Milestones Question of the Day

As long as people refer to it or indicate they are looking at this, I will post a Georgia Milestones Analytic Geometry Question of the Day on the blog.  Students can practice these questions and turn in their answers with work and explanations.  I'm going to shoot for putting a new one on everyday.  After at least ten Questions have been posted, students may turn in ten questions at a time to me.  If all ten are correct and there is work AND at least one sentence explaining why that choice is the correct answer, then students can trade in the ten correct Questions and replace their lowest homework or quiz grade with a 100.

Here's the first QOTD:

Friday, 9/18/2015

Use these functions to answer this question.

P(x) = x² – x – 6

Q(x) = x – 3

What is P(x) – Q(x)?

A) x² – 3

B) x² – 9

C) x² – 2x – 3

D) x² – 2x – 9

                                                                                                                                                                                                   Super Gigantic Bonus:  The walls are looking a little plain in the classroom and pretty much have the same stuff on them since the beginning of the semester. Time for an update.  Take a normal-sized sheet of poster board.  Using different colors and your special creative juices, bring in something related to one of the topics we have discussed thus far this semester.  For example, you could put the quadratic formula, or the difference of squares pattern, or Pascal's Triangle, or the definition of continuous, or some of the unit conversion stuff (those last two are for AP Calculus and Algebra I Support students).  Bring this in by Wednesday, 9/23, and I will give you 10 points on your lowest test (or a 100 for your lowest assignment in Algebra I Support).  See me, Mr. Lewis, for details.  One entry per student, void where prohibited.