College Algebra - MATH GYM
If you were not as successful as you would have liked on a specific learning target from a quiz, you can sign up to hit the Math Gym and practice that learning target through Khan Academy. In doing so, you earn an 80% on that learning target.
Steps
1) In order to be eligible for quiz corrections via math gym, you first need to have corrected all the mistakes for that section on the actual quiz you took in class. That makes you eligible for math gym and the eventually 80%.
2) Scroll down below to see all our learning targets. Then click on the one you wish to practice. Once you are successful, either take a picture with your phone or print out the page (make sure you get the whole screen, especially the title of the skill). Show this to me, along with your quiz corrections from step 1, at the end of the next class period.
Steps
1) In order to be eligible for quiz corrections via math gym, you first need to have corrected all the mistakes for that section on the actual quiz you took in class. That makes you eligible for math gym and the eventually 80%.
2) Scroll down below to see all our learning targets. Then click on the one you wish to practice. Once you are successful, either take a picture with your phone or print out the page (make sure you get the whole screen, especially the title of the skill). Show this to me, along with your quiz corrections from step 1, at the end of the next class period.
WARNING: unless you are working on a personal computer (and even then), I recommend creating a Khan Academy account and signing in before completing any Math Gym practice. This saves your progress and avoids some bugs.
The email address you should use is the same one as your school email (mine would be [email protected] if I were a student) and the same password that you use for PowerSchool.
Click on the links (highlighted in blue or green) for a learning target practice in Khan Academy.
Learning Target Guide
Learning Target
“I can…”
P.1a apply the order of operations to evaluate and simplify an expression with or without the distributive property
P.1b state the intersection and union of given sets
P.2 apply exponent properties for products and quotients , properties for zero and negative exponents and expressions in scientific notation
P.3 simplify radical expressions and rational (fraction) exponents
P.4 add, subtract, and multiply polynomials
P.5 factor polynomials with and without a leading coefficient of 1
P.6 add/subtract and multiply/divide rational expressions
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1.1a graph by making a table and identify the x and y-intercepts from a graph
1.1b interpret a graph in context
1.2 solve multi-step equations with consistent/inconsistent solutions and rational equations
1.3 translate a verbal description to an equation and solve (steps for problem solving)
1.4 add/subtract and multiply and divide complex numbers
1.5a solve a quadratic equation by factoring
1.5b solve a quadratic equation by using a square root
1.5c solve a quadratic equation by completing the square
1.5d solve a quadratic equation by using the quadratic formula
1.5e interpret the discriminant in terms of the number of solutions or x-intercepts
1.6a solve radical equations
1.6b solve equations with rational exponents (sorry, no Math Gym for this one)
1.6c solve absolute value equations
1.7a solve and graph compound linear inequalities while using intersections and unions of intervals
1.7b solve and graph absolute value inequalities (visit Mr. Clinch, after watching this video, about this learning target if you wish to improve)
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2.1 determine if a relation is a function from tables and graphs and interpret/evaluate function notation
2.2a determine if a function is odd or even from a graph and equation and where it is increasing or decreasing
2.2b graph piecewise functions
2.3 find the equation of a regression line and write it in slope-intercept and point-slope form
2.4a write equations of parallel and perpendicular lines
2.4b calculate the average rate of change of a function over an interval
2.5 graph using function transformations
2.6 combine functions through the 4 operations (4 videos can be found here) and compose functions
2.7 find the inverse function equation and graph
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3.1a factor quadratics to pick out key features and then graph them
3.1b graph quadratics in vertex form
3.1c graph quadratics by using -b/2a to find the vertex
3.2 graph polynomial functions by finding their zeros and using their end behavior
3.3 use long or synthetic division to divide polynomials to find the roots (watch, take notes and talk to Mr.C)
3.4 use the Linear Factorization Theorem to construct polynomials with given zeros and point (no Math Gym, so talk with Mr. C if making up credit)
3.5 graph rational functions (watch video and talk with Mr. C if making up credit) with and without slant asymptotes
***I would recommend skipping 3.6 as I don’t see the benefit
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4.1a graph exponential functions and their transformations
4.1b write exponential equations for compounding and continuous exponentials (watch video, take notes and talk with Mr. Clinch if making up credit)
4.2a evaluate logarithms
4.2b graph logarithms and understand they are the inverse function of exponentials
4.3 use properties of logarithms
4.4 solve exponential equations using logarithms and solve logarithm equations using the definition (video)
4.5 write an exponential equation given two points (copy Example 1 from pg 495 and then see Mr. C)
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5.1 solve a system of equations by substitution and elimination
5.2 solve a system of linear equations in three variables (copy notes from video and see Mr. C)
5.4 solve a system of nonlinear equations using graphing, substitution and elimination (watch video and see Mr. C)
5.5 graph systems of linear and nonlinear inequalities
5.6 conduct linear programming to maximize or minimize the objective function (watch video and see Mr. C)
Learning Target
“I can…”
P.1a apply the order of operations to evaluate and simplify an expression with or without the distributive property
P.1b state the intersection and union of given sets
P.2 apply exponent properties for products and quotients , properties for zero and negative exponents and expressions in scientific notation
P.3 simplify radical expressions and rational (fraction) exponents
P.4 add, subtract, and multiply polynomials
P.5 factor polynomials with and without a leading coefficient of 1
P.6 add/subtract and multiply/divide rational expressions
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1.1a graph by making a table and identify the x and y-intercepts from a graph
1.1b interpret a graph in context
1.2 solve multi-step equations with consistent/inconsistent solutions and rational equations
1.3 translate a verbal description to an equation and solve (steps for problem solving)
1.4 add/subtract and multiply and divide complex numbers
1.5a solve a quadratic equation by factoring
1.5b solve a quadratic equation by using a square root
1.5c solve a quadratic equation by completing the square
1.5d solve a quadratic equation by using the quadratic formula
1.5e interpret the discriminant in terms of the number of solutions or x-intercepts
1.6a solve radical equations
1.6b solve equations with rational exponents (sorry, no Math Gym for this one)
1.6c solve absolute value equations
1.7a solve and graph compound linear inequalities while using intersections and unions of intervals
1.7b solve and graph absolute value inequalities (visit Mr. Clinch, after watching this video, about this learning target if you wish to improve)
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2.1 determine if a relation is a function from tables and graphs and interpret/evaluate function notation
2.2a determine if a function is odd or even from a graph and equation and where it is increasing or decreasing
2.2b graph piecewise functions
2.3 find the equation of a regression line and write it in slope-intercept and point-slope form
2.4a write equations of parallel and perpendicular lines
2.4b calculate the average rate of change of a function over an interval
2.5 graph using function transformations
2.6 combine functions through the 4 operations (4 videos can be found here) and compose functions
2.7 find the inverse function equation and graph
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3.1a factor quadratics to pick out key features and then graph them
3.1b graph quadratics in vertex form
3.1c graph quadratics by using -b/2a to find the vertex
3.2 graph polynomial functions by finding their zeros and using their end behavior
3.3 use long or synthetic division to divide polynomials to find the roots (watch, take notes and talk to Mr.C)
3.4 use the Linear Factorization Theorem to construct polynomials with given zeros and point (no Math Gym, so talk with Mr. C if making up credit)
3.5 graph rational functions (watch video and talk with Mr. C if making up credit) with and without slant asymptotes
***I would recommend skipping 3.6 as I don’t see the benefit
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4.1a graph exponential functions and their transformations
4.1b write exponential equations for compounding and continuous exponentials (watch video, take notes and talk with Mr. Clinch if making up credit)
4.2a evaluate logarithms
4.2b graph logarithms and understand they are the inverse function of exponentials
4.3 use properties of logarithms
4.4 solve exponential equations using logarithms and solve logarithm equations using the definition (video)
4.5 write an exponential equation given two points (copy Example 1 from pg 495 and then see Mr. C)
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5.1 solve a system of equations by substitution and elimination
5.2 solve a system of linear equations in three variables (copy notes from video and see Mr. C)
5.4 solve a system of nonlinear equations using graphing, substitution and elimination (watch video and see Mr. C)
5.5 graph systems of linear and nonlinear inequalities
5.6 conduct linear programming to maximize or minimize the objective function (watch video and see Mr. C)