Algebra 2

What: One academic year of live instruction and grading.

When: Tues 2:30-3:30pm AND Wed/Thur 3:50-4:50pm, class meets 3x per week

Prerequisites: Successful completion of Algebra 1.

Includes: Includes 96 hours of live instruction through the school year. Also, includes curriculum, grading, and support through the year.

Scope and Sequence

Unit 1: Refresher and Review (short unit)

• The Real Number System

• Algebraic Expressions

• Fractions in Algebra

• Solving Equations

• Translating Word Problems

Unit 2: Solving Linear Equations

• Solving Equations

• Translating Word Problems

• Literal Equations

• Solving Coin, Ticket, Mixture, and Motion Word Problems

• Inequalities

• Compound Inequalities

• Absolute Value Equations

• Absolute Value Inequalities

Unit 3: Graphs and Functions

• Graphing Lines

• Slope-Intercept Form

• Graphing Linear Inequalities

• Relations and Functions

• Evaluating Functions

• Vertical Line Test

• Piecewise Functions

Unit 4: Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities

• Solving Systems of Equations

• Solving Applications with Systems of Equations

• Systems of Equations Mixture Problems

• Systems of Equations with 3 Variables

• Systems of Inequalities

Unit 5: Polynomials and Polynomial Functions

• Adding and Subtracting Polynomials

• Properties of Exponents

• Scientific Notation

• Multiplying Polynomials

• Dividing Polynomials (long division and synthetic)

Unit 6: Factoring

• Factor GCF and Grouping

• Factoring Trinomials

• Factoring Special Cases

• Factor Completely

• Solving Quadratic Equations using Factoring

Unit 7: Rational Expressions and Functions

• Products and Quotients of Rational Expressions

• Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions

• Simplifying Complex Rational Expressions

• Solving Rational Equations

• Applications with Rational Equations

• Rational Inequalities

Unit 8: Roots and Radicals

• Simplifying Expressions with Roots

• Simplifying Radical Expressions

• Rational Exponents and Radicals

• Operations with Radical Expressions

• Dividing with Radicals

• Radical Equations

• Radical Functions

• Complex Numbers and Powers of i

Unit 9: Quadratic Equations and Functions

• Solving Quadratics by Square Roots

• Completing the Square

• Quadratic Formula

• Applications of Solving Quadratics

• Graphing Quadratic Equations

• Transforming Quadratic Graphs

• Quadratic Inequalities

Unit 10: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

• Composite and Inverse Functions

• Exponential Functions

• Logarithms

• Properties of Logarithms

• Solving Exponential and Logarithmic Equation