11 HL Polynomial Theorems

The questions below involve applications of the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra, and/or the other theorems we’ve now covered. Have these completed for our next class.

Page 193 question 3
Page 195 questions 3, 4
Page 196 questions 2, 4
Page 198 questions 1, 2, 5
Page 200 questions 2, 3, 6

11 HL Complex Numbers

Complete the following questions for our next class.

page 177 questions 3–5,
page 178 questions 2ad, 3, 6, 7,
page 180 question 2,
page 182 1, 3, 8

Welcome to IB Mathematics with Dr. McDonald!

Greetings from Dr. McDonald!

This website will be used to provide links to useful course materials, information about tests and homework assignments, and additional resources that you may find useful.

Some of the content is password protected, and you’ll get the password in our first class together.

I’m looking forward to working with all of you, and we’ll be getting started very soon!

Most of the time you’ll be able to find me in Room 0181, and if you’d like to contact me by email I’m available at dmcdonald@mulgrave.com.

At the moment, you can find mored detailed course information (and resources) in the relevant resources page:

Vector Equations of Lines

Have a look at the following questions before our next lesson. (The first two most of you have done in class, the second is new for everyone.)

  1. Find a vector equation of the line passing through \(A(1,3)\) and \(B(2,-1)\).
  2. Find the distance of the point \(A(1,3)\) to the line \(y=2x-2\).
  3. Find the distance from the point \(A(1,3)\) to the line \(\displaystyle{\vec{r}=\begin{bmatrix}4\\2\end{bmatrix}+\lambda \begin{bmatrix}4\\1\end{bmatrix}}\).

End-of-Year Test

Our end-of-year test on Sunday will be 1 hour and 30 minutes long, and calculators will be permitted.

All topics covered this year may appear, and your past tests, along with the end-of-chapter questions from the textbook, will help you to prepare. Good luck, and post any questions you may have below!

Working with Vectors

Complete the following questions for our lesson tomorrow.

Pages 417–419 questions 10, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20, 24

You’ll find it useful to read the textbook pages 412–416 (especially the examples) when answering some of these questions. The textbook also mentions something they call a direction angle for a vector, and although we won’t have much use for that angle right now, it may be useful later in the course, so I suggest you look at that material as well (in particular, look at the example on page 411).

Introduction to Vectors

Complete the following questions (in addition to those left on the board) for our next lesson.

Pages 407–409 questions 1, 3, 6, 10, 12, 19, 20, 22