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Honors Algebra I
6 Month Timeline

Week 1

  • 1.1.1 Properties, Identities, & Inverses
  • 1.2.1 An Introduction to Exponents
  • 1.2.2 Evaluating Exponential Expressions
  • 1.3.1 Working with Fractions
  • 1.4.1 Concepts of Inequality
  • 1.4.2 Inequalities and Interval Notation

Week 2

  • 1.5.1 Properties of Absolute Value
  • 1.5.2 Evaluating Absolute Value Expressions
  • 1.6.1 Operations Considering Signs
  • 1.6.2 Prime and Composite Numbers and Their Roots
  • 1.6.3 Order of Operations
  • 1.7.1 Forms of Conditional Statements
  • 1.7.2 Inductive Reasoning
  • Chapter 1 Test

Week 3

  • 2.1.1 An Introduction to Solving Equations
  • 2.1.2 Equality or Identity?
  • 2.1.3 Equivalent Equations and Equations with No Solution
  • 2.1.4 Solving Linear Equations
  • 2.2.1 An Introduction to Solving Word Problems
  • 2.2.2 Finding Perimeter
  • 2.2.3 Solving a Linear Geometry Problem
  • 2.2.4 Solving for Constant Velocity

Week 4

  • 2.3.1 Solving a Business Problem
  • 2.3.2 Solving a Mixture Problem
  • 2.3.3 Solving an Investment Problem
  • 2.3.4 Solving for Consecutive Numbers
  • 2.3.5 Finding an Average

Week 5

  • 2.4.1 An Introduction to Solving Inequalities
  • 2.4.2 Solving Inequalities
  • 2.4.3 Solving Word Problems with Inequalities
  • 2.5.1 Sets, Intersections, and Unions
  • 2.5.2 Solving Compound Inequalities
  • 2.5.3 More on Compound Inequalities

Week 6

  • 2.6.1 Matching Number Lines with Absolute Value
  • 2.6.2 Solving Absolute Value Equations
  • 2.6.3 Solving Equations with Two Absolute Value Expressions
  • 2.7.1 Solving Absolute Value Inequalities
  • 2.7.2 Solving Absolute Value Inequalities: More Examples
  • Chapter 2 Test

Week 7

  • 3.1.1 Using the Cartesian System
  • 3.1.2 Thinking Visually
  • 3.2.1 An Introduction to Slope
  • 3.2.2 Finding the Slope Given Two Points
  • 3.3.1 Finding the Distance and Midpoint between Two Points
  • 3.4.1 The Center-Radius Equation of a Circle
  • 3.4.2 Decoding the Circle Formula
  • Chapter 3 Test

Week 8

  • 4.1.1 Using Intercepts to Graph Lines
  • 4.1.2 Working with Specific Lines
  • 4.1.3 Interpreting Slope from a Graph
  • 4.1.4 Graphing with a Point and the Slope
  • 4.2.1 Writing an Equation in Slope-Intercept Form
  • 4.2.2 Writing an Equation Given Two Points
  • 4.2.3 Writing an Equation in Point-Slope Form
  • 4.2.4 Matching a Point-Slope Equation with its Graph
  • 4.2.5 Slope for Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

Week 9

  • 4.3.1 Constructing a Linear Model from a Set of Data
  • 4.3.2 Scatterplots and Predictions
  • 4.3.3 Interpreting Line Graphs
  • 4.3.4 Linear Cost and Revenue
  • Chapter 4 Test
  • 5.1.1 An Introduction to Linear Systems
  • 5.1.2 Solving a System by Graphing
  • 5.1.3 Solving a System by Substitution
  • 5.1.4 Solving a System by Elimination

Week 10

  • 5.2.1 An Introduction to Systems in Three Variables
  • 5.2.2 Solving Systems with Three Variables
  • 5.2.3 Solving Inconsistent Systems
  • 5.2.4 Solving Dependent Systems
  • 5.2.5 Solving Systems with Two Equations
  • 5.3.1 Investments
  • 5.4.1 An Introduction to Graphing Linear Inequalities
  • 5.4.2 Graphing Inequalities with Two Variables
  • 5.4.3 Graphing the Solution Set of a System of Inequalities

Week 11

  • Chapter 5 Test
  • Midterm Exam

Week 12

  • 6.1.1 Applying the Rules of Exponents
  • 6.1.2 Evaluating Expressions with Negative Exponents
  • 6.2.1 Converting between Decimal and Scientific Notation
  • 6.3.1 Determining Components and Degree
  • 6.3.2 Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
  • 6.3.3 Multiplying Polynomials

Week 13

  • 6.4.1 The FOIL Method
  • 6.4.2 Multiplying Big Products
  • 6.4.3 Using Special Products
  • 6.5.1 Factoring Using the Greatest Common Factor
  • 6.5.2 Factoring by Grouping
  • 6.5.3 Factoring Trinomials
  • 6.5.4 Factoring Trinomials: More Examples

Week 14

  • 6.6.1 Factoring Perfect Square Trinomials
  • 6.6.2 Factoring the Difference of Two Squares
  • 6.6.3 Factoring Sums and Differences of Cubes
  • 6.6.4 Factoring by Any Method
  • 6.7.1 The Zero Factor Property
  • 6.8.1 Using Long Division with Polynomials
  • 6.8.2 Long Division: Another Example
  • Chapter 6 Test

Week 15

  • 7.1.1 An Introduction to Rational Expressions
  • 7.1.2 Writing Rational Expressions in Lowest Terms
  • 7.2.1 Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions
  • 7.2.2 Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions
  • 7.2.3 Rewriting Complex Fractions

Week 16

  • 7.3.1 Solving a Linear Equation with Rationals
  • 7.3.2 Solving a Linear Equation with Restrictions
  • 7.4.1 Solving Rational Inequalities
  • 7.4.2 Solving Rational Inequalities: Another Example
  • 7.4.3 Determining Domain

Week 17

  • 7.5.1 Solving a Problem About Work
  • 7.5.2 Resistors in Parallel
  • 7.6.1 An Introduction to Variation
  • 7.6.2 Direct Proportion
  • 7.6.3 Inverse Proportion
  • 7.6.4 Joint and Combined Proportion
  • Chapter 7 Test

Week 18

  • 8.1.1 Radical Notation and Properties of Roots
  • 8.1.2 Variables and Negative Values under a Radical
  • 8.1.3 Converting Rational Exponents and Radicals
  • 8.2.1 Simplifying Radicals
  • 8.2.2 Simplifying Radical Expressions with Variables

Week 19

  • 8.3.1 Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions
  • 8.3.2 Rationalizing Denominators
  • 8.4.1 Solving an Equation Containing a Radical
  • 8.4.2 Solving Equations with Two Radical Expressions
  • 8.4.3 Extraneous Roots
  • 8.4.4 Solving Equations with Rational Exponents

Week 20

  • 8.5.1 Introducing and Writing Complex Numbers
  • 8.5.2 Rewriting Powers of i
  • 8.5.3 Adding and Subtracting Complex Numbers
  • 8.5.4 Multiplying Complex Numbers
  • 8.5.5 Dividing Complex Numbers
  • 8.6.1 Finding the Length of the Diagonal of a Cube
  • 8.6.2 Applications in Meteorology
  • Chapter 8 Test

Week 21

  • 9.1.1 Introducing Relations and Functions
  • 9.1.2 Function Notation and Values
  • 9.1.3 Functions and the Vertical Line Test
  • 9.2.1 Finding Domain and Range
  • 9.2.2 Domain and Range: An Explicit Example
  • 9.2.3 Satisfying the Domain of a Function
  • 9.2.4 Graphing Important Functions
  • Chapter 9 Test

Week 22

  • 10.1.1 An Introduction to Quadratics
  • 10.1.2 Solving Quadratics by Factoring
  • 10.2.1 Finding x- and y-Intercepts
  • 10.2.2 Nice-Looking Parabolas
  • 10.2.3 Graphing Parabolas
  • 10.3.1 Solving by Completing the Square
  • 10.3.2 Completing the Square: Another Example
  • 10.3.3 Finding the Vertex by Completing the Square
  • 10.4.1 Using the Vertex to Write the Equation
  • 10.4.2 Building a Polynomial Equation from Its Solutions  

Week 23

  • 10.4.1 Using the Vertex to Write the Equation
  • 10.4.2 Building a Polynomial Equation from Its Solutions
  • 10.5.1 Proving the Quadratic Formula
  • 10.5.2 Using the Quadratic Formula
  • 10.5.3 Predicting Types of Solution from the Discriminant
  • 10.5.4 Using the Discriminant to Graph Parabolas

Week 24

  • 10.6.1 Solving for a Squared Variable
  • 10.6.2 Finding Real Number Restrictions
  • 10.7.1 Solving a Quadratic Geometry Problem
  • 10.7.2 Solving with the Pythagorean Theorem
  • 10.7.3 Solving a Motion Problem
  • 10.7.4 Solving a Projectile Problem
  • 10.7.5 Solving Other Problems

Week 25

  • Chapter 10 Test
  • Practice Exam

Week 26

  • Final Exam
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