Tuesday, March 23

HOMEWORK: pg. 427 #9-31 odd (You DO NOT need to graph them, just find all of the characteristics)

QUIZ TOMORROW!!!!

Wednesday, March 17

Assignment from notes - pg. 414 #1-17 odd, 35, 37...if you did not finish this in class, you need to finish it for homework!!

Tuesday, March 16

Today we took notes on Section 5.4.

Thursday, March 11

IN CLASS:  5.3 Quiz

HOMEWORK:  PI DAY EXTRA CREDIT!!!  Due Friday, March 12...

For a chance at extra credit tomorrow…
1. Go to http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/07/03_pi.html and read 50 interesting facts about pi…these will be VERY useful to you tomorrow‼

2. Memorize as many digits of pi as you can. Here are the first 200 digits…

3.1415926535897932384626433
8327950288419716939937510
5820974944592307816406286
2089986280348253421170679
8214808651328230664709384
4609550582231725359408128
4811174502841027019385211
0555964462294895493038196

For guaranteed extra credit, you may also choose to complete one of the following activities.

1. Create a pi-themed picture or collage…it could include the letter π, circles, digits of pi, or incorporate one or more of the interesting facts from the website above.

2. Use one or more of the interesting facts from the website above to write a short poem that incorporates pi.

3. Search the internet to answer the trivia questions below. 

4. Bring in a PIE or some other circular treat to share. In order to get extra credit, your food must be accompanied by an index card containing the following measurements:

(1) The diameter
(2) The radius (r = d/2)
(3) The circumference (C = 2πr)
(4) The area (A = πr2)

Please make sure your name is somehow attached as well. If you want to get really creative…incorporate an interesting fact about pi into your food‼

Pi Day Trivia

1. What is the definition of pi? (This question is not asking for a numerical value.)

2. What famous mathematician’s birthday is on Pi Day (3/14)?

3. What verse in the Bible makes a reference to an approximation for pi?

4. What state’s legislature in 1897 introduced a bill to legally establish the value of pi?

5. Pi is which letter (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc) of the Greek alphabet?

6. What English mathematician in the 1700’s first introduced the Greek letter pi as a symbol for this special value?

7. What famous ancient Greek mathematician came up with an approximate value for pi by circumscribing and inscribing circles in and around regular polygons?

8. What are the first 21 digits of pi (include the whole number and 20 places after the
decimal)?

9. What is the area of a circle which has a radius equal to 1?

10. Pi radians is equal to how many degrees?

Thursday, February 25

STUDY FOR 5.1 AND 5.2 TEST TOMORROW!!!!!!

Wednesday, Februray 24

IN CLASS:  5.2 Quiz

HOMEWORK:  Work on test review packet...it is due at the end of class tomorrow!!!

UPCOMING:  5.1 and 5.2 TEST ON FRIDAY!!!

Friday, February 5

IN CLASS:  Workday for 5.1 Worksheet - DUE MONDAY (beginning of class)!!

HOMEWORK:  Finish 5.1 Worksheet

UPCOMING:  Quiz and Test next week!

Monday, January 25

IN CLASS:  Today we reviewed the difference between regular exponential and natural exponential word problems and played LOG 21!

HOMEWORK:  Start studying!

UPCOMING:  Chapter 4 Test Wednesday and Thursday!  Wednesday's portion will consisting of solving equations and working with properties of logs and exponentials; Thursday's portion will be all word problems. 

Tuesday, January 19

IN CLASS:  Today we reviewed Logs and worked on practice problems.

HOMEWORK:  Work on 4.4 Worksheet...i will only be giving you about 20 minutes to work on this in class tomorrow, and then you will be turning it in.

UPCOMING:  Log quiz on Friday...Ch. 4 Test next Tuesday

Thursday, January 14

IN CLASS:  Applications of the Natural Exponential Function

HOMEWORK:  None!

Wednesday, January 13

IN CLASS:  Today we took notes on Section 4.3 - The Natural Exponential Function.

HOMEWORK:  None

Monday, January 11

IN CLASS:  Today we talked about applications of exponential functions.

HOMEWORK:  Finish worksheet from class.  I will collect these tomorrow.  Study for quiz!

UPCOMING:  Quiz TOMORROW on Sections 4.1 and 4.2.  You should be able to:
- Determine if a function is one-to-one. (Set f(a)=f(b) or use horizontal line test)
- Find the inverse of a function. (Switch x and y, solve for y, and rename.)
- Solve equations involving exponentials.  (Get same base on both sides.)
- Solve application of exponential word problems.  I will give you the formulas, but you should know what all of the variables in them mean. 

Friday, January 8

IN CLASS:  Today we talked about the exponential growth/decay lab that you did yesterday and took notes on applications of exponentials.

HOMEWORK:  NONE!!! Have a wonderful weekend!

UPCOMING:  4.1 and 4.2 Quiz on Tuesday, 1/12

Thursday, January 7

IN CLASS:  Today we did an activity to explore exponential growth and decay.

HOMEWORK:  If you did not finish the activity worksheet in class today, please finish it for homework tonight.  I will collect these tomorrow for a Classwork grade!

UPCOMING:  4.1 and 4.2 Quiz next Tues, Jan 12

Wednesday, January 6

IN CLASS:  Today we finished talking about inverse functions, and started taking notes on Section 4.2 - Exponential Functions.

HOMEWORK:  pg. 299 #1-9 odd, #11a, d, e, f, g.  You should do the problems first, THEN check your answers!

UPCOMING:  Quiz sometime soon...I will tell you in class :)

Tuesday, January 5

IN CLASS:  Today, we took notes on Sect. 4.1 - Inverses of Functions.

HOMEWORK:  pg. 288-289 #3-19 odd (OMIT #13), #25, 27, 31, 35
**PLEASE take the time to check your answers in the back of the book, and make a note of any problems that you have questions about. 

UPCOMING:  Quiz Friday!