Suggested Pacing

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This course is self-paced, but you will make the best progress by working consistently. Long breaks between lessons can make it harder to remember earlier ideas and connect them to new material.

Choose a Regular Schedule

Plan to work on math on specific days each week. For most students, a schedule of four or five days per week works well.

Our goal is for you to spend no more than about one hour on math each day. You may complete that time in one work session or divide it into two shorter blocks, such as 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes later in the day.

Pay Attention to Your Concentration

Do not force yourself to continue simply because a lesson is not finished. When you can no longer concentrate well, reach a reasonable stopping point and take a break. Continuing while tired or unfocused often leads to careless mistakes and frustration.

A lesson may take part of one day, a full day, or several days. That is okay. At the end of your work time, make a note of where you stopped so that you can begin there during your next session.

Use the Suggested Work Days

Each chapter includes suggested work days to help you plan. These are guidelines rather than deadlines. Some lessons may take less time, while more challenging lessons may need to be spread across two or more days.

Work carefully during the time you have available. Do not skip checking and correcting your work simply to finish a lesson more quickly.

Plan for Reviews and Assessments

Leave enough time to complete each chapter review, check your answers, and revisit any topics that are still difficult before beginning the assessment.

It is usually best to complete the review and assessment on separate days. This gives you time to correct mistakes and ask for help before the assessment.

Keep Moving Forward

Use the completion markers in the course index to keep track of your progress. Mark a lesson done only after you have completed all of its required parts and checked your work.

If you fall behind the schedule you originally planned, simply begin again where you left off. Consistent, focused work is more valuable than rushing to catch up.

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2-Year Pacing Guide

Use this guide if you are completing Algebra 1 over two school years. The weekly plan is a guide for steady progress, not a set of deadlines.

Year 1

Week 1

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Introduction 0.1 Number Tricks Do number tricks with friends and family
Chapter 1 1.1 Lesson 1 : Variables & Addition #11(a-e, f, h), 12(a-c), 13(a-d), 15(a), 16

Week 2

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 1 1.2 Lesson 2 : Subtraction #11(a-d, f), 12(a-c), 13, 14, 15
Chapter 1 1.3 Lesson 3 : Multiplication #11 (a, b), 12 (c-k), 13 (a-h), 14 (a-c), 16 (a-d), 17

Week 3

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 1 1.4 Lesson 4 : Division #9 (a-h), 10, 11 (a-f), 12, 14, 16
Chapter 1 1.5 Lesson 5 : Powers (Exponents) #13(a-c), 14 (b-e, g, h), 15, 16 (b-d, g), 17 (a, e)

Week 4

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 1 1.6 Lesson 6: Special Qualities of Zero & One #4, 5, 6, 8, 9 (a, b, e, f, h), 10
Chapter 1 1.7 Lesson 7: Order of Operations #4, 5(a-h, k, n-p), 6(a-d), 7, 8 (b, d)

Week 5

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 1 1.8 Lesson 8: O.O.O. and Parenthesis #4(a-c, g, h), 5(a-e, k-p), 7(a-d), 8(a, e)
Chapter 1 1.9 Lesson 9: The Distributive Rule #5(a-d), 6(b), 7(a-e), 9(a,c)

Week 6

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 1 1.R Chapter 1 Review Set II Exercises #1, 2, 3, 4(a, b), 6(b), 7, 8, 10(a), 11(a,b), 12(a), 14(a)
Chapter 1 1.T Chapter 1 Test test and solutions available as a pdf

Week 7

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 2 2.1 Lesson 1: What is a Function? #4, 5(a), 6(a-f), 7, 8
Chapter 2 2.2 Lesson 2: The Coordinate Graph #4, 5, 6, 7, 9

Week 8

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 2 2.3 Lesson 3: Graphing Functions #4, 6, 7(a - f)
Chapter 2 2.4 Lesson 4: Particular Functions - Direct Variations #4, 6, 7(a-d), 8, 10

Week 9

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 2 2.5 Lesson 5: Particular Functions - Linear Functions #4, 5, 6, 7 (a-c), 8
Chapter 2 2.6 Lesson 6: Particular Functions - Inverse Variations #5, 6, 7(a-c), 8, 10

Week 10

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 2 2.R Chapter 2 Review Set II Exercises #2, 3, 4(a, b), 5, 6(a, b), 7, 9
Chapter 2 2.T Chapter 2 Test test and solutions available as a pdf

Week 11

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 3 3.1 Lesson 1: Integers #6 (c-h), 7, 8 (a-e), 9, 10
Chapter 3 3.2 Lesson 2: More of the Coordinate Graph #6, 7, 8, 9

Week 12

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 3 3.3 Lesson 3: Adding Integers #5, 6, 7(a-f), 8(a-g)
Chapter 3 3.4 Lesson 4: Subtracting Integers #6, 7, 8

Week 13

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 3 3.5 Lesson 5: Multiplying Integers #5, 6, 7(a, d, e, f), 8(b, c), 9(a - c), 11
Chapter 3 3.6 Lesson 6: Dividing Integers #4, 5, 6(a - c), 7(a - c), 8(c, e, g, i)

Week 14

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 3 3.7 Lesson 7: O.O.O with Integers #5(a, b, d), 6(a - d, h, o), 7(a, c, e), 8, 9
Chapter 3 3.R Chapter 3 Review Set II Exercises #1, 4, 7, 8(a - c), 9, 11, 12, 14 (a, b)
Chapter 3 3.T Chapter 3 Test test and solutions available as a pdf

Week 15

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 4 4.1 Lesson 1: Rational Numbers #4(d - f), 5, 6, 7(a - f)
Chapter 4 4.2 Lesson 2: Absolute Value and Adding Rational Numbers #4(d - g), 5, 6(a - d), 7, 8, 9

Week 16

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 4 4.3 Lesson 3: O.O.O with Rational Numbers #5(a, b), 6(a - c), 7(a - d), 9, 10
Chapter 4 4.4 Lesson 4: Approximations #4, 5, 6(a - e), 7(a, b, f, h), 8, 9(b)

Week 17

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 4 4.5 Lesson 5: Graphing Rational Numbers #4, 5, 6, 7(a, b, f)
Chapter 4 4.R Chapter 4 Review Set II Exercises #1, 2, 3(a - c), 4(b, d, f, h, i, k), 5(a - c), 7, 8(a), 9(b, c, d)
Chapter 4 4.T Chapter 4 Test test and solutions available as a pdf

Week 18

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 5 5.1 Lesson 1: Equations # 5, 6(a - i, l, q - u), 7
Chapter 5 5.2 Lesson 2: Inverse Operations #5, 7, 8

Week 19

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 5 5.3 Lesson 3: Equivalent Equations #5, 6(c - j), 7, 9(a - c), 10(a, d)
Chapter 5 5.4 Lesson 4: Equivalent Expressions #5, 6, 7(a - d, g, i), 8(a, b, e, f), 9

Week 20

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 5 5.5 Lesson 5: Solving Equations #4, 5(a), 6, 7(a, c, e, g)
Chapter 5 5.6 Lesson 6: Creating & Solving Equations: Length and Area #4(a, c), 5(b), 7(a - c), 8(a, b), 9(a, c)
Chapter 5 5.7 Lesson 7: Creating & Solving Equations: Distance, Rate, and Time #4 - 8

Week 21

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 5 5.8a Lesson 8a: Creating & Solving Equations: Rate Problems #4
Chapter 5 5.8b Lesson 8b: Creating & Solving Equations: Rate Problems #5, 6

Week 22

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 5 5.R Chapter 5 Review Set II Exercises #1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12(b, c), 13(b), 14, 15, 16
Chapter 5 5.T Chapter 5 Test test and solutions available as a pdf

Week 23

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 6 6.1 Lesson 1: Equations in Two Variables #4, 5, 8(b, c, d, e)
Chapter 6 6.2 Lesson 2: Formulas #4(a, c), 5(a, c), 6, 7, 8

Week 24

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 6 6.3 Lesson 3: Graphing Linear Functions #4(a - d), 5(a - c), 6, 7(a - d), 9, 10
Chapter 6 6.4 Lesson 4: Intercepts #4, 5(a, c, d, e, f), 7, 8(c, d), 9, 10

Week 25

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 6 6.5b Lesson 5: Slope #4, 5*, 6, 7
Chapter 6 6.6 Lesson 6: Slope-Intercept Form #5, 6, 7, 8(a, c, e)

Week 26

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 6 6.R Chapter 6 Review Set II Exercises #3, 4, 5, 7(a), 8(a, b), 9(a, c), 10(a, b)*, 11(c), 12, 13(a, b), 14
Chapter 6 6.T Chapter 6 Test test and solutions available as a pdf

Week 27

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 7 7.4 Lesson 4: Graphing Simultaneous Equations #4, 5, 6, 7(a), 9, 10, 11
Chapter 7 7.1 Lesson 1: Simultaneous Equations #4(a - c, g- i), 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12

Week 28

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 7 7.2 Lesson 2: Elimination Method - Subtracting #5, 8, 9, 10, 7, 13, 14
Chapter 7 7.3 Lesson 3: More on the Elimination Method #3, 6(a, c, d), 7, 8, 9

Week 29

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 7 7.5 Lesson 5: Inconsistent and Equivalent Equations #4 - 6, 9, 10
Chapter 7 7.6 Lesson 6: Substitution Method #4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15

Week 30

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 7 7.7a Lesson 7a: Create and Solving SE: Mixture Problems #4, 5
Chapter 7 7.7b Lesson 7b: Create and Solving SE: Mixture Problems #6, 7

Week 31

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 7 7.R Chapter 7 Review Set II Exercises #1(c, d, e), 2, 4, 7, 10, 14, 17, 20
Chapter 7 7.T Chapter 7 Test test and solutions available as a pdf

Week 32

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Midterm M.Ra Review Set II Exercises #1, 4, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 20, 26, 30, 33 - 35, 39
Midterm M.Rb Review Set II Exercises #2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 16, 19, 21, 29, 31, 36 - 38

Week 33

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Midterm M.Ta Midterm Part 1 test and solutions available as a pdf
Midterm M.Tb Midterm Part 2 test and solutions available as a pdf

Year 2

Week 1

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 8 8.1 Lesson 1: Very Very Large Numbers #5, 6(a - c, e f), 7, 8(a, c, e), 9, 10, 11, 12, 14
Chapter 8 8.2 Lesson 2: Fundamental Property of Exponents #4(a, c, e), 5(a - e, g), 6(a, c, d, e, f), 7(a, c, f, g, h), 8(a, c, e), 9

Week 2

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 8 8.3 Lesson 3: Two More Properties of Exponents #4, 5, 6(a, c, e, h, j, k), 7(a, c, e, h, i, j), 8(a, c, e), 10
Chapter 8 8.4 Lesson 4: Zero & Negative Exponents #4, 5(a, b, c, e, f), 6, 7(a, c, e, g), 8(a - n)

Week 3

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 8 8.5 Lesson 5: Very Very Small Numbers #5(a - e), 6, 7, 8(a, c, e), 10, 12(a, c, d, e), 14
Chapter 8 8.6 Lesson 6: Powers of Products and Quotients #4, 5(a, c, d, e, f, g), 6(a - d, f), 7(a, c, e), 8(a, c, e, g, i, k)

Week 4

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 8 8.7 Lesson 7: Exponential Growth & Decay #4, 6, 7, 8
Chapter 8 8.R Chapter 8 Review Set II Exercises #3, 5, 6, 7(b, c), 8, 9(a - d), 10(a - c), 13
Chapter 8 8.T Chapter 8 Test test and solutions available as a pdf

Week 5

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 9 9.1,2 Lesson 1: Monomials #6(a - h), 7(a - h), 8, 9(a - f)
Chapter 9   Lesson 2: Polynomials #6(a - c), 7(b, d, e), 8, 10(a - c)
Chapter 9 9.3 Lesson 3: Adding and Subtracting Polynomials #4, 5, 6, 7(b), 8(a, b)

Week 6

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 9 9.4 Lesson 4: Multiplying Polynomials #6, 7, 8(a - f, i, k)
Chapter 9 9.5 Lesson 5: More on Multiplying Polynomials #4(a - h), 5, 6(a - c), 7

Week 7

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 9 9.6 Lesson 6: Squaring Binomials #4, 5, 6, 7(a - c), 10(a - c)
Chapter 9 9.7 Lesson 7: Dividing Polynomials #3, 4, 5, 8, 9(a)

Week 8

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 9 9.R Chapter 9 Review Set II Exercises #2(c, d), 3(a - e), 4, 8, 9(c), 10(a, b)
Chapter 9 9.T Chapter 9 Test test and solutions available as a pdf

Week 9

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 10 10.1 Lesson 1: Prime and Composite Numbers #4, 5(b, c, d, e, h, i), 6(a - f), 8(b, e, f, h)
Chapter 10 10.2 Lesson 2: Factors of Monomials #4(c, d, e), 5, 6, 8, 9(b - j)

Week 10

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 10 10.3 Lesson 3: Factors of Polynomials #5(a, b), 6, 7(a - f), 10(a, b), 11(a - c)
Chapter 10 10.4 Lesson 4: Factoring 2nd Degree Polynomials #4(a, b, e, f), 5(a, b), 6(a - d), 7(a - c), 8(a - h), 9(a, b)

Week 11

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 10 10.5 Lesson 5: Factoring the Difference of Two Squares #4(a, c, e), 5(a, b, c, e, f), 6, 7(a, b, g, h), 8(a - e), 9(a)
Chapter 10 10.6 Lesson 6: Factoring Trinomial Squares #5, 6(e, f), 7, 8(a - d), 9(a, d, f, i), 10(a, b)

Week 12

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 10 10.7 Lesson 7: More on Factoring 2nd Degree Polynomials #5(a - d), 6(a - e), 7, 8(a)
Chapter 10 10.8 Lesson 8: Factoring Higher-Degree Polynomials #4, 5, 6(a - e), 7(a - c)

Week 13

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 10 10.R Chapter 10 Review Set II Exercises #1(a, e), 2(a, e), 5(a, d), 7, 8(a - e), 9(a - i)
Chapter 10 10.T Chapter 10 Test test and solutions available as a pdf

Week 14

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 11 11.2 Lesson 2: Algebraic Fractions #4(a, c, e), 5, 6(a - f), 7(a - c), 8(a, c, e), 9(c - h)
Chapter 11 11.3 Lesson 3: Adding & Subtracting Fractions #4(c - h, l - o), 5(c - i), 6(b, c)

Week 15

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 11 11.4 Lesson 4: More on Adding & Subtracting Fractions #5(a - c, e - h), 6, 7(a - c), 8(a, c), 9(a, b)
Chapter 11 11.5 Lesson 5: Multiplying Fractions #4(a - c), 5(a - l), 6(b - g), 7(a, b)

Week 16

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 11 11.6 Lesson 6: More on Multiplication #4(e - g), 5(c - j), 6(c - e), 7(a), 8(a)
Chapter 11 11.7 Lesson 7: Dividing Fractions #4(d - f), 6(a - e), 7(a - d), 8(a, b)

Week 17

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 11 11.R Chapter 11 Review Set II Exercises # 4(a, d), 3(a), 4, 6(b, c), 8(b - e), 9(a), 11(b, d, f)
Chapter 11 11.T Chapter 11 Test test and solutions available as a pdf

Week 18

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 12 12.1 Lesson 1: Squares and Square Roots #4, 5(a - f), 6(a, b, d), 8, 9(a - d), 10(a - f), 11(a - d)
Chapter 12 12.2 Lesson 2: Square Roots of Products #4(a - d, h - k), 5(a - d), 6(a - e), 7(a), 8(a - d), 9

Week 19

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 12 12.3 Lesson 3: Square Roots of Quotients #5, 6(a - d), 7(a, c), 8, 9(a - d), 10(a, c, d, f, h, i - l)
Chapter 12 12.4 Lesson 4: Adding & Subtracting Square Roots #4(a, c, d, f), 5(a - i), 6(a, b), 7(a, b, e), 8(a - d), 9(a, b)

Week 20

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 12 12.5 Lesson 5: Multiplying Square Roots #4(a, b, d, f, i, j), 5(a - c), 6(a - f), 7(a - c), 8(a, b)
Chapter 12 12.6 Lesson 6: Dividing Square Roots #7, 8, 9(a), 10, 11(a, b)

Week 21

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 12 12.7 Lesson 7: Radical Equations #5, 6(a, b), 7(a - f, i - k), 8(a - d)
Chapter 12 12.R Chapter 12 Review Set II Exercises #1(a), 2, 4(a), 5(c), 6(a, c), 8(a, c), 9(b), 10(a, b), 11(a, d), 12(a, c), 14(a, d, f)
Chapter 12 12.T Chapter 12 Test test and solutions available as a pdf

Week 22

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 13 13.1 Lesson 1: Polynomial Equations #4(e), 5(a - f), 6, 7(a - c, e)
Chapter 13 13.2 Lesson 2: Polynomial Functions #5, 6, 7

Week 23

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 13 13.3 Lesson 3: Solving Polynomial Equations by Graphing #4, 5, 6, 7a, 8a
Chapter 13 13.4 Lesson 4: Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring #4(a, c, e, g), 5(a - g), 6(a - c)

Week 24

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 13 13.5 Lesson 5: Solving Quadratic Equations by Taking the Square Roots #5(a, c, e), 6, 9(a - d), 10(a, c)
Chapter 13 13.6 Lesson 6: Completing the Square #4(a - c), 6, 9(a - e), 10(a, b)

Week 25

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 13 13.7 Lesson 7: The Quadratic Formula #4(a, c), 6, 7(a, b, c), 8(a)
Chapter 13 13.8 Lesson 8: The Discriminant #4, *5, 6, 7, 8

Week 26

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 13 13.R Chapter 13 Review Set II Exercises #1, 2(a), 3, 6(b), 7(c), 8(a), 9, 10(a - c)
Chapter 13 13.T Chapter 13 Test test and solutions available as a pdf

Week 27

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 14 14.1 Lesson 1: More about Rational Numbers #5, 7(a, b), 8(a - c)
Chapter 14 14.2-4 Lesson 2: Irrational Numbers #5, 6(a, c, e, f, h), 7
Chapter 14   Lesson 3: nth Roots #4, 5
Chapter 14   Lesson 4: Pi #4, 5
Chapter 14 14.5 Lesson 5: The Real Numbers #4, 5, 6, 8(b, c), 10(a - d)

Week 28

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 15 15.1 Lesson 1: Ratio & Proportion #4, 5(a, c, e, g), 6(a - e), 7
Chapter 15 15.2 Lesson 2: Equations Containing Fractions #4(a, c, e), 5, 6(b, c, d, g, i), 7(a)

Week 29

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 16 16.1 Lesson 1: Inequalities #5, 6, 7(a, c, d, f, h, j, k, n), 8(a, c, d, f, h, j, k, n), 9(a - c), 10(a, b)
Chapter 16 16.2 Lesson 2: Solving Linear Inequalities #5, 6(a, b, d, e, j, m), 8, 9(a - c)

Week 30

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Chapter 16 R Chapter 14 Review Set II Exercises #1, 2(b), 3(a, b), 6, 14, 15 (a - c)
Chapter 16   Chapter 15 Review Set II Exercises #1, 2, 4(a - c, e, f)
Chapter 16   Chapter 16 Review Set II Exercises #2, 3(a, b), 4(a), 5(a - c), 6(a - g)
Chapter 16 T Chapters 14-16 Test test and solutions available as a pdf

Week 31

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Final F.Ra Review Test II Exercises #1, 5, 11, 13, 15, 22, 24, 28, 30, 36, 38, 43, 46, 50, 52, 54, 60, 61, 69, 76, 77
Final F.Rb Review Test II Exercises #3, 6, 12, 14, 17, 23, 26, 29, 34, 35, 37, 44, 48, 49, 53, 56, 59, 65, 67,

Week 32

Section Code Lesson Assignment
Final F.Ea Final Exam Part 1 test and solutions available as a pdf
Final F.Eb Final Exam Part 2 test and solutions available as a pdf