12/16/11

Course: Pre-Algebra

Percent Complete: 84+3% Last assesment on 12/14/11

Growth: I have mastered 262 out of 302 topics mastered. Last week I mastered 26 topics.

• Functions and Graphs / Graphs of Linear Equations
  
  • Graphing a line through a given point with a given slope
• Exponents and Polynomials / Exponents
  • Writing a positive number without a negative exponent
  • Writing a negative number without a negative exponent
  • Quotients of expressions involving exponents
• Exponents and Polynomials / Polynomials
  • Multiplying binomials: Problem type 1
• Geometry / Volume and Surface Areas
• Volume of a cylinder
• Rate of filling of a solid
• Surface area of a solid made of unit cubes
• Surface area of a triangular prism
• Geometry / Quadrilaterals and Other Polygons
• Areas of rectangles with the same perimeter
• Area involving rectangles and triangles
• Geometry / Circles
• Area involving rectangles and circles
• Geometry / Lines and Angles
  • Corresponding and alternate angles
  • Solving equations involving angles and parallel lines
• Geometry / Quadrilaterals and Other Polygons
  • Classifying quadrilaterals
  • Perimeters and side lengths with variables
  • Perimeter of a piecewise rectangular figure
  • Area of a piecewise rectangular figure
• Geometry / Volume and Surface Areas
• Volume of a piecewise rectangular prism
• Volume of a triangular prism
• Geometry / Similarity and Transformations
• Rotation of a figure about the origin
• Exponents and Polynomials / Polynomials
  • Multiplying binomials: Problem type 1
• Geometry / Volume and Surface Areas
  • Surface area of a cube or a rectangular prism
• Geometry / Similarity and Transformations
  • Coordinates of points reflected over an axis
• Functions and Graphs / Properties of Lines
• Graphically solving a system of linear equations
• Exponents and Polynomials / Polynomials
• Simplifying a polynomial expression

GOAL: I will continue to work on ALEKS at home at least 3 times a week.

11/22/11

Course: Pre-Algebra
Percent Complete: 72+5%, Last Assesment 11/14/11
Growth: I have mastered 233 out of 302 Pre-Algebra topics. Last week, I mastered the following 16 topics:

• Proportion, Percent, Data and Probability / Data Analysis
  • Box-and-whisker plots
• Variable Expressions and Equations / Real Numbers and Variable Expressions
  • Combining like terms: Advanced
  • Rational and irrational numbers
• Functions and Graphs / Graphs of Linear Equations
• Graphing a line through a given point with a given slope
• Proportion, Percent, Data and Probability / Probability
• • Introduction to expectation
• Variable Expressions and Equations / Applications
  • Solving a word problem using a linear equation: Problem type 4
• Variable Expressions and Equations / Inequalities
  • Solving a linear inequality: Problem type 2
• Geometry / Triangles and Trigonometry
• Scalene, isosceles, and equilateral triangles
• Variable Expressions and Equations / Applications
• Solving a word problem using a linear equation: Problem type 2
• Solving a word problem using a linear equation: Problem type 3
• Variable Expressions and Equations / Inequalities
• Solving a linear inequality: Problem type 3
• Proportion, Percent, Data and Probability / Percent
• Word problem on percentage: Problem type 2
• Word problem on percentage: Problem type 3
• Functions and Graphs / Graphs of Inequalities and Nonlinear Equations
  • Graphing a linear inequality in the plane: Problem type 2
  • Graphing a linear inequality in the plane: Problem type 3
• Functions and Graphs / Functions and Sequences
  • Finding a function rule: Problem type 2

Goal: This week, I will master 20 topics in Proportion, Percent, Data and Probability, Variable Expressions and Equations. I will continue on ALEKS at home for 30 minutes at least 3 times a week.