Detailed schedule:
Date | Sections covered |
Week 1 Aug 20-22 |
Section P.2: Exponents and Scientific Notation; Section P.3: Radicals and Rational Exponents; Section P.4: Polynomials. |
Week 2 Aug 27-29 |
Section P.5: Factoring Polynomials; Section P.6: Rational Expressions; Section 1.1: Graphs and Graphing Utilities. |
Week 3 Sep 5 |
(Monday is holiday). Section 1.2: Linear Equations and Rational Equations; Section 1.3: Models and Applications (continued next week). |
Week 4 Sep 10-12 |
Finish Section 1.3; Section 1.5: Quadratic Equations; Section 1.6: Other Types of Equations (factoring); Review for Test 1. |
Week 5 Sep 17-19 |
Test 1 on Sep 17; Section 1.6: Other Types of Equations (radical, quadratic form); Section 1.7: Linear Inequalities and Absolute Value Inequalities. |
Week 6 Sep 24-26 |
Section 2.1: Basics of Functions and Their Graphs; Section 2.2: More on Functions and Their Graphs; Section 2.3 Linear Functions and Slope. |
Week 7 Oct 1-3 |
Section 2.4: More on Slope; Section 2.5: Transformations of Functions; Section 2.6: Combinations of Functions: Composite Functions. |
Week 8 Oct 10 |
Section 2.7: Inverse Functions; Review for Test 2. |
Week 9 Oct 15-17 |
Test 2 on Oct 15; Section 2.8: Distance and Midpoint Formulas: Circles; Section 3.1: Quadratic Functions. |
Week 10 Oct 22-24 |
Section 3.2: Polynomial Functions and Their Graphs; Section 3.3: Dividing Polynomials: Remainder and Factor Theorems; Section 3.4: Zeros of Polynomial Functions. |
Week 11 Oct 29-31 |
Section 3.5: Rational Functions and Their Graphs; Section 3.6: Polynomial and Rational Inequalities (continued on Week 12). |
Week 12 Nov 5-7 |
Finish Section 3.6; Section 3.7: Modeling Using Variation; Review for Test 3. |
Week 13 Nov 12-14 |
Test 3 on Nov 12; Section 4.1: Exponential Functions; Section 4.2: Logarithmic Functions. |
Week 14 Nov 19 |
Section 4.3: Properties of Logarithms (continued on Week 15). |
Week 15 Nov 26-28 |
Finish Section 4.3; Section 4.4: Exponential and Logarithmic Equations; Section 4.5: Exponential Growth and Decay; Modeling Data. |
Week 16 Dec 3-5 |
Section 5.1: Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables (up to and including Example 3); Review for Final. |