Objectives Assessed by MA 153 Test 1
Chapter 1 (not 1.6) and Chapter 2
Friday, February 10
(See also your eGrade assignments, quizzes, and homework for more practice.)

1.     Understand functional notation and use the graph, table, equation, or verbal description.

        Section 1.1 #3, 5, 6, 7,  13, 19cd and Check Your Understanding (p 52) #1-10, 30

2.     Determine if y is a function of x.
Section 1.1 #3, 19ab and Example 6 on page 6 and Chapter 1 Review #1-5, 27, 30

3.     Identify whether a function is a (totally) increasing or decreasing function or identify intervals on which it is

        increasing and decreasing.

        Section 1.2 #2, 14 and Example 1, 2, 3 on pp 11-12 and Chapter 1 Review #1-5 and Check Your Understanding (p 53) #13-14 and Chapter 2 Review #6-11.

4.     Determine the value of the average rate of change from a table of values, a graph, or an equation
Section 1.2 #3, 4, 8 and Example 2 and 4 on pp 12-14 and Chapter 1 Review #6, 7 and Check Your Understanding
(p 53) #11-12, 16

5.     Understanding the geometric interpretation of the average rate of change and the function notation for the average rate of change. Read bottom of page 13 and page 14

        Section 1.2 #9, 10 and Check Your Understanding (p 53) #8, 15, 17, 18, 24

6.     Given the equation of a linear function, find and interpret its slope and axis intercepts as well as sketch its graph.

        Section 1.3 #7-11, 24, 26 and Section 1.4 #29 and Chapter 1 Review #44

7.     Find a linear model if given an initial value and an average rate of change.

        Section 1.3 #12, 14, 18 and Section 1.4 #10, 14, 15 and Chapter 1 Review #22, 23, 38, 39, 40

8.     Find a linear model if given any value (not necessarily its initial value) and an average rate of change.

        Section 1.3 # 22 and Section 1.4 #12, 30 and Chapter 1 Review #15

9.     Find a linear model if given any two points.

        Section 1.3 #12, 14, 18 and Section 1.4 #11,16-23, 26, 27, 32 and Section 1.5 # 19, 20, 21, 22 and Chapter 1 Review #22, 23, 38, 39, 40

10.   Determine if a function is linear.

        Section 1.3 #1-6 and Chapter 1 Review #8, 9 and Check Your Understanding (p 53) #19, 20, 22

11.   Understand the geometric properties of linear functions including:

·   when two lines are parallel and when they are perpendicular

·   when their y-intercepts are positive or negative

·   when they are increasing or decreasing (or neither)

        Section 1.5 #1-15, 21, 22 and Chapter 1 Review #15-21and Check Your Understanding (p 53) #23-40, 43-45

12.   Construct linear models and find intersection points to solve problems and make predictions.

        Section 1.5 #25, 26 and Example 3 on pp 35-36 and Check Your Understanding (p 53) #41- 42 and Chapter 1 Tools (pp 57ff) # 33-44

13.   Evaluate functions with values that are expressions as well as numbers.

        Section 2.1 #1-20, 22 and Chapter 2 Review #1, 2, 4, 6-11, 19, 20 and Check Your Understanding (p 93) #1-3, 5-10

14.   Solve equations and inequalities and interpret the results.
Section 2.1 #1-20 and Chapter 2 Review #22-26, 31 and Check Your Understanding (p 93) #4, 9 and Chapter 2 Tools (pp 97ff) # 1-51,77-85, 87, 94, 99

15.   Understand the domain and range of a function. Find these if given a function represented by a graph, table, equation, or verbal description,
Section 2.2 #1-27 and Chapter 2 Review #6-16, 27d and Check Your Understanding (p 93) #9, 11-20,

16.   Use a graph, table, or an equation to evaluate a function or its inverse.
Section 1.1 #5, 6, 19cd  and Section 2.4 #1-8,17 and Chapter 2 Review #28, 29, 32, 33, 34

17.   Interpret expressions or equations which involve function notation and inverse function notation.
Section 1.1 #13, 19cd and Section 2.1 #24 and Section 2.1 #24 and Section 2.4 #9-17, 20, 21 and Chapter 2 Review #28, 29, 32, 33, 34 Check Your Understanding (p 93) #26-33

18.   Determine the concavity of a function.

        Section 2.5 #11-17 and Section 2.6 #14, 16and Check Your Understanding (p 93) #34-39

19.   Find and interpret the zeros of a function using the quadratic formula or factoring. Understand the factored form of a quadratic function. Find the maximum or minimum value.

        Section 2.1 #22 and Section 2.6 #1-16, 18 and Chapter 2 Review #3 and Check Your Understanding (p 93) #40-48 and

        Chapter 2 Tools (pp 97ff) # 1-51, 77-85, 87, 94, 99


Start your review by doing the following:

Check Your Understanding Chapter 1 (page 53): 1-45

Check Your Understanding Chapter 2 (page 93): 1-20, 26-48