MA 153 Fall 2009
Tuesday - Thursday

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Course Assignments [Back to TOP]
Internet Assignments: Click on HERE to reach your eHW assignment page. [Back to TOP]

 

Writing assignments: [Back to TOP]  
WR1: World Population and the rate of change due Thursday, Sept. 3
WR2: World Population and Concavity due Thursday, Sept. 24
WR3: Sound Intensity due Thursday, November 10

Reading questions: [Back to TOP]  
Reading Questions for 1.3 and 1.4 due Tuesday, Sept. 1
Reading Questions for 1.5 due Thursday, Sept. 3
Reading Questions for 2.1 and 2.2
Reading Questions for 2.3 - 2.5
Reading Questions for 2.6
Reading Questions for 3.1
Reading Questions for 3.2
Reading Questions for 3.3
Reading Questions for 3.4-3.5
Reading Questions for 4.1
Reading Questions for 4.2
Reading Questions for 4.3
Reading Questions for 5.1
Reading Questions for 5.2
Reading Questions for 5.3
Reading Questions for 5.5 and Chapter 5 Tools
Reading Questions for 8.1
Reading Questions for 9.1
Reading Questions for 9.2
Reading Questions for 9.3
Reading Questions for 9.4
Reading Questions for 9.5
Reading Questions for 9.6

Regular textbook and reading assignments [Back to TOP] 

Class Date Assignment  
Tuesday, 8-25
Due Thursday, 8-27:
Read:
General Course Information, the Syllabus, and Section 1.1 through 1.3
Do:    
Section 1.1 -- 7-14, 18, 27-30, 33 and get a TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus
QUIZ 1 Thursday, August 27 over prerequisites..
Due 11:59 pm., Tuesday, Sept. 8:  E-HW 0  General Course Information  Click HERE.
Thursday, 8-27 Handout: Match the Verbal to the Table to the Graph
Took QUIZ 1 over prerequisites..

Due Tuesday, 9-1
Read:
Section 1.3 and 1.4
Do:    
Section 1.2 -- 3-7, 10, 12, 14, 15, 22  and Section 1.3 – 7-11, 15, 18, 20, 24
            Have these Reading Questions for 1.3 and 1.4 ready at the start of class.
           Complete E-HW 0 on General Course Information by 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8. Click HERE.  

Due Thursday, Sept. 3: Writing Assignment 1: World Population.
Tuesday, 9-1 Due Thursday, 9-3
Read:
Section 1.5
Do:    
Prepare for QUIZ 2 on Section 1.1-1.2
           Section 1.3 – 26-30 and Section 1.4 – 19-31, 38, 40, 42, 46
           Have these Reading Questions for 1.5 ready at the start of class.
           Due Thursday, Sept. 4: Writing Assignment 1: World Population

Complete E-HW 0 on General Course Information by 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8. Click HERE.  

Thursday, 9-3 Took QUIZ 2 over Section 1.1 and 1.2
Due Tuesday, 9-8-09
Read: Section 2.1 and 2.2
Do: Section 1.5 – 1 through 18, 22-25, 31, 32, 34
Have these Reading Questions for 2.1 and 2.2 ready at the start of class.
E-HW 0 on General Course Information by 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8. Click HERE.
E-HW 1 Chapter 1, due 11:59 pm., Thursday, Sept. 10. Click  HERE.  
Tuesday, 9-8

Read: Section 2.4
Do:
Section 2.1 – 9, 10, 16-20, 28, 30, 32 and
       Section 2.2 – 1-14, 19-24, 27, 29, 36 and Chapter 2 Review (page 94) – 21-26, 35, 36
Have these Reading Questions for 2.3 - 2.5 ready at the start of class.

E-HW 0 on General Course Information by 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8. Click HERE.
E-HW 1 Chapter 1, due 11:59 pm., Thursday, Sept. 10. Click  HERE.  
E-HW 2 Topics from Section 2.1-2.2 due 11:59 pm., Tuesday, Sept. 15. Click  HERE.

Handout in Lab: Using TI Connect  

Tuesday, 9-10: QUIZ 3 over Section 1.3 - 1.5

Thursday, 9-10

Took QUIZ 3 over Section 1.3 - 1.5

Read:
Section 2.6
Do:
Section 2.3 – 12, 13 and  Section 2.4 – 13-23, 26, 27, 32, 34, 35
For Tuesday, have these Reading Questions for 2.6 ready at the start of class.

  • E-HW 1 Chapter 1, due 11:59 pm., tonight. Click  HERE.  
  • E-HW 2 Topics from Section 2.1-2.2 due 11:59 pm., Tuesday, Sept. 15. Click  HERE.  
  • E-HW 3 Topics from Section 2.4-2.6 due 11:59 pm., Sunday, Sept. 20. Click  HERE.  
Tuesday, 9-15 Do: Section 2.4 – 24, 28-31, 33
      
Section 2.5 – 1-18, 20  
       Section 2.6
– 1-26, 28, 30  
       Prepare for QUIZ 4 on 2.1-2.4
  • E-HW 2 Topics from Section 2.1-2.2 due 11:59 pm., Thursday, Sept. 18.  Click  HERE.  
  • E-HW 3 Topics from Section 2.4-2.6 due 11:59 pm., Sunday, Sept. 20. Click  HERE

Tuesday, Sept 22: Test 1. Click HERE for a review sheet.

Thursday, 9-17 Do: Selected problems from Tools for Chapter 2 (p 102) as needed|
       Section 3.1 –1, 2, 5, 6, 9,17, 20-22, 27, 28
Have these Reading Questions for 3.1 ready at the start of class.
Due Thursday, Sept. 24: Writing Assignment 2: World Population and Concavity
  • E-HW 2 Topics from Section 2.1-2.2 due 11:59 pm., Thursday, Sept. 18.  Click  HERE.  
  • E-HW 3 Topics from Section 2.4-2.6 due 11:59 pm., Sunday, Sept. 20. Click  HERE

Tuesday, Sept 22: Test 1. Click HERE for a review sheet.

Thursday, 9-24 Read: Section 3.2
Do:
Section 3.1 –1-17, 20-22, 24-31 and Section 3.2 –1-11, 29 and Chapter 3 Review 1-9, 13-15, 47, 59
Have these Reading Questions for 3.2 ready at the start of class.
Tuesday, 9-29 Read: Section 3.3
Do:
Section 3.2 –1-11, 18, 20, 23, 29, 30, 33, 36, 39 – 41 and Chapter 3 Review –   1-9, 12–18, 33–37, 47, 59

Have these Reading Questions for 3.3 ready at the start of class.

E-HW 4 Topics from Section 3.1-3.2 due 11:59 pm., Tuesday, Oct. 6. Click  HERE.
Thursday, 10-1

Handouts: Compound Interest

Do: Section 3.3 –1-15, 24, 25, 27, 28, 37, 41, 42 and Section 3.4 – 1-4, 6, 7, 10, 24 and complete Compound Interest handout (up to compounded daily).

Have these Reading Questions for 3.4-3.5 ready at the start of class.

Prepare for QUIZ 6 on 3.1-3.2

E-HW 4 Topics from Section 3.1-3.2 due 11:59 pm., Tuesday, Oct. 6. Click  HERE.

E-HW 5 Remaining Topics from Chapter 3 due 11:59 pm., Thursday, Oct. 15. Click  HERE

Tuesday, 10-6 Handouts: Compounding Interest Continuously
Read: Section 4.1
Do:
Section 3.5 – 1d-4d,  5, 7, 8d, 15b, 18-20, Chapter 3 Review (page 142) – 10, 11, 32 and Reading Questions for Section 4.1.

Until further notice, eHW is under repair.
Tuesday, 10-8 Handouts: Logarithm Worksheet (not for hand-in) Here's the Answer key
Why are the Logarithm Properties True? (not for hand-in) and its Answer Key
Read: Tools for Chapter 4, p. 189-191 and Section 4.2
Do:
Section 4.1 –1-10, 19-21, 22ab, 23ac, 24, 49, 50
and Reading Questions for Section 4.2.

No class meeting Tuesday, Oct. 13

QUIZ 7 on 3.4 -3.5 on Thursday, Oct. 15

Thursday, 10-15 Took QUIZ on 3.4, 3.5
Read:
Section  4.3
Do:
Section 4.2 –9-27, 34, 38, 39, 44, 46, 49, 55, 56 and Chapter 4 Review (p. 185)  – 13, 38, 41
Tuesday, 10-20

Read: Section 5.1
Do:
Section 4.3 –  Section 4.3 –  1-6, 13-17, 20, 21, 32, 34  

Thursday, Oct. 22: QUIZ 8 on 4.1 and 4.2

Due Sunday, Oct 25, 11:59 pm:

  • E-HW 06 Section 4.1  due 11:59 pm., Sunday, Oct. 25 Click HERE
  • E-HW 07 Section 4.2-4.3 due 11:59 pm., Sunday, Oct. 25 Click HERE

Click HERE for a review for Test 2, Chapters 3 and 4 for Tuesday, Oct. 27

Thursday, 10-22 Handout: Heating Schedule

Read: Section 5.2 and 5.3
Do: Section 5.1  – 2-25, 27, 30-39, 41-44 and Chapter 5 Review  -- 1-4 and
and Reading Questions for Section 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3

Due Sunday, Oct 25, 11:59 pm:

  • E-HW 06 Section 4.1  due 11:59 pm., Sunday, Oct. 25 Click HERE
  • E-HW 07 Section 4.2-4.3 due 11:59 pm., Sunday, Oct. 25 Click HERE

Click HERE for a review for Test 2, Chapters 3 and 4 for Tuesday, Oct. 27

Tuesday, 10-27 Test 2
Thursday, 10-29 Handouts Transformations I and  Transformations II
Read: Section 5.5
Do:
Section 5.2 – 9-19 odd, 28, 29 and
Section 5.3  –  1 through 28 (student’s choice) and Reading Questions for Section 5.5
Tuesday, 11-3 Read: Section 8.1
Do:
Section 5.2 – 20-27, 30-31, 38, 41, 42 and Section 5.5 -- 1-8, 25, 26, 31, 34 and Reading Questions for Section 8.1

Due Tuesday, Nov. 10, 11:59 pm: E-HW 8 Topics from Sections 5.1-5.3 Click HERE

QUIZ 9  Thursday on 5.1-5.3
Thursday, 11-5 Took QUIZ 9 on 5.1-5.3

Read:
Section 8.1 and 9.1
Do:
Section 5.5 – 9-19 odd, 28, 29
 and Reading Questions for Section 9.1

Due Thursday, Nov. 12, 11:59 pm: E-HW 8 Topics from Sections 5.1-5.3 Click HERE

WR 3: Sound Intensity due Thursday Nov. 12 Click HERE.

Tuesday, 11-10 Do: Section 8.1 -- 1, 5-21, 60 and 9.1 -- 1-6, 40

Due Thursday, Nov. 12, 11:59 pm: E-HW 8 Topics from Sections 5.1-5.3
Due Tuesday, Nov. 17, 11:59 pm: E-HW 9 Topics from Sections 5.5 &  8.1

QUIZ 10  Thursday on 5.5
Thursday, 11-12 Read: Section 9.2
Do: 9.1
-- 1-14, 19-22, 25-31, 40, 44-46 and Reading Questions for Section 9.2
Due tonight, 11:59 pm: E-HW 8 Topics from Sections 5.1-5.3
Due Tuesday, Nov. 17, 11:59 pm: E-HW 9 Topics from Sections 5.5 &  8.1
 
Tuesday, 11-17 Read: Section 9.4
Do:
Section 9.2  – 1-10, 16, 18, 20, 23 and Reading Questions for Section 9.3

Due tonight, 11:59 pm: E-HW 9 Topics from Sections 5.5 &  8.1
Due Tuesday, Nov. 23, 11:59 pm: E-HW 10 Topics from Sections 9.-9.2

QUIZ 11  Thursday on 9.1
Thursday, 11-19 Handouts: Short Run Behavior of Polynomials
Reread:
Section 9.4
Do:
Section 9.3  – 1-17, 19, 24, 29, 31, 37-42, 46, 48

Tuesday, 11-24: QUIZ 12 on Section 9.1 and 9.2

Due Tuesday, Nov. 24, 11:59 pm: E-HW 10 Topics from Sections 9.1 and 9.2 Click HERE
Tuesday, 11-24 Handouts: The Long Run Behavior of Polynomial and Rational Functions and the 3 cases for a Rat Fun
                Long Run Behavior and Horizontal Asymptotes  Here's the (KEY)
   
Read: Section 9.5
Do:
Section 9.4  – 1-7,  9 through 12, 14

Tuesday, 12-1: QUIZ on Section 9.3
  • E-HW 10 Topics from Sections 9.1 & 9.2 due 11:59 pm., tonight
  • E-HW 11 Topics from Sections 9.3 & 9.4 due 11:59 pm., Tuesday, Dec. 1
  • E-HW 12 Topics from Sections 9.5 & 9.6 due 11:59 pm., Thursday, Dec. 10
     

Test 3 will be Thursday, Dec. 3.  Click HERE for a review

Tuesday, 12-1 Due Tuesday, Dec. 8: Reading Questions for Section 9.5

Tuesday, 12-8: QUIZ on Section 9.4 and 9.5
  • E-HW 11 Topics from Sections 9.3 & 9.4 due 11:59 pm., tonight
  • E-HW 12 Topics from Sections 9.5 & 9.6 due 11:59 pm., Thursday, Dec. 10

Test 3 will be Thursday, Dec. 3.  Click HERE for a review

Thur. Dec. 10 For a copy of the review for a final exam, click HERE.
Review Session: Monday, Dec. 14, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm KT G40


Final Exam is 
Monday, Dec. 14, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Location: CM 152
Bring your Student ID Number, #2 pencils and a graphing calculator.


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