April 3, Aim: How do we add and subtract rational expressions?

NOTE: MIDTERM TEST ON MONDAY, APRIL 10.

Topics to be included:

• Addition, subtraction,multiplication, and division of monomials and polynomials.
• Operations with exponents (multiply and divide)
• scientific notation
• factoring with GCF, difference of perfect squares, and quadratic trinomials
• solving a quadratic equation by graphing and/or algebraically.
• Verbal problems leading to quadratic equations (numbers, trajectory problems etc)
• Calculating the axis of symmetry and turning point of a parabola
• simplying, dividing, multipling, adding and subtracting algebraic fractions
• Undefined fractions
• Solving fractional equations.

Homework: .

Textbook:
Read: pp. 699-704
Do: #'s 12, 15, 19, 24, 30, 32, 34, 48

Lesson Review:
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/fractions/addsubt.htm

Practice exercise:
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/fractions/Paddsubt1.htm