Chaffey High School
Pre-Calculus Honors
Current Information


Updated 16 February 2012

CHS in Spanish
 En Espaņol

 

Sierpinski's Tetrahedron

 

On this page:

 

1. Expectations

2. Unit Synopsis Updated each unit

3. Assignments Updated weekly

4. Parent notes

5. Examples and notes from class

6. Grades Grades will be posted on School Loop.

7. Important Dates  Updated weekly

8. Syllabus Updated 7 August 2010

9. Letter to Parents Updated 7 August 2010

10. Student Notebook Updated 23 May 2010

 

 

Linked files are in PDF format; you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader (or equivalent) to view

The London Eye:  The diameter is 135 meters, the period of rotation is 30 minutes. You board at the bottom of the wheel.  Your height h in meters as a function of t the number of minutes since getting on is given by

 

My Expectations:

Of me, your teacher

Of you, my student

1.  To treat you with respect at all times.

1.  To treat me and your colleagues with respect at all times.

2.  To provide you with an orderly environment.

2.  To attend class and participate in an orderly manner.

3.  To provide necessary discipline. 

3.  To always cooperate and never disrupt.

4.  To provide competent instruction and  motivation.

4.  To study and do all of your work.

5.  To provide the required content.

5.  To learn and master the required content.

 

 

Our class will be its best if we each do our part!

  • Strive to attend school every day.

  • Be a part of the conversation: ASK questions.  Attendance and participation are different things.

  • READ your text.  It would be pretty silly for me to simply repeat the text's material in class.  So I expect you to read so we can do other activities in class.

  • Commit to complete all activities and assignments and turn them in on time.

  • Get help early (don't wait until it's too late!).

 

Unit Synopsis: Unit 8 is about discrete mathematics.  In this unit we revisit combinatorics and develop the important ideas of sequences, series, and summation.  Finally, we discuss the binomial theorem and some of its interesting consequences for probability.

 

This Week in Pre-Calculus:  Schedule Key:  Gray is for past weeks. Aqua is for current and future weeks.

 

Schedule Key:  Gray is for past weeks. Aqua is for current and future weeks.

Date

Activity

Assignment

Friday, Jan. 27

  • Some discrete math:  Pythagorean triples

Monday, Jan. 30

 

Tuesday, Jan. 31

  • Exploration 6-1: Ambiguous cases

  • 6-1: Pages 398-399, #1-7 odd, 15, 18, 21-24, 27, 31, 33

 

Wednesday, Feb. 1

Thursday, Feb. 2

  • Test #5

Friday, Feb. 3

 

  • 6-2: Pages 405-407, #1-4, 14, 19-22, 28-30

Monday, Feb. 6

 

  • 6-3: Pages 417-418, #1-24

Tuesday, Feb. 7

  • 6-4: Page 418, #27-39 (3n), 41-48, 51-56, 63-70, 71, 72, 75, 77, 80

Wednesday, Feb. 8

  • 6-5: Pages 419-420, #71, 72, 75, 77, 80

Thursday, Feb. 9

  • The dot product of two vectors

  • Exploration 6-4

  • Finding the angle between two vectors

  • 6-6: Page 429, #1-22 (3n), 25-32

Friday, Feb. 10

  • Quiz

  • 6-7: Pages 430-431, #39-41, 51, 52, 55, 57, 59, 69-84 (3n)

Monday, Feb. 13

Lincoln's Day; No School 

Tuesday, Feb. 14

  • The dot product and vector projections

  • Work and the dot product

  • 6-7: Pages 430-431, #39-41, 51, 52, 55, 57, 59, 69-84 (3n)

Wednesday, Feb. 15

  • 6-8: Pages 440-441, #3-42 (3n), 51-60 (3n)

Thursday, Feb. 16

  • DeMoivre's Theorem: Powers of complex numbers

  • 6-9: Pages 441-442, #63-108 (3n)

Friday, Feb. 17

 

Monday, Feb. 20

President's Day; No School

Tuesday, Feb. 21

  • Review

  • 6-10:  Page 448, #1-26

Wednesday, Feb. 22

  • Quiz

  • Review

Thursday, Feb. 23

  • 8-1:  Pages 563-564, #1-16 (5n), 21-30 (3n), 39-66 (3n)

Friday, Feb. 24

  • Summation notation

  • 8-2:  Pages 564-565, #67-74, 75-108 (3n)

Next test is Wednesday, February 29, 2012.

Linked files are in PDF format (you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader (or equivalent) to view)

 

Parents: Yes, there is homework every day, due the next day.  See the important information above.

 

If you haven't done so, register with School Loop.

 

Contact me by e-mail or call me at (909) 988-5560 ext. 2434 if you have any concerns regarding your child's progress in Pre-Calculus, my teaching, or the course content.  I will respond within 24 hours.

 

Important Dates: Click here for important dates regarding the SAT and AP programs.

 

Back to top...

 

Back to Pre-Calculus...

 

Back to main...
 


 

Copyright 1998-2012 Thomas James  All rights reserved.