Intermediate Algebra Schedule
Fall '09

INSTRUCTOR:  Geoff Hagopian 
Email: ghagopian@collegeofthedesert.edu
WEB SITE: http://geofhagopian.net  
PHONE: 776-7223

Syllabus
- Tentative Schedule

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Week\day

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

1

1.1

1.3

1.4

1.5

31-Aug

Some Examples of Linear Models

Arithmetic Review
and Slope

Equations of lines

Equations of Lines 
and
Fitting a Line to Points

2

Labor

1.6

Review for Chapter 1 Lab

Chapter 1 Review

7-Sept

Day
(holiday)

Additional Properties of Lines

3

Chapter 1
Test

2.1

2.2

2.3

14-Sept

Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables

Solving 2X2 Systems Using Algebra

Solving 3X3 Systems 

4

2.4

2.5

Chapter 2 Lab

Chapter 2 Review

21-Sept

Solving Linear Systems Using Matrices

Linear Inequalities in Two Variables

5

Chapter 2 Test

3.1

3.2

3.3

28-Sept

Extraction of Roots

Some Examples of  Quadratic Models

Solving Quadratics
 Equations by Factoring

6

3.3

3.5

3.6

3.4

5-Oct

Solving Quadratics Equations by Factoring

Solving Quadratic Equations by Completing the Square

The Quadratic 
Formula

Parabolas
The General Case

7

Chapter 3 Lab

Chapter 3 Review

Chapter 3 Test

4.1 & 4.2

12-Oct

Curve Fitting

8

4.3

4.4

Chapter 4 Lab

Chapter 4 Review

19-Oct

Problem 
Solving

Quadratic               Inequalities

9

Chapter 4 Test

5.1

5.2 

5.3

26-Oct

Functions - Definitions and Notation

Graphs and Functions

Some Basic Graphs

10

5.4

5.5

5.6

Chapter 5 Lab

2-Nov

Domain and Range

Variation

Functions as Mathematical Models

11

Chapter 5 Review

Chapter 5 Test

Veteran’s

6.1, 6.2

9-Nov

Day
(holiday)

Integer Exponents
Roots and Radicals

12

6.3

6.4

6.5

6.6

16-Nov

Rational Exponents

Distance and Midpoint Formulas

Working With Radicals

Rational Equations

13

Chapter 6 Lab

Chapter 6
Test

7.1

7.2

23-Nov

Exponential Growth and Decay

Exponential
Functions

14

7.3

7.4

7.5

7.6

30-Nov

Logarithms

Logarithmic Functions

Properties of Logarithms

The Natural Base

15

Chapter 7 Review

Chapter 7 Test

Review for Final Exam

7-Dec

16

Final Exam Week

14-Dec

 

 Final Exam: 10 AM