Seems like there are always plenty of problems in this world. We are going to use math to solve all of ours this week.

Algebra 2 students will start a new chapter this week on matrices. We will identify them and find their elements. We then learn how to add, subtract and multiply them. Students will also learn how to use matrices to represent translations, dilations, reflections and rotations of geometric figures.

Geometry students will start a new chapter this week on congruent triangles. We will begin by recognizing congruent figures and their corresponding parts. We will prove triangles are congruent by SSS, SAS, ASA postulates and the AAS theorem. Students will use triangle congruence and 'corresponding parts of congruent triangles are congruent' to prove the parts of two congruent triangles are congruent.