Final Exam Information and Review Materials
Dates:
Wednesday, June 10th
Thursday, June 11th
Part I - No Calculator - Mostly skills based
Part II - Calculator - Mostly applications based
This will be a cumulative exam, meaning that it will cover all of the material that
we have covered this year. Please plan to do some studying each night from
now until the test. It is unlikely that you will do well if you wait until the last
minute.
The following major topics will be assessed:
Linear Functions
Solving Equations and inequalities
Graphing Functions
Three forms: Slope-intercept,
Point-Slope and Standard
Solving Systems of Linear Equations
Piecewise Functions with linear equations
Absolute Value Functions
Solving equations and inequalities
Applications problems
Exponential Functions
Using Exponent Rules
Applications with Exponential Growth/Decay
Graphing Exponential Functions
Quadratic Functions
Graphing Quadratic Functions
Solving Quadratic Equations (five methods)
Applications problems
Polynomials
Operations: Adding/Subtracting/Multiplying/Dividing
Rational Functions
Simplifying Rational Expressions
Operations: Adding/Subtracting/Multiplying/Dividing
Solving Rational Equations
Radical Functions
Simplifying Radical Expressions
Operations with Radical Expressions
Solving Radical Equations
Resources you already have that you should plan to use for studying:
a. Chapter tests in the textbook
b. Extra practice in the back of the textbook
c. Quizzes, tests and study guides from our course
Other helpful websites for practice problems:
a. IXL.com
b. Regents Prep
c. Khan Academy
d. CoolMath/Algebra
e. Purplemath
f. Mathbitsnotebook.com
g. Mathisfun.com
We will do in-class review on the following days:
Friday, June 5th
Whole Class Activity
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Monday, June 8
Review Stations
Tuesday, June 9th Open Time to ask questions
Extra help sessions:
1. Every morning from 7:20-7:53 am
2. Every XLT time (when we have it)
3. I will also be available after school from 2:30-3:30 on Friday June 5th
Review Assignment:
You should review as many different types of problems from the list of topics as
you have time for. Completing the review packet will certainly help but should
not be all that you do to study. If there are particular topics that are tricky for
you, study those in more detail.
Final Exam Review Packets
You must print these packets from my website at mrsgartland.weebly.com
The packets are found on the first page.
a. All problems must be completed
b. All problems must be checked with the answer key
c. Counts as 5 homework points
Assigned: Monday, June 1st
Due: Wednesday, June 10th