ADVANCED FUNCTIONS (Year-long course)
SPRING TERM
Chapter 9:  Combining Functions
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DATE
AGENDA
HOMEWORK and RESOURCES
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
73
Thurs, May 17
Half-Test on Chapter 9 material
Read and re-read your notes, tests and quizzes
72
Tues, May 15
Consolidation and review class
Page 576: # 3; 4b,d; 6b,c; 7b,c; 8; 9b; 12b,d
Chapter Test: p.578: # 2; 3; 6 - 9
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Fri, May 11
Combining functions
Begin your systematic review of the entire course
Your notes will make the best exam prep!
70
Wed, May 9
9.5 Composition of functions, Part II
Page 552: # 1;2; 3; 5e; 6b,e,f; 7b,e,f; 14
Mini-Test next class
Mini-Asmt (Handout; Due: Tuesday): #1c; 2b; 3b; 4c; 5b
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Mon, May 7
Page 552: # 1;2; 3; 5e; 6b,e,f; 7b,e,f; 14
Polynomial exam prep
Rational exam prep
Trig exam prep
Exp & logs exam prep

68
Thurs, May 3
9.3/9.4 Products and quotients of functions
Page 537: # 1a,c,e; 4e; 8a,d; 10
Page 542: # 1d; 2b,d (for 1d); 3
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Tues, May 1
9.2 Sums and differences of functions
Page 529: # 6 - 8; 9c,e; 10
KhanAcademy: Sum of functions
Chapter 8:  Exponential & Logarithmic Functions
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DATE
AGENDA
HOMEWORK and RESOURCES
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
66
Fri, Apr 27
Test on Chapter 8 material
Page 188: # 1 - 31 (multiple-choice questions)
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Wed, Apr 25
Consolidation and review class
Page 510: # 1 - 10
Page 512: # 1 - 9
64
Mon, Apr 23
8.7 Solving problems with logarithms
Page 499: # 4 - 6; 8; 10; 15
63
Thurs, Apr 19
8.6 Solving logarithmic equations
Page 491: # 4a,c,e; 5a,d,e; 6; 7b,d,f; 9; 10; 12; 16
Mini-Test next class
62
Tues, Apr 17
8.5 Solving exponential equations
Page 485: # 1d; 2d; 3c,f; 4b; 5e,f; 8b,f; 10c
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Fri, Apr 13
Page 475: # 4a,c,f; 6; 7c,d; 9b,e; 10b; 11a
YouTube: Laws of logs
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Wed, Apr 11
8.3 Evaluating logarithms
Page 466: # 1d; 2e; 3c,d,e; 4a,d; 5b,c,f; 6e; 9a,b,d,e; 11; 14
Mini-Test next class
April 6 - 9
Easter Break !!
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Thurs, Apr 5
8.3 Evaluating logarithms
Page 466: # 1d; 2e; 3c,d,e; 4a,d; 5b,c,f; 6e; 9a,b,d,e; 11; 14
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Tues, Apr 3
Page 451: # 3; 5; 6; 8
Logs are useful in many disciplines!
Chapter 7:   Trigonometric Identities and Equations
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DATE
AGENDA
HOMEWORK and RESOURCES
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
57
Fri, Mar 30
Test on Chapter 7 material
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Wed, Mar 28
Consolidation and review class
Review Questions: P. 440: # 1 - 10; 12
WINTER TERM
Mar 10 - 26
March Break! Have a great holiday!!
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Fri, Mar 9
Consolidation and review class
Test in 2nd class back after March Break!
54
Wed, Mar 7
7.6 Solving quadratic trig equations
Page 436: # 5 - 9 (all b,d,f); 10; 14
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Mon, Mar 5
Page 427: # 6 - 10 (all a,c,e); 11; 13
52
Thurs, Mar 1
7.4 Proving trig identities, Part II
Handout: Page 197: # 1 - 56 (do as many as you can!)
Mini-Test next class
51
Tues, Feb 28
7.4 Proving trig identities
Page 417: # 9 - 11
50
Fri, Feb 24
Page 400: # 5c,d,f; 8d,f; 9a,d
Page 407: # 2; 3a,b; 4; 6; 13a
49
Wed, Feb 22
Page 392: # 1; 3d-f; 5; 6
Cumulative Review to this point
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DATE
AGENDA
HOMEWORK
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
48
Thurs, Feb 16
Cumulative review by topics
47
Tues, Feb 14
Cumulative review by chapters
Chap 1: Page 60: # 7; 11
Chap 2: Page 116: # 3; 4
Chap 3: Page 184: # 5a; 10b
Chap 4: Page 240: # 11; 16a
Chap 5: Page 308: # 5a; 10a
Chapter 6:   Trigonometric Functions
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DATE
AGENDA
HOMEWORK
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
46
Fri, Feb 10
Test on Chapter 6 material
45
Wed, Feb 8
Consolidation and review class
Page 376: # 1 - 15
Chapter Test, Page 378: # 1 - 8a
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Mon, Feb 6
Page 361: # 5 - 10
43
Thurs, Feb 2
6.5 Graphs of reciprocal trig functions
Consolidate recent ideas
Page 353: # 4; 5; 7c
Page 349: # 1 - 9 (do enough!)
42
Tues, Jan 31
6.5 Graphs of reciprocal trig functions
Page 353: # 4; 5; 7c
Page 349: # 1 - 9 (do enough!)
Mini-Test next class
41
Fri, Jan 27
6.3 Trig graphs and properties
6.4 Trig transformations
Page 336: # 2 - 5
Page 343: # 1d; 5a,c; 6d; 8a,e; 9; 13
40
Wed, Jan 25
6.2 Radian measure, Part II
Page 330: # 1d,f; 4c,d; 5e,f; 8c,d,f; 9; 12; 13; 16
KhanAcademy: Radian measure
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Mon, Jan 23
Page 320: # 1-4; 6; 7d-h; 8d-h; 9a
Page 330: # 1a,b,c,e; 2a,c; 3c,d; 4b; 5d
Chapters 4 & 5:   Polynomial & Rational Equations and Inequalities
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DATE
AGENDA
HOMEWORK
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
38
Thurs, Jan 19
Test on material from Chapters 4 and 5
Due: Wed, Jan 25
37
Tues, Jan 17
Consolidation and review class
Chapter 4 Test: p.242: # 1 - 5; 7; 8
Chapter 5 Test: p. 310: # 1 - 6
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Fri, Jan 13
5.5 Solving rational inequalities, Part II
Page 295: # 1; 2a; 4b,d,f; 5b,d,f; 6b,d,f; 8a,b; 9
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Wed, Jan 11
Page 295: # 1; 2a; 4b,d,f; 5b,d,f; 6b,d,f; 8a,b; 9
FALL TERM
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DATE
AGENDA
HOMEWORK
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
Dec 22 - Jan 9
Christmas Break!  Have a great holiday!
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Wed, Dec 21
5.4 Solving rational equations
Page 286: # 5a,c,e; 6a,c,e; 7a,c,e; 8a; 9; 12
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Mon, Dec 19
5.2/5.3 Rational functions and their behaviour, Part II
Page 262: # 1; 2a,c,e,g,i,k; 3
Page 272: # 1; 4b; 5c; 6a,b; 8 - 10
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Thurs, Dec 15
5.2/5.3 Rational functions and their behaviour
Page 262: # 1; 2a,c,e,g,i,k; 3
Page 272: # 1; 4b; 5c; 6a,b; 8 - 10
Mini-Test next class
31
Tues, Dec 13
Page 254: # 1; 4; 5b,g; 6; 7b; 8b; 11; 12
30
Fri, Dec 9
Page 225: # 1b,c; 2a; 4; 6b,d,e; 7d,e,f; 11
Omit Section 4.4
Mini-Test next class
29
Wed, Dec 7
Page 213: # 5e,f; 6c,f; 7e,f; 8; 9; 12
KhanAcademy: Linear inequalities
28
Mon, Dec 5
4.1 Solving polynomial equations, p(x)=0
Page 204: # 6d,f; 7d,e; 8c,e,f; 9d; 10; 13; 14
Chapter 3:   Polynomial Functions
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DATE
AGENDA
HOMEWORK
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
27
Thurs, Dec 1
Test on Chapter 3 material
26
Tues, Nov 29
Consolidation and review class
Chapter Test, Page 186: #1 - 6; 8; 9
Mini-Test today!
Fri, Nov 25
Classes cancelled for Parent/Teacher Interviews
25
Wed, Nov 23
Further practice factoring
Page 182: # 2a,c,e,g,i; 3a,b,d; 4e,f,g; 5
Memorize the two formulas!
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Mon, Nov 21
Catch up, consolidate and review class
Handout: p.138: # Do a lot!
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Thurs, Nov 17
3.6 Factoring, Part II
Page 176: # 1 - 3; 4 - 7 (all a,c,e); 9; 10; 14; 16
Handout: p.138: # Do a lot!
Mini-Test next class
22
Tues, Nov 15
Page 176: # 1 - 3; 4 - 7 (all a,c,e); 9; 10; 14; 16
Nov 11 - 14
Fall Mid-Term Break !
21
Wed, Nov 9
Page 169: # 5d,f; 6c,d,f; 8a; 10a,c,e; 11
Mini-Test next class
20
Mon, Nov 7
3.4 Cubic and quartic functions
Page 155: # 2; 3; 4b,e
19
Thurs, Nov 3
3.3 Characteristics of factored polynomials
Page 146: # 1; 4; 6a,c,e,f; 8a; 9b; 10; 12a
Mini-Test next class
18
Tues, Nov 1
3.2 Characteristics of polynomials:
Numbers of turning points & roots;
large-scale behaviour
Page 136: # 3; 4d,f; 5; 6a,b; 7a,c,e; 8; 13
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Fri, Oct 28
Page 127: # 1; 2; 4; 5
Chapter 2:   Rates of Change of Functions
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DATE
AGENDA
HOMEWORK
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
16
Wed, Oct 26
Test No. 2 on Chapter 2
Mini-Assignment: Page 122: # 2a,b; 4a; 6b
Due: Friday, Oct 28
15
Mon, Oct 24
Consolidation and review class
Chapter Review: Page 116: # 1 - 7; 11c; 12
Omit Section 2.4
14
Thurs, Oct 20
2.5 Problem solving with AROC/IROC
Page 92: # 4; 6
Page 95: # 2; 3; 6; 7
Page 111: # 1 - 4; 5b; 6e; 7; 8; 10
13
Tues, Oct 18
2.2 Estimating instantaneous rates of change (IROC)
Page 86: # 1 - 3; 4a,c
Mini-Test next class
Fri, Oct 14
University Fair at the Convention Centre
12
Wed, Oct 12
2.1 Average rate of change (AROC)
Page 76: # 4; 5; 7 - 9; 11
YouTube: AROC idea
Chapter 1:   Functions: Characteristics and Properties
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DATE
AGENDA
HOMEWORK
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
11
Fri, Oct 7
Test No. 1 on Chapter 1
(condensed day!)
Happy Thanksgiving!
10
Wed, Oct 5
Consolidation and review class
Chapter Test, Page 62: # 1 - 10
9
Mon, Oct 3
1.7 Operations with functions
Page 56: # 1c,d; 2b; 3b; 4a; 5c; 7; 8
8
Thurs, Sep 29
Page 51: # 3; 4; 5d; 7; 9; 11; 14; 15
Mini-Test next class
7
Tues, Sep 27
Page 44: # 4; 6a; 9; 10; 12; 13
Khan Academy: Inverse Functions
6
Thurs, Sep 22
1.4 Sketching graphs, Part II
Page 35: # 1e,f; 3; 5e; 8; 10b,d; 12; 15 (repeated)
Mini-Test next class
5
Tues, Sep 20
1.4 Review of trig; sketching graphs
Page 35: # 1e,f; 3; 5e; 8; 10b,d; 12; 15
4
Fri, Sep 16
1.3 Properties of graphs, Part II
Page 28: # 6 - 9
3
Wed, Sep 14
1.3 Properties of graphs of functions
Page 23: # 4; 5; 7 - 9
Mini-Test next class
2
Mon, Sep 12
1.2 Absolute value function
Page 16: # 2d,e,f; 3 - 7; 10
1
Thurs, Sep 8
1.1 Basic functions
Page 11: # 3c,d,e; 4; 5; 9; 10; 14
Khan Academy: Functions
Welcome to Advanced Functions!