2015 Summer Math – www.mathxl.com Algebra 1B Summer Math – using MathXL – 6 units MathXL Course ID: XL1W-­‐719A-­‐201X-­‐8TJ2 1. All assignments must be completed before the start of school, August 6, 2015. o This means 70% min on each quiz and 90% min on each Practice What I Missed assignments -­‐ INCLUDING QUIZ 6 AND PWIM 6.. o The completion of summer math with the above noted scores will constitute a minor assessment grade (50 points); it is an all or nothing grade; partial credit will not be awarded. o There will be a summer math test during the first full week of school; it will be a major assessment worth 50 points. 2. Course format: 6 quizzes and 6 HW (Practice what your missed assignments) -­‐ Students will begin with quiz 1. After submitting quiz 1, student will work on “Practice what I missed on quiz 1”. o Students may re-­‐take quizzes after working on “practice what I missed” assignment. The “practice what I missed” assignment is diagnostic. It will automatically assign problems based on what was missed on the quiz. o To move to the next quiz, student must score a minimum of 70% on the quiz and 90% on the practice what I missed HW -­‐ Once the required score has been made on the quiz and HW, student may progress to next quiz and HW. Etc 3. Calculators should NOT be used on any of these assignments. The assessment in the first week of school will be without calculators. Unit 1 – no calculator: Simplifying expressions, finding perimeter, solving equations, translating word phrases into algebraic expressions Unit 2 – no calculator: Problem solving; fractions and decimals Unit 3 – no calculator: More operations with fractions Unit 4 – no calculator: Solving equations with fractions, comparing and converting fractions and decimals, solving proportions, writing percents as decimals and fractions, mean median and mode Unit 5 – no calculator: Solutions of linear equations, plotting ordered pairs, graphing linear equations Unit 6 –no calculator: Intercepts, graphing linear equations, slope, parallel and perpendicular lines, slope-­‐intercept, point-­‐slope, and standard form of a linear equation, graphing linear inequalities