Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Unit 4: Systems and Matrices

The beginning of this unit is a review of solving systems. The rest of the unit is about matrices, a relatively new branch of math (about 100 years old) that became more prominent with the advances in calculators.

1/05  Solving Systems by Graphing p.2-5
1/06  Solving Systems Algebraically p.6-8
1/07  Word Problems (Modeling systems) p.9-12

1/10  Quiz of 4.1; Defn of a Matrix, Matrix Operation p.13-16
1/12  Matrix Multiplication p.17-19; Half Day - B A G F
1/13  Snow Day
1/14  Matrices on the Calculator p.20-22; Matrix Operation Word Problems

1/17  Martin Luther King Day - no school
1/19  Systems on the Calculator p.23-25
1/20  Review p.26-28
1/21  Snow Day

1/24  Quiz of 4.2;  End of Term 2
1/26  Matrix Applications p.29-31, 34-36
1/27  Snow Day
1/28  Communication Matrices p.32-33

1/31  Transformation Matrices p.37-39
2/02  Snow Day
2/03  More Transformation Matrices p.30-42
2/04  Unit Review p.43-47

2/07  Review Activity
2/09  Unit 4 Test of Systems and Matrices

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