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Eighth Grade Math Curriculum Guide
Eighth Grade Math Curriculum Guide
Class Length: 36 weeks
Schedule: 5-day/week lesson plan
Resources needed:
Corresponding lessons on SchoolhouseTeachers.com
Access to a computer and printer.
Journal for notetaking and for storing homework.
Instructions: This suggested lesson plan is broken down into separate weeks and days. On the line beside each day,
write the specific day of the month you would like your student to complete each assignment (consider writing dates in
pencil). As your student completes each assignment, he/she can mark the check box beside it. When the entire lesson
has been completed, come back to this page and mark the check box beside that lesson. Once the entire course has
been completed, consider printing out a Certificate of Completion as well.
Curriculum Guide: SchoolhouseTeachers.com has one course that addresses all objectives on our Scope and
Sequence for this grade and subject. This lesson plan will cover all of the recommended material. You can follow the
lesson plan below and find all of the coursework in Algebra 1
.
Lessons Completed (check the following boxes as you have completed each lesson)
Week 1: Pre-Algebra Review
Week 2: Pre-Algebra Review
Week 3: Pre-Algebra Review
Week 4: Pre-Algebra Review & Equations
Week 5: Solving Linear Equations
Week 6: Solving Linear Equations
Week 7: Solving Linear Equations
Week 8: Solving Linear Equations
Week 9: Solving Linear Equations
Week 10: Solving Linear Equations
Week 11: Solving Linear Equations
Week 12: Solving Linear Equations / Graphing
Week 13: Graphing
Week 14: Graphing
Week 15: Graphing
Week 16: Inequalities
Week 17: Inequalities / Systems of Equations
Week 18: Systems of Equations
Week 19: Systems of Equations
Week 20: Systems of Equations
Week 21: Systems of Equations
Week 22: Systems of Equations
Week 23: Systems of Equations & Review I
Week 24: Review I & Polynomials
Week 25: Polynomials
Week 26: Polynomials
Week 27: Polynomials
Week 28: Polynomials
Week 29: Polynomials
Week 30: Polynomials / Factoring
Week 31: Factoring
Week 32: Factoring
Week 33: Factoring
Week 34: Factoring
Week 35: Factoring / Exponential Expressions
Week 36: Review II / Final Test
Week 1: Pre-Algebra Review
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Day 1 | Date:
Download Algebra 1: Lessons 1-36 and the textbook Beginning and
Intermediate Algebra.
Read the Introduction to Lessons 1-36.
Read textbook pp. 78: Chapter 0.1 (Pre-Algebra Integers).
Read through the notes under Week 1: Day 1.
Do 0.1 Practice Integers: questions 120 on page 10 in the textbook. (Always
remember to check your answers after answering any problems!)
Day 2 | Date:
Read textbook page 9: Chapter 0.1 (Pre-Algebra Integers).
Read through the notes under Day 2.
Do 0.1 Practice Integers: questions 3140 on page 10 and 5160 on page 11 in
the textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 1213: Chapter 0.2 (Pre-Algebra Fractions). Stop after the
explanation of Example 15 ending with "...it cannot be reduced any further."
Do 0.2 Practice Fractions: questions 120 on page 16 in the textbook.
Remember: All the rules that you have learned about integers apply to the
fractions as well.
Day 4 | Date:
Familiarize yourself with the recap under Day 4.
Read textbook (continue from where you stopped) pp. 1314: Chapter 0.2 (Pre-
Algebra Fractions). Stop after Example 18.
Do 0.2 Practice Fractions: questions 2130 on page 16 and questions 4352 on
page 17 in the textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Familiarize yourself with the recap under Day 5.
Read textbook (continue from where you stopped yesterday) pp. 14
15: Chapter
0.2 (Pre-Algebra Fractions).
Do 0.2 Practice Fractions: questions 6180 on page 17 in the textbook.
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Week 2: Pre-Algebra Review
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Spend some time reading and gain a good grasp of the order of operations.
Memorize the acronym PEMDAS and what it means.
Read textbook pp. 1820: Chapter 0.3 (Pre-Algebra Order of Operations).
Do 0.3 Practice Order of Operations: questions 120 on page 21 in the
textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Familiarize yourself with the recap under Week 2: Day 2.
Read textbook page 22: Chapter 0.4 (Pre-Algebra Properties of Algebra).
Read the notes provided under Day 2.
Do 0.4 Practice Properties of Algebra: questions 120 on page 25 in the
textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Read textbook page 23: Chapter 0. 4 (Pre-Algebra Properties of Algebra). Stop
after the sentence, “…the sign always stays with the term.”
Read the notes provided under Day 3.
Do 0.4 Practice Properties of Algebra: questions 2136 on page 25 in the
textbook.
Complete the extra exercises found under Day 3.
Day 4 | Date:
Please note: In Example 35 on page 23 in the textbook, our solution should be
−35 + 42. is missing.
Read textbook (continue from where you stopped yesterday) pp. 2324:
Chapter 0. 4 (Pre-Algebra Properties of Algebra).
Do 0.4 Practice Properties of Algebra: questions 4150 and questions 6675
on
page 26 in the textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Solve all the example questions on pp. 29 in the Beginning Algebra Lab
Notebook. You may ignore the notes or fill in the blank as review.
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Week 3: Pre-Algebra Review
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Complete the Chapter 0 Quiz under Week 3: Day 1. (Answers may be
found on the course download page under Solution Manuals.)
Day 2 | Date:
Learn the vocabulary words found under Day 2.
Complete the extra exercises under Day 2.
Day 3 | Date:
Read the notes found under Day 3.
Complete the extra exercises under Day 3.
Day 4 | Date:
Read the notes found under Day 4.
Complete the extra exercises under Day 4.
Day 5 | Date:
Read the notes found under Day 5.
Complete the extra exercises under Day 5 without a calculator.
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Week 4: Pre-Algebra Review & Equations
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Read the notes found under Week 4: Day 1.
Complete the extra exercises found under Day 1. Remember to check your
answers!
Day 2 | Date:
Complete the extra exercises found under Day 2.
Day 3 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 2830: Chapter 1.1 (Solving Linear Equations One-Step
Equations.). Stop after Example 47.
Read the notes found under Day 3.
Do 1.1 Practice One Step Equations: questions 110 on page 32 in the
textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 3031(continue from where you stopped last week):
Chapter 1.1 (Solving Linear Equations One-Step Equations).
Read the notes found under Day 4.
Do 1.1 Practice One Step Equations: questions 1120 on page 32 in the
textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Do 1.1 Practice One Step Equations: questions 2140 on page 32 in the
textbook.
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Week 5: Solving Linear Equations
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 3335: Chapter 1.2 (Linear Equations Two-Step Equations).
Familiarize yourself with the recap under Week 5: Day 1.
Do 1.2 Practice Two-Step Problems: questions 110 on page 36 in the
textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Do 1.2 Practice Two-Step Problems: questions 1125 on page 36 in the
textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Do 1.2 Practice Two-Step Problems: questions 2640 on page 36 in the
textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Read the notes found under Day 4.
Complete the extra exercise found under Day 4.
Read and familiarize yourself with the shortcut examples found under Day 4.
Day 5 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 3739: Chapter 1.3 (Solving Linear Equations General
Equations). Stop after Example 64.
Do 1.3 Practice General Linear Equations: questions 110 on page 42 in the
textbook. After distributing through any parentheses, you can use the
shortcuts you learned yesterday for today's practice.
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Week 6: Solving Linear Equations
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 3941(continue from where you stopped yesterday):
Chapter 1.3 (Solving Linear Equations General Equations).
Read the notes found under Week 6: Day 1.
Do 1.3 Practice General Linear Equations: questions 1120 on page 42 in the
textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Do 1.3 Practice General Linear Equations: questions 2135 on page42 in
the textbook.
Read the note found under Day 2.
Day 3 | Date:
Do 1.3 Practice General Linear Equations: questions 3650 on page
42 in the textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Read textbook pp.4345: Chapter 1.4 (Solving Linear Equations Fractions).
Do 1.4 Practice Fractions: questions 16 on page 46 in the textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Do 1.4 Practice Fractions: questions 718 on page 46 in the textbook.
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Week 7: Solving Linear Equations
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Do 1.4 Practice Fractions: questions 1930 on page 46 in the textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Read the notes found under Week 7: Day 2.
Complete the extra exercises found under Day 2.
Day 3 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 4750: Chapter 1.5 (Solving Linear Equations Formulas).
Note: There are some typos on 1.3 Practice. Some of the symbols on this page
are a very light gray instead of black, so it may not print properly. If you do not
see an “=” (equal) sign in the question, then “−” should be “=.”
Do 1.5 Practice Formulas: questions 110 on page 51 in the textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Do 1.5 Practice Formulas: questions 1130 on page 51 in the textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Do 1.5 Practice Formulas: questions 3150 on page 51 in the textbook.
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Week 8: Solving Linear Equations
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Read the note found under Week 8: Day 1.
Read textbook pp. 5254: Chapter 1.6 (Solving Linear Equations Absolute
Value). Stop before Example 89.
Do 1.6 Practice Absolute Value Equations: questions 114 on page 56 in the
textbook. Remember to check your answers!
Day 2 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 5455 (continue from where you stopped yesterday):
Chapter 1.6 (Solving Linear Equations Absolute Value).
Do 1.6 Practice Absolute Value Equations: questions 1526 on page 56 in the
textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Do 1.6 Practice Absolute Value Equations: questions 2736 on page 56 in the
textbook.
Complete the extra exercises found under Day 3.
Day 4 | Date:
Read textbook pp.5758: Chapter 1.7 (Solving Linear Equations Variation).
Do 1.7 Practice Variation: questions 118 on page 61 in the textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Read textbook pp.5960: Chapter 1.7 (Solving Linear Equations Variation).
Do 1.7 Practice Variation: questions 1925 on pp. 6162 in the textbook.
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Week 9: Solving Linear Equations
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Do 1.7 Practice Variation: questions 2638 on pp. 6263 in the textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 6467: Chapter 1.8 (Linear Equations Number and
Geometry). Stop before Example 107.
Read the notes found under Week 9: Day 2.
Do 1.8 Practice Number and Geometry Problems: questions 15 on page
69 in the textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Do 1.8 Practice Number and Geometry Problems: questions 615 on pp.
6970 in the textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 6768 (continue from where you stopped last week):
Chapter 1.8 (Linear Equations Number and Geometry).
Read the note found under Day 4.
Do 1.8 Practice Number and Geometry Problems: questions 1620 on page
70 in the textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Read the note found under Day 5.
Do 1.8 Practice Number and Geometry Problems: questions 2432 on pp.
7071 in the textbook.
Complete the First Quarter Quiz found under Day 5. Check your answer
using the Solution Manuals from the course download page.
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Week 10: Solving Linear Equations
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Do 1.8 Practice Number and Geometry Problems: questions 3345 on page
71 in the textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 7274: Chapter 1.9 (Solving Linear Equations Age
Problems). Stop before Example 112.
Do 1.9 Practice Age Problems: questions 18 on page 76 in the textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 7475 (continue from where you stopped yesterday):
Chapter 1.9 (Solving Linear Equations Age Problems).
Read the note found under Week 10: Day 3.
Do 1.9 Practice Age Problems: questions 913 on pp. 7677 in the
textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Do 1.9 Practice Age Problems: questions 1426 on page
77 in the textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Do 1.9 Practice Age Problems: questions 2740 on pp. 7778 in the
textbook.
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Week 11: Solving Linear Equations
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Read textbook pp.7983: Chapter 1.10 (Solving Linear Equations Distance,
Rate and Time).
Read the note found under Week 11: Day 1.
Do 1.10 Practice Distance, Rate, and Time Problems: questions 15 on page
84 in the textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Do 1.10 Practice Distance, Rate, and Time Problems: questions 616 on pp.
8485 in the textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Do 1.10 Practice Distance, Rate, and Time Problems: questions 1727 on
pp. 8586 in the textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Do 1. 10 Practice Distance, Rate, and Time Problems: questions 2838 on
pp. 8687 in the textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Solve all the example questions on pp. 1020 in the Beginning Algebra Lab
Notebook. The solutions can be found in Solutions for Beginning Algebra
Lab Notebook, Chapter 1 Review, Part 1, pp. 1020.
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Week 12: Solving Linear Equations / Graphing
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Solve all the example questions on pp. 2131 in the Beginning Algebra Lab
Notebook. The solutions can be found in Beginning Algebra Lab Notebook
Solutions, Chapter 1 Review, Part 2, pp. 2131.
Day 2 | Date:
Take the Chapter 1 Quiz found under Week 12: Day 2.
Day 3 | Date:
Read textbook pp.8993: Chapter 2.1 (Graphing Points and Lines).
Do 2.1 Practice Points and Lines: questions 17 on page 94 in the
textbook. Use graph paper for all the graphing questions. It saves you time
and gives you a more accurate graph.
Day 4 | Date:
Do 2.1 Practice Points and Lines: questions 821 on page 94 in the
textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Read textbook pp.9599: Chapter 2.2 (Graphing Slope).
Do 2.2 Practice Slope: questions 112 on pp. 100101 in the textbook.
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Week 13: Graphing
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Read the notes found under Week 13: Day 1.
Do 2.2 Practice Slope: questions 1324 on page 101 in the textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Do 2.2 Practice Slope: questions 2540 on page 101 in the textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 102103: Chapter 2.3 (Slope-Intercept Form). Stop after
Example 134.
Do 2.3 Practice Slope-Intercept: questions 114 on pp. 105106 in the
textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Read textbook pp.103104 (continue from where you stopped yesterday):
Chapter 2.3 (Slope-Intercept Form).
Familiarize yourself with the recap found under Day 4.
Do 2.3 Practice Slope-intercept: questions 1530 on page 106 in the
textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Do 2.3 Practice Slope-intercept: questions 3142 on page 106 in the
textbook.
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Week 14: Graphing
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Read textbook page 107: Chapter 2.4 (Graphing – Point-Slope Form). Stop after
Example 140.
Do 2.4 Practice – Point-Slope Form: questions 116 on page
110 in the textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Read textbook (continue from where you stopped yesterday) pp. 107108:
Chapter 2.4 (Graphing – Point-Slope Form). Stop after Example 141 where
the paragraph ends with, “We need to be very careful with signs as we use
the point-slope formula.”
Do 2.4 Practice – Point-Slope Form: questions 1732 on page 110 in the
textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Read textbook (continue from where you stopped yesterday) p. 108109:
Chapter 2.4 (Graphing – Point-Slope Form).
Do 2.4 Practice – Point-Slope Form: questions 3345 on page 111 in the
textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Do 2.4 Practice – Point-Slope Form: questions 4652 on page 111 in the
textbook.
Read the notes provided under Week 14: Day 4.
Complete the extra exercises found under Day 4.
Day 5 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 112113: Chapter 2.5 (Graphing Parallel and
Perpendicular Lines). Stop after Example 147.
Read the notes found under Day 5.
Do 2.5 Practice Parallel and Perpendicular Lines: questions 116 on page 115
in the textbook.
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Week 15: Graphing
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 113114 (continue from where you stopped last week):
Chapter 2.5 (Graphing Parallel and Perpendicular Lines).
Do 2.5 Practice Parallel and Perpendicular Lines: questions 1726 on page
115 in the textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Do 2.5 Practice Parallel and Perpendicular Lines: questions 2740 on page
116 in the textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Do 2.5 Practice Parallel and Perpendicular Lines: questions 4148 on page
116 in the textbook.
Familiarize yourself with the recap found under Day 3.
Complete the extra exercises found under Day 3.
Day 4 | Date:
Solve all the example questions on pp. 3242 in the Beginning Algebra Lab
Notebook. The solutions can be found in Solutions for Beginning Algebra Lab
Notebook, Chapter 2 Review Exercises on pp. 3242.
Day 5 | Date:
Complete the Chapter 2 Quiz. Check your answers using the Solution Manuals
found on the course download page.
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Week 16: Inequalities
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Read the notes found under Week 16: Day 1.
Read textbook pp. 118120: Chapter 3.1 (Inequalities Solve and Graph
Inequalities). Stop after Example 154.
Do 3.1 Practice Solve and Graph Inequalities: do questions 112 on page
122 in the textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 120121 (continue from where you stopped yesterday):
Chapter 3.1 (Inequalities Solve and Graph Inequalities).
Read the notes found under Day 2.
Do 3.1 Practice Solve and Graph Inequalities: questions 1320 on page 123
in the textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Do 3.1 Practice Solve and Graph Inequalities: questions 2138 on page 123
in the textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 124126: Chapter 3.2 (Inequalities Compound
Inequalities).
Read the notes found under Day 4.
Do 3.2 Practice Compound Inequalities: questions 112 on page 127 in the
textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Do 3.2 Practice Compound Inequalities: questions 1332 on page
127 in the
textbook.
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Week 17: Inequalities / Systems of Equations
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 128-131: Chapter 3.3 (Inequalities Absolute Value
Inequalities).
Do 3.3 Practice Absolute Value Inequalities: questions 112 on page 132
in the textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Do 3.3 Practice Absolute Value Inequalities: questions 1335 on page 132
in the textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Solve all the example questions on pp. 4352 in the Beginning Algebra Lab
Notebook. The solutions can be found in Solutions for Beginning Algebra Lab
Notebook, Chapter 3 Review Exercises on pp. 4352.
Day 4 | Date:
Complete the Chapter 3 Quiz. Check your answers using the Solution
Manuals found on the course download page.
Day 5 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 134137: Chapter 4.1 (Systems of EquationsGraphing).
Do 4.1 Practice Graphing: questions 16 on page 138 in the textbook.
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Week 18: Systems of Equations
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Do 4.1 Practice Graphing: questions 718 on page 138 in the textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Do 4.1 Practice Graphing: questions 1930 on page 138 in the textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 139141: Chapter 4.2 (Systems of Equations Substitution).
Stop after the table that shows five steps to solving by substitution.
Read the notes found under Week 18: Day 3.
Do 4.2 Practice Substitution: questions 110 on page 144 in the textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 141143 (continue from where you stopped yesterday):
Chapter 4.2 (Systems of Equations Substitution).
Do 4.2 Practice Substitution: questions 1120 on page 144 in the textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Do 4.2 Practice Substitution: questions 2140 on pp. 144145 in the textbook.
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Week 19: Systems of Equations
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Download Semester 2 Lessons (Weeks 19-36) and Beginning Algebra Lab
Notebook Semester 2 from the course download page.
Read textbook pp.146149: Chapter 4.3 (Systems of Equations
Addition/Elimination).
Do 4.3 Practice Addition/Elimination: questions 16 on page 150 in the
textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Do 4.3 Practice Addition/Elimination: questions 720 on page 150 in the
textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Do 4.3 Practice Addition/Elimination: questions 2134 on page 150 in the
textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Read textbook pp.151155: Chapter 4.4 (Systems of Equations Three
Variables).
Read the notes found under Week 19: Day 4.
Do 4.4 Practice Three Variables: questions 1 and 2 only on page 156 in the
textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Do 4.4 Practice Three Variables: questions 312 on page 156 in the
textbook.
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Week 20: Systems of Equations
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Do 4.4 Practice Three Variables: questions 1322 on page 156 in the
textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Do 4.5 Practice Value Problems: questions 2332 on page 157 in the
textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Read textbook pp.158162: Chapter 4.5 (Systems of Equations Value
Problems). Stop after Example 188.
Read the notes provided for Week 20: Day 3.
Do 4.5 Practice Value Problems: questions 14 on page 164 in the
textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Do 4.5 Practice Value Problems: questions 514 on pp. 164165 in the
textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Do 4.5 Practice Value Problems: questions 1524 on page 165 in the
textbook.
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Week 21: Systems of Equations
NOTES:
Please note that there is a
typo in Example 189 on
page
162. The sentence at
the right side of the third
table should read, “The
total interest was $270,”
not “$276.
Day 1 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 162163 (continue from where you stopped on Day 3 last
week): Chapter 4.5 (Systems of Equations Value Problems).
Read the notes provided for Week 21: Day 1.
Do 4.5 Practice Value Problems: questions 2529 on page 165 in the
textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Do 4.5 Practice Value Problems: questions 3044 on page 166 in the
textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Read textbook pp.167169: Chapter 4.6 (Systems of Equations Mixture
Problems). Stop before World View Note.
Do 4.6 Practice Mixture Problems: questions 14 on page 172 in the
textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Do 4.6 Practice Mixture Problems: questions 514 on page 172 in the
textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 169171 (continue from where you stopped): Chapter
4.6 (Systems of Equations Mixture Problems).
Do 4.6 Practice Mixture Problems: questions 1520 on pp. 172173 in the
textbook.
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Week 22: Systems of Equations
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Do 4.6 Practice Mixture Problems: questions 2130 on pp. 173
174
in the textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Do 4.6 Practice Mixture Problems: questions 3143 on page 174 in
the textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Chapter 4 Review, Part 1 Exercises: Solve all the example questions
on pp. 29 in the Beginning Algebra Lab Notebook, Semester 2. The
solutions can be found in Solutions for Beginning Algebra Lab
Notebook, Semester 2, Chapter 4 Review, Part 1, pp. 29.
Day 4 | Date:
Chapter 4 Review, Part 2 Exercises: Solve all the example questions
on pp. 1018 in the Beginning Algebra Lab Notebook, Semester 2.
The solutions can be found in Solutions for Beginning Algebra Lab
Notebook, Semester 2, Chapter 4 Review, Part 2, pp. 10-18.
Day 5 | Date:
Complete the quiz found on page 12 of Algebra 1 Semester 2
Lessons.
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Week 23: Review
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Complete the extra exercises found under Week 23: Day 1.
Day 2 | Date:
Complete the extra exercises found under Week 23: Day 2.
Day 3 | Date:
Complete the extra exercises found under Week 23: Day 3.
Day 4 | Date:
Complete the extra exercises found under Week 23: Day 4.
Day 5 | Date:
Complete the extra exercises found under Week 23: Day 5.
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Week 24: Polynomials
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Read the notes provided for Week 24: Day 1.
Read textbook pp.177179: Chapter 5.1 (Polynomials Exponent
Properties). Stop after Warning 204.
Do 5.1 Practice Exponent Properties: questions 110 on page 182 in the
textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Read textbook pp.179181 (continue from where you stopped yesterday):
Chapter 5.1 (Polynomials Exponent Properties).
Read the notes provided for Week 24: Day 2.
Do 5.1 Practice Exponent Properties: questions 1118 on page 182 in the
textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Do 5.1 Practice Exponent Properties: questions 1930 on page 182 in the
textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Do 5.1 Practice Exponent Properties: questions 3143 on page 182 in the
textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 183185: Chapter 5.2 (Polynomials Negative Exponents).
Read the notes provided for Week 24: Day 5.
Do 5.2 Practice Negative Exponents: questions 110 on page 187 in the
textbook.
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Week 25: Polynomials
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Read textbook page186: Chapter 5.2 (Polynomials Negative Exponents).
Do 5.2 Practice Negative Exponents: questions 1122 on page 187 in the
textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Do 5.2 Practice Negative Exponents: questions 2340 on page 187 in the
textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Read textbook page 188: Chapter 5.3 (Polynomials Scientific Notation).
Read the notes provided for Week 25: Day 3.
Do 5.3 Practice Scientific Notation: questions 16 on page 191 in the textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Read textbook pp.189190: Chapter 5.3 (Polynomials – Scientific Notation).
Do 5.3 Practice Scientific Notation: questions 712 on page 191 in the
textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Do 5.3 Practice Scientific Notation: questions 1327 on page 191 in the
textbook.
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Week 26: Polynomials
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Do 5.3 Practice Scientific Notation: questions 2842 on page 191 in the
textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Read textbook page 192: Chapter 5.4 (Polynomials Introduction to
Polynomials).
Do 5.4 Practice Introduction to Polynomials: questions 110 on page
194 in
the textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Read textbook page 193: Chapter 5.4 (Polynomials Introduction to
Polynomials).
Do 5.4 Practice Introduction to Polynomials: questions 1124 on pp. 194-
195 in the textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Do 5.4 Practice Introduction to Polynomials: questions 2542 on page 195
in the textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 196197: Chapter 5.5 (Polynomials – Multiplying
Polynomials). Stop before “Multiply by FOIL.”
Do 5.5 Practice Multiplying Polynomials: questions 110 on page
200 in the
textbook.
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Week 27: Polynomials
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 197199 (continue from where you stopped yesterday):
Chapter 5.5 (Polynomials Multiplying Polynomials).
Read the notes provided for Week 27: Day 1.
Do 5.5 Practice Multiplying Polynomials: questions 1118 on page 200 in
the textbook. You can try using all the methods you have learned for today's
assignment, but pick one as your preference method for all future
questions. You only need to master one method to multiply polynomials.
Day 2 | Date:
Do 5.5 Practice Multiplying Polynomials: questions 1930 on page 200 in
the textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Do 5.5 Practice Multiplying Polynomials: questions 3140 on page 200 in
the textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 201202: Chapter 5.6 (Polynomials Multiply Special
Products). Stop after the Example 249 illustration.
Read the notes provided for Week 27: Day 4.
Do 5.6 Practice Multiply Special Products: questions 115 on page 204 in
the textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 202203 (continue from where you stopped yesterday):
Chapter 5.6 (Polynomials Multiply Special Products).
Read the notes provided for Week 27: Day 5.
Do 5.6 Practice Multiply Special Products: questions 1625 on page 204 in
the textbook. Once you have memorized these formulas, solving these types
of problems will be easy.
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Week 28: Polynomials
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Do 5.6 Practice Multiply Special Products: questions 2640 on page 204 in
the textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Read textbook page 205: Chapter 5.7 (Polynomials Divide Polynomials).
Stop after the sentence “… the reduced answer is 1 not 0.”
Do 5.7 Practice Divide Polynomials: questions 18 on page 210 in the
textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 205-209 (continue from where you stopped last week):
Chapter 5.7 (Polynomials Divide Polynomials).
Spend time studying polynomials and read the notes provided for Week 28:
Day 3.
Do 5.7 Practice Divide Polynomials: questions 912 on page 210 in the
textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Do 5.7 Practice Divide Polynomials: questions 1322 on page 210 in the
textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Do 5.7 Practice Divide Polynomials: questions 2332 on page 210 in the
textbook.
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Week 29: Polynomials
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Do 5.7 Practice Divide Polynomials: questions 3342 on page 210 in the
textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Chapter 5 Review Exercises, part 1: Solve all the example questions on pp.
1925 in Beginning Algebra Lab Notebook Semester 2. The solutions can be
found in Solutions for Beginning Algebra Lab Notebook, Semester 2, Chapter
5 Review Exercises, pp. 1925.
Day 3 | Date:
Chapter 5 Review Exercises, part 2: Solve all the example questions on pp.
2632 in Beginning Algebra Lab Notebook Semester 2. The solutions can be
found in Solutions for Beginning Algebra Lab Notebook, Semester 2, Chapter
5 Review Exercises, pp. 2632.
Day 4 | Date:
Chapter 5 Review Exercises, part 3: Solve all the example questions on pp.
3339 in Beginning Algebra Lab Notebook Semester 2. The solutions can be
found in Solutions for Beginning Algebra Lab Notebook, Semester 2, Chapter
5 Review Exercises, pp. 3339.
Day 5 | Date:
Complete the Quiz found on page 34 of Algebra 1 Semester 2 Lessons.
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Week 30: Factoring
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 212214: Chapter 6.1 (Factoring Greatest Common
Factor).
Do 6.1 Practice Greatest Common Factor: questions 16 on page
215 in the
textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Do 6.1 Practice Greatest Common Factor: questions 719 on page 215 in
the textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Do 6.1 Practice Greatest Common Factor: questions 2032 on page 215 in
the textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 216219: Chapter 6.2 (Factoring Grouping).
Read the notes provided for Week 30: Day 4.
Do 6.2 Practice Grouping: questions 17 on page 220 in the textbook. Hint:
In this practice, all polynomials can be factored.
Day 5 | Date:
Do 6.2 Practice Grouping: questions 820 on page 220 in the textbook.
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Week 31: Factoring
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Do 6.2 Practice Grouping: questions 2127 on page 220 in the textbook.
Read the notes provided for Week 31: Day 1.
Complete the extra exercises found on page 38 of Algebra 1 Semester 2
Lessons.
Day 2 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 221224: Chapter 6.3 (Factoring Trinomials where =1).
Read the notes provided for Week 31: Day 2.
Do 6.3 Practice Trinomials where =1: questions 14 on page 225 in the
textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Read the notes provided under Week 31: Day 3.
Do 6.3 Practice Trinomials where =1: questions 519 on page 225 in the
textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Do 6.3 Practice Trinomials where =1: questions 2034 on page 225 in the
textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 226227: Chapter 6.4 (Factoring Trinomials where
≠1).
Do 6.4 Practice Trinomials where ≠1: questions 110 on page 228 in
the textbook. Reminder: you cannot use the 3 steps that you learned in
this practice because ≠1. Also, always do a quick reverse calculation to
confirm your answer is correct.
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Week 32: Factoring
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Do 6.4 Practice Trinomials where ≠1: questions 1125 on page
228 in the
textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Do 6.4 Practice Trinomials where ≠1: questions 2640 on page
228 in the
textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 229-232: Chapter 6.5 (Factoring Factoring Special
Products). There are three missing negative signs on page
232 in the Example
310 illustration. The second sentence beside the equation should be,
“Multiply to 16 add to −8,” not “Multiply to 16 add to 8.” The sentence below
it should be, “The numbers are −4 and−4,” not “The numbers are 4 and 4.”
Read the notes provided for Week 32: Day 3 and copy the Factoring Special
Products table.
Do 6.5 Practice Factoring Special Products: questions 110 on page 233 in
the textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Do 6.5 Practice Factoring Special Products: questions 1123 on page 233 in
the textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Do 6.5 Practice Factoring Special Products: questions 2435 on page 233 in
the textbook.
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Week 33: Factoring
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Do 6.5 Practice Factoring Special Products: questions 3648 on page 233 in
the textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 234235: Chapter 6.6 (Factoring Factoring Strategy).
Do 6.6 Practice Factoring Strategy: questions 110 on page 236.
Day 3 | Date:
Do 6.6 Practice Factoring Strategy: questions 1126 on page 236 in the
textbook.
Day 4 | Date:
Do 6.6 Practice Factoring Strategy: questions 2742 on page 236 in the
textbook.
Day 5 | Date:
Read textbook pp. 237-240: Chapter 6.7 (FactoringSolve by Factoring).
Read the notes provided for Week 33: Day 5.
Do 6.7 Practice Solve by Factoring: questions 18 on page 241.
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Week 34: Factoring
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Do 6.7 Practice Solve by Factoring: questions 922 on page 241 in the
textbook.
Day 2 | Date:
Do 6.7 Practice Solve by Factoring: questions 2336 on page 241 in the
textbook.
Day 3 | Date:
Chapter 6 Review Exercises, part 1:
Solve all the example questions on pp. 4044 in Beginning Algebra Lab
Notebook Semester 2. The solutions can be found in Solutions for Beginning
Algebra Lab Notebook, Semester 2, Chapter 6 Review Exercises, pp. 4044.
Day 4 | Date:
Chapter 6 Review Exercises, part 2:
Solve all the example questions on pp. 4549 in Beginning Algebra Lab
Notebook Semester 2. The solutions can be found in Solutions for Beginning
Algebra Lab Notebook, Semester 2, Chapter 6 Review Exercises, pp. 4549.
Day 5 | Date:
Chapter 6 Review Exercises, part 3:
Solve all the example questions on pp. 5054 in Beginning Algebra Lab
Notebook Semester 2. The solutions can be found in Solutions for
Beginning Algebra Lab Notebook, Semester 2, Chapter 6 Review Exercises,
pp. 5054.
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Week 35: Factoring
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Chapter 6 Review Exercises, part 4: Solve all the example questions on pp.
5559 in Beginning Algebra Lab Notebook Semester 2. The solutions can be
found in Solutions for Beginning Algebra Lab Notebook, Semester 2, Chapter
6 Review Exercises, pp. 5559.
Day 2 | Date:
Complete the Quiz found on page 50 of Algebra 1 Semester 2 Lessons.
Day 3 | Date:
Read the notes provided for Week 35: Day 3.
Complete the extra exercises found on page 52 of Algebra 1 Semester 2
Lessons.
Day 4 | Date:
Read the notes provided for Week 35: Day 4.
Complete the extra exercises found on page 55 of Algebra 1 Semester 2
Lessons.
Day 5 | Date:
Read the notes provided for Week 35: Day 5.
Complete the extra exercises found on page 59 of Algebra 1 Semester 2
Lessons.
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Week 36: Final Review
NOTES:
Day 1 | Date:
Complete the extra exercises found on page 60 of Algebra 1 Semester 2
Lessons.
Day 2 | Date:
Complete the extra exercises found on page 61 of Algebra 1 Semester 2
Lessons.
Day 3 | Date:
Complete the extra exercises found on page 62 of Algebra 1 Semester 2
Lessons.
Day 4 | Date:
Complete the extra exercises found on page 63 of Algebra 1 Semester 2
Lessons.
Day 5 | Date:
Complete the Algebra I Final Test. You would probably need to allocate 2-1/2
hours to 3 hours to do the test. The solutions key is in the file named Algebra 1
Solutions Tests and Quizzes on the downloads page. Remember to check all your
answers and correct any of your mistakes.