MATH
141—ACCELERATED HONORS ELEMENTARY
ALGEBRA 1 (4 UNITS)
FOR
STUDENTS WHO HAVE RECENTLY PASSED ALGEBRA IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND WANT A QUICK REVIEW
MTWRF
Fall
2009
TEXT:
ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA, EIGHTH EDITION.
BY
CHARLES P. McKEAGUE
STUDENT'S SOLUTION MANUAL****
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Sid Kolpas
PREREQUISITE: PLACEMENT INTO MATH 141; SUCCESSFUL
COMPLETION OF MATH 155 OR MATH 255.
1. PATH TO SUCCESS: MATH IS NOT A SPECTATOR
SPORT.
A. ATTEND ALL LECTURES AND TAKE GOOD
NOTES.
1. YOU MUST PURCHASE MY LECTURE NOTES FOR
THIS
CLASS IN THE COLLEGE BOOKSTORE. THEY SHOULD
COST APPROXIMATELY _________ FOR AN ENTIRE
SEMESTER.
THEY'LL MAKE LECTURES MUCH EASIER
TO FOLLOW.
THEY'RE ALSO AN OUTSTANDING WAY
TO REVIEW FOR EXAMS.
2. IF YOU MISS A SESSION, IT
PUTS YOU NOT 1
BUT 2 DAYS BEHIND.
B. READ THE CORRESPONDING MATERIAL IN THE
BOOK,
AND REVIEW YOUR NOTES. IT'S RARE THAT A
STUDENT
WILL
UNDERSTAND NEW CONCEPTS THE VERY FIRST TIME.
C. DO ALL ASSIGNED HOMEWORK. MATH IS NOT A
SPECTATOR
SPORT.
*IF YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY, HIRE A QUALIFIED TUTOR,
CALL A FRIEND IN CLASS, OR GO TO THE
ON CAMPUS.
"ASK 3 BEFORE YOU ASK ME."
*HOMEWORK IS DUE THE NEXT SESSION AFTER IT IS
ASSIGNED UNLESS YOU ARE ILL.
*IF YOU ARE ILL, HOMEWORK MUST BE MADE UP.
D. ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HOMEWORK AT THE
BEGINNING OF
THE
NEXT SESSION; HOWEVER, THERE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH
TIME TO ANSWER EVERY
QUESTION.
*PLEASE DON'T BE SHY. THE
LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE
YOUR OWN!
E. REVIEW PREVIOUS SECTIONS; THE BOOK
FORCES YOU TO
DO
THIS WITH REVIEW PROBLEMS AT THE END OF EVERY
SECTION.
F. STUDY THE NIGHT BEFORE THE
EXAM.
2. HOMEWORK:
A. HOMEWORK SHOULD TAKE FROM
B. ODD NUMBERED EXERCISES WILL NORMALLY
BE
ASSIGNED SO YOU CAN CHECK YOUR ANSWERS BEFORE
COMING INTO CLASS(SEE ATTACHED ASSIGNMENT
SHEET).
*IF YOU MISS A PROBLEM, GIVE IT A 2nd OR 3rd TRY
BEFORE GIVING UP AND ASKING ME THE NEXT SESSION.
*SINCE WE WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 2 DAYS
PER
ASSIGNMENT, ASSIGNMENTS WILL USUALLY BE
COLLECTED EVERY 2 DAYS. THE FIRST DAY
DO
HALF OF THE ASSIGNMENT. THE SECOND DAY, DO
THE OTHER HALF.
C. NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WITHOUT A LEGITIMATE
EXCUSE.
MAKE
UP WORK ON ANY GIVEN CHAPTER IS DUE BY THE
DAY OF THE EXAM
ON THE CHAPTER.
D. IF YOU MADE AN HONEST ATTEMPT ON EACH
PROBLEM
YOU
WILL GET CREDIT FOR THE ASSIGNMENT; OTHERWISE
YOU WILL
RECEIVE NO CREDIT.
E. THE PERCENT OF ASSIGNMENTS FOR WHICH YOU
RECEIVED
CREDIT WILL COUNT AS 1 EXAM GRADE, OR APPROX. 10% OF
YOUR FINAL GRADE.
F. HOMEWORK WILL BE RETURNED THE DAY AFTER
IT IS
COLLECTED.
G. THE REVIEW PROBLEMS IN THE ASSIGNMENTS
ARE VERY
IMPORTANT.
THEY KEEP YOU IN PRACTICE!
3. EXAMS:
A. THERE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY SEVEN 100
POINT EXAMS.
B. THE FINAL EXAM WILL BE COMPREHENSIVE,
AND WILL COUNT
AS 3 EXAMS (APPROX 30% OF YOUR
GRADE).
THE
FINAL EXAM FOR THIS CLASS IS: _____________
C. EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN AS LISTED IN THE
ASSIGNMENT
SHEET BELOW.
D. HOMEWORK COUNTS AS 1 EXAM. HOMEWORK
PROTECTION: I WILL AVERAGE YOUR HOMEWORK GRADE
WITH
YOUR LOWEST TEST
GRADE. EXAMPLE
PROVIDED.
E. THE GRADING SCALE WILL BE 90-80-67-56 AS
MINIMUM
FINAL REQUIREMENTS FOR A-B-C-D. HOWEVER, I
RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CURVE GRADES
OR ADJUST THE
GRADING STANDARDS IN THE STUDENT'S
EXAMS.
F. THE EXAMS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE
ASSIGNED HOMEWORK
PROBLEMS.
WOULD BE TO TAKE THE CHAPTER TESTS IN THE BOOK;
MY
EXAMS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THESE BUT MORE
SELECTIVE (LESS LENGTHY).
G. THERE ARE NO MAKE UP EXAMS. IF YOU MISS AN
EXAM
FOR
ANY REASON, YOU WILL RECEIVE A 0 ON THE EXAM.
EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES MIGHT BE CONSIDERED ON AN
INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
H. AGAIN—I WILL AVERAGE YOUR HOMEWORK GRADE
WITH YOUR
YOUR LOWEST TEST
GRADE.
I. BLUEBOOKS MUST BE USED FOR IN CLASS EXAMS. THEY CAN
BE
PURCHASED IN THE COLLEGE BOOKSTORE.
I'LL COLLECT
YOUR
BLUEBOOKS THE DAY OF THE EXAM, AND HAND OUT
ANOTHER SET OF BLUEBOOKS TO EACH OF YOU. THIS WILL
CONTINUE ALL SEMESTER.
J. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT CHEATING ON AN EXAM,
YOU'LL
RECEIVE A 0. I'LL REFER A
SECOND INSTANCE OF
CHEATING TO THE
COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION.
K. I GRADE EACH PROBLEM LIKE AN ESSAY, AND
I DO GIVE
PARTIAL CREDIT. GENERALLY, ON A 10 POINT
QUESTION
THE
ANSWER IS WORTH 1 POINT, AND THE WORK LEADING
TO
THE ANSWER IS WORTH 9 POINTS.
L. I WILL TRY VERY HARD TO RETURN EXAMS THE
NEXT DAY,
WITH A MODEL SOLUTION KEY AND GRADING
STANDARDS.
4. THE COURSE:
MATH 141 IS THE EQUIVALENT
OF FIRST YEAR OF HIGH
SCHOOL
ALGEBRA. THE MAJOR TOPICS
THAT WE WILL DISCUSS
IN THIS COURSE INCLUDE THE
FUNDAMENTAL OPERATIONS OF
ALGEBRA, LINEAR AND
QUADRATIC EQUATIONS, ALGEBRAIC
OPERATIONS, FACTOR RATIONAL
EXPRESSIONS, EXPONENTS AND
RADICALS, AND SYSTEMS OF LINEAR EQUATIONS. THIS CLASS
GOES MORE
THAN TWICE AS FAST AS HIGH SCHOOL.
A. WHILE GEOMETRY (MATH 140) IS NOT
REQUIRED FOR
THIS
CLASS, IT WILL BE REQUIRED LATER ON IN
THE
MATH SEQUENCE, ESPECIALLY FOR MATH 102, MATH 100
AND MATH 110.
5.
PREREQUISITES:
A. IT IS PRESUMED THAT YOU HAVE GOOD
ARITHMETIC SKILLS.
THAT IS, I EXPECT THAT YOU CAN
ADD, SUBTRACT,
MULTIPLY, AND DIVIDE WHOLE NUMBERS, FRACTIONS, AND
DECIMALS, AND THAT YOU UNDERSTAND PERCENT. I
ALSO
ASSUME THAT YOU BASICALLY ALREADY
KNOW ALGEBRA I.
6.
GENERAL RESULTS IN MATH CLASSES:
APPROXIMATELY 45% OF
THOSE INITIALLY ENROLLED PASS
MATH 141 AT
7.
DISABILITY
STATEMENT: IF YOU ARE DIAGNOSED WITH A LEARNING
DISABILITY, YOU CAN ARRANGE TO HAVE EXTRA TIME FOR EXAMS, AND TAKE THEM IN THE
INSTRUCTIONAL
7. ATTENDANCE:
A. I TAKE ROLL EACH
SESSION.
B. ON AND AFTER THE 10TH ABSENCE, YOU ARE IN
JEOPARDY
OF
BEING DROPPED FROM THE CLASS
(ESPECIALLY IF YOUR
AVERAGE IS BELOW C). PEOPLE
WHO ARE
HABITUALLY ABSENT ARE THE ONES I DROP OR WHO
EVENTUALLY FAIL. ACCORDING
TO THE COLLEGE CATALOGUE
YOU CAN BE DROPPED FROM THIS CLASS
AFTER 8
ABSENCES (TWICE THE NUMBER OF DAYS PER WEEK THIS
CLASS
MEETS).
C. IF YOU DECIDE TO DROP THE CLASS, IT IS
YOUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SO, ESPECIALLY BEFORE THE
FINAL
DROP
DATE.***********************(GET THE
MESSAGE?)
DROP
DEADLINE: BY _______ WITHOUT A "W";
UP TO
_________FOR A "W". AFTER THAT I HAVE TO
GIVE
YOU A
GRADE.
8. BEHAVIOR:
A. YOU'RE IN COLLEGE, AND IT WAS YOUR
CHOICE TO BE
HERE.
B. YOU ARE EXPECTED TO BEHAVE LIKE AN
ADULT, AND TO
TREAT OTHERS WITH RESPECT.
C. CLASS STARTS PROMPTLY ON THE HOUR. IF YOU ARRIVE
LATE, WALK IN UNOBTRUSIVELY.
SINCE I TAKE ROLL
AT
THE BEGINNING OF CLASS, LET ME KNOW YOU'VE
ARRIVED LATE AT THE END OF
CLASS.
D. THE COLLEGE REQUESTS THAT THERE BE NO
FOOD IN CLASS.
ALL
I ASK IS THAT THE ROOM BE LEFT IN THE SAME
CONDITION WE FOUND IT.
9. MATERIALS:
A. YOU MUST HAVE A SCIENTIFIC
CALCULATOR,ONE WITHOUT
GRAPHICS CAPABILITY. USUALLY,YOU MAY
USE YOUR
CALCULATOR ON EXAMS, EXCEPT THE CHAPTER 1
EXAM.
B. WHILE NOT REQUIRED, GRAPH PAPER IS VERY
HELPFUL FOR
CHAPTERS 3 AND 4.
C. I SUGGEST THAT YOU DO YOUR WORK IN
PENCIL.
10. INSTRUCTOR
AVAILABILITY:
A. MY OFFICE IS SG
321.
B. MY OFFICE HOURS ARE:
C. MY OFFICE PHONE NUMBER IS (818)240-1000
X5378
D. I AM IN THE MATH LAB
SEMESTER
ASSIGNMENTS
SUBJECT
TO REVISION. THIS IS A TIGHT SCHEDULE. WHERE WE CAN, WE'LL SPEED UP A
BIT.
SECTION
ASSIGNMENT
1.1
1-105 ODD.
1.2
1-91 ODD.
1.3
1-81 ODD.
1.4
1-99 ODD.
1.5
1-111 ODD.
1.6
1-111 ODD.
1.7
1-107 ODD.
1.8
1-73 ODD.
1.9
1-101 ODD.
Do the
Chapter 1 Review Test
2%
Extra Credit on the Chapter 1 Test:
Binary Numbers P 79.
2.1
1-139 ODD.
2.2
1-93 ODD.
2.3
1-113 ODD.
2.4
1-83 ODD, 89-97 ODD.
2.5
1-99 ODD.
2.6
1-65 ODD.
2.7
1-75 ODD.
2.8
1-99 ODD
2.9
1-77 ODD
Section
1
1-37 ODD
Section
2
1-29 ODD
TAKE
HOME EXAM ON CHAPTERS 1 AND 2—100 POINTS ON YOUR HONOR
3.1
1-49 ODD. Graph Paper
3.2
1-53 ODD. Graph
Paper
3.3
1-67 ODD. Graph
Paper
3.4
1-67 ODD. Graph
Paper
3.5
1-69 ODD. Graph Paper
3.6
1-71
ODD. Graph Paper
3.7
1-41
ODD. Graph
Paper
Do the
Chapter 3 Review Test
Exam
1
4.1
1-65 ODD. Graph Paper
4.2
1-81 ODD. Graph Paper
4.3
1-79 ODD. Graph Paper
4.4
1-37
ODD. Graph Paper
Section
3
1-19 ODD
Do the
Chapter 4 Review Test
EXAM
2
5.1
1-139
ODD
5.2
1-123
ODD
5.3
1-105
ODD
5.4
1-77
ODD
5.5
1-112
ODD
5.6
1-95
ODD
5.7
1-79
ODD
5.8
1-47
ODD
Introduction
to Functions A 1-23
ODD
Function
Notation B
1-61 ODD
EXAM
3
6.1
1-61
ODD;67-89 EOO
6.2
1-69
ODD;73-93 EOO
6.3
1-63
ODD;69-103 EOO
6.4
1-75
ODD;77-87 EOO
6.5
1-41
ODD; 43-61 EOO
6.6
1-77
ODD
6.7
1-91
ODD****
6.8
1-27
ODD;33-45 EOO
EXAM
4
7.1
1-53ODD;57;59;69;73;77-97EOO
7.2
1-49ODD;61-83EOO
7.3
1-41ODD;49;51;53-79EOO
7.4
1-43ODD;47-59EOO
7.5
1-29ODD;31-55EOO
7.6
1-27ODD;37-47EOO
7.7
1-27ODD;31;35-49EOO
7.8
1-33ODD;35-41 ODD
EXAM 5
8.1
1-61ODD;71-77ODD;81-101EOO
8.2
1-65ODD;71-87EOO
8.3
1-45ODD;55-75EOO
8.4
1-59ODD;63-89EOO
8.5
1-61ODD;67-95EOO
8.6
1-33ODD;37;45-63EOO
8.7
YELLOW1-49ODD
EXAM 6
9.1
1-59ODDL61-93EOO
9.2
1-67ODD;71-97EOO
9.3
1-37ODD;43-71EOO
9.4
1-47ODD;57-77EOO
9.5
1-57ODD;61-91EOO
9.6
1-27ODD;31-43EOO
9.7
YELLOW1-39
ODD
EXAM 7
REVIEW FOR FINAL AND FINAL EXAM ON
CHAPTERS 1-9 AS TIME PERMITS