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Weekly Class Schedule and Assignments (including Test deadlines):

MATD 0370 Elementary Algebra

This weekly schedule and schedule of tests is to help you pace yourself so that you may take your tests on time and complete the course during the semester.  You may work ahead of this schedule and finish early if you like (though remember that you must ask me at least a week in advance if you want to take a test early).  If you get behind, you must contact me.

Answers to odd-numbered homework problems and to all Chapter Reviews can be found if you click on "Videos and Textbook" and scroll to the bottom of the page, where it says "Selected Answers". Then click on the chapters you are working on.

Week

Dates

Section and pages

Online Homework

These are the problem number from your textbook; just work all the problems for each of the computer assignments labeled "Online HW 1.1", "Online HW 1.2", etc.

Written Homework

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8/22 - 8/28

1.1 - Introduction to Algebra: pages 10-12

13, 25, 27, 31, 35, 39, 41, 47, 49, 51, 55, 59, 63, 65

1, 3, 5, 11, 19, 29, 33, 37, 43, 45, 53, 57, 61, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 80, 89, 91, 93

1.2 - The Commutative, Associative, and Distributive Laws: pages 18-20

15, 23, 29, 37, 41, 49, 55, 61, 69, 73, 77, 81, 83

1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 17, 25, 31, 35, 39, 43, 45, 51, 59, 63, 71, 75, 79, 89, 90, 91, 93

1.3 - Fraction Notation: pages 27-28

5, 15, 21, 27, 29, 37, 47, 51, 65, 67, 73, 75, 77, 87

1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 12, 23, 33, 39, 45, 61, 63, 69, 71, 83, 85
Quiz 1-A (1.1-1.3)

1.4 - Positive and Negative Real Numbers: pages 35-37

17, 21, 25, 31, 33, 39, 47, 49, 51, 53, 57, 61, 65, 71, 75, 79, 83

15, 19, 23, 27, 29, 37, 43, 48, 55, 59, 63, 69, 73, 77, 78, 85, 89, 93

1.5 - Addition of Real Numbers: pages 41-43

7, 13, 23, 35, 43, 53, 55, 57, 67, 71, 77, 83

9, 17, 31, 41, 51, 59, 60, 69, 75, 79, 87

1.6 - Subtraction of Real Numbers: pages 48-50

9, 15, 19, 21, 27, 31, 35, 41, 49, 59, 69, 83, 93, 97, 101, 105, 109, 113, 125, 135, 143

4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 23, 25, 29, 33, 37, 43, 51, 67, 75, 91, 95, 99, 103, 107, 111, 119, 129, 139
Quiz 1-B (1.4-1.6)
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8/29 - 9/4

1.7 - Multiplication and Division of Real Numbers: pages 56-58

11, 37, 49, 53, 61, 73, 77, 81, 85, 89, 93, 97, 101, 103, 107, 111, 117, 123

1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 21, 39, 47, 51, 57, 63, 75, 79, 83, 87, 91, 95, 99, 102, 105, 108, 115, 124

1.8 - Exponential Notation and Order of Operations: pages 66-67

3, 7, 11, 15, 27, 35, 39, 45, 55, 59, 63, 67, 73, 83, 87, 93

1, 5, 9, 13, 19, 31, 37, 41, 47, 51, 56, 61, 65, 69, 71, 79, 85, 91, 101
Quiz 1-C (1.7-1.)

2.1 - Solving Equations: pages 83-85

11, 15, 25, 37, 41, 49, 51, 57

13, 19, 29, 33, 39, 45, 55, 69, 79, 87, 89, 90, 91

2.2 - Using the Principles Together: pages 90-91

7, 15, 25, 39, 49, 53, 61, 63, 67, 71, 75, 81

1, 3, 5, 11, 19, 29, 47, 51, 55, 57, 65, 69, 73, 77, 79, 86, 89, 90, 95, 97

2.3 - Formulas: pages 96-98

3, 7, 11, 15, 17, 21, 25, 33, 37

1, 5, 9, 13, 19, 23, 27, 29, 35, 56, 59
Quiz 2-A (2.1-2.3)
3 9/5 - 9/11

2.4 - Applications with Percent: pages 104-107

19, 23, 35, 39, 45, 49, 53, 57, 63, 65, 75, 81, 89, 95

21, 33, 37, 43, 47, 51, 55, 61, 62, 64, 69, 77, 83, 90, 97

2.5 - Problem Solving: pages 115-119

3, 7, 15, 17, 21, 31, 35, 39, 43

1, 5, 9, 15, 17, 19, 27, 29, 33, 37, 41, 55

2.6 - Solving Inequalities: pages 126-127

9, 17, 25, 29, 37, 47, 61, 73, 79

1, 3, 11, 23, 27, 41, 53, 57, 63, 67, 105
Quiz 2-B (2.4-2.6)

Work the Review for Test 1 (include with your homework packet):
Ch. 1 - Review Exercises: 12-19, 23-33, 42-61, 67, 69, 71
Ch. 2 - Review Exercises: 15-35, 39, 43-50, 54-60

These Review Exercises are found under "Videos and Textbook", click on the correct chapter and scroll down to the bottom of the page, where it says "Review Exercises". You should check your answers on these and rework them if you miss any. (Go to "Videos and Textbook" and then "Selected Answers".)

Test 1: Sept 9 - Sept 15 (Covers through section 2.6)
Submit Written Homework packet 1 when you finish the test

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9/12 - 9/18

3.1 - Reading Graphs, Plotting Points, and Scaling Graphs: pages 152-155

13, 19, 23, 27, 31, 41, 51, 59

14, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 43, 45, 57

3.2 - Graphing Linear Equations: pages 163-165

7, 17, 21, 27, 39, 43, 57, 65

15, 23, 29, 33, 35, 37, 49, 60, 62

3.3 - Graphing and Intercepts: pages 171-173

11, 17, 29, 37, 53, 63, 69, 71, 79, 83

7, 9, 23, 27, 35, 59, 67, 73, 77, 78
Quiz 3-A (3.1-3.3)

3.4 - Rates: pages 177-182

9, 23, 27, 29, 35, 47

11, 13, 19, 25, 33, 49, 53
5 9/19 - 9/25

3.5 - Slope: pages 188-194

15, 21, 25, 31, 33, 39, 47, 51, 53, 55, 57, 65, 73, 75

1, 3, 7, 17, 19, 27, 35, 41, 43, 49, 59, 61, 63, 67
Quiz 3-B (3.4-3.5)

3.6 - Slope-Intercept Form: pages 199-201

9, 15, 25, 27, 35, 43, 49, 55, 63, 65, 73

1, 3, 5, 11, 19, 39, 45, 61, 67, 71, 87, 89, 91

3.7 - Point-Slope Form: pages 209-212

9, 19, 25, 41, 51, 53, 55, 61, 69, 76

1, 7, 15, 29, 39, 43, 49, 57, 63, 65, 78
Quiz 3-C (3.6-3.7)
6 9/26 - 10/2

4.1 - Exponents and Their Properties: pages 228-229

9, 11, 15, 21, 33, 37, 45, 51, 55, 65, 73, 77, 83, 91, 96

1, 3, 5, 7, 17, 19, 23, 25, 47, 49, 61, 85, 87, 89

4.2 - Polynomials: pages 234-238

11, 15, 19, 25, 31, 33, 37, 41, 49, 53, 57, 63, 67, 69, 75, 79

1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 13, 21, 27, 29, 35, 39, 45, 55, 61, 65, 71, 73, 78, 82

4.3 - Addition and Subtraction of Polynomials: pages 243-245

7, 13, 17, 27, 37, 39, 47, 59, 61

9, 23, 33, 45, 53, 57, 78, 82, 93
Quiz 4-A (4.1-4.3)

4.4 - Multiplication of Polynomials: pages 251-252

9, 17, 31, 39, 41, 43, 59, 61

15, 23, 27, 33, 37, 45, 57, 75, 77

4.5 - Special Products: pages 260-262

11, 13, 15, 45, 51, 53, 67, 105, 109

1, 2, 5, 23, 27, 41, 59, 61, 91, 107
Quiz 4-B (4.4-4.5)

Work the Review for Test 2 (include with your homework packet):
Ch. 3 - Review Exercises: 11-19, 25-38, 40-51, extra practice problems handout
Ch. 4 - Review Exercises: 9-25, 30-39
plus anything from earlier tests.

These Review Exercises are found under "Videos and Textbook", click on the correct chapter and scroll down to the bottom of the page, where it says "Review Exercises". You should check your answers on these and rework them if you miss any. (Go to "Videos and Textbook" and then "Selected Answers".)

Test 2: Sept 30 - Oct 6 (Covers through 4.5)
Submit Written Homework packet 2 when you finish the test

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 10/3 - 10/9

4.6 - Polynomials in Several Variables: pages 268-271

9, 13, 29, 35, 39, 43, 61, 63, 71

1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 25, 33, 45, 55,

4.7 - Division of Polynomials: pages 276-277

3, 7, 11, 15

1, 5, 9, 13

4.8 - Negative Exponents and Scientific Notation: pages 284-286

5, 9, 21, 27, 29, 33, 35, 41, 43, 49, 51, 57, 59, 61, 67, 75, 79, 83, 91, 93, 101, 105, 109, 111, 123

1, 3, 11, 13, 15, 25, 37, 39, 45, 47, 53, 55, 63, 65, 69, 71, 73, 77, 81, 87, 95, 97, 103, 107, 113, 117, 120
Quiz 4-C (4.6-4.8)

5.1 - Introduction to Factoring: pages 304-305

11, 27, 29, 33, 35, 39, 43, 45, 51, 55, 57, 67, 68, 71, 72

1, 3, 5, 7, 13, 25, 30, 31, 37, 41, 47, 49, 53, 59, 61, 69, 70

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 10/10 - 10/16

5.2 - Factoring Trinomials of the Type x^2 + bx + c: pages 311-312

7, 9, 11, 17, 19, 21, 25, 27, 29, 33, 35, 43, 45, 51, 53, 59, 61

1, 3, 5, 13, 15, 23, 31, 37, 39, 41, 47, 49, 55, 57, 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70

5.3 - Factoring Trinomials of the Type ax^2 + bx + c: pages 321-322

5, 7, 11, 17, 29, 31, 47, 81, 83, 85

1, 3, 6, 8, 16, 21, 27, 41, 43, 87
Quiz 5-A (5.1-5.3)

5.4 - Factoring Perfect-Square Trinomials and Differences of Squares: pages 328-329

11, 13, 19, 23, 25, 27, 33, 35, 51, 57, 61, 79, 81, 95

1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 15, 17, 21, 29, 31, 37, 53, 55, 67, 73, 94, 97, 99

5.5 - Factoring: A General Strategy: pages 333-334

9, 11, 13, 19, 21, 25, 35, 41, 43, 53, 85

1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 17, 29, 33, 37, 39, 51, 59, 81, 84
Quiz 5-B (5.4-5.5)

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 10/17 - 10/23

5.6 - Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring: pages 340-342

7, 21, 29, 41, 47, 49, 71, 72

1, 3, 11, 13, 17, 25, 37, 45,

5.7 - Solving Applications: pages 351-354

5, 9, 15, 17, 23, 27, 29, 31, 41, 47

3, 7, 11, 13, 19, 21, 28, 30, 32, 35
Quiz 5-C (5.6-5.7)

6.1 - Rational Expressions: pages 369-370

7, 9, 15, 17, 23, 35, 47, 51,

11, 13, 19, 21, 27, 33, 37, 63
10 10/24 - 10/30

6.2 - Multiplication and Division: pages 374-375

13, 15, 23, 43, 49, 59, 73

1, 19, 25, 47, 51, 55, 74
Quiz 6-A (6.1-6.2)

6.3 - Addition, Subtraction, and Least Common Denominators: pages 383-384

5, 7, 13, 15, 21, 39, 41, 45, 47, 51, 57, 59, 63

6, 8, 17, 19, 23, 35, 43, 47, 57, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71
6.4 - Addition and Subtraction with Unlike Denominators: pages 390 5, 7, 15, 17, 25, 27, 29 1, 9, 11, 13, 19, 21, 23
Quiz 6-B (6.3-6.4)

Work the Review for Test 3 (include with your homework packet):


These Review Exercises are found under "Videos and Textbook", click on the correct chapter and scroll down to the bottom of the page, where it says "Review Exercises". You should check your answers on these and rework them if you miss any. (Go to "Videos and Textbook" and then "Selected Answers".)

Ch. 4 - Review Exercises: 41-55, 60-64, 68-78
Ch. 5 - Review Exercises: 11-45, 47-55, 58, 59, 62-65, extra practice problems handout
Ch. 6 - Review Exercises: 11-36
plus anything from earlier tests.

Test 3: Oct 28 - Nov 3 (Covers through 6.4)
Submit Written Homework packet 3 when you finish the test
11 10/31 - 11/6

6.6 - Solving Rational Equations: pages 405

11, 13, 23, 31, 52

5, 17,19, 49, 50, 51
6.7 - Applications Using Rational Equations and Proportions: pages 416-419 19, 37, 47, 49 21, 27, 43, 45
Quiz 6-C (6.6-6.7)

7.1 - Systems of Equations and Graphing: pages 434-435

5, 11, 13, 17, 25

1, 3, 19, 21, 31, 49, 51, 53
12 11/7 - 11/13

7.2 - Systems of Equations and Substitution: pages 440-442

5, 11, 17, 25, 31, 35, 39, 43, 49

3, 4, 21, 29, 33, 41, 45, 51, 59, 62, 63
Quiz 7-A (7.1-7.2)

7.3 - Systems of Equations and Elimination: pages 448-450

9, 13, 17, 25, 33, 43, 45, 53, 57

1, 2, 3, 4, 15, 21, 29, 41, 55

7.4 - More Applications Using Systems: pages 457-459

1, 3, 11, 17, 21, 23, 27, 37, 41

5,7, 9, 13, 15,19, 39
13 11/14 - 11/20
Quiz 7-B (7.3-7.4)

8.1 - Introduction to Square Roots and Radical Expressions: pages 488-489

11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, 41, 47, 75, 79

13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 39, 43, 51, 77
8.2 - Multiplying and Simplifying Radical Expressions: pages 495 29, 33, 51 31, 47, 49
Quiz 8 (8.1-8.2)
14 11/21 - 11/27

9.1 - Solving Quadratic Equations: The Principle of Square Roots: pages 538-539

5, 7, 18, 21, 25, 31, 47

1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 29

9.3 - The Quadratic Formula and Applications: pages 552-553

7, 13, 23, 25, 29, 33, 37, 39, 47, 51, 53, 55

5, 9, 11, 26, 30, 31, 32, 36, 45, 52, 54, 56
Quiz 9 (9.1-9.3)

Work the Review for Test 4 (include with your homework packet):
Ch. 6 - Review Exercises: 40-47
Ch. 7 - Review Exercises: 9-27 odd, 29-32, extra practice problems handout
Ch. 8 - Review Exercises: 11-18, 21-31 odd
Ch. 9 - Review Exercises: 11, 13, 19, 20, 22, 24, 31, 33-36
plus anything from earlier tests.

These Review Exercises are found under "Videos and Textbook", click on the correct chapter and scroll down to the bottom of the page, where it says "Review Exercises". You should check your answers on these and rework them if you miss any. (Go to "Videos and Textbook" and then "Selected Answers".)

Test 4: Nov 21 - Nov 30 (Covers through 9.3)
(hold on to written homework packet until the final exam)

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 11/28 - 12/4

9.4 - Formulas and Equations: pages 558-559

5, 9, 44

7, 43

Work the Review for Final Exam (include with your homework packet)

Final Exam: Dec 2 - Dec 9 (Covers everything)
Submit Written Homework packet 4 when you finish the test
(this combines written homework from Test and the Final Exam)

Notice the earlier deadline on this test. Due to the deadline for submitting final grades, you may not take this test late. (If you are taking your exam at the Fredericsksburg or San Marcos Center Testing Centers, you must take your Final Exam on the first possible day they are open during the exam period.)

If you really need a few more days to take the final, you may contact me in advance to request that I put the test in the Northridge Testing Center for you through the Friday of that week. (I'm sorry, but this is not possible at any other Testing Center, due to logistics.)

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 12/5 - 12/11 Finish all homework, computer work, and review for the Final Exam; then take the Final Exam
12/12 All homework, test reviews, etc., must reach me absolutely no later than this date for you to receive credit for it (no exceptions).
 

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Important Information about Taking Tests in the Testing Center

You must take each test at your designated ACC testing center during the dates it is scheduled to be available. Visit http://www.austincc.edu/testctr/ for information about testing center locations, policies and procedures. Remember that:

  1. You will need to know the following information about your course.

    Synonym number: Can be found here
    Course Number: MATD 0370
    Test Number: Test #1 (will change with each test)
    Instructor Name: Marcus McGuff
    Instructor Home Campus: Northridge
  2. You will need to show a valid photo ID (driver’s license) AND a valid ACC ID. You must come in to an ACC campus in order to obtain an ACC ID card. This procedure has changed recently; go here for more information on that.
  3. You must use the testing center that you selected on your online orientation form. If you need to change that, send me an email message asking to do so (in advance).
  4. You need to bring pencils and eraser. Paper will be provided for you at the testing center. You will also need to bring a scientific calculator. Please remember that you must show all of your work. If you don't have room for this on the test paper itself, please show all work for the problem along with its answer on the scratch paper, clearly labeled with the problem number, and write a note on the test saying "See scratch paper".
  5. The test WILL NOT be graded in the Testing Center -- they will send the tests to me after the deadline and I will grade all of them at the same time. Those grades will usually be posted within a week after the deadline. You'll find those posted in the online gradebook on MyMathLab.

Important note about the final exam:

You will notice that the deadline for the final exam is kind of early compared to the other exams. This is because I have an absolute deadline when I have to turn in your final grades for the course and I have to allow time for the final exams to get to me from the Testing Centers. If you really need a few more days to take the final, you may contact me in advance to request that I put the test in the Northridge Testing Center for you for a few extra days. (I'm sorry, but this is not possible at any other Testing Center, due to logistics.)

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It was last updated on August 15, 2011 .