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Chapter 1: From Patterns to Algebra
Section 2: Variables, Expressions, and Equations
Video for Basic Terms:
section 3: The Algebraic Order of Operations
Video for Order of Operations:
Powerpoint notes for using order of operations
Online quiz for using order of operations
Online quiz for evaluating expressions and using order of operations
section 4: Graphing with Coordinates
Video for Plotting points on the coordinate plane:
Powerpoint notes for plotting points on the coordinate plane
Virtual practice plotting points on a coordinate grid
Online quiz for plotting points on a coordinate plane
section 5: Representing Linear Patterns
Video for Writing Algebraic Expressions:
section 6: Scatter Plots and Lines of Best Fit
Video for Statistics and scatterplots (lines of best fit):
Virtual practice for graphing scatterplots
Online quiz for finding a line of best fit
Chapter 2: Operations in Algebra
Section 1: The Real Numbers and Absolute Values
Video for Operations with absolute values:
section 2 and 3: Adding and Subtracting Real Numbers
Video for Adding and subtracting real numbers:
Virtual practice for adding positive and negative numbers
Powerpoint notes for adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers
Online quiz for adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers
Powerpoint notes for adding and subtracting rational numbers
Online quiz for adding and subtracting rational numbers
section 4: Multiplying and Dividing Real Numbers
Video for Multiplying and dividing real numbers:
Powerpoint notes for multiplying rational numbers
Online quiz for multiplying rational numbers
Powerpoint notes for dividing rational numbers
Online quiz for dividing rational numbers
section 6: Adding and Subtracting Expressions
Video for Adding and subtracting expressions:
section 7: Multiplying and Dividing Expressions
Video for Multiplying and dividing expressions
Video for Simplifying expressions:
Chapter 3: Equations
Section 1: Solving Equations by Adding and Subtracting
Video for Solving equations by adding and subracting:
Powerpoint notes for solving equations by adding or subtracting
Online quiz for solving equations by adding and subtracting
section 2: Solving Equations by M ultiplying and Dividing
Video for Solving equations by multiplying and dividing:
Powerpoint notes for solving equations by multiplying and dividing
Online quiz for solving equations by multiplying and dividing
section 3: Solving Two-Step Equations
Video for Solving two-step equations:
section 4: Solving Multi-step Equations
Video for Solving multistep equations:
Powerpoint notes for solving multistep equations
Online quiz for solving multistep equations
Powerpoint notes for solving equations with variables on both sides
Online quiz for solving equations with variables on both sides
section 5: Using the Distributive Property
Video for Using the distributive property:
Powerpoint notes for using the distributive property
Online quiz for using the distributive property
Online quiz for using the distributive property
section 6: Using Formulas and Literal Equations
Video for Using formulas and literal equations:
Powerpoint notes for literal equations and formulas
Online quiz for literal equations and formulas
Chapter 4: Proportional Reasoning and Statistics
Section 1: Using Proportional Reasoning
Video for Using proportions:
section 2: Percent Problems
Video for Percent problems:
section 3: Introduction to Probability
Video for Introduction to probability:
section 4: Measures of Central Tendency
Video for Measures of central tendency (mode, median, and mean, and range):
Online quiz for calculating the measures of central tendency
section 5: Graphing Data
Video for Graphing data (bar graphs):
Virtual practice with creating bar graphs
Video for Graphing data (line graphs):
Video for Graphing data (pie charts):
Virtual practice with creating pie charts
section 6: Other Data Displays
Video for Other data displays (stem and leaf):
Video for Other data displays (box and whisker):
Virtual practice for creating box and whisker plots
Online quiz for box and whisker plots
Chapter 5: Linear Functions
Section 1: Linear Functions and Graphs
Video for Linear functions and graphs:
Powerpoint notes for graphing lines using a table
Virtual practice for graphing a line given a point and slope
Virtual Online Grapher
Online quiz for graphing lines
section 2 and 3: Defining Slope and Rate of Change and Direct Variation
Video for Defining slope:
Video for Direct variation:
Powerpoint notes for finding the slope of a line
Powerpoint notes for direct variation
Online quiz for finding the slope of a line
Online quiz for direct variation
section 4 and 5: The Slope-Intercept, Standard, and Point Slope Forms
Video for Slope-intercept, standard, and point-slope forms of equations:
Powerpoint notes for finding the x and y-intercepts of a line
Powerpoint notes for slope-intercept form of a linear equation
Powerpoint notes for graphing lines using standard form and slope-intercept form
Online quiz for point-slope form
Online quiz for finding the x and y-intercepts of a line
Online quiz for slope-intercept form of an equation
Online quiz for graphing lines in standard and slope-intercept forms
section 6: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Video for Parallel and perpendicular lines:
Chapter 6: Inequalities and Absolute Value
Section 1: Solving Inequalities
Video for Inequalities and the number line:
Video for Operations on inequalities:
Video for Solving inequalities by addition and subtraction:
Powerpoint notes for solving inequalities by addition and subtraction
Online quiz for solving inequalities by addition and subtraction
Video for Solving inequalities by multiplication:
Video for Solving inequalities by division:
Powerpoint notes for solving inequalities by multiplication and division
Online quiz for solving inequalities by multiplication and division
section 2: Multistep Inequalities
Video for Multistep inequalities:
Powerpoint notes for solving multistep inequalities
Online quiz for solving multistep inequalities
section 3: Compound Inequalities
Video for Compound inequalities:
Powerpoint notes for solving compound inequalities
Online quiz for solving compound inequalities
section 4: Absolute Value Functions
Video for Absolute value functions:
section 5: Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities
Video for Absolute value equations and inequalities:
Chapter 7: Systems of Equations and Inequalities
Section 1: Graphing Systems of Equations
Video for Graphing systems of equations by graphing, substitution, and elimination:
Virtual online grapher
Powerpoint notes for solving systems of equations by graphing
Online quiz for solving systems of equations by graphing
section 2: The Substitution Method
Powerpoint notes for solving linear systems by substitution
Online quiz for solving linear systems by substitution
section 3: The Elimination Method
Powerpoint notes for solving linear systems by elimination with addition and subtraction
Powerpoint notes for solving linear systems by elimination with multiplication
Online quiz for solving linear systems by elimination with addition and subtraction
Online quiz for solving linear systems by elimination with multiplication
section 5: Systems of Inequalities
Video for Systems of inequalities:
Powerpoint notes for solving systems of inequalities by graphing
Online quiz for graphing linear inequalities
Online quiz for solving systems of inequalities by graphing
section 6: Classic Puzzles in Two Variables
Video for Age puzzles:
Video for Wind and current puzzles:
Video for Number - digit puzzles:
Video for Coin puzzles:
Video for Chemical - solution puzzle:
Chapter 8: Exponents and Exponential Functions
Section 1: Laws of Exponents: Multiplying Monomials
Video for Multiplying monomials:
Powerpoint notes for multiplying monomials
Online quiz for multiplying monomials
section 2: Laws of Exponents: Powers and Products
Video for Powers and products:
section 3: Laws of Exponents: Dividing Monomials
Video for Dividing monomials:
Powerpoint notes for dividing monomials
Online quiz for dividing monomials
section 4: Negative and Zero Exponents
Video for Negative exponents:
Video for Zero Exponents:
section 5: Scientific Notation
Video for Scientific notation (converting and multiplying):
Video for Scientific notation (dividing):
Powerpoint notes for scientific notation
Online quiz for scientific notation
section 6: Exponential Functions
Video for Exponential functions:
section 7: Applications of Exponential Functions
Video for Applications of exponential functions (interest problems):
Chapter 9: Polynomials and Factoring
Section 1: Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
Video for Adding and subtracting polynomials:
Powerpoint notes for adding and subtracting polynomials
Online quiz for adding and subtracting polynomials
Section 2: Modeling Polynomial Multiplication
Algebra Tiles to visualize multiplying and factoring algebraic expressions using tiles: #
Powerpoint notes for multiplying a monomial and a polynomial
Online quiz for multiplying a monomial and polynomial
section 3: Polynomial Functions
Video for Multiplying binomials:
Powerpoint notes for multiplying polynomials using FOIL, the box method and the distributive property
Powerpoint notes for multiplying special products
Online quiz for multiplying polynomials using FOIL, the box method and the distributive property
Online quiz for multiplying special products
section 5: Common Factors
Video for Common factors:
Powerpoint notes for factoring out a common monomial
Online quiz for factoring out a common monomial
section 6: Factoring Special Polynomials
Video for Factoring special polynomials:
Powerpoint notes for factoring special polynomials
Powerpoint notes for factoring perfect square trinomials
Online quiz for factoring special polynomials
Online quiz for factoring perfect square trinomials
section 7: Factoring Quadratic Trinomials
Video for Factoring quadratic trinomials:
Powerpoint notes for factoring quadratic trinomials
Online quiz for factoring quadratic trinomials
section 8: Solving Equations by Factoring
Video for Solving equations by factoring:
Powerpoint notes for solving quadratic equations by factoring
Online quiz for solving quadratic equations by factoring
Chapter 10: Quadratic Functions
section 1: Graphing Parabolas
Video for Graphing Parabolas:
Virtual online grapher
section 2and 3: Solving Equations using Square Roots and Completing the Square
Video for Solving equations by using square roots and completing the square:
section 5: The Quadratic Formula
Video for Solving equations by using the quadratic formula:
section 6: Graphing Quadratic Inequalities
Video for Graphing quadratic inequalities:
Chapter 11: Rational Functions
section 1: Inverse Variation
Video for Inverse variation:
section 2: Rational Expressions and Functions
Video for Rational expressions and functions:
section 3: Simplifying Rational Expressions
Video for Simplifying rational expressions:
Section 4: Operations with Rational Expressions
Video for Adding rational expressions:
Video for Subtracting rational expressions:
Video for Multiplying rational expressions:
Video for Dividing rational expressions:
section 5: Solving Rational Equations
Video for Solving rational equations:
Chapter 12: Radical Functions and Coordinate Geometry
section 1: Operations with Radicals
Powerpoint notes for finding square roots
Video for Simplifying radicals:
Video for Adding and subtracting radicals:
Powerpoint notes for simplifying radicals with addition and subtraction
Online quiz for simplifying radicals with addition and subtraction
Video for Multiplying radicals:
Video for Dividing radicals:
section 2: Square Root Functions and Radical Equations
Video for Solving radical equations:
Video for Graphing radical equations:
section 3: The Pythagorean Theorem
Video for the Pythagorean Theorem:
Powerpoint notes for using the Pythagorean Theorem
Online quiz for using the Pythagorean Theorem
section 4: The Distance Formula
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section 5: Geometric Properties
Video for Equation of a circle:
Video for Triangle midsegment theorem:
Video for Focus and directrix of a parabola:
section 6: The Tangent Function
Video for the tangent function:
section 7: The Sine and Cosine Functions
Video for the sine function:
Video for the cosine function:
section 8: Introduction to Matrices
Video for Introduction to matrices:
Video for Matrix addition and subtraction:
Video for Matrix multiplication:
Online quiz for adding, subtracting and multiplying by a scalar
Chapter 13: Probability
section 1: Theoretical Probability
Video for Theoretical Probability:
section 2: Counting the Elements of Sets
Video for Counting the elements of a set:
section 3: The Fundamental Counting Principle
Video for the fundamental counting principle:
Virtual practice for using the fundamental counting principle
section 4: Independent Events
Video for Independent events:
section 5: Simulations
Video for Simulations:
Chapter 14: Functions and Transformations
section 1: Graphing Functions and Relations
Video for Graphing functions and relations:
section 2: Translations
Video for Translations (absolute value graphs):
Video for Translations:
Virtual practice for transforming functions (shifts)
section 3, 4 and 5: Stretches, Compressions, and Reflections
Video for Reflections, Stretches and compressions: