MA 153 Spring 2007

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• Posted Assignments
• Regular textbook and reading assignments
• Periodic Internet eGrade assignments
• Periodic writing assignments
   
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• Syllabus for John's class (9:00 and 11:00) and General Course Information
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Course Assignments [Back to TOP]
Internet Assignments: Click on e-Grade to reach your eGrade assignment page. [Back to TOP]

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  Click on the text for this class (Connally, Hughes-Hallett, Gleason / Functions Modeling Change: A Preparation for Calculus, 2nd Ed.)  (Alternatively you could order by phone by contacting Customer Care, although they are typically clueless about eGrade.)
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• Below we will keep a running list of what has been assigned:
  E-HW 1 Syllabus Quiz, due 11:59 pm., Friday, January 19.
  E-HW 2 Selected Topics from Chapter 1 due 11:59 pm Monday, Jan. 29 Wednesday, Jan. 31. Feb. 7
  E-HW 3 Selected Topics from Chapter 2 due 11:59 pm, Monday, Feb. 19.
  E-HW 4 Selected Topics from 3.1 and 3.2, due 11:59 pm., Monday, Feb. 19.
  E-HW 5 Selected Topics from Ch 3, due 11:59 pm., Monday, Feb. 26.
  E-HW 6 Section 4.1 due 11:59 pm., Wednesday, Feb. 28.
  E-HW 7 Topics from Ch 5 (5.1-5.3) due 11:59 pm., Friday, March 23.
  E-HW 8 Topics from 5.5 and 8.1 due 11:59 pm., Monday, April 2.
  E-HW 9 Topics from Chapter 9 due 11:59 pm., Wednesday, April 11
  EHW 10 Asymptotes due 11:59 pm., Monday, April 16
  E-HW 11 Rational Functions due 11:59 pm., Wednesday, April 25.

Writing assignments: [Back to TOP]
WR1: Writing Assignment 1: World Population due Friday, January 12
WR2: Writing Assignment 2: World Population and Concavity due Friday, February 12
WR3: Writing Assignment 3: Compounding and e due Wednesday, March 14, 2007
WR4: Writing Assignment 4: Three Formulas for a Quadratic due Monday, March 19, 2007
WR5: Writing Assignment 5: The Effect of a Drug on Heart Rate due Friday, March 23, 2007
WR6: Writing Assignment 6: The Measurement of Sound Intensity due Friday, March 30, 2007

Regular textbook and reading assignments [Back to TOP] 

Class Date	Assignment
Monday, 1-08	Due Wednesday, 1-10: Read: General Course Information, the Syllabus, and Section 1.1 and 1.2 Do:     Section 1.1 -- 3-9, 12, 19-23, purchase eGrade, and get a TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus. QUIZ 1 Friday, January 12 over prerequisites. Due Friday. Jan 19, 11:59 pm: E-HW 1 Syllabus Quiz. Click HERE.
Wednesday, 1-10	Discussed this:  Match the Verbal to the Table to the Graph Due Friday, 1-12: Read: Section 1.3 Do:     Section 1.2 -- 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 14 and get ready for QUIZ 1 over prerequisites. Purchase eGrade, and get a TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus. Due Wednesday, 1-17: have Reading Questions for 1.3 and 1.4 ready to hand-in. Due Friday, 1-12: Writing Assignment 1: World Population QUIZ 1 Friday, January 12 over prerequisites. Due Friday. Jan 19, 11:59 pm: E-HW 1 Syllabus Quiz. Click HERE.
Friday, 1-12	Took QUIZ 1 on prerequisite skills. Due Wednesday, 1-17: Read: Section 1.4 Do: Section 1.2 – 9, 15 and Section 1.3 -- 7-14, 18, 22-26 and have Reading Questions for 1.3 and 1.4 ready to hand-in. Due Friday. Jan 19, 11:59 pm: E-HW 1 Syllabus Quiz. Click HERE.
Wednesday, 1-17	Read: Section 1.5 Do: Section 1.3 – 23-27 and Section 1.4 – 14-23, 26, 27, 30, 34 For Friday, Jan 19 We will have QUIZ 2 over Section 1.1 and 1.2 Due Friday. Jan 19, 11:59 pm: E-HW 1 Syllabus Quiz. Click HERE.
Friday, 1-19	Took QUIZ 2 on Section 1.1 and 1.2. Prepare Reading Questions for Section 2.1 and 2.2 for hand-in. Read: Section 2.1 (We’ll skip 1.6) Do: Section 1.5 – 1 through 17, 19, 21-23, 25, 26 eGrade E-HW 1 on Syllabus and General Course Information by 11:59 tonight Click HERE. eGrade E-HW 2 Selected Topics from Chapter 1 due 11:59 pm Monday, Jan. 29. Click HERE.
Monday, 1-22	Handout: Ms. Gulch Rides Again Read: Section 2.3 Do: Section 2.1 – 9 through 13, 16, 18 and 20 and Chapter 2 Review (p. 91) -- 19-20, 22-26 eGrade E-HW 2 Selected Topics from Chapter 1 due 11:59 pm Monday, Jan. 29. Click HERE.
Wednesday, 1-24	Read: Section 2.3 and 2.4 Do:     Section 2.2 – 1-27 and  have Reading Questions for 2.3 and 2.4 ready to hand in, and prepare for QUIZ 3 on Sections 1.3 - 1.5 eGrade E-HW 2 Selected Topics from Chapter 1 due 11:59 pm Wednesday, Jan. 31 (extended). Click HERE.
Friday, 1-26	Read: Section 2.4 (again!) and 2.5 Do:     Section 2.3 – 10, 11 and Section 2.4 -- 1-13, 19, 20 eGrade E-HW 2 Selected Topics from Chapter 1 due 11:59 pm Wednesday, Jan. 31 (extended). Click HERE.
Monday, 1-29	Due Wednesday, Jan. 31 Read: Section 2.6 Do:     Section 2.4 – 14-17 and Section 2.5 -- 3-16, 18 and have Reading Questions for 2.6 ready to hand in. E-HW 2 Selected Topics from Chapter 1 due 11:59 pm Wed, Feb. 7. Click HERE. Click HERE for a review for Test 1, Chapters 1 and 2 for Friday, Feb. 9
Wednesday, 1-31	Due Friday, Feb 2: Read: Section 3.1 Do: Section 2.6 –1, 2-13, 15, 18 and selected problems from Tools for Chapter 2 (p. 97) as needed. Have Reading Questions for 3.1 ready to hand in and prepare for QUIZ 4 on Sections 2.1-2.4 E-HW 2 Selected Topics from Chapter 1 due 11:59 pm Wed, Feb. 7. Click HERE. E-HW 3 Selected Topics from Chapter 2  Click HERE. WR2: Writing Assignment 2: World Population and Concavity due Monday, Feb. 12 Click HERE for a review for Test 1, Chapters 1 and 2 for Friday, Feb. 9
Friday, 2-2	Due Monday, Feb. 5: Read: Section 3.1 Do: Section 3.1 -- 1, 2, 5, 8, 9-14, 17, 20, 22, 24, 33 E-HW 2 Selected Topics from Chapter 1 due 11:59 pm Wed, Feb. 7. Click HERE. WR2: Writing Assignment 2: World Population and Concavity due Monday, Feb. 12 Click HERE for a review for Test 1, Chapters 1 and 2 for Monday, Sept. 18.
Monday 2-5	Due Wednesday, Feb. 7: Read: Section 3.1 Do: Reading Questions for 3.2 and Section 3.1 -- 3, 4, 6, 7, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 25 E-HW 2 Selected Topics from Chapter 1 due 11:59 pm Wed, Feb. 7. Click HERE. Click HERE for a review for Test 1, Chapters 1 and 2 for Monday, Sept. 18. WR2: Writing Assignment 2: World Population and Concavity due Monday, Feb. 12
Wednesday 2-7	Study for Test 1 Do: Section 3.2 -2, 38, 40
Friday, 2-9	Test 1 9:00 Section Mean 78 Median 81       88         87 100       86 98     79 85 97     79 85 97     79 85 96   69 77 84 95 59 66 76 82 95 58 66 75 81 92 43 54 63 72 81 90 41 53 60 72 80 90   11:00 Section Mean 75 Median 79                             100         99         98 57       95 57     85 93 56   78 83 92 55   73 83 92 45 54 69 71 80 90 43 50 66 70 80 90
Monday, 2-12	Read: Section 3.3 and 3.4 Do: Section 3.2 -15, 17, 20, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 38-40  E-HW 4 Selected Topics from 3.1 and 3.2, due 11:59 pm., Monday, Feb. 19. Click HERE.
Wednesday, 2-14	Snow Day
Friday, 2-16	Read: Section 3.4 (again) and prepare for an impromptu reading question. Do: Section 3.3 –1-15, 21, 22, 24, 27, 29, 30, 34, 35 and Section 3.4 – 1, 2, 13 E-HW 4 Selected Topics from 3.1 and 3.2, due 11:59 pm., Monday, Feb. 19. Click HERE.
Monday, 2-19	Read: Section 4.1 Do: Section 3.4 - 7-10, 12, 15-21, 27-30 Wed: QUIZ 6 over 3.1 and 3.2 E-HW 4 Selected Topics from 3.1 and 3.2, due 11:59 pm., tonight, Feb. 19. Click HERE. E-HW 5 Selected Topics from Ch 3, due 11:59 pm., Monday, Feb. 26. Click HERE.
Wednesday, 2-21	Handout: Logarithm Worksheet (not for hand-in) Here's the Answer key Took QUIZ 6 over 3.1 and 3.2 Read: Rest of Section 4.1 Do: Reading Questions for 4.1 and Section 3.4 -- 3, 4, 12 and Section 4.1 –1-10, 19-21, 22ab, 23ac, 24, 49, 50 E-HW 5 Topics from Chapter 3, due 11:59 pm., Monday, 2-26. Click HERE.
Friday, 2-23	Took QUIZ 7 over Section 3.3 and 3.4 Handout: Why are the Logarithm Properties True? (not for hand-in) and its Answer Key E-HW 5 Topics from Chapter 3, due 11:59 pm., Monday, 2-26. Click HERE. E-HW 6 Section 4.1, due 11:59 pm., Wednesday, 2-28. Click HERE.
Monday, 2-26	Read:  Section 4.3 Do:      Section 4.2 – 1-15,  23-27, 31, 35, 37, 43-46, 49 and Chapter 4 Review -- 11, 12, 15 and  QUIZ 8 over 4.1 E-HW 5 Topics from Chapter 3, due 11:59 pm., Monday, 2-26. Click HERE. E-HW 6 Section 4.1, due 11:59 pm., Wednesday, 2-28. Click HERE. Click HERE for a review for Test 2, Chapters 3 and 4 for Friday, March 2.
Wednesday, 2-28	QUIZ 8 over 4.1 E-HW 5 Topics from Chapter 3, due 11:59 pm., Monday, 2-26. Click HERE. E-HW 6 Section 4.1, due 11:59 pm., Wednesday, 2-28. Click HERE. Click HERE for a review for Test 2, Chapters 3 and 4 for Friday, March 2. Read:  Section 5.1 Do:      Section 4.3 – 1-6, 19
Friday, 3-1	Test 2   9:00 Section   Mean 74   Median 75                       100       78   100     69 76 87 96     67 75 85 96   59 64 73 83 92   58 63 72 81 91   51 60 72 80 90 34 43 50 60 70 80 90       11:00 Section     Mean 69     Median 77                         85             83             83           79 82     41     77 82     41     76 82 95   40   67 74 81 94 27 38 40 57 65 72 81 93
Monday, 3-5	Spring Break Take a Rhino Rest!   Photo by Kathy Hanby. Used with permission.
Wednesday, 3-7
Friday, 3-9
Monday, 3-12	Read:  Section 5.1 and 5.2 Do:      Section 5.1 – 1-26, 31-35, 39, 40 and Chapter 5 Review 1-3
Wednesday 3-14	Happy Pi Day! (Click on the image for more pi)      Some links on the Internet about π: At the Math Forum: http://mathforum.org/library/topics/pi/ David H. Bailey's page: http://crd.lbl.gov/~dhbailey/pi/ David Blatner's page: http://www.joyofpi.com/ St. Andrew's History of Mathematics Archive: http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/ (try a search for π) Did the Indiana state legislature really pass a law in 1897 declaring pi to be equal to 3.2? No, it almost did, but a Purdue math professor happened to be in the capitol at the time and stopped it: http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/crd/Localgov/topics.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill Read:  Section 5.3 Do:      Section 5.2 – 1-10, 26-27 WR4: Writing Assignment 4: Three Formulas for a Quadratic Function due Monday, March 19
Friday, 3-16	Read:  Section 5.5 Do:      Section 5.3 – 2 through 28 (student’s choice) WR4: Writing Assignment 4: Three Formulas for a Quadratic Function due Monday, March 19 E-HW 7 Topics from Ch 5 (5.1-5.3) due 11:59 pm., Friday, March 23.. Click HERE.
Monday, 3-19	Read: Section 8.1 Do:     Section 5.2 – 18-21, 28-30, 36, 39, 40 and Section 5.5 – 9, 13-19, 25, 28. Also prepare for QUIZ 9 over 5.1-5.3. E-HW 7 Topics from Ch 5 (5.1-5.3) due 11:59 pm., Friday, March 23. Click HERE. WR 5: Writing Assignment 5: The Effect of a Drug on Heart Rate due Friday, March 23.
Wednesday, 3-21	Read: Section 8.1 Do:     Section 5.5 –3-8, 14, 20 E-HW 7 Topics from Ch 5 (5.1-5.3) due 11:59 pm., Friday, March 23. Click HERE. WR 5: Writing Assignment 5: The Effect of a Drug on Heart Rate due Friday, March 23.
Friday, 3-23	Handout: Worksheet 8.1B (Here's the KEY) Read: Section 9.1 Do:     Section 8.1 – 1, 4-12, 29, 40, 59 QUIZ 10 on 5.5 E-HW 7 Topics from Ch 5 (5.1-5.3) due 11:59 pm., tonight. Click HERE. E-HW 8 Topics from 5.5 and 8.1 due 11:59 pm., Monday, April 2. Click HERE. WR6: Writing Assignment 6: The Measurement of Sound Intensity due Friday, March 30, 2007
Monday, 3-26	Do: Section 9.1 – 1-10, 22-25, 27, 37, 38, 41 E-HW 8 Topics from 5.5 and 8.1 due 11:59 pm., Monday, April 2. Click HERE.
Wednesday, 3-28	Read: Section 9.2 Do: Section 9.1 – 11-13, 18-21, 28, 29 E-HW 8 Topics from 5.5 and 8.1 due 11:59 pm., Monday, April 2. Click HERE.
Friday, 3-30	Read: Section 9.3 Do: Section 9.2  – 1-13, 16, 18, 21 and  prepare for QUIZ 11 on 9.1 E-HW 8 Topics from 5.5 and 8.1 due 11:59 pm, Monday, April 2. Click HERE.
Monday, 4-2	Read: Section 9.4 Do: Section 9.3 1 through 10, 14, 19, 21, 28, 30, 34 through 39, 43, 45 and prepare for QUIZ 11 on 9.1 (finding the shape of a power function) and 9.2 (end behavior of polynomials) E-HW 8 Topics from 5.5 and 8.1 due 11:59 pm, tonight, April 2. Click HERE. E-HW 9 Topics from Chapter 9 due 11:59 pm., Wednesday, April 11. Click HERE.
Wednesday, 4-4	Handouts: The Long Run Behavior of Polynomial and Rational Functions and the 3 cases for a Rat Fun   Read: Section 9.5 Do: Section 9.4 - 7 through 12 and Worksheet 9.4C (not for hand in) E-HW 9 Topics from Chapter 9 due 11:59 pm., Wednesday, April 11. Click HERE.
Friday, 4-6	No Class Meeting
Monday, 4-9	QUIZ 12 on 9.1 (finding the formula of a power function) and 9.2-9.3 Read: Section 9.5 Do: Worksheet 9.5 (not for hand in) E-HW 9 Topics from Chapter 9 due 11:59 pm., Wednesday, April 11. Click HERE. E-HW 10 Asymptotes due 11:59 pm., Monday, April 16. Click HERE.
Wednesday, 4-11	Read: Section 9.5 Do: Section 9.5 - 1-16, 21-27 odd E-HW 9 Topics from Chapter 9 due 11:59 pm., tonight. Click HERE. E-HW 10 Asymptotes due 11:59 pm., Monday, April 16. Click HERE. Click HERE for a review for Test 3, Chapter 5 (not 5.4). 8.1, and Chapter 9 (not 9.5, 9.6) Wednesday, April 18. Click HERE for information about the final exam.
Friday, 4-13	Took QUIZ 13 on 9.4 and 9.5 Read: Section 9.6 Do: Section 9.5 - 34-47 E-HW 10 Asymptotes due 11:59 pm., Monday, April 16. Click HERE. E-HW 11 Rational Functions due 11:59 pm., Wednesday, April 25. Click HERE. Prepare for QUIZ 14 on power functions and right left hand behavior Click HERE for a review for Test 3, Wednesday, April 18. Click HERE for information about the final exam.

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