Term 2 Interim Assessment

Post date: Jan 18, 2016 10:25:54 PM

The Math Term 2 Interim Assessment is the first one, on Tuesday, January 26th at 8AM. The exam is cumulative up to this point in the year, and topics include:

Monday, 1/25 - we reviewed mathematical induction. Here are the slides from class. Here is the review of mathematical induction sheet you got with a sample solution on the front and a very good practice problem at the top on the second page.

Here are your room numbers for the Term 2 IA:

• (R1) Aungon - Saha: Room 176
• (R1) Sarmiento - Zahzouhi: Room 202
• (R5) Ahamed - Chen: Room 202
• (R5) Chowdhury - Wu: Room 253

**starred topics indicate it is comparatively LESS of a focus of this IA, but that it is still a required topic

• **GDC skills (graphing, zooming, changing window, finding intersections, finding asymptotes, finding intercepts, finding minima/maxima, solving equations with graphs, solving inequalities with graphs)
• **Functions (domain, range, composition, inverse, transformations)
• **Quadratics (graphs, solutions, factoring, completing the square, quadratic formula, discriminant)
• Polynomials (division, polynomial theorems)
  • Approximately 10% of the exam
• Sequences and series (arithmetic, geometric, explicit, recursive, finite sums, infinite sums)
  • Approximately 20% of the exam
• **Counting (fundamental counting principle, factorials, permuatations, combinations)
  • There will be one (1) counting problem on the IA, and you've seen it before.
  • Approximately 5% of the exam
• Binomial Theorem (Pascal's Triangle, finding the general term of an expansion, expanding binomials)
  • Approximately 10% of the exam
• Mathematical Induction
  • Approximately 15% of the exam
• Exponentials and Logarithms (laws and properties, solving equations, changing base)
  • Approximately 10% of the exam
• Trigonometry (unit circle, graphs of trig functions, solving equations, using identities, inverse trig functions)
  • Approximately 15% of the exam
• Mix of problems and skills
  • Approximately 15% of the exam

Here are some resources to help you review and study:

• Any past homework assignment
• The end of chapter practice questions are a good source of more practice questions (p. 85 for Chapter 2 [functions], p. 149 for Chapter 3 [polynomials], p. 200 for Chapter 4 [sequences and series, binomial theorem, mathematical induction], p. 243 for Chapter 5 [exponentials and logarithms], p. 346 for Chapter 7 [trigonometric functions])
• Past exams and quizzes (like your Unit 1 exam on functions or your Take Home Quiz on Counting or your Take Home Quiz on Mathematical Induction/Binomial Theorem)
• Summary of quadratics
• Summary of polynomials
• Sequences and Series Practice Problems (and my solutions and the IB answer key)
• Binomial Theorem/Mathematical Induction Extra Practice Problems
• Summary of exponentials and logarithms
• Exponentials and logarithms answer to HW (Chapter 5 Practice Questions)
• Exponentials and logarithms extra practice problems
• Summary for Trigonometry.