1.  Questions (10 minutes max)

2.  Quiz  (15 minutes)

3.  Work out Quiz problems

4. Examples of solving problems using linear equations
           -You borrow $5000 and pay it off without interest at $150 per month.  Your friend borrows $7000 and pays it off at $180 per month.  Who pays the loan off sooner?  When do you both owe the same?

5.  Communications:  email, group email, Messenger,  Skype, About page (random assignments), QUASR, Websites

6.  Course Content:
           -Goal:  What will you retain next year?  Tools?  Problem Solving?
           -You should know:
                       *What you need to do and know
                       *How to get credit and a good eval
                       *How to get and give help
                       *how to check your progress and self evaluate
           -Format:   2 groups… Learners and Teachers  (College Alg and GRE)
                       *4 points of contact: class (3 hours),  before group (1 hour)
                         group (2 hours), after group (1 hour)  research/review (1 hr)
            -Book vs Class  context, depth and discovery vs breadth and efficiency
            -Efficiency.. Is your time being well spent?

7.  Review:      Find the equation of a line passing through points  (-1,3) and  (1,2).  Give one other point on this line.

8.  Formula for verticle (x=3) and horizontal lines  (y = 3)

9.  Chapter 1.9:  Regression   Do Ex 1.9 #1 using regression calculator tool

10  In class:  Do  Ex 1.9 #2 b-g

11.  Review:   One calling plan costs $70 per month but gives you a startup bonus of $100.  Another plan does not have the bonus but the plan is only $55 for the same services.  When will you start saving money with Plan #2?

12.  GRE question:   Box in a rectangle:
                -Square around equilateral:  Find the area of square

13.  Functions as a scale:
                      p+b+b+d+d   =  p + p+b+b+b+d
                      stay balanced as long as you do same thing (same function)
                      to either side of the scale.  Same with equations (any function)
                     *** trick!  Know what functions to use    Know inverses

14.  3x – 1 + y – 7 + 3y = 1 + 2y – 7 + 2x   USE MATHWAY

15.  Distrubutive Property.   Both ways

16.  1.11  SKIP addition method.. Orthogonal
            *Do 1.11  #1 a-d

17.  1.12:  Solve:  Substitution.. why it works  (recipe)
        Do Sam’s Cafe together
        Try  Ex 1.12  #1 in groups

18.  1.3  Solving inequalities:  Do Example 2 and 4.
         In class:  Do #12, 16, 21

19.  1.4  Piecewise functions:  Reveiw Absolute Value
             Graph  y = | x + 3 |
             Do Number 7 in Activities
             Groups:    Try 1.14  #1  (taxi)

20.  1.5  Solving inequalities  Solve | x -5 | = 4   (<=4) ((>=4)
           Graph solutions
           Distance: 

21  Probability    4 jacks in a row?    Factorials