Math A2 – ½ Year Program

  

1.     Factoring (Note: You may want to review Monomials and Polynomials)

(12 days)

A.     Common

 

1)      Prime factorization

 

B.     Difference of two perfect squares

 

C.     Trinomials

 

D.     Complete

 

2.     Problem Solving – Word Problems

(20 days)

A.     Number

 

B.     Consecutive integers

 

C.     Ratio & Proportions

 

D.     Perimeter

 

E.      Area

 

F.      Real-life problems

 

G.     Inequalities

 

H.     Percent

 

I.        Mixture

 

J.       Motion – including graphs

 

K.    Investment (simple and compound)

 

L.      Coin

 

M.   Age

 

N.    Direct Variation

 

O.    Variables on both sides

 

P.      With parentheses

 

Q.    With fractions and decimals

 

R.     Literal – containing several variables (solve for variable)

 

S.      Simple number problems

 

T.      Proportions

 

U.     Percent

 

V.     Venn Diagrams

 

3.     Radicals

(6 days)

A.     Rational vs. irrational

 

B.     Simplify

 

C.     Operations (add/subtract)

 

D.     Operations (multiply/divide)

 

E.      Using a calculator – find to the nearest tenth, etc.

 

NOTE: include perimeter and area

 

4.     Graphing – Coordinate Axes

(12 days)

A.     Writing equations of lines

 

1)      Slope-intercept form

 

2)      Point-slope form

 

3)      Parallel lines

 

4)      Perpendicular lines

 

5)      Passing through two points

 

B.     Function notation (substitution, domain, range, evaluate)

 

C.     Direct variation

 

D.     System of inequalities

 

E.      Distance formula

 

F.      Midpoint formula

 

G.     Algebraic solutions linear/linear

 

H.     Word Problems Linear/Linear

 

I.        Slope Formula

 

5.     Quadratics

(12 days)

A.     Solving quadratic equations

 

1)      By factoring

 

2)      Using the Quadratic Formula

 

B.     Graphing

 

1)      Vertex (turning point)

 

2)      Axis of symmetry

 

3)      Table of values, with or without a given interval

 

4)      Roots (Quadratic Formula and from graph)

 

5)      Direction

 

6)      Y-intercept

 

7)      Maximum or minimum

 

C.     Graphs of linear – quadratics systems

 

D.     Algebraic solution of a linear – quadratic system

 

E.      Completing the square (optional)

 

F.      Find the solution of a quadratic equation both algebraically and graphically (on calculator) as a check

 

G.     Word problems using quadratic formula and factoring

 

 

 
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