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    Math 5

    Math 4

    Math 7

    Math 8/Prealgebra

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    Students will take a last "grammar school look" at topics such as percents, ratios, rates, data handling, triangles and quadrilaterals, fractions and decimals, all of them now done at a much deeper level than previously, to prepare students to work with these topics in their upcoming Algebra class.

    PreAlgebra topics are thoroughly covered: exponents, distributing, like terms, simple linear equations and inequalities, algebraic manipulations, working with roots and radicals, the slope of a line and y = mx + b form of the equation of a line, the concept of a function, and the geometric component, exterior angles of a triangle, volumes and surface areas of cylinders, cones and pyramids.

    As the class progresses, students now move into Algebra "Proper," now solving harder linear equations, and simple quadratics.

    Word problems are present throughout the entire course, in all areas of the curriculum.

    Math 9/Algebra 2

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    The course will go into the topics of Polynomial Functions and Behavior (not just quadratics), radical equations, rational (i.e. fractional) equations,the logarithm and exponential functions with equations, graphs and behavior; trigonometric functions, particularly sine, cosine and tangent. Moving into the geometric component, conic sections parabolas, circles, ellipses and hyperbolas are covered. We also cover arithmetic and geometric sequences and series.

    Review of Algebra 1 Topics like linear equations and inequalities, quadratic equations, absolute values is presented throughout to keep students in touch with this material.

    Algebra 2 is a demanding class, preparing students to further develop these topics when they go next to Precalculus.

    Precalculus AP

    This is an intensive class, designed to prepare students to take the AP Precalculus exam next spring.

    The main topic of Precalculus is Function Theory. This includes properties of functions, inverses, continuity, odd/even functions, increasing/decreasing functions.

    A good part of the course is spent on deep analysis of logarithmic and exponential functions, trigonometric functions, inverse trig functions, polynomial and rational functions, piece-wise functions and others. Students have worked with all of these previously, but now the topics become much deeper and thorough.

    Counting and Probability, Sequences and Series, Analytic Trigonometry, Matrices are also studied.

    The course culminates with a preview of Calculus, as we discuss the concepts of a limit and the derivative.