Distance Learning
MATH 1314 College 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.
ALL problems and topics that refer to graphing calculators are optional; you will not be tested on any problems that require a graphing calculator (and you can't use one on the tests). Answers to odd-numbered homework problems and to all Chapter Reviews can be found at the end of the online e-Text.
Week |
Dates |
Section |
Online Homework |
(An * next to a problem indicates it requires a graphing calculator; these problems are optional, if you are familiar with them - they will not show up on the test. If you find others that are not marked, please report them to me so I can mark them.) |
1 |
9/26 - 10/2
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Chapter 1 Skills Check |
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1.2 - Visualizing and Graphing Data | Chapter 1 Skills Review Homework |
21, 43, 49, 55, 60, 66, 73, 77, 85, 87 | ||
1.3 - Functions and Their Representations | Chapter 1 section 3 |
19, 23, 25, 27, 32, 43, 45, 47, 50, 61, 70, 83, 87, 89 | ||
1.4 - Types of Functions and Their Rates of Change | Slope and graphing review |
17, 19, 21, 27, 29, 37, 40, 53, 69, 71, 73, 81, 85*, 86*, 97, 107, 111 | ||
Quiz 1 (1.2-1.4) |
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5.1 - Combining Functions | Chapter 5 section 1 |
9, 13, 23, 39, 41, 61, 65, 72, 73, 75, 77, 97 |
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2 |
10/3 - 10/9
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5.2 - Inverse Functions and Their Representations | Chapter 5 section 2 |
7, 14, 29, 39, 41, 45, 56, 71, 77, 81, 85, 87, 93, 95, 101,121 |
Quiz 5-A (5.1-5.2) |
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Chapter 2 Skills Check |
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2.1 - Equations of Lines | Chapter 2 Skills Review Homework |
3, 11, 15, 19, 25, 34, 37, 38, 40, 42, 50, 53, 63, 67, 69, 73, 77, 79 | ||
2.2 - Linear Equations | Linear equation review |
11, 15, 47, 65, 81, 87, 97, 101, 103 | ||
2.3 - Linear Inequalitites | Chapter 2 section 3 |
21, 35, 47, 57, 61, 75*, 79, 86, 87, 93, 100* | ||
Quiz 2-A (2.1-2.3) |
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3
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10/10 - 10/16
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2.4 - More Modeling with Functions | Chapter 2 section 4 |
9, 11, 13, 27, 43, 47, 59 |
2.5 - Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities | Chapter 2 section 5 |
7, 9, 13, 15, 16, 17, 28, 53, 65, 75, 79 | ||
Quiz 2-B (2.4-2.5) |
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Work the Review for Test 1 (include with your homework packet): Test 1: October 13 - October 17 (Covers through section 2.5) |
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4 | 10/17 - 10/23
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Chapter 3 Skills Check |
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3.1 - Quadratic Functions and Models | Chapter 3 Skills Review Homework |
19, 25, 37, 39, 47, 51, 55, 59, 61, 63, 79, 83, 85, 86, 88, 95 | ||
3.2 - Quadratic Equations and Problem Solving | Quadratic equation review |
9, 15, 19, 25, 39, 45*, 49, 55, 61, 63, 68, 71, 89, 104, 114 | ||
3.3 - Complex Numbers | Chapter 3 section 3 |
3, 5, 7, 27, 33, 37, 43, 45, 47, 57, 61, 62, 63, 66, 75, 84, 89, 93 | ||
Quiz 3-A (3.1-3.3) |
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3.4 - Quadratic Inequalities | Chapter 3 section 4 | 3, 7, 9, 11, 29, 31, 43, 47, 49, 51, 55, 61, 65, 67 | ||
5 |
10/24 - 10/30
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3.5 - Transformations of Graphs | Chapter 3 section 5 |
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 31, 33, 47, 51, 65, 71, 73, 75, 80, 93, 95 |
Quiz 3-B (3.4-3.5) |
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Chapter 4 Skills Check |
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4.1 - More Nonlinear Functions and Their Graphs | Chapter 4 Skills Review Homework |
5, 7, 9, 15, 25, 31, 35, 47, 69, 81, 85, 95* | ||
4.2 - Polynomial Functions and Models | Chapter 4 section 2 |
8, 15, 16, 25, 31, 41, 45, 55, 67, 77, 85 | ||
4.3 - Division of Polynomials | Chapter 4 section 3 |
15, 21, 29, 32, 41, 46, 51 | ||
Quiz 4-A (4.1-4.3) |
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6 |
10/31 - 11/6 |
4.4 - Real Zeros of Polynomial Functions | Chapter 4 section 4 |
21, (27*, 29*, 30* if using graphing calculator option) , 35, 43, 47, 55, 71, 79, 87, 95, 104, 110 |
4.5 - The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra | Chapter 4 section 5 |
5, 11, 17, 24, 29, 39, 41 | ||
Quiz 4-B (4.4-4.5) |
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Work the Review for Test 2 (include with your homework packet): Ch 3 review: 1-7, 9, 11-15, 21, 27, 29, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37-43 odd, 44-51, 53, 54 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: November 3 - November 7 (Covers through 4.4)Submit Written Homework packet 2 when you finish the test |
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7 | 11/7 - 11/13 |
4.6 - Rational Functions and Models | Rational Expressions Review |
7, 10, 24, 33-36, 45, 47, 51, 53, 81, 93, 96 |
4.7 - More Equations and Inequalities | Chapter 4 section 7 |
9, 13, 23, 25, 28, 29, 40, 43, 47, 57, 65, 75, 84, 103, 105, 108 | ||
4.8 - Radical Equations and Power Functions | Exponent Review |
13, 17, 18, 23, 31, 33, 35, 45, 46, 53, 57, 63, 65, 77, 83, 85, 87, 103,107 | ||
Quiz 4-C (4.6-4.8) |
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8 | 11/14 - 11/20 |
Chapter 5 Skills Check |
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5.3 - Exponential Functions and Models | Chapter 5 Skills Review Homework |
3, 7, 9, 11, 16, 19, 21, 25, 27, 29, 37, 39, 47, 53, 59, 61, 65, 69, 71, 72, 87, 92 | ||
5.4 - Logarithmic Functions and Models | Chapter 5 section 4 |
5,19, 23, 31, 33, 37, 45, 49, 57, 73, 101, 105, 107, 119, 121, 123 | ||
Quiz 5-B (5.3-5.4) |
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5.5 - Properties of Logarithms | Chapter 5 section 5 |
7, 11 23, 26, 31, 32, 45, 47, 52, 53, 65, 68, 78, 90 | ||
9 |
11/21 - 11/27 |
5.6 - Exponential and Logarithmic Equations | Chapter 5 section 6 |
14, 21, 27, 33, 45, 49, 53, 61, 69, 72, 73*, 75*, 79, 83, 86, 93, 101 |
Quiz 5-C (5.5-5.6) |
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Work the Review for Test 3 (include with your homework packet): Test 3: November 22 - November 29 (Covers through 5.6) |
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10 |
11/28 - 12/4 |
Chapter 6 Skills Check |
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6.1 - Functions and Systems of Equations in Two Variables. | Chapter 6 Skills Review Homework |
11, 21, 31, 35, 37, 43, 47, 51, 53, 58, 76, 81, 113, 116, 122, 131 | ||
Quiz 6-A (6.1) |
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6.3 - Systems of Linear Equations in Three Variables | Chapter 6 section 3 |
3, 9, 23, 33 | ||
6.4 - Solutions to Linear Systems Using Matrices |
Chapter 6 section 4 Skip: Solving Systems of Linear Equations with Technology (Optional) |
5, 10, 19, 23, 25, 39, 51, 57, 60,73, 75, 83 | ||
Quiz 6-B (6.3-6.4) |
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11 | 12/5 - 12/11 |
6.5 - Properties and Applications of Matrices | Chapter 6 section 5 |
10, 13, 16, 21, 25, 31, 34, 37, 39, 41, 44, 55, 65 |
6.7 - Determinants | Chapter 6 section 7 |
2, 4, 23, 27, 33 | ||
Quiz 6-C (6.5, 6.7) |
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12 |
12/12 - 12/18 |
Finish all homework, computer work, and review for the Final Exam; then take the Final Exam | ||
Work the Review for Final Exam (include with your homework packet) New material on the final (about half of the test): Final Exam: December 9 - December 14 (Covers everything, through 6.7) Notice the earlier deadline on this test. Due to the deadline for submitting final grades, you may not take this test late. |
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12/19 |
All homework, test reviews, etc., must reach me absolutely no later than this date for you to receive any credit for it (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.)