M 11/1/99

HW due today: §5-3 #3-42 mo3

T 11/2/99

HW due today: §5-4 #1-20 all

W 11/3/99

No HW due today (because of headmaster installation ceremony on evening of 11/2). In class: Catch up on old HW.

Th 11/4/99

HW due today: §5-4 #25; §5-5 #3,6,7-14 all. Note: You probably did some of these in class during the work-at-your-desk session.

F 11/5/99

No class

M 11/8/99

Mr. Hansen at NSA conference (no class for Mr. Hansen's students). HW due today: §5-6 #1-16 all (write the setup in full detail, but use calc. to solve); also §5-7 #1,3,6.

T 11/9/99

HW due today: §5-8 #R1-R7 all, plus T1.

W 11/10/99

Test on Chapter 5

Th 11/11/99

HW due today: Take-home portion of Chapter 5 test

F 11/12/99

HW due today: §7-1 #1-5 all, §7-2 #1-6 all. Note: We will cover Chapter 6 later.

M 11/15/99

HW due today (optional): Prove that x³ – y³ = (x – y) (x² + xy + y²). In class we covered §7-3, including problems, and proved that x³ + y³ = (x + y) (x² – xy + y²). Have a great Homecoming weekend!

T 11/16/99

HW due today: §7-4 #3, 4, 6-78 mo3, and 82 (OK to stop after 40 minutes at home)

W 11/17/99

HW due today: §7-4 #90 (and finish up the problems you didn’t get to earlier)

Th 11/18/99

HW due today: §7-5 #2-20 even

F 11/19/99

Diversity Day (no class)

M 11/22/99

HW due today: Redo §7-5 #2-20, using synthetic division for the problems that have linear denominators

T 11/23/99

HW due today: §7-6 #3-45 mo3. Dr. Bennett will collect your homework, answer some of your questions, and hopefully (if all goes well) class will be dismissed early.

M 11/29/99

HW due today: §7-7 #3-60 mo3

T 11/30/99

HW due today: Finish up §7-7, including the complex fraction problems. In class: Finish discussing §7-7. We didn’t get through §7-8, although the discussion of how to find common denominators will come in handy on Wednesday. Be prepared to find common denominators (a.k.a. least common multiples) for any collection of expressions.