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Text: Mathematics with Business Applications
Grading:
Tests 50%
Quizzes 20%
Class work 30%
Semester
1st Quarter Grade- 42.5%, 2nd Quarter Grade- 42.5%, Final- 15%
Class Rules
Please be respectful and considerate to everyone in class and you should expect the same in return.
Course Description:
This tech prep course is a one-semester course designed to assist students in learning to use mathematics effectively as a tool in their personal lives. After students have completed their study of the textbook they will be able to:
1) Understand terminology relating to personal mathematics application
2) Apply basic math skill to the solution of personal application
3) Use common mathematics formulas to solve a variety of personal mathematics
problems.
- Syllabus:
* Compute straight-time, overtime, total pay, total hours on a weekly time card, total pay on a piecework basis, salary per pay period, straight commission and graduated commission.
* Use tables to find the amount withheld for FIT. Compute the state tax on a straight percent basis and on a graduated income basis. Compute the amount of income withheld for social security and Medicare taxes. Compute the deduction for group insurance and find the net pay.
* Compute the total checking account deposit, the balance in a check register and the present balance on a checking account bank statement. Write a check. Reconcile a check register and a bank statement and compare banking institutions and services.
* Complete a savings account deposit and withdrawal slip. Compute the new balance in a savings account passbook and statement. Compute simple and compound interest. Find compound interest with tables.
* Compute sales tax, total purchase price and unit price. Compute final price after rebate or coupon, dollar amount of markdown and sales price when markdown rate is known. Deceptive practices and better buy.
* Compute new balance in a charge account and finance charge. Discuss catalog orders, total cost and compare credit plans.
* Compute the maturity value and interest rate of a single-payment loan. Compute the amount financed on an installment loan and monthly payment. Compute payment to interest, principle and the new balance. Compute final payment when paying off simple loan. Find annual percentage rate of loan. Computer finance charges refunded for early repayment and compare lending institutions.
* Compute the maturity value and interest rate of a single-payment loan. Compute the amount financed on an installment loan and monthly payment. Compute payment to interest, principle and the new balance. Compute final payment when paying off simple loan. Find annual percentage rate of loan. Computer finance charges refunded for early repayment and compare lending institutions
*Discuss purchasing a new and used car, automobile insurance, operating and maintaining an automobile and leasing and renting an automobile.
* Discuss mortgage loans, monthly payment and total interest; closing costs; real estate taxes; homeowner’s insurance.
* Health insurance premiums and benefits; term life insurance; other types of life insurance; effective annual yield and stocks; stock dividends; selling stocks; and bonds.
* Average monthly expenditure; preparing a budget sheet; using a budget
Text: Algebra 1 (McDougal Littell)
Grading:
Tests 60%
Quizzes 20%
Class work 20%
Semester:
1st Quarter Grade- 42.5%, 2nd Quarter Grade- 42.5%, Final- 15%
Class Rules
Students will be respectful and considerate to everyone in class and should expect the same in return.
Course Description:
This college prep course is a two-semester course which introduces the essential concepts of algebra.
- Syllabus:
*Uses technical terms and notations accurately
*Solves problems that link concepts to one another and to practical applications
*Adds, subtracts, and multiplies polynomials
*Distinguishes between relations and functions
*Classifies patterns as linear or non-linear
*Writes equivalent forms of equations and expressions
*Solves all forms of linear equations and inequalities
*Identifies parts of a linear equation
*Writes equations of a line
*Provides three other major representations of a linear function given any
one representation (e.g., symbolic/equation, graph, table, story/context)
*Simplifies simple algebraic fractions
*Solves problems involving very large and very small numbers
*Uses proportions to solve problems
Text: Geometry (McDougal Littell)
Grading:
Tests 60%
Quizzes 20%
Class work 20%
Semester:
1st Quarter Grade- 42.5%, 2nd Quarter Grade- 42.5%, Final (EOCT) 15%
Class Rules
Students will be respectful and considerate to everyone in class and should expect the same in return.
Course Description:
This college prep course is a one-semester course designed to help students understand geometric concepts, explore geometric situations, develop conjectures, and prove their conjectures using a variety of methods.
Syllabus:
- Graph ordered pairs, find the distance between the points and find and use the slope of the line through the points.
- Identify and use angle relationships.
- Make conjectures and use the laws of logic.
- Use the properties of parallel and perpendicular lines and prove lines parallel and perpendicular.
- Classify triangles and apply theorems involving triangles, prove triangles congruent, solve problems by identifying and achieving sub-goals, and use properties of isosceles and equilateral triangles
- Identify and use special segments in triangles, prove right triangles congruent, and recognize and apply relationships between the sides and angles in a triangle.
- Recognize and use the properties of parallelograms, rhombi, rectangles, squares, and trapezoids.
- Draw, locate, or describe a locus in a plane or in space, draw reflection lines, lines of symmetry, and points of symmetry, and draw translation, rotation, or dilation images
- Recognize and use ratios and proportions, identify similar figures and use their properties to solve problems, and use proportional parts of triangles to solve problems
- Find the geometric mean between two numbers, use the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse, and recognize and use trigonometric relationships from right triangles.
- Write equations of circles in the coordinate plane, find the measures of arcs and angles in circles, use properties of chords, tangents, and secants to solve problems, and solve problems using graphs
- Identify parts of polygons and polyhedrons, find areas of polygons, find areas and circumference of circles, solve problems involving geometric probability, and determine characteristics of a network
- Solve problems by making models, draw three-dimensional figures, and find lateral areas, surface areas, and volumes of solids
- Write and graph linear equations, prove theorems using coordinate proofs, perform operations with vectors, and locate points in space.
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