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Algebra I (SCP) 402
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GRADE: 9-10
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25.1 MATHEMATICS - ALG REASONING: PATTERNS & FUNCTS
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25.2 MATHEMATICS - NUMERICAL & PROP REASONING
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25.3 MATHEMATICS - GEOM & MEASUREMT
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1. How can students progress, develop, and advance arithmetic computations to the abstraction of arbitrary values (e.g., variables)?
2. How can students use functional relationships to successfully represent and analyze patterns?
3. How can students express quantitative relationships to make application-based connections and, ultimately, simplify calculations?
Equations
Exponents and Polynomials
Polynomials and Factoring
Graphs and Linear Equations
Systems of Equations
Application Problems Involving Percents
Negative Exponents
Quadratic Equations
Students will be able to:
Review operations on signed numbers
Solve one-step linear equations with one variable
Solve multi-step linear equations with one variable
Interpret graphs and charts
Determine experimental and theoretical probability
Determine expected values
Solve a proportion for one unknown using cross products
Solve word problems involving proportions
Solve percent problems
Calculate sales tax, discount, sales price, and percent increase and decrease
Identify a linear function in the form Ax + By = C
Determine if an ordered pair is a solution of a linear function
Graph a linear function using an x/y table
Graph a linear function by finding the slope and y-intercept using y=mx+b form
Graph a linear function by finding the x-intercept or y-intercept of an equation
Create an equation for a linear function using point-slope form given a point and the slope
Create an equation for a linear function using point-slope form given two points
Create an equation for a linear function using point-slope given the graph of the equation
Create the equation for a vertical or horizontal line given the graph of the equation or a description of the graph
Identify if two lines are parallel or perpendicular by comparing their slopes given the two equations
Recognize that the solution of a system of two linear equations is an intersection point
Find the solution of a system by elimination given the two linear equations
Find the solution of a system by substitution given the two linear equations
Simplify polynomials
Factor polynomials by removing the greatest common factor
Factor trinomials (e.g. reverse FOIL)
Factor polynomials by grouping
Factor the difference of squares
Simplify a radical by removing all possible square roots (if time permits)
Simplify a radical by rationalizing the denominator (if time permits)
Solve quadratic equations by factoring (if time permits)
Interpret and use numbers in scientific notation
Students will:
1. Practice CAPT or CAPT-like questions
2. Use calculators when appropriate.
Students will be assessed by:
1. Daily homework assignments, which will acount for 15-20% of their final grade (teacher discretion)
2. Periodic Quizzes
2. Unit tests that are comprised of 80-85% computation, 15-20% application
3. A final exam that covers an entire semester's material and will account for 20% of the student's final grade
their final grade
1. Stock-market project
2. Project involving fractions
3. Projects involving different types of graphs (pie charts, line graphs, bar graphs, etc.)
1. Textbook - Prentice Hall Algebra I (2009)
2. Text supplemental materials
3. "Making Practice Fun" Activity Workbooks
4. Activity Resource Books
5. Calculators