Anna Miller

    Office: LCB 317
     E-mail: amiller@math.utah.edu

    University of Utah
    Department of Mathematics
    155 S. 1400 E., JWB 233
    Salt Lake City, UT 84112

MATH 1050-003 Spring 2016

General Information:

When: TH 6:00-8:00 PM
Where: WEB L114
Office Hours (LCB 317):
Tuesday: 4:30-5:30 PM
Thursday: 4:30-5:30 PM
and by appointment

Syllabus:

Syllabus

Homework:

All homework is to be completed on WeBWorK (WeBWorK Instructions)

Group 1: Due Thursday, January 21 at 6PM
(Sets & Numbers, Rules for Numbers, Functions, Sequences)

Group 2: Due Thursday, January 28 at 6PM
(Sums & Series, Counting I)
Group 2 extension: Due Saturday, January 30 at 6PM
(Counting II)

Group 3: Due Thursday, February 4 at 6PM
(More on Functions, Intro to Graphs, Graph Transformations)

Group 4: Due Thursday, February 18 at 6PM
(Fractions, Inverse Functions, n-th Roots)

Group 5: Due Thursday, February 25 at 6PM
(Basics of Polynomials, Division, Roots and Factors)

Group 6: Due Thursday, March 3 at 6PM
(Constant and Linear Polynomials, Quadratic Polynomials, Factoring Polynomials)

Group 7: Due Thursday, March 24 at 6PM
(Graphing Polynomials, Rational Functions, Exponential Functions)

Group 8: Due Thursday, March 31 at 6PM
(Geometric Series, Logarithms, Exponential and Logarithmic Equations)

Group 9: Due Thursday, April 7 at 6PM
(Piecewise Defined Functions, Linear Equations in Two Variables, Substitution)

Group 10: Due Tuesday, April 19 at 6PM
(Linear Equations in Three Variables, Rows & Columns, Vectors & Scalars)

Group 11: Due Tuesday, April 26 at 6PM
(2 x 2 Matrices, 3 x 3 Matrices, Determinants and Inverse Matrices, Matrix Equations)

Quizzes:

Your lowest 2 quiz scores will be dropped at the end of the semester. There are no make-up quizzes.

Quiz 1: Thursday, January 21 on Group 1 material
Quiz 1 Solutions Average: 78.2%

Quiz 2: Thursday, January 28 on Group 2 material (excluding Pascal's triangle and the Binomial Theorem)
Quiz 2 Solutions Average: 74.7%

Quiz 3: Thursday, February 18 on Group 4 material
Quiz 3 Solutions Average: 91.6%

Quiz 4: Thursday, February 25 on Group 5 material
Quiz 4 Solutions Average: 89.6%

Quiz 5: Thursday, March 24 on Group 7 material
Quiz 5 Solutions Average: 85.1%

Quiz 6: Thursday, March 31 on Group 8 material
Quiz 6 Solutions Average: 88.5%

Quiz 7: Tuesday, April 19 on Group 10 material
Quiz 7 Solutions Average: 93.1%

Quiz 8: Tuesday, April 26 on Group 11 material
Quiz 8 Solutions Average: 90.6%

Final:

Average: 71.1%
  • The FINAL exam is Thursday, April 28, 2016 from 6:00-8:00pm in WEB L114
  • The final exam is cumulative and covers material from "Sets & Numbers" up to and including "Matrix Equations"
    • Final Practice Questions
    Final Practice Solutions
    Other Practice Material

    Midterms:

    Midterm 1: Thursday, February 4
    Average: 75.8%
  • Midterm 1 covers material from "Sets & Numbers" up to and including "Graph Transformations."
  • Formulas from these sections will not be provided and thus should be memorized.
    • Midterm 1 Practice Questions
    Midterm 1 Practice Solutions
    Midterm 1 Solutions

    Midterm 2: Thursday, March 3
    Average: 67.4%
  • Midterm 2 covers material from "Fractions" up to and including "Factoring Polynomials"
  • Formulas from these sections will not be provided and thus should be memorized.
    • Midterm 2 Practice Questions
    Midterm 2 Practice Solutions
    Midterm 2 Solutions

    Midterm 3: Thursday, April 7
    Average: 67.6%
  • Midterm 3 covers material from "Graphing Polynomials" up to and including "Substitution"
    • Midterm 3 Practice Questions
    Midterm 3 Practice Solutions
    Midterm 3 Solutions

    External Resources:

    Math 1050 Lecture Videos
    Khan Academy
    Paul's Online Math Notes
    Virtual Math Lab
    Math Warehouse

    Textbook:

    The full textbook can be found at the following link:
    Full Textbook

    A hard copy of the text is also available to purchase at the campus bookstore.

    Disclaimer: The pdf files below may not print accurately. They might print better if you first download the files, and then print the saved files from your computer. But even after downloading, they may not print accurately. If you do print the files, please compare the printed versions to their appearance on your computer screen.

    The following are sections of the textbook and when we covered them:

    Beginnings:

    1/12 Sets & Numbers
    1/12 Rules for Numbers
    1/12 Solving Some Simple Equations
    1/12-1/14 Functions

    Discrete Mathematics:

    1/14 Sequences
    1/14-1/19 Sums and Series
    1/21 Counting I
    1/21-1/26 Counting II

    Back to Functions:

    1/26 More on Functions
    1/26-1/28 Intro to Graphs
    1/28 Graph Transformations
    2/9 Fractions
    2/9-2/11 Inverse Functions
    2/11 n-th Roots

    Polynomials:

    2/16 Basics of Polynomials
    2/16 Division
    2/16-2/18 Roots and Factors
    2/18-2/23 Constant and Linear Polynomials
    2/23 Quadratic Polynomials
    2/25 Factoring Polynomials
    3/8 Graphing Polynomials

    Exponential Functions:

    3/10-3/22 Exponential Functions
    3/22 Geometric Series

    Rational Functions:

    3/8-3/10 Rational Functions

    Logarithms:

    3/22-3/24 Logarithms
    3/24-3/29 Exponential and Logarithmic Equations

    Piecewise Defined Functions:

    3/29 Piecewise Defined Functions

    Linear Algebra:

    3/31 Linear Equations in Two Variables
    3/31 Substitution
    3/31-4/12 Linear Equations in Three Variables
    4/12 Rows & Columns
    4/12 Vectors & Scalars
    4/12-4/14 2 x 2 Matrices
    4/12-4/14 3 x 3 Matrices
    4/14 Determinants and Inverse Matrices
    4/14 Matrix Equations