Intro to Linear Relationships

Good morning students!

We're finally using the lap tops in class... and you thought this day would never come!

Now that we finished our first two units on Polynomials & Radicals and Rational Exponents, we're starting #3: Linear Relationships.

As Colin pointed out in class, there are a lot of great resources on the internet that we can use to help us learn and practise mathematical concepts. I have found a website that I would like you to work through today that will review what you've learned about graphing in previous years and extend this information into our new unit.

Your task:

1. Click on the link below and read through the chapters entitled "The Cartesian Plane", "Patterns on a Plane", and "Modelling Linear Relationships."
2. As you read through each chapter, work through the examples on your own graph paper. Try to work out the answers first before scrolling down to see the answers! You will be required to hand this work in.
3. Leave a comment on my post defining one of the following words: point, Cartesian Plane, horizontal line, x-axis, vertical line, y-axis, origin, axes, x-coordinate, y-coordinate, coordinates, ordered pairs, vertical position, horizontal position, linear pattern, table, graph, linear relationship, difference pattern. The same word cannot be defined more than once!!
4. Complete the workbook assignment entitled "Linear Relationships."
   

Here is the link to the website: Linear Relationships

Homework Assignment

1. Under "Other Math Blogs" on the right-hand side of this blog, click on "Pre-Calculus 20S." This is the blog of another S2 pre-calculus class in Winnipeg and they just finished the unit we're starting.
2. Read through their posts and leave a comment on one of them stating something that you learned from reading what he/she posted, and asking a question for further clarification.
   

This is a neat opportunity for you to be able to study alongside other students since their teacher and myself are working through the units in a different order. Once they come to the radical and rational exponents "stuff," maybe you will be able to assist them.

Have fun! (And please remember to accept your invitation to join our blog!)

P.S. Check out the link I added on the right-hand side, "view world map here." You have an audience!