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 |
1 |
5/30 - 6/4 | 1.1 - Introduction to Algebra: pages 8 - 11 |
Online HW 1.1 |
1.2 - The Commutative, Associative, and Distributive Laws: pages 16 - 18 |
Online HW 1.2 |
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1.3 - Fraction Notation: pages 27-28 |
Online HW 1.3 |
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1.4 - Positive and Negative Real Numbers: pages 34 - 36 |
Online HW 1.4 |
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1.5 - Addition of Real Numbers: pages 41 - 43 |
Online HW 1.5 |
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1.6 - Subtraction of Real Numbers: pages 48 - 49 |
Online HW 1.6 |
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1.7 - Multiplication and Division of Real Numbers: pages 57 - 59 |
Online HW 1.7 |
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1.8 - Exponential Notation and Order of Operations: pages 66 - 68 |
Online HW 1.8 |
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Quiz, Week 1 | |||
Written Assignment, Week 1: go here and submit your work/answers via Google Classroom |
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2 | 6/5 - 6/11
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2.1 - Solving Equations: pages 86 - 87 |
Online HW 2.1 |
2.2 - Using the Principles Together: pages 93 - 95 |
Online HW 2.2 |
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2.3 - Formulas: pages 99 - 201 |
Online HW 2.3 |
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2.4 - Applications with Percent: pages 108 - 112 |
Online HW 2.4 |
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2.5 - Problem Solving: pages 121 - 127 |
Online HW 2.5 |
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2.6 - Solving Inequalities: pages 134 - 136 |
Online HW 2.6 |
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Quiz, Week 2 | |||
Written Assignment, Week 2 - Review for Test 1: |
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3 | 6/12 - 6/18 | 3.1 - Reading Graphs, Plotting Points, and Scaling Graphs: pages 159 - 163 |
Online HW 3.1 |
3.2 - Graphing Linear Equations: pages 170 - 172 |
Online HW 3.2 |
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3.3 - Graphing and Intercepts: pages 178 - 181 |
Online HW 3.3 |
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3.4 - Rates: pages 185 - 189 |
Online HW 3.4 |
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3.5 - Slope: pages 196 - 201 |
Online HW 3.5 |
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Quiz, Week 3 | |||
Written Assignment, Week 3: go here and submit your work/answers via Google Classroom |
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4 |
6/19 - 6/25 | 3.6 - Slope-Intercept Form: pages 208 - 210 |
Online HW 3.6 |
3.7 - Point-Slope Form: pages 217 - 219 |
Online HW 3.7 |
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4.1 - Exponents and Their Properties: pages 235 - 237 |
Online HW 4.1 |
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4.2 - Polynomials: pages 242 - 244 |
Online HW 4.2 |
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4.3 - Addition and Subtraction of Polynomials: pages 250 - 253 |
Online HW 4.3 |
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Quiz, Week 4 | |||
Written Assignment, Week 4: go here and submit your work/answers via Google Classroom |
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5 | 6/26 - 7/2 | 4.4 - Multiplication of Polynomials: pages 258 - 259 |
Online HW 4.4 |
4.5 - Special Products: pages 266 - 267 |
Online HW 4.5 |
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Written Assignment, Week 5 - Review for Test 2 : work these problems from the reviews in the book Ch. 3 - pg. 225 - 226: 11-21, 25-34, 36-51, extra practice problems handout (download) Ch. 4 - pg. 298 - 299: 9-32, 35-48 Cumulative - pg. 301: 3-8, 19-24, 35, 36 and submit via Google Classroom |
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4.6 - Polynomials in Several Variables: pages 274 - 275 |
Online HW 4.6 |
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4.7 - Division of Polynomials: pages 281 - 282 |
Online HW 4.7 |
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Quiz, Week 5 | |||
6 | 7/3 - 7/9 | 4.8 - Negative Exponents and Scientific Notation: pages 289 - 291 |
Online HW 4.8 |
5.1 - Introduction to Factoring: pages 310 - 311 |
Online HW 5.1 |
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5.2 - Factoring Trinomials of the Type x^2 + bx + c: pages 317 - 318 |
Online HW 5.2 |
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5.3 - Factoring Trinomials of the Type ax^2 + bx + c: pages 326 - 327 |
Online HW 5.3 |
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Quiz, Week 6 | |||
Written Assignment, Week 6: go here and submit your work/answers via Google Classroom |
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7 |
7/10 - 7/16 | 5.4 - Factoring Perfect-Square Trinomials and Differences of Squares: pages 332 - 333 |
Online HW 5.4 |
5.5 - Factoring: A General Strategy: pages 340 - 341 |
Online HW 5.5 |
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5.6 - Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring: pages 347 - 349 |
Online HW 5.6 |
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5.7 - Solving Applications: pages 355 - 359 |
Online HW 5.7 |
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6.1 - Rational Expressions: pages 375 - 376 |
Online HW 6.1 |
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Quiz, Week 7 | |||
Written Assignment, Week 7: go here and submit your work/answers via Google Classroom |
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8 |
7/17 - 7/23 | 6.2 - Multiplication and Division: pages 380 - 382 |
Online HW 6.2 |
6.3 - Addition, Subtraction, and Least Common Denominators: pages 389 - 391 |
Online HW 6.3 |
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Written Assignment, Week 8 - Review for Test 3 : work these problems from the reviews in the book Ch. 4 - pg. 299: 46-59, 62-72; AND pg. 300: 35-42 Ch. 5 - pg. 365 - 366: 11-52, extra practice problems handout (download) Ch. 6 - pg. 431 - 432: 9-27 Cumulative - pg. 434: 5, 8, 14-23 and submit via Google Classroom |
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6.4 - Addition and Subtraction with Unlike Denominators: pages 396 - 398 | Online HW 6.4 | ||
6.6 - Solving Rational Equations: pages 412 - 413 |
Online HW 6.6 |
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Quiz, Week 8 | |||
9 |
7/24 - 7/30 | 6.7 - Applications Using Rational Equations and Proportions: pages 420 - 425 | Online HW 6.7 |
7.1 - Systems of Equations and Graphing: pages 440 - 441 |
Online HW 7.1 |
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7.2 - Systems of Equations and Substitution: pages 446 - 448 |
Online HW 7.2 |
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7.3 - Systems of Equations and Elimination: pages 454 - 456 |
Online HW 7.3 |
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7.4 - More Applications Using Systems: pages 462 - 465 |
Online HW 7.4 |
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Quiz, Week 9 | |||
Written Assignment, Week 9: go here and submit your work/answers via Google Classroom |
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10 | 7/31 - 8/6 | 8.1 - Introduction to Square Roots and Radical Expressions: pages 496 - 498 |
Online HW 8.1 |
8.2 - Multiplying and Simplifying Radical Expressions: pages 502 - 504 | Online HW 8.2 | ||
9.1 - Solving Quadratic Equations: The Principle of Square Roots: pages 546 - 547 |
Online HW 9.1 |
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9.3 - The Quadratic Formula and Applications: pages 558 - 561 |
Online HW 9.3 |
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Quiz, Week 10 | |||
Written Assignment, Week 10 - Review for Test 4 : work these problems from the reviews in the book Ch. 6 - pg. 432: 28-35, 39-47 Ch. 7 - pg. 488 - 489: 9-32, extra practice problems handout (download) Ch. 8 - pg. 539 - 540: 11-14, 17-31 Ch. 9 - pg. 591 - 592: 11-13, 16, 18-20, 22-24, 33-36 Cumulative - pg. 594: 8-10, 16-18, 24-30 and submit via Google Classroom |
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11 | 8/7 - 8/14 | 9.4 - Formulas and Equations: pages 565 - 567 |
Online HW 9.4 |
Written Assignment, Week 11 - Work the Final Exam Review: go here and submit via Google Classroom (this one counts double) |
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Final Exam: August 7 - August 10 (Covers everything) 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. |
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8/15 | Any work not actually in my hands by this date will not be accepted (no exceptions). |
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:
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.)