Handout for these semesters: 16-week, 11-week, 6-week
Handout for these semesters: 12-week, 8-week
Suggested homework assignments
Text: Elementary Algebra Concepts and Applications,
5th Ed., Bittinger and Ellenbogen
Prerequisite: C or better in Prealgebra (DVM 1153), its
equivalent knowledge, or a passing score on the DVM 1173 placement
test
Supplemental Materials: Rectangular coordinate graphing
paper, scientific calculators
| 16 Week Schedule Week 1 Intro., Pretest, Assignment from Ch. 1 Review, 2.1 - 2.2
Week 2 2.3 - 2.6
Week 3 3.1 - 3.5, Exam 1
Week 4 4.1 - 4.4
Week 5 4.5 - 4.8
Week 6 5.1 - 5.4
Week 7 5.5 - 5.7, Exam 2
Week 8 6.1 - 6.3
Week 9 6.4 - 6.6
Week 10 6.7, 6.8, Exam 3
Week 11 7.1, 7.2, 7.4
Week 12 8.1 - 8.3 Week 13 8.4, Exam 4
9.1, 9.2 Week 14 9.3, 10.1
Week 15 9.6, 10.3 Week 16 Review, Final Exam | 11 Week Schedule Week 1 Intro., Pretest, Assignment from Ch. 1 Review,
2.1 - 2.4
Week 2 2.5 - 2.6, 3.1 - 3.3 Week 3 3.4 - 3.5, Exam 1 Exam 1 4.1 - 4.6
Week 4 4.7 - 4.8, 5.1 - 5.3
Week 5 5.4 - 5.7, Exam 2
Week 6 6.1 - 6.4
Week 7 6.5 - 6.8, Exam 3
Week 8 7.1, 7.2, 7.4
Week 9 8.1 - 8.4, Exam 4 Week 10 9.1 - 9.3,
10.1, 9.6 Week 11 10.3, Review,
Final Exam | 6 Week Schedule Week 1 Intro., Pretest, Assignment from Ch. 1 Review,
2.1 - 2.6, 3.1 Week 2 3.2 - 3.5, Exam 1 Exam 1
4.1 - 4.8 Week 3 5.1 - 5.7, Exam 2
6.1, 6.2 Week 4 6.3 - 6.8, Exam 3
7.1, 7.2, 7.4 Week 5 8.1 - 8.4, Exam 4
9.1 - 9.3 Week 6 10.1, 9.6, 10.3, Review,
Final Exam |
Text: Elementary Algebra Concepts and Applications,
5th Ed., Bittinger and Ellenbogen
Prerequisite: C or better in Prealgebra (DVM 1153), its
equivalent knowledge, or a passing score on the DVM 1173 placement
test
Supplemental Materials: Rectangular coordinate graphing
paper, scientific calculators
| Intro., Pretest, Assignment from
Ch. 1 Review, 2.1 - 2.4 | Intro., Pretest, Assignment from Ch. 1 Review, 2.1 - 2.6 | |
| 2.5 - 2.6, 3.1 - 3.2 | 3.1 - 3.5, Exam 1, 4.1 - 4.4 | |
| 3.3 - 3.5, Exam 1, 4.1 - 4.4 | 4.5 - 4.8, 5.1 - 5.3 | |
| 4.5 - 4.8, 5.1 | 5.4 - 5.7, Exam 2, 6.1 - 6.3 | |
| 5.2 - 5.5 | 6.4 - 6.8, Exam 3, 7.1 | |
| 5.6 - 5.7, Exam 2, 6.1 - 6.2 | 7.2, 7.4, 8.1 - 8.4, Exam 4 | |
| 6.3 - 6.6 | 9.1 - 9.3, 10.1, 9.6 | |
| 6.7 - 6.8, Exam 3, 7.1 - 7.2 | 10.3, Review, Final Exam | |
| 7.4, 8.1 - 8.3 | ||
| 8.4, Exam 4, 9.1 - 9.3 | ||
| 10.1, 9.6, 10.3 | ||
| Review, Final Exam |
*Additional information about ACC's mathematics curriculum and
faculty is available on the Internet at http://www.austin.cc.tx.us/math/
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 taking this course to comply with
Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) requirements*, Texas
law requires that:
i) if you are not "continually in attendance" and "making progress" 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.
Your instructor will provide you with an additional
handout which details testing, homework, and grading procedures.
Students who need additional assistance should consider registering
for a Developmental Math Lab course for Elementary Algebra
(DVM 0171). Free tutoring is also available
at the Tutoring Centers (Learning Labs) at most ACC campuses.
Videotapes that follow each chapter and cover all topics can
be checked out for use in the Learning Resource Centers (libraries)
at various campuses. The Computer Centers at Rio Grande,
Northridge, Riverside, Cypress Creek, and Pinnacle provide computer
tutorials. Ask your instructor if you need help finding them.
The following objectives are listed in a sequence ranging from
the simple to the more complex. As such, this document should
not be viewed as a chronological guide to the course, although
some elements naturally will precede others. These elements should
be viewed as mastery goals which will be reinforced whenever possible
throughout the course.
1. Description and classification of whole numbers, integers, and rational numbers using sets
and the operations among them.
a. identify and use properties of real numbers
b. simplify expressions involving real numbers
c. evaluate numerical expressions with integral exponents
d. simplify square roots of whole numbers
2. Polynomials.
a. use the definition of a polynomial to distinguish between expressions that are
polynomials and expressions that are not
b. classify polynomials by degree and number of terms
c. add, subtract, multiply, and divide polynomials (including the use of long division
techniques and the distributive law)
d. simplify polynomials
e. factor polynomials (including factoring out the greatest common factor, factoring by
grouping, factoring trinomials, and factoring the difference of two squares)
f. understand and use the exponent laws involving integer exponents
3. Concepts and skills involving the analysis and graphing of linear equations and inequalities
in one variable.
a. solve linear equations and inequalities in one variable involving integral, decimal, and
fractional coefficients and solutions
b. identify conditional equations, identities, and equations with no solution
c. graph the solution set of linear equations and inequalities
on a number line
4. Application problems.
a. write and evaluate linear expressions from verbal descriptions
b. solve application problems which lead to one of the following types of equations:
linear equations in one variable, linear systems of equations in two variables,
quadratic equations, or rational equations
c. solve literal equations for a specified variable
d. solve application problems using ratio and proportion and variation
e. solve problems involving the Pythagorean Theorem
5. Graphing as a tool to interpret linear equations in two variables.
a. identify the relationship between the solution of a linear equation in two variables and
its graph on the cartesian plane
b. understand and use the concepts of slope and intercept
c. graph a line given either two points on the line or one point on the line and the slope
of the line
d. identify the equations of the line in the standard, point-slope, or slope-intercept forms
and graph their solutions
e. write an equation of a line given its graph or description (including one point on the line
and the slope of the line or two points on the line)
f. solve systems of linear equations
6. Quadratic equations.
a. find solutions to quadratic equations and equations of higher degree using the
technique of factoring
b. solve quadratic equations by using the quadratic formula
7. Rational expressions.
a. evaluate rational expressions, avoiding division by zero
b. simplify rational expressions
c. multiply and divide rational expressions
d. add and subtract rational expressions with monomial and linear binomial denominators
e. solve rational equations with monomial and linear binomial denominators
f. simplify complex fractions with monomial secondary denominators
8. Properties of and operations with square roots.
a. simplify square roots with monomial radicands (including fractional radicands with
monomial numerators and denominators)
b. find products and quotients of square roots with monomial radicands
c. introduce rationalizing monomial denominators which contain the square root of a
monomial
The following homework assignments serve as the minimum amount
that any student should complete for success in the course. A
good rule of thumb is to work all of the odd numbered problems
in all of the sections that are listed in the syllabus as a minimum
amount for success. Do what you need to do to develop a clear
understanding of the topics covered in each section. Sections
with asterisks are considered to be review topics from
previous courses. Your instructor may provide you with additional
homework and may use other problems as in-class group activities.
Ch. 1 Review Exercises* p. 59-60 #1-65 (odd)
2.1* p. 69-70 #47-57 (odd)
2.2* p. 76-77 #3, 7, 11, 15, 21, 27, 29, 33-55 (odd), 61, 63, 65, 69, 71, 86, 90, 95, 101
2.3* p. 81-83 #1-39 (odd), 40, 41, 43, 44
2.4* p. 88-89 #5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 19, 23, 25-49 (odd), 50, 53, 55, 59, 61, 64, 66, 72, 73
2.5* p. 98-100 #1-41 (odd), 42
2.6 p. 107-108 #1, 3, 5, 11-21 (odd), 33, 35, 37, 41, 55, 57, 67, 73, 77, 79, 93, 99, 100, 104
3.1 p. 125-128 #9, 10, 13-37 (odd), 53-57 (odd)
3.2 p. 135-138 #5, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 23, 27, 33, 39, 43, 45, 48, 52, 54, 55
3.3 p. 144-145 #1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 57, 59, 63, 73
3.4 p. 153-156 #1-25 (odd), 29, 31-39 (odd)
3.5 p. 164-168 #1-11 (odd), 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 25, 29-37 (odd), 43, 45, 47, 56-59 (all)
4.1* p. 182-183 #1, 3, 7, 9, 13, 19, 21, 27, 33, 35, 37, 39, 43, 49, 55, 63, 67, 75, 77, 79, 81, 87-90 (all)
4.2* p. 189-192 #1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 19-33 (odd), 39, 43, 49, 55-73 (odd), 76, 77, 82
4.3* p. 197-199 #3, 9, 11, 17, 21, 23, 27, 31, 35, 39, 41, 47, 51, 53, 55, 57, 61, 63, 74
4.4* p. 205-206 #3, 9, 11, 15, 21, 25, 26, 29, 33, 35-41 (odd), 47, 49, 55, 57, 59, 73, 78
4.5 p. 213-215 #1, 7, 13, 21, 25, 29, 35, 41, 45, 51, 53, 55, 61, 67, 73, 79, 81, 91, 99, 105, 110, 111
4.6* p. 219-222 #1-7 (odd), 11, 15, 19, 23, 25, 29, 33, 35, 41, 43, 45, 81
4.7 p. 227-228 #1, 7, 15-35 (odd), 42
4.8 p. 235-237 #1, 7, 9, 11, 15, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 43, 45, 51, 53, 55, 59-85 (odd), 91, 93, 97, 101, 107, 109, 111, 113, 129
5.1 p. 249 #3, 5, 13, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23, 27-45 (odd), 50, 53-58 (all)
5.2 p. 255-256 #1-59 (odd), 62, 63, 66, 67
5.3 p. 264-265 #1-17 (odd), 21, 23, 25, 31, 33, 39, 41, 45, 65, 67, 84, 89, 91
5.4 p. 270-271 #1-27 (odd), 33, 35, 57, 59, 63, 71, 73, 87, 95
5.5 p. 276-277 #1, 7, 9, 17, 21, 25, 33-41 (odd), 46, 53, 77, 80, 84, 85
5.6 p. 283-284 #3, 7, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 31, 35, 37, 41, 43, 45, 51, 53-65 (odd), 69, 70
5.7 p. 290-292 #5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21, 22, 23, 27, 29, 33, 40
6.1 p. 304 #1-17 (odd), 23, 27, 31, 33, 39, 43, 47, 57
6.2 p. 308-309 #1, 9, 13, 15, 17, 23, 25, 41, 45, 47, 49, 53, 57, 61, 65, 77
6.3 p. 317-318 #1, 5, 17, 21, 25, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 49, 53, 55, 58, 59, 61, 63, 67, 71, 73, 82
6.4 p. 325-326 #5, 7, 15, 19, 23, 25, 31, 37, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, 80, 82
6.5 p. 331 #5, 7, 9, 15, 19, 21, 23, 27, 33, 41, 42
6.6 p. 336-337 #1, 7, 9, 13, 17, 21, 23, 25, 33, 35, 37, 41, 42, 43
6.7 p. 344-348 #3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 25, 31, 33, 35, 37, 43, 49, 54, 57, 68, 69
6.8 p. 353 #9, 11, 13, 19, 21, 25, 29, 32, 35-40 (all)
7.1 p. 367-368 #3-19 (odd), 23, 27, 31, 33, 37, 39, 51, 53, 55, 57, 61, 62, 63, 69
7.2 p. 372-373 #3, 7, 13, 17, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 37, 41, 43, 47, 50
7.4 p. 383-384 #5, 7, 17, 19, 23, 29, 35, 36, 37
8.1 p. 392-393 #1, 7, 9, 13, 15, 17, 21, 27, 29, 31, 35
8.2 p. 399-401 #1, 7, 13, 21, 27, 29, 31, 35, 37, 39, 43, 47, 51, 56
8.3 p. 408-409 #5, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 25, 29, 37, 39, 41, 45, 47, 53, 61
8.4 p. 415-417 #1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 15, 19, 21, 23, 25, 29, 35, 37, 39
9.1 p. 430-431 #5, 6, 10, 13, 15, 21, 25, 31, 37, 39, 43, 45, 49, 51, 55, 57, 61, 62
9.2 p. 436-437 #1, 5, 10, 13, 17, 21, 25, 27, 35, 41, 45, 47, 49, 51, 55, 59, 67, 71, 73, 75, 77
9.3 p. 441-442 #1, 5, 11, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 35, 41, 43, 53, 57
9.6 p. 457-459 #1, 5, 7, 11, 15, 19, 21, 25, 29, 31, 35-38 (all)
10.1 p. 475 #3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 39
10.3 p. 488-490 #1, 3, 9, 13, 17, 27, 29, 32, 33, 35, 41, 47, 51, 52, 57, 61, 65, 66