Program of Studies - Acton-Boxborough Regional School District ...

points, lines, planes, angles, polygons, solid figures, parallel and perpendicular
lines, circles, congruence and symmetry.
Full year course, 5 days per week, 5 credits
ALGEBRA II 321 (H), 332 (AE), 333 (CP)
Grades: 10 - 12 Grouping: Homogeneous
Prerequisite: C- in Geometry
Algebra 2 AE or H requires students to have completed Algebra I AE or H
Algebra II reviews and extends the concepts developed in the first course before
introducing new materials. Topics include: the solution of equations and
inequalities, including those with absolute values, linear equations and
inequalities, systems of linear equations and inequalities, systems of equations in
3 variables, matrices, polynomials, factoring, radicals, complex numbers, various
solution methods for quadratic equations, the conic sections, systems of
simultaneous quadratics, polynomial functions, function composition and
inverses, variation problems, the arithmetic of rational expressions, solving
radical equations, and rational equations, and an introduction to Sequences and
Series. The AE and H sections also study complex fractions, a variety of word
problems, the theory of higher degree equations, conic section theory,
exponential and logarithmic functions as well as permutations, combinations,
and Probability.
Full year course, 5 times per week, 5 credits
ALGEBRA II 334 (SP)
Grade 12 Grouping: Homogeneous
Prerequisite: C- in Geometry
This course will build upon the Algebra that students learned in the Elementary
Algebra I Part I and Part 2 sequence or the Algebra I CP course before
proceeding on to new material. Topics will include: Simplifying expressions and
solving linear equations, graphing lines and finding the equations of lines,
solving systems of equations, simplifying polynomials, factoring, solving
quadratic equations by all three methods, simplifying rational expressions,
solving rational and radical equations, the midpoint and distance formulae, and
an introduction to graphing the quadratic relations conic sections. As time
permits, additional material on matrices, sequences and series, probability,
and/or exponential functions may be included in the course.
Full year course, 5 times per week, 5 credits.
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