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The mission of
the Department of Mathematics is to teach courses with the
intent of increasing literacy and competency in mathematics
and providing the academic foundation for future success in
math courses. For middle school students, success in
mathematics is achieved by mastering skills that require
sequential operations. The goal is to produce mathematically
literate students who are ready for high school math
classes. In order to prepare students for these upper level
courses, students and parents should be dedicated to
requiring the mastery of basic math computation skills in
the middle school years. These courses lay the basis for
algebra, geometry and calculus.
High school math classes prepare the student for college
entrance math courses and for achievement on the ACT and
SAT. There is a constant and growing demand for training in
the mathematics in our modern technological society.
Students desiring to further studies in engineering,
medicine, technology, teaching, and sciences need to have a
strong foundation in mathematics upon high school
graduation.
Students also need to know how to operate the TI83/84
calculator. For more information about this math tool,
please see the link for course descriptions.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:
Math is Fun
– Instructor: Terry Cothran. Math is Fun will attempt
to make math fun and exciting with the goal of helping
students “like” math. In addition to placing a strong
emphasis on learning addition and multiplication facts, the
course will cover word problems, order of operations,
integers, powers and roots, divisibility concepts, prime and
composite numbers, ratios, patterns and sequences, and
statistics and probability.
Math 1
– Instructor: Terry Cothran. Use word problems and
functions; coordinate graphing integers; study exponential
expressions; divisibility concepts; prime factorization;
ratios and proportions; statistics and probability; radius,
circumference, and pi; complimentary and supplementary
angles.
Math 2
- Instructor: Terry Cothran. Whole numbers and
integers, rational numbers and irrational numbers (with
addition, subtraction, multiplication and division);
complete projects using percents in the real world; study
percents and decimals, statistics using different graphs,
place value, rounding numbers, composite numbers; find the
greatest common factor and least common multiple; study
measure.
Pre-Algebra
- Instructor: Terry Cothran. Whole numbers, problem
solving strategies, multi-step problems, factoring,
fractions, decimals, ratios, percents, measurement, linear
measures; learn measures of capacity: weight, time, speed;
introduce Algebra using exponents, combining terms,
simplifying monomials, equations, graphing, positive and
negative numbers, graphs, statistics, and probability.
Algebra 1
- Instructor: Dixie Christian-Upper, Terry Cothran-Lower.
Operations in Algebra, real numbers and absolute values,
adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing real numbers
and expressions; work to solve one, two, and multi-step
equations; use distributive property; use formulas, literal
equations, and proportional reasoning; define slope; graph
using a graphing calculator; use slope-intercept form,
point-slope form, parallel and perpendicular lines,
inequalities and absolute values, system of equations and
inequalities; find exponents and exponential functions,
polynomials and factoring.
Geometry
- Instructor: Dixie Christian-Upper, Terry Cothran-Lower.
Use logical thinking and proving ideas; develop analytical
thinking skills necessary for success in high school,
college, and life in general; focus on different shapes and
their properties such as points, lines, planes, and angle
relationships; use reasoning and proof; work with
perpendicular and parallel lines, congruent triangles and
properties of triangles, quadrilaterals, similarity in
polygons, right triangle trigonometry, circles, area,
surface area, and volume.
Algebra 2
- Instructor: Dixie Christian. Review some of the
basic ideas learned in Algebra 1 at the beginning of the
year such as equations and systems of equations; focus on
learning and applying formulas such as quadratics and
conics; apply a higher level of thinking than previously
required; use inequalities, matrices, relations and
functions, polynomials (including exponents), irrational and
complex numbers; solve quadratics, graphing quadratics,
conic sections; use exponential and logarithmic functions.
Pre-Calculus/Trigonometry
– Instructor: Jim Davis or TBA.
Calculus
– Instructor: Jim Davis or TBA. |
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