math129F17

Math 129 - Pre-Calculus
Fall 2017

Syllabus

Announcements:
- Quiz 7 will be given on Friday, December 1 and will cover the material from Homework 13.
- The final exam will be given on Wednesday, December 13 at 10:00 am in the usual lecture room. You may use a scientific calculator. To help to study, you may wish to review the list of exam material and the list of practice problems.

Paper Homework Assignments

Homework 1, due Friday, August 25

Section P.8, pages 59-60: #7, 16, 28, 29, 37, 41, 52, 59, 91, 100
Section 1.4, pages 123-125: #8, 10, 16, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 42, 46, 48, 51, 58, 67, 83

Homework 2, due Friday, September 1

Section 1.5, page 131: #10, 53, 55, 56, 64, 71
Section 1.6, pages 138-140: #7, 16, 20, 22, 24, 28, 34, 41, 48, 50, 56, 60, 63, 69, 90
Section 1.7, page 148: #14, 24, 29, 34, 38, 54, 70
Section 1.8, page 153: #10, 16, 24, 28, 42, 45, 46

Homework 3, due Friday, September 15

Section 10.1, pages 724-725: #5, 8, 12, 13, 21, 29, 32, 37, 39, 55
Section 10.2, page 733: #7, 12, 16, 17, 20, 27, 32, 33, 36, 37

Homework 4, due Friday, September 22

Section 1.1, pages 91-93: #6, 19, 23, 27, 45
Section 1.2, pages 102-103: #50, 57, 69, 76, 77, 82, 86, 96
Section 1.3, pages 112-114: #12, 16, 20, 23, 29, 35, 37, 39, 40, 48, 73, 77
Section 2.1, pages 192-193: #18, 21, 25, 31, 34, 44, 52, 55, 59, 61, 66, 77

Homework 5, "due" Wednesday, September 27
(As mentioned in class, I will accept this assignment until Friday, September 29, but it is important that you look at the material on this assignment before Wednesday's exam.)

Section 2.2, pages 203-204: #4, 52, 53, 58, 60, 64
Section 2.3, pages 215-216: #8, 9, 16, 25, 26, 33, 43, 44
Section 2.4, pages 224-225: #8, 14, 16, 22, 30
Section 2.6, pages 242-244: #8, 10, 13, 14, 20, 24, 26, 72
Section 2.7, pages 252-253: #13, 16, 20, 28, 31, 36, 47, 50

Homework 6, due Friday, October 6

Section 3.1, pages 287-289: #2, 7, 10, 12, 24, 25, 38, 39, 40, 42, 47, 48, 51, 53, 65

Homework 7, due Friday, October 13

Section 3.2, pages 301-302: #2, 5, 12, 14, 16, 23, 32, 36, 40, 43
Section 3.3, pages 309-311: #6, 7, 15, 16, 18, 24, 64, 69, 71, 74
Section 3.6, pages 344-345: #1, 2, 23, 24, 28, 35, 38, 44, 55

Homework 8, due Friday, October 20

Section 4.1, pages 372-374: #2, 7, 10, 11, 18, 43, 57, 58, 60, 61
Section 4.2, pages 377-379: #3, 10, 14, 32, 34
Section 4.3, pages 387-388: #2, 8, 12, 15, 18, 20, 26, 32, 36, 40, 44, 46, 60, 74, 75

Homework 9, "due" Wednesday, October 25
(As mentioned in class, I will accept this assignment until Friday, October 27, but it is important that you look at the material on this assignment before Wednesday's exam.)

Section 4.4, pages 394-395: #4, 7, 8, 12, 18, 20, 23, 32, 40, 45, 46, 53, 56, 62, 65
Section 4.5, pages 404-405: #7, 8, 15, 24, 38, 40, 46, 51, 58, 66, 67, 78, 89, 90, 93

Homework 10, due Friday, November 3

Section 5.1, pages 444-445: #9, 17, 32, 38, 46, 52, 54, 75
Section 5.2, pages 453-455: #3, 6, 9, 15, 18, 19, 25, 29,31, 32, 37, 40, 47, 49, 53, 55, 58, 66

Homework 11, due Friday, November 10

Section 5.3, pages 464-465: #9, 19, 25, 28, 37, 40, 47, 48, 51, 53, 57, 58
Section 6.1, page 510: #26, 37, 38, 40, 50
Section 6.2, pages 519-520: #22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 53, 66, 69
Section 6.3, pages 531-532: #10, 13, 16, 18, 25, 31, 35, 39, 54, 85
Section 6.4, page 540: #1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 11, 29, 34

Homework 12, due Friday, November 17

Section 6.5, page 547: #9, 13, 17, 24, 25, 26, 36, 39, 41, 43, 45, 48
Section 5.4, pages 472-473: #3, 19, 31, 35, 36, 39, 43
Section 5.5, pages 479-480: #10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 25, 28, 31, 33
Section 5.6, pages 486-488: #4, 6, 12, 14, 23, 32, 35, 39

Homework 13, due Friday, December 1

Section 7.4, pages 604-605: #2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14, 16, 23, 25, 27, 28, 32, 36, 37, 45, 46, 50, 51, 54

Old Announcements:
- Exam 1 will be given on Friday, September 1. It will cover sections P.8, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, and 1.8. You may bring and use a scientific calculator.
- Quiz 1 will be given on Friday, September 15. It will consist of one or two of the problems from Homework 3.
- Quiz 2 will be given on Friday, September 22. It will consist of one or two of the problems from Homework 4.
- Exam 2 will be given on Wednesday, September 27. It will cover sections 10.1, 10.2, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.6, and 2.7. You may bring and use a scientific calculator.
- Note that the syllabus reflects the following change in my office hours: I will now have office hours on Tuesday from 1-2 and NOT on Monday from 3-4.
- Quiz 3 will be given on Friday, October 6. It will consist of one or two problems from Homework 6.
- Quiz 4 will be given on Friday, October 13 and will cover the material from Homework 7.
- Quiz 5 will be given on Friday, October 20 and will cover the material from Homework 8.
- Exam 3 will be given on Wednesday, October 25. It will cover sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.6, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5. You may bring and use a scientific calculator.
- The first trig quiz was given on Friday, November 3. All students must take and pass this quiz before Monday, November 13 in order to use calculators on Exam 4!
- Quiz 6 will be given on Friday, November 10 and will cover the material from Homework 11.
- Exam 4 will be given on Friday, November 17 and will cover the material from sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, and 6.5. You may bring and use a scientific calculator.