MATD 0370

Elementary Algebra

Information for Students** page 1 of 2

2001-2002

Text: : Elementary and Intermediate Algebra for College Students, Allen Angel

Optional Shrink-Wrapped Bundle with Text, Solutions Manual, and MathPro

Prerequisite: C or better in Basic Math Skills (MATD 0330) taken in Spring 2000 or later, or C or better in Prealgebra (MATD 0350), or its equivalent knowledge, or a passing score on the MATD 0370 placement test

Supplemental Materials: Rectangular coordinate graphing paper, scientific calculator

Welcome to Elementary Algebra. As with all developmental math courses, Elementary Algebra is designed to provide you with the mathematical foundation and personal confidence to enable you to use mathematics in your future life. This course is designed to prepare you for MATD 0390 Intermediate Algebra and the algebra-based courses which follow it. It also may provide you with sufficient preparation to be able to pass the math portion of the TASP test. It also offers you one way to prepare for MATH 1332 and 1342, after you have passed the math portion of the TASP test.

Course Description. This course includes investigations to develop concepts and skills for using the real number system and algebraic reasoning in problem solving including applications using linear and quadratic equations, graphing linear equations, systems of linear equations, polynomials with operations, and geometric applications.

Attendance is expected. Students may be dropped by their instructor for excessive unexcused absences or for failing to make sufficient progress. It is the student's responsibility to withdraw him/herself from the course if he/she stops attending class for any reason. The withdrawal deadline is ______________________________.

TASP Warning: If you are relying on this course to meet a requirement that you be in mandatory remediation in mathematics this semester*, then

i. if you are not "continually in attendance" in this course, you should be withdrawn from the course by your instructor,

ii. if you withdraw yourself from this course or are withdrawn by your instructor, you will be automatically withdrawn from all of your other college courses if this is the only TASP-mandated course you are taking.

* If you are unsure whether or not this warning applies to you, see an ACC advisor immediately.

Reinstatement Policy: Students who withdrew or were withdrawn generally will not be reinstated unless they have completed all course work, projects, and tests necessary to place them at the same level of course completion as the rest of the class.

Incomplete grades (I) are given only in very rare circumstances. Generally, to qualify for a grade of "I", a student must have completed at least 80% of the course, including all exams, homework, and assignments, have a passing grade, and have a personal tragedy occur within the final 20% of the course which prevents course completion.

Testing: Your instructor will provide you with an additional handout that details testing, homework, and grading procedures. Those will include a comprehensive departmental final exam. Your class may have some tests in the Testing Center. <http://www2.austin.cc.tx.us/testctr/>

**Additional information about ACC's mathematics curriculum and faculty is available on the Internet at <http://www2.austin.cc.tx.us/math/>

MATD 0370

Elementary Algebra

Information for Students page 2 of 2

2001-2002

Free tutoring is available at the Tutoring Centers (Learning Labs) at most ACC campuses. http://www2.austin.cc.tx.us/rvslab/ll.html

Lab class information – Labs for developmental mathematics are in the schedule this year, but you must register and pay. If you want more support in learning mathematics or score low on the pre-test, register for a developmental mathematics lab class.

Videotapes that follow each chapter and cover all topics can be checked out for use in the Learning Resource Centers (libraries) at various campuses or in some cases to take home. The Tutoring Centers (Learning Labs) at Rio Grande, Northridge, Riverside, Cypress Creek, Eastview, and Pinnacle provide computer tutorials. Ask your instructor if you need help finding them.

 

16 Week Schedule

Week 1 Intro., Pretest, 1.1 - 1.4

Appendix A & B

Week 2 1.5 - 1.9

Week 3 1.10, 2.1 - 2.3

Week 4 2.4 - 2.6, Exam 1

Week 5 3.1 - 3.3

Week 6 3.4, appendix C, 3.5

Week 7 4.1, 4.2

Week 8 4.3, 4.4, Exam 2

Week 9 9.1 - 9.3

Week 10 9.5(part), 5.1

Week 11 5.2, 5.4, 5.5 Exam 3

Week 12 6.1 - 6.3

Week 13 6.4, 6.5 Exam 4

Week 14 6.6 & quadratic formula

Week 15 5.3, 5.6(part)

Week 16 Review, Final Exam

11 Week Schedule

Week 1 Intro., Pretest, Exam 1

1.1 - 1.6 App.A&B

Week 2 1.7 - 1.10, 2.1

Week 3 2.2 - 2.6, Exam 1 Exam 1

3.1 - 3.3

Week 4 3.4, appen C, 3.5

Week 5 4.1-4.3,4.4, Exam 2

Week 6 9.1 - 9.3, 9.5(part)

Week 7 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5

Week 8 Exam 3

6.1 - 6.3

Week 9 6.4, 6.5

Week 10 Exam 4, 6.6, Quadratic formula, 5.3

Week 11 5.6 (part), Review,

Final Exam

 

 

 

 

5 1/2 Week Schedule

Week 1 Intro., Pretest, Exam 1

1.1 - 1.10, App A&B 2.1

Week 2 2.2 - 2.6, Exam 1 Exam 1

3.1-3.4, append C, 3.5

Week 3 4.1-4.4, Exam 2

9.1 - 9.3, 9.5(part),5.1

Week 4 5.2, 5.4, 5.5 Exam 3

6.1 - 6.3

Week 5 6.4 - 6.5 Exam 4

6.6 & quadratic formula,

5.3, 5.6, Review

Week 5.5 Final Exam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MATD 0370

Elementary Algebra

Information for Students page 2 of 2

2001-2002

Testing: Your instructor will provide you with an additional handout that details testing, homework, and grading procedures. Those will include a comprehensive departmental final exam. Your class may have some tests in the Testing Center. <http://www2.austin.cc.tx.us/testctr/>

Free tutoring is available at the Tutoring Centers (Learning Labs) at most ACC campuses. http://www2.austin.cc.tx.us/rvslab/ll.html

Lab class information – Labs for developmental mathematics are in the schedule this year, but you must register and pay. If you want more support in learning mathematics or score low on the pre-test, register for a developmental mathematics lab class.

Videotapes that follow each chapter and cover all topics can be checked out for use in the Learning Resource Centers (libraries) at various campuses or in some cases to take home. The Tutoring Centers (Learning Labs) at Rio Grande, Northridge, Riverside, Cypress Creek, Eastview, and Pinnacle provide computer tutorials. Ask your instructor if you need help finding them.

 

Week

12-Week Schedule

8-Week Schedule

1

Intro., Pretest, 1.1 - 1.5 & App A&B

Intro., Pretest, 1.1 - 1.4, App A&B,1.5-1.9

2

1.6 - 1.10, 2.1 - 2.2

1.10, 2.1 - 2.6, Exam 1

3

2.3 - 2.6, Exam 1, 3.1, 3.2

3.1 - 3.4, App. C, 3.5

4

3.3 - 3.4, App C, 3.5

4.1 - 4.4, Exam 2,

5

4.1 - 4.3

9.1 -9.3, 9.5(part), 5.1

6

4.4, Exam 2, 9.1 - 9.2

5.2, 5.4, 5.5 Exam 3, 6.1 - 6.3

7

9.3, 9.5 (part), 5.1

6.4, 6.5, Exam 4,

6.6, quadratic formula

8

5.2, 5.4, 5.5, Exam 3

5.3, 5.6(part), Review, Final Exam

9

6.1 - 6.4

 

10

6.5, Exam 4, 6.6

 

11

Quadratic formula ,5.3, 5.6(part)

 

12

Review, Final Exam

 

 

 

 

 

ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA SUGGESTED HOMEWORK (Angel)

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pg

PROBLEMS

1.1

8

1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17

1.2

17

1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 22, 23, 25, 29, 31, 33, 38

1.3

29

1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 27, 29, 35, 39, 43, 45, 47, 48, 51, 55, 59, 61, 63, 67, 69, 79, 81, 85, 87, 91, 93, 95, 105, 106, 107

1.4

36

1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 15, 19, 21, 25, 27, 33, 37, 41, 47, 49, 51, 57, 71

1.5

40

1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 21, 23, 25, 27, 31, 35, 47, 50, 51, 56, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 70, 73, 75, 77, 87

1.6

48

1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 75, 77, 79, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 105

1.7

56

1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 67, 69, 73, 79, 81, 91, 93, 94, 95, 106, 107, 109, 111, 113, 115, 123

1.8

64

1, 3, 5, 9, 12, 13, 15, 81, 87, 91, 92, 93, 95, 99, 100, 101, 103, 110, 111, 115, 117, 119, 123, 124, 126, 131, 133, 135, 137, 149

1.9

76

1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 17,21, 23, 25, 29, 33, 35, 41, 45, 53, 57, 61, 67, 73, 77, 81, 83, 85, 91, 99, 105, 109, 113, 115, 117, 119, 123, 137

1.10

83

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18, 39, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 57, 65

2.1

99

1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 25, 29, 35, 37, 47, 49, 55, 57, 71, 79, 85, 91, 99, 101, 107, 111, 115, 117, 119, 121

2.2

109

1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 17, 19, 23, 35, 37, 41, 47, 57, 61, 71, 75, 77, 89, 91

2.3

118

1, 3, 5, 7, 19, 29, 31, 34, 35, 39, 41, 43, 51, 61, 63, 69, 73, 87, 88

2.4

125

1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 23, 35, 39, 41, 45, 51, 63, 73, 77, 79, 93

2.5

133

1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 19, 21, 29, 35, 37, 41, 45, 49, 51, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 81, 83

2.6

143

1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 27, 29, 33, 35, 37, 41, 45, 49, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 65, 69, 71, 83, 87, 89, 100

3.1

162

1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 41, 43, 46, 49, 55, 59, 63, 77, 79, 81, 85, 91, 93, 97, 99, 109

3.2

174

1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 15, 18, 19, 25, 27, 31, 35, 37, 39, 45, 50, 51, 52, 55, 57, 65, 71, 73, 79, 83, 87, 89, 95, 109

3.3

188

1, 5, 9, 11, 15, 17, 21, 23, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 43, 49, 51, 67, 68

3.4

197

1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 35, 36

3.5

209

1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 21, 23, 29, 33, 39, 43, 45, 53, 55, 64, 65

4.1

230

1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 19, 23, 25, 27, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 61, 62

4.2

241

1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 31, 33, 35, 39, 41, 45, 47, 51, 55, 57, 61, 65, 67, 69, 71, 75, 79

4.3

248

1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 52, 54

4.4

261

1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 19, 21, 27, 29, 31, 33, 37, 39, 41, 45, 47, 49, 53, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 77, 78

9.1

537

1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31, 35, 37, 41, 47, 53, 55, 61, 63, 67, 81, 82

9.2

544

1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15, 21, 27, 29, 33, 34, 35, 36

9.3

552

1, 3, 5, 9, 13, 21, 25, 27, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39, 46

9.5

568

1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 27, 29, 33, 55, 56

5.1

278

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, 35, 37, 40, 43, 47, 51, 55, 59, 67, 71, 73, 75, 79, 81, 85, 87, 95, 99, 105, 111, 113, 115, 127, 129, 131, 133, 135, 137, 141, 143, 149, 151

5.2

286

1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 19, 23, 29, 33, 37, 39, 45, 47, 51, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 73, 79, 87, 93, 97, 101, 105, 107, 109, 113, 115, 127

5.4

300

1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23, 27, 29, 31, 35, 36, 41, 49, 59, 61, 73, 79, 81, 89, 93, 97, 103, 105, 107, 117, 119, 127, 128, 130

5.5

311

1, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 21, 31, 35, 43, 45, 47, 49, 53, 59, 65, 73, 77, 79, 83, 87, 89, 93, 95, 99, 101, 102, 103, 105, 107, 109, 113, 114, 115

6.1

336

1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 19, 31, 35, 39, 41, 45, 57, 63, 65, 67, 71, 77, 79, 87, 89, 93, 95, 97, 108, 109

6.2

341

1, 7, 9, 13, 17, 19, 25, 31, 37, 47, 55, 79, 80

6.3

350

1, 3, 5, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 27, 31, 35, 41, 45, 53, 57, 61, 63, 65, 71, 91, 92, 94

6.4

364

1, 3, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 51, 55, 63, 77, 78, 79, 80

6.5

370

1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 15, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 35, 37, 41, 47, 49, 51, 59, 61, 65, 69, 73, 77, 81, 85, 87, 99, 101, 102

6.6

380

1, 4, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 21, 25, 31, 37, 41, 47, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 82, 83

5.3

292

1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 23, 25, 31, 33, 41, 42, 43, 45, 51, 67, 71, 77, 81, 87, 88, 89

5.6

321

1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 21, 27, 33, 37, 41, 43, 47, 51, 55, 59, 65, 69, 101, 111, 112, 113, 114

Supplemental Material on the Quadratic Formula