Milford High School Course Catalog 2018-2019: Math 213 CP ALGEBRA 1 CONCEPTS 6 CREDITS (Fulfills grade 9 Math requirement) This course develops the real number system and its properties from the natural numbers through the set of real numbers, and also includes basic operations on algebraic functions, statistics, operations with polynomials, factoring, ratio and proportion, and some geometric relationships. There is also an emphasis on the sequencing of the mathematical steps in a solution. The emphasis will be on problem solving techniques while enhancing basic mathematical skills and algebra skills. Various types of reasoning methods will be discussed. 215 CP ALGEBRA I 6 CREDITS (Fulfills grade 9 Math requirement) This course develops the real number system and its properties from the natural numbers through the set of real numbers, and also includes basic operations on algebraic functions, statistics, operations with polynomials, factoring, ratio and proportion, and some geometric relationships. There is also an emphasis on the sequencing of the mathematical steps in a solution. 214 HONORS ALGEBRA I 6 CREDITS (Fulfills grade 9 Math requirement) This course develops the number system from the natural numbers through the set of real numbers, and also includes basic operations on algebraic functions, statistics, operations with polynomials, factoring, ratio and proportion, and some geometric relationships. It is an accelerated mathematics program for students with intellectual ability and a real interest in doing work commensurate with their mathematical aptitude. 224 MCAS 2.0 PREP GRADE 9 6 CREDITS (Required for grade 9 students at-risk of failure of grade 10 Math MCAS) This course is intended to review essential skills required for success on the MCAS/MCAS 2.0 exam. Topics covered will include Number and Quantity, Algebra, Functions, Modeling, Geometry, and Statistics and Probability. This course is a requirement for those students who performed poorly on the 7th and 8th grade Standardized assessments or are at risk for the 10th grade MCAS/MCAS 2.0 220 MCAS 2.0 PREP GRADE 10 6 CREDITS (Required for grade 10 students at-risk of failure of grade 10 Math MCAS) This course is a follow-up to the MCAS 2.0 Prep Grade 9 course. The course will continue to review essential skills required for success on the MCAS/MCAS 2.0 exam. Topics will include Number and Quantity, Algebra, Functions, Modeling, Geometry, and Statistics and Probability. This course is a requirement for those students who performed poorly on the 7th and 8th grade Standardized assessments or are at risk for the 10th grade MCAS/MCAS 2.0

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Milford High School Course Catalog 2018-2019: Math 206 CP GEOMETRY CONCEPTS 6 CREDITS (Fulfills grade 9 or 10 Math requirement) This course covers the conventional topics covered in Euclidean Geometry and is a follow-up to the Algebra 1 Concepts course. Geometric concepts are often linked to algebraic concepts and applications to improve mathematical understanding. Topics include patterns, inductive reasoning, congruence, similarity, triangles, right triangle trigonometry, polygons, circles, area, and volume. The course will focus on the numerical concepts of Geometry. The course will integrate manipulatives, computer software, and scientific and graphing calculators when possible. A variety of question types will be used help students perform on standardized tests like the MCAS (PARCC), PSAT, SAT, and ACT. Required: Completion of Algebra 1 223 CP GEOMETRY 6 CREDITS (Fulfills grade 9 or 10 Math requirement) This course covers the conventional topics covered in Euclidean Geometry. Geometric concepts are often linked to algebraic concepts and applications to improve mathematical understanding. Topics include patterns, inductive reasoning, congruence, similarity, triangles, right triangle trigonometry, polygons, circles, area, and volume. The course will integrate manipulative, computer software, and scientific and graphing calculators when possible. A variety of question types will be used help students perform on standardized tests like the MCAS, PSAT, SAT, and ACT. Required: Completion of Algebra I 222 HONORS GEOMETRY 6 CREDITS (Fulfills grade 9 or 10 Math requirement) This course is designed to prepare and motivate students for success in future mathematics courses. Algebraic applications and links to geometric concepts will be emphasized throughout the course. The students will work with undefined terms, definitions and postulates and will demonstrate their mathematical understanding by creating proofs. Topics include congruence, similarity, triangles, right triangle trigonometry, polygons, circles, area, and volume. The course will integrate manipulatives, computer software, and scientific and graphing calculators whenever possible. As an honors course, this course is designed to cover topics in more depth and breadth and moves at a faster pace. A variety of question types will be used help students perform on standardized tests like the MCAS, PSAT, SAT, and ACT. Required: Completion of Algebra I

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Milford High School Course Catalog 2018-2019: Math 216 CP ALGEBRA II A 6 CREDITS (Fulfills grade 11 Math requirement) This is the first of two courses designed to permit students to extend the study of Algebra II over two years. This course covers the concepts of operations involving real numbers, solving equations and sketching their graphs, functions, factoring polynomials, rational expressions and quadratic equations. Required: Completion of Algebra I and Geometry 232 CP ALGEBRA II B 6 CREDITS (Fulfills grade 12 Math requirement) This is the second of two courses designed to permit students to extend the study of Algebra II over two years. This course covers the concepts of operations involving real numbers, solving equations and sketching their graphs, functions, factoring polynomials, rational expressions and quadratic equations. Required: Completion of Algebra IIA

218 CP ALGEBRA II 6 CREDITS (Fulfills grade 9, 10, or 11 Math requirement) This course reviews and extends Algebra I and introduces enough advanced material to meet college entrance requirements adequately. It includes the study of radicals and rational exponents, linear, exponential, quadratic functions, systems of linear equations, and matrix algebra. Required: Completion of Algebra I 217 HONORS ALGEBRA II 6 CREDITS (Fulfills grade 9, 10, or 11 Math requirement) This is a course designed for students of better than average ability. The concepts introduced in Algebra I are developed further in this course. Also included are exponential and logarithmic functions, binomial expansion, probability, and matrix algebra. A graphing calculator is recommended. Note: A graphing calculator is required for this course. Required: Completion of Algebra I

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Milford High School Course Catalog 2018-2019: Math 234 CP PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE 6 CREDITS (Fulfills grade 12 Math requirement) This course is designed for seniors who have an interest in expanding their knowledge of the principles and practices of personal finance and banking. Students are introduced to the concepts of financial planning, investing, and insurance, while reinforcing the importance of debt management and career goals. Through practical financial applications, students develop the skills that enable them to process information, analyze data, and draw conclusions that lead to sound financial decision-making. An emphasis is made on strengthening math skills, which will prepare students to become smart shoppers, valued employees and informed taxpayers

240 CP STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY (Fulfills grade 11 or 12 Math requirement) 6 CREDITS With the extensive use of the statistical method in the modern world, in economics, business, education, sociology, medicine and other natural sciences and with the needs of students entering these fields, a sound and useful introduction to statistics and probability is developed using algebra foundation. It covers the fundamental terminology and ideas of probability. Topics include; graphical displays of data, measures of central tendency, normal distributions, linear regression and correlation, design of experiments, randomness and probability, and binomial and random variables. Required: Completion of Algebra II and Geometry 241 HONORS STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY 6 CREDITS (Fulfills grade 11 or 12 Math requirement) With the extensive use of the statistical method in the modern world, in economics, business, education, sociology, medicine and other natural sciences and with the needs of students entering these fields; a sound and useful introduction to statistics, probability and data analysis is developed using an algebra foundation. It covers the fundamental terminology and ideas of probability, the handling of numerical data, treatment of random variables, special cases of binomial and random variables, confidence intervals, significance levels, statistical hypotheses, test and Types I and II errors. Required: Completion of Algebra II and Geometry

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Milford High School Course Catalog 2018-2019: Math 247 AP STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY 6 CREDITS (Fulfills grade 11 or 12 Math requirement) This is an Advanced Placement course in Statistics and Probability. With the extensive use of the statistical method in the modern world, in economics, business, education, sociology, medicine and other natural sciences and with the needs of students entering these fields; a solid foundation of statistics is developed in this course. This course will cover the handling of numerical data, treatment of random variables, special cases of binomial and random variables, probability, confidence intervals, significance levels, statistical hypotheses testing, including Chi Square, and Types I and II errors. The use of technology and statistical software will be incorporated into the course as well as the use of case studies for statistical inference. A graphing calculator is required Required: Completion of Algebra II and Geometry 235 CP PRECALCULUS 6 CREDITS (Fulfills grade 11 or 12 Math requirement) Pre-Calculus is structured to provide the student with an adequate background for Calculus and other mathematics encountered in the first year of college. The course is a continuation of the Algebra I, Algebra II sequence and includes topics such as number systems, vectors, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions. At the completion of the course, student should consider taking the College Board SAT Math IC Subject Test to fulfill entrance requirements for restrictive colleges and universities. Required: Completion of Algebra II 242 HONORS PRE-CALCULUS 6 CREDITS (Fulfills grade 11 or 12 Math requirement) Pre-Calculus is structured to provide the student with an adequate background for Calculus and other mathematics encountered in the first year of college. The course is a continuation of the Algebra I, Algebra II sequence and includes topics such as number systems, vectors, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions. At the completion of the course, student should consider taking the College Board SAT Math IC or IIC Subject Test to fulfill entrance requirements for restrictive colleges and universities. Required: Completion of Algebra II and Geometry. A graphing calculator is also required.

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Milford High School Course Catalog 2018-2019: Math 243 HONORS DISCRETE MATHEMATICS 6 CREDITS (Fulfills grade 11 or 12 Math requirement) This course is designed to prepare students who are not majoring in math or science for the typical college math they taking though it is pertinent to Computer Science and Electrical engineering majors. The focus will be on the developmental processes used to create algorithms as a means of solving real-life problems. The topics of logic, combinatorics, sets, functions, graphs and trees, recurrence relations and generating functions will be discussed and applied while developing problem solving and critical thinking skills. Required: Completion of Pre-Calculus 260 HONORS DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS 6 CREDITS (Fulfills grade 11 or 12 Math requirement) This course is intended for students who have a good knowledge of analytic geometry, algebra and elementary functions. The focus of the class is the understanding of the concepts of differential calculus. Topics covered in the course include functions, limits and derivatives, differentiation rules and applications of differentiation as well as integration. The graphing calculator is required for this course. Required: Completion of Pre-Calculus 251 AP CALCULUS AB 6 CREDITS (Fulfills grade 11 or 12 Math requirement) This advanced placement course is the equivalent of college-level Calculus I. Studies commence with analytic geometry and the algebra of limits. The mechanics of obtaining derivative and integration formulas by the delta process, by formula, and by the chain rule will be of fundamental concern. Problems in the applications of differential and integral calculus will also be studied. A graphing calculator is required. The course content will include the analysis of polar and vector functions along with their derivatives and integrals. Convergence of series and sequences, Taylor polynomials and series as well as Maclaurin series will be discussed. Solutions to differential equations and the related slope fields will also be studied. A graphing calculator is required. All students must take the AP Exam. Required: Completion of Pre-Calculus

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Milford High School Course Catalog 2018-2019: Math 253 AP CALCULUS BC 6 CREDITS (Fulfills grade 11 or 12 Math requirement) This advanced placement course is the equivalent of college-level Calculus I and II. The course content will include the analysis of polar and vector functions along with their derivatives and integrals. Convergence of series and sequences, Taylor polynomials and series as well as Maclaurin series will be discussed. Solutions to differential equations and the related slope fields will also be studied. A graphing calculator is required. All students must take the AP Exam. Required: Completion of Pre-Calculus

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