebook dedicated to this subject (no sharing with other classes!)
4. Edmodo.com forum: youre required to post and answer questions from your classmates
on this forum (graded as participation grade).

SCHEDULE (TENTATIVE)

Month Date Topic HW/Note

Februa 6 6-1 Solving Systems by Graphing
ry (review)
7 6-2 Solving Systems using
Substitution (review)
8 6-3 Solving Systems using
Elimination (review)
9 6E Matrices and Solving Systems Extension topic (not in
test)
10 6-4 Applications of Linear
Systems
13 6-4 Apps (Cont.) & Review Take-home quiz (due
Feb. 20)
14 6-5 Linear Inequalities
15 6-6 Systems of Linear
Inequalities
16 Chapter 6 Review
17 Chapter 6 Test CC Cumulative
Standards Review
handout (due Feb. 24)
20 7-1 Zero & Negative Exponents
21 7-2 Multiplying Powers with the
same Base
22 7-3 More Multiplication Properties
of Exponents
23 HW & Review
 24 7-4 Division Properties of Take-home quiz (due
Exponents Mar. 6)
27 7-5 Rational Exponents and
Radicals
28 7-6 Exponential Functions
March 1 HW & Review
2 7-7 Exponential Growth and
Decay
3 7-8 Geometric Sequences
6 Chapter 7 Review
7 Chapter 7 Test
8 8-1 Adding & Subtracting
Polynomials
9 8-2 Multiplying & Factoring
10 8-3 Multiplying Binomials
13 HW & Review
14 8-4 Multiplying Special Cases Take-home quiz (due
Mar. 20)
15 8-5 Factoring x2 + bx + c
16 HW & Review
17 8-6 Factoring ax2 + bx 9 + c
20 8-7 Factoring Special Cases
21 8-8 Factoring by Grouping
22 Chapter 8 Review
23 Chapter 8 Test
24 9-1 Quadratic Graphs & their
Properties
27 9-2 Quadratic functions
28 9-3 Solving Quadratic Equations
29 HW help & Review
30 9-4 Factoring to Solve Quadratic Take-home quiz (due
Equations April 5)
31 9-5 Completing the Square
April 3 9-6 The Quadratic Formula & the
Discriminant
4 HW help & review
5 9-7 Linear, Quadratic &
Exponential Models
6* Hung Kings Anniversary (No
School)
7 9-8 Systems of Linear &
Quadratic Equations
10 Chapter 9 Review
11 Chapter 9 Test
 12 10-1 The Pythagorean Theorem
13 10-2 Simplifying Radicals
14 10-3 Operations with Radical
Expressions
17 HW Help & review Take-home quiz (due
April 21)
18 10-4 Solving Radical Equations
19 10-5 Graphing Square Root
Functions
20 10-6 Trigonometric Ratios
21 Chapter 10 Review
24 Chapter 10 Test
25 11-1 Simplifying Rational
Expressions
26 11-2 Multiplying & Dividing
Rational Expressions
27 11-3 Dividing Polynomials
28 HW help & review Take-home quiz (due
May 8)
May 3 11-5 Solving Rational Equations
4 11-6 Inverse Variation
5 Chapter 11 Review
8 Chapter 11 Test
9 12-1 Organizing data using
matrices
10 12-2 Frequency & Histograms
11 12-3 Measures of Central
tendency & dispersion
12 HW help & review
15 12-4 Box-and-Whisker plots
16 12-5 Samples and Surveys Take-home quiz (due
May 24)
17 12-6 Permutations and
Combinations
18 HW help & review
19 12-7 Theoretical & Experimental
Probability
22 12-8 Probability of Compound
events
23 12-8 E: Normal Distribution Extension topic (not in
test)
24 HW help & review
25 Chapter 12 Test