| DAILY SCHEDULE |
NEXT ASSESSMENT |
GRADING POLICY |
EXTRA CREDIT |
| In Class Work | Homework | |
| Wednesday
September 5 |
Classroom Rules and Procedures. Introductions and Parent Letters. Passing out of books. "Trick question Ice Breaker" |
Get parent letter signed. Acquire the required supplies. Finish essay: "What you should know about me." |
| Thursday
September 6 |
Intro to the class website and Chapter 1-1 "Sets of numbers" and discussion on what it means to show your work. |
Pg. 10-13 #1-11, 26-39, 53-56, 58, 60, 66, 69, 70, 72-75. |
| Friday
September 7 |
Chapter 1-2 "Properties of Real Numbers" and more on the online components of the textbook.
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Pg. 17-19 #1-14, 44-49, 51, 52, 57, 59, 63-65 |
| Monday
September 10 |
Chapter 1-3 "Square Roots"
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Pg. 24-26 #1-17, 30-37, 54-56, 62-65, 74. |
| Tuesday
September 11 |
Chapter 1-4 "Simplifying Algebraic Expressions" | Pg. 30-32 #1-10, 17, 20-22, 36-38, 43-53 |
| Wednesday
September 12 |
Chapter 1-5 "Properties of Exponents" | Pg. 38-41 #1-21, 34-37, 49-50, 56-61. |
| Thursday
September 13 |
Review of sections 1-1 to 1-5 Quiz tomorrow |
Pg. 43 #1-22. |
| Friday
September 14 |
Ch. 1-6 "Relations and Functions" and Quiz on Ch. 1-1 to 1-5 |
Pg. 47-50 #1-19, 31-41a. |
| Monday September 17 |
Ch. 1-7 "Function Notation" and Review of quiz from Friday |
Pg. 54-56 #1-11, 26-37, 39-44. |
| Tuesday September 18 |
Ch. 1-8 "Exploring transformations" | Pg. 63-66 #1-13, 44, 46-52, 54. |
| Wednesday
September 19 |
Ch. 1-9 "Introduction to parent functions" | Pg. 70-73 #1-10, 17-22, 25-26, 42-46, 51-53, 40**... and I'm checking 40. |
| Thursday
September 20 |
Review of ch. 1 | Finish the pretest. |
| Friday
September 21 |
Review for ch. 1 test: game day boys vs. girls | Optional: Page 76-79 #1-55 odd - all answers are in the back. |
| Monday September 24 |
Ch. 1 Test | None |
| Tuesday September 25 |
Ch. 2-1 "Solving linear equations and inequalities" | Page 94-96 #2-20 even, 40-46 even, 47, 49, 51, 58, 59. |
| Wednesday September 26 |
Ch. 2-2 "Proportional reasoning" | Page 100-103 #1-13 (skip 6,7,9), 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 30-33, 54, 55. |
| Thursday September 27 |
Ch. 2-3 "Graphing linear functions" | Page 109-112 #1-21, 47-50, 52, 53 |
| Friday Septebember 28 |
Ch. 2-4 "Writing linear functions" | Pg. 120-123 #1-14, 19-20, 22-27, 39-41, 44-46, 48. |
| Monday October 1 |
Problem of the Week: "The Census" and "The Road" |
None |
| Tuesday October 2 |
Ch. 2-5 #Linear Inequalities in Two Variables" | Page 128-131#1-10, 22, 24, 34, 38-40, 45, 62. |
| Wednesday October 3 |
Quiz #2 on ch. 2-1 to 2-4 and Counselor presentations |
Page 133 #9, 14, 24, 31. |
| Thursday October 4 |
Ch. 2-6 "Transforming linear functions" - IMPORTANT NOTES TAKEN IN CLASS TODAY. | Page 138-140 #1-18, 21, 26, 27, 31-34. |
| Friday October 5 |
More on ch. 2.6....... | Practice worksheet 2-6B |
| Tuesday October 9 |
Ch. 2-7 "Curve fitting with linear models" | Page 146-149 #1-4, 7, 9-11, 16, 19-21, 24. Except for #3 and #7 which you must do by hand on paper, you may do the rest of teh scatter plots on your graphing calculator only. Make sure you look at teh plots for #24. |
| Wednesday October 10 |
Ch. 2-8 "Solving absolute value equations and inequalities" | Page 154-156 #1-13, 26-31, 38, 44, 49, 55-58. |
| Thursday October 11 |
Ch. 2-9 "Absolute value functions" | Page 161-163 #1-12, 19-24, 27-29, 38, 43, 46, 55, 56. (only graph on #2-10) |
| Friday October 12  |
Problem of the week: The Clock | None |
| Monday October 15 |
Pretest for ch. 2 | Finish the pretest |
| Tuesday October 16 |
Today you will have a guest teacher. Review for ch. 2 test. |
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| Wednesday October 17 |
Ch. 2 Test | None |
| Thursday October 18 |
Ch. 3-1 "Using graphs and tables to solve linear systems" | Page 186-189 #1-14, 32, 35-38, 45 |
| Friday October 19 |
Ch. 3-2 "Using Algebraic Methods to solve linear systems" | Page 194-197 #1-14, 27, 32, 33c, 34, 37, 46. |
| Monday October 22 |
Programming a TI-84 to solve systems of
equations. In class: writing a progam to solve a system in 2 variables that is written in standard form. |
None. |
| Tuesday October 23 |
More on programming a TI-8s. In class: writing a progam to convert Celsius temperatures to Fahrenheit. |
Write a program to solve a system of equations
in 2 variables that is written in slope-intercept form and use it to solve: Page 196 #36. |
| Wednesday October 24 |
Ch. 3-3 "Solving systems of linear inequalities" | Page 202-204 #1-10, 15, 38, 39, 48. |
| Thursday October 25 |
Ch. 3-4 "Linear Programming" | Page 209 #1-8, 17, 21 |
| Friday October 26 |
Problem of the week: Baker's Choice | Finish the Problem of the Week as needed. |
| Monday October 29 |
Ch. 3-5 "Linear Equations in three dimensions" | Page 216-218 #1-13, 24, 25, 29, 33-36, 43-45. |
| Tuesday October 30 |
Ch. 3-6 "Solving linear systems in three variables" | Page 224-225 #2-8, 11, 15, 20, 21. Extra Credit: On a large poster (like 2x3 feet or so), solve #23 on page 226. Use colored markers. I will post them in the room to give my 7th graders heart burn. :) Be very neat. Due Monday 11/5. |
| Wednesday October 31 |
Today you will have a guest teacher: Ch. 3 Pretest | Finish the chapter 3 pre-test |
| Thursday November 1 |
Reveiw of the culumulative questions that will be on the test tomorrow | Study for the test, and prepare your homework packet for ch. 3 - I will collect it tomorrow. |
| Friday November 2 |
Ch. 3 test | None |
| Monday November 5 |
Ch. 4-1 "Matrices and data" | Page 250-252 #1-17, 23-27, 29-31, 36. |
| Tuesday November 6 |
Ch. 4-2 "Matrix multiplication" | Page 257-260 #1-18, 29, 30, 42-47, 52. |
| Wednesday November 7 |
Ch. 4-3 "Using matrices to transform geometric figures" | Page 265-267 #1-9, 25, 27-30, 32. |
| Thursday November 8 |
Review of chapters 4-1 to 4-3 | Page 269 #1-21. |
| Friday November 9 |
Ch. 4-5 "Matrix Inverses and solving systems" - day 1 | Page 282-285 #1-12. |
| Tuesday November 13 |
Ch. 4-5 "Matrix Inverses and solving systems" - day 2 | Page 282-285 #13, 15, 17, 18, 24-28, 32, 36-42. Use calculator for #13, 25, 26, 32. |
| Wednesday November 14 |
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!! 40!!!! Ch. 4-6 "Row operations and augmented matrices" |
Page 291-293 #1-10, 14-18, 34. For 8 pts extra credit, do #17 by hand using row operations. Have fun! |
| Thursday November 15 |
Problem of the week: Soving a 3x3 system through row reduction | None. |
| Friday November 16 |
No class - conferences | None. |
| Monday November 19 |
Review of chapter 4: Chapter 4 Pretest |
Finish the Pretest. |
| Tuesday November 20 |
No class - conferences | None. |
| Wednesday November 21 |
Review of Pretest and Problem of the week: 5 coins |
Hopefully none, but finish the POW as needed. |
| Monday November 26 |
Review of chapter 4: Study guide on pages 298-301 #1-51 odd |
Finish the assignment started in class as you study for the test. |
| Tuesday November 27 |
Ch. 4 test | None. |
| Wednesday November 28 |
Ch. 5-1 "Using transformations to graph
quadratic functions" and review of the ch. 4 test. |
Page 320-322 #1-16, 33-41 |
| Thursday November 29 |
Review of ch. 5-1: worksheets 5-1A adn 5-1B | Finish the worksheets started in class. |
| Friday November 30 |
Ch. 5-2 "Properties of quadratic functions in standard form" | Page 328-330 #1-11, 23, 32, 39, 52, 53. |
| Monday December 3 |
Ch. 5-3 "Solving Quadratic equations by graphing and factoring" | Page 338-340 #1-17, 37-39, 47, 61-63, 66, 71. |
| Tuesday December 4 |
Ch. 5-4 "Completing the square" | Page 345-348 #1-19, 39-40, 64a-c, 65. |
| Wednesday December 5 |
Ch. 5-5 "Complex Numbers and Roots" | Page 353-355 #1-21, 28-29, 37-39, 58-65, 86, 88. |
| Thursday December 6 |
Problem of the week: "The farmer and his loved cow" | Page 348 #85 and Page 349 #1-3 |
| Friday December 7 |
Ch. 5-6 "The Quadratic Formula" | Study/memorize/know the derivation (proof) of
the quadratic formula and Page 361-363 #1-13 odd, 14-17, 37, 45-48, 56, 59, 65. |
| Monday December 10 |
Review of solving quadratic equations |
Page 362-363 #54, 55, 60-64. |
| Tuesday December 11 |
Quiz on 5-1 to 5-6 and Ch. 5-7 "Solving Quadratic inequalities" |
Page 370-373 #1-11, 14, 16, 34, 47*, 51a,b, 53* (* = on test!) |
| Wednesday December 12 |
Ch. 5-8 "Curve fitting with quadratic models" | Page 377-381 #1-8, 11, 20-23, 30-36, 41, 42. |
| Thursday December 13 |
Ch. 5-9 "Operations with complex numbers" | Page 386 #1-35. |
| Friday December 14 |
Today you will have a guest teacher: Pretest | Finish the pretest. |
| Monday December 17 |
Review for the test: on whiteboards | Study for the test as if your grade depended on it. |
| Tuesday December 18 |
Today you will have a guest teacher: Pretest #2. | EXTRA CREDIT to prepare for the test: Pages 392-395 - do 20 questions of your choice. You need to do 2 from each section and check your own answers in the back. OBVIOUSLY do the ones that you are not sure about - don't just do the easy ones... what good would that do you? |
| Wednesday December 19 |
SNOW DAY - The test will therefore be postponed to January 8, 2013. | None |
| Thursday December 20 |
Problem of the week: Quadratic festival of 2012 | None |
| Friday December 21 |
Short day, last day, assembly day...... not gonna get much done! | Have a wonderful Christmas break! |
| Monday January 7 |
Last review day for the test | Finish "last cramming session" worksheet and study! |
| Tuesday January 8 |
Test ch. 5 | None |
| Wednesday January 9 |
Ch. 6-1 "Polynomials" day 1 | Page 410-412 #1-18, 32-44. |
| Thursday January 10 |
Ch. 6-1 "Polynomials" day 2 and Review of the ch. 5 test |
Page 410-412 #47-49, 54-58, 64-72. |
| Friday January 11 |
Ch. 6-2 "Multiplying Exponents" | Page 418-420 #1-17, 26, 52, 59, 63, 67-69. |
| Monday January 14 |
Ch. 6-3 "Dividing Polynomials" day 1 | Page 426-428 #1-7, 12, 16, 20, 38, 62. Page 421 #1 |
| Tuesday January 15 |
Ch. 6-3 "Dividing Polynomials" day 2 | Page 426-428 #8-11, 17, 18, 23-29, 42, 57, 58. Page 421 #2 |
| Wednesday January 16 |
Review for mid-term final: Review packet part 1 | Finish the review packet part 1 |
| Thursday January 17 |
Review for mid-term final: Review packet part 2 | Finish the review packet part 2 |
| Friday Janaury 18 |
Last review day for the exam | Ch. 1 Study Guide #36, 40, 48, 49. Ch. 2 Study Guide #13, 42. Ch. 3 Study Guide #10-12. Ch. 4 Study Guide #7, 12. Ch. 5 Study Guide #13, 14, 33, 72, 80, 92. Page 211 #27, 28. Page 347 #64. |
| Tuesday January 22 |
First Semester Exam day 1: the 12 great questions of semester 1. | None |
| Wednesday January 23 |
First Semester Exam day 2: | None |
| Thursday January 24 |
Ch. 6-4 "Factoring Polynomials" | Page 433-435 #1-16, 33-39, 44, 46-48, 51-53, 56. |
| Friday January 25 |
Review of ch. 6-4 and Quiz on ch. 6-1 to 6-3 |
Page 437 #1-29 odd |
| Monday Janaury 28 |
One more day on factoring: review of 6-4 | Worksheet 13.18 Worksheet 6-4C Page 435 #57 |
| Tuesday January 29 |
Ch. 6-5 "Finding real roots of polynomial equations" | Page 442-444 #2-9, 11-14, 17, 19, 23, 33, 36, 44, 46. |
| Wednesday January 30 |
Ch. 6-6 "Fundamental Theorem of Algebra" | Page 449-451 #1-10, 14-16, 18, 36, 44-47, 53, 54, 67. |
| Thursday January 31 |
POW: "Maximum volume of a box" | None |
| Friday February 1 |
Today you will have a guest teacher: review of ch. 6-5 and 6-6 | Worksheets 6-5 and 6-6.... answers have been provided in class. |
| Monday February 4 |
Ch. 6-7 "Investigating graphs of polynomial functions" | Page 457-459 #1-9, 12-22, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 59. |
| Tuesday Febraury 5 |
Ch. 6-8 "Transforming polynomial functions" | Page 463-465 #1-13, 22-24, 31-37, 43. |
| Wednesday February 6 |
Ch. 6-9 "Curve fitting with polynomial models" and quiz #1 on solving polynomial equations. |
Page 469-471 #1-11, 13-15, 17-19, 29, 30. |
| Thursday February 7 |
Reveiw of ch. 6 | Page 472 #1-7 and Page 473 #1-17 (graph #15-17 only a graphing calculator to confirm your answer) |
| Friday February 8 |
Pre-test for ch. 6 Here are the answers to the pretest: front and back |
Finish the pretest If you name is Jacob, click here. |
| Monday February 11 |
Boys V. Girls review game | Study for the test |
| Tuesday February 12 |
Ch. 6 test | None |
| Wednesday February 13 |
Ch. 7-1 "Exponential functions, growth and decay" | Page 493-496 #1-6, 11-15, 17, 20-23, 27, 29, 31-34. |
| Thursday February 14 |
Ch. 7-2 "Inverses of relations and functions" | Page 501-504 #1-16, 30, 38, 39, 41-46, 56, 62. |
| Friday February 15 |
Fun with math day: Test of Genius | Finish the test of genius for extra credit (opportunity #1) |
| Tueday February 19 |
Ch. 7-3 "Logarithmic functions" and "Lang may yer lum reek!" |
Page 509-511 #1-16, 31, 33-35, 37-42, 47. |
| Wednesday February 20 |
Ch. 7-4 "Properties of logarithms" day 1 | Page 516-519 #1-10, 20-28, 35, 37-39, 46, 76. |
| Thursday February 21 |
Ch. 7-4 "Properties of logarithms" day 2 | Page 516-519 #11-19, 25-34, 36, 40-45, 49, 57-64, 66-68. |
| Friday February 22 |
Review of ch. 7-4 and Quiz on 7-1 to 7-4 |
Worsheets 7-28 and 7-34 |
| Monday February 25 |
Ch. 7-5 "Exponential and logarithmic equations and inequalities" | Page 526-528 #1-20, 27, 37, 42, 48-51. |
| Tuesday February 26 |
Ch. 7-6 "The natural base e" | Page 534-536 #1, 2, 4, 6-12, 21-23, 25a,b. |
| Wednesday February 27 |
Review of ch. 7-5 and 7-6 for the general
sanity of my students: Stations activity. |
Finish worksheets 7-5C and 7-6C |
| Thursday February 28 |
OK.... we are stuck. One more day: Review of ch. 7-4 to 7-6 on whiteboards. | Page 553 #1-9, 14-18. |
| Friday March 1 |
Ch. 7-7 "Transforming exponential and logarithmic functions" | Page 541-544 #1-21 (graph #1-3 by hand, use a calc for the rest), 28, 29, 33-37, 40-42, 58, 62-65. |
| Monday March 4 |
Ch. 7-8 "Curve fitting with exponential and
logarithmic models" and Quiz on ch. 7-4 to 7-6. |
Page 548-551 #1-9, 13, 14, 17, 21, 24, 29, 40. |
| Tuesday March 5 |
Review Game: Revenge of the die of doom!!! Boys v. Girls | Ch. 7 Pretest... notice the sticky note that happened to land on the pretest. |
| Wednesday March 6 |
Today you will have a guest teacher: Pretest #2 | Finish the pretest |
| Thursday March 7 |
Last day of review for ch. 7: - correcting of pretest - correction of quiz - review of last minute questions |
Study for the test |
| Friday March 8 |
Ch. 7 test | None |
| Monday March 11 |
Ch. 8-1 "Variation functions" | Page 573-576 #1-16, 20-23, 27, 31-36. |
| Tuesday March 12 |
Ch. 8-2 "Multiplying and dividing rational expressions" | Page 580-582 #1-17, 26-29, 47-49, 52, 53. |
| Wednesday March 13 |
Ch. 8-3 "Adding and subtracting rational expressions" | Page 588-590 #1-16, 30-32, 49-52. |
| Thursday March 14 |
POW: "The Monkey problem" | Finish the POW |
| Monday March 18 |
Ch. 8-6 "Radical Expression and radical exponents" | Page 614-617 #1-29, 49-56, 58, 61, 63-71 odd, 83, 89, 90. |
| Tuesday March 19 |
Ch. 8-7 "Radical functions" | Page 624-627 #1-20, 23, 47, 55, 60-63, 70, 71. |
| Wednesday March 20 |
Ch. 8-8 "Solving radical equations adn inequalities" | Page 632-635 #1, 2-26 even, 45, 47-50, 53, 58, 60, 67-71. |
| Thursday March 21 |
The quiz of doom for ch. 8-1,2,3,6. | Page 638-641 #1-35 odd and #51-83 odd.
Check your own answers in the back. Due Tuesday. |
| Friday March 22 |
Ch. 8 Pretest | Finish the pretest Here is the link for you, Kim. See? I did not forget! |
| Monday March 25 |
Review of the Pretest and last review on whiteboards |
Study for the test! |
| Tuesday March 26 |
Ch. 8 Test | None |
| Wednesday March 27 |
Ch. 9-2 "Piecewise functions" | Page 666-669 #1-8, 16, 18, 21, 22, 25, 27, 30, 36, 37. |
| Thursday March 28 |
Ch. 9-4 "Operations with functions" | Page 686-688 #1-14, 25, 26, 35, 45-48. |
| Friday March 29 |
Extra Credit assignment: "4 brain drainers" | None.... have a nice Spring Break. Do extra credit if you wish to. |
| Monday April 8 |
Ch. 9-5 "Functions and their inverses" | Page 693-696 #1-11, 13, 15, 17-19, 27, 31, 32, 37, 41, 42, 44, 54. |
| Tuesday April 9 |
Ch. 9-6 "Modeling real world data" | Page 702-703 #1-8. Page 706 #1-7. |
| Wednesday April 10 |
Ch. 9 Pretest | Finish the ch. 9 pretest |
| Thursday April 11 |
Whiteboard review day focused on logarithms | Study for the test as if your grade depended on it. |
| Friday April 12 |
Ch. 9 test Warning: Know the properties of logs!! |
None |
| Monday April 15 |
Ch. 10-1 "Introduction to conic sections" | Page 726-728 #1-13, 19, 35-36, 42, 46-48, 54. |
| Tuesday April 16 |
Ch. 10-2 "Circles" | Page 732-734 #1-8, 10-11, 25-26, 29-31, 36, 37. |
| Wednesday April 17 |
Ch. 10-3 "Ellipses" | Page 740-742 #1-12, 29, 30, 32, 34-35, 37. |
| Thursday April 18 |
Review of chapters 10-1 to 10-3 | Page 759 #1-12. |
| Friday April 19 |
Ch. 10-1 to 10-3 Quiz | None |
| Monday April 22 |
Ch. 10-4 "Hyperbolas"... oh my head hurts.... | Page 748-750 #1-12, 14, 31, 34-36, 42. |
| Tuesday April 23 |
Today you will have a guest teacher Ch. 10-4 "Hyperbolas" day 2. |
Page 748-750 #17, 19, 21, 23, 27, 37, 38-41. |
| Wednesday April 24 |
Ch. 10-5 "Parabolas" day 1 | Page 755-757 #1-13, 28, 29, 36, 38, 44-48. |
| Thursday April 25 |
Ch 10-5 "Parabolas" day 2 | Page 755-757 #15, 19, 21, 24, 30, 42, 43, 50, 56. (9 questions) |
| Friday April 26 |
Ch. 10 Pretest | Study the pretest - test on Tuesday. |
| Monday April 29 |
Last review for the ch. 10 test: focus on the cumulative questions | Study! |
| Tuesday April 30 |
Ch. 10 Test | None |
| Wednesday May 1 |
Ch. 13-1 "Right-Angle Trigonometry" | Page 933-935 #1-12, 19-21, 24-26, 28-29, 34-36 (23 questions). |
| Thursday May 2 |
Problem of the week - The Decagon Dilemma | Finish the POW |
| Friday May 3 |
Ch. 13-2 "Angles of rotation" | Page 939-941 #1-22, 50-57, 64-68. |
| Monday May 6 |
Ch. 13-3 "The unit circle" intro notes | Page 947-949# 1-17. |
| Tuesday May 7 |
Ch. 13-3 "The unit circle" day 2 | Page 947-949 #19-33 odd, 18, 35-53. |
| Wednesday May 8 |
Ch. 13-4 "Inverse of trigonometric functions" | Page 953-955 #1-15, 25, 30-33, 38-41. |
| Thursday May 9 |
Problem of the week: Polygons | Finish the problem of the week as needed. |
| Friday May 10 |
Today you will have a guest teacher: Review of ch. 13-1 to 13-4 and Quiz on 13-1 to 13-4 |
Page 957 #1-21 |
| Monday May 13 |
Ch. 13-5 "The law of sines" | Page 962-965 #1-13, 20-24, 29, 34, 38, 40. |
| Tuesday May 14 |
Ch. 13-5 "The law of sines" day 2 | Page 962-965 #14, 19, 21, 22, 35-37, 43-45, 53, 55, 57 (do 55 and 57 as mental math without looking it up!) |
| Wednesday May 15 |
Ch. 13-6 "The law of cosines" day 1 | Page 970-973 #1-7, 15, 18, 24, 26, 35, 41, 42. |
| Thursday May 16 |
Ch. 13-6 "The law of cosines" day 2 | Page 970-973 #8, 16, 25, 33, 36, 39, 40, 50. |
| Friday May 17 |
Quiz on ch. 13-5 to 13-6 | Page 965 #46 and Page 973 #42 |
| Monday May 20 |
Ch. 14-1 "Graphs of sine and cosine" | Page 995-997 #1-15, 21, 22, 40-42. |
| Tuesday May 21 |
Ch. 14-2 "Graphs of other trigonometric
functions" (focusing on tangent only) |
Page 1001-1003 #1-3, 10-11, 21-24, 26a |
| Wednesday May 22 |
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| Thursday May 23 |
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| Friday May 24 |
Test on Ch. 13 and 14-1 and 14-2. | None |
| The next quiz will be on : | Friday 5/17 | 13-5 to 13-6 |
| The next test will be on: | Friday 5/24 | Ch. 13 |
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