MAT 1033 Intermediate Algebra

MAT 1033 Intermediate Algebra

Algebra: A Combined Approach, 2nd ed., Martin-Gay

Syllabus Fall/Spring Terms 2005-2006

(One week represents 3 meetings in a MWF class, two meetings in a TR class; Saturday classes meet only13 times in addition to the final exam date so you can expect to do more sessions in one week than what is prescribed on this syllabus)

Week / Date / Topic / Homework and Activities (odd-numbered exercises unless otherwise noted)
1 / Review Graphs of Linear Equations / 3.2 1-33
1 / Slope / 3.4 1-75 odd, 77-82 all
1 / Slope-intercept Form / 7.1 1-32 all
1 / Linear Equations / 7.2 1-21, 25-45, 49-53
Ch 7 Integrated Review 1-24 all, p. 509
2 / Variation; review for Exam 1 / 7.5 1-43 odd, 49-52 all
Ch 7 Review 1-23 odd, 48-51 all
2 / Ch 7 Test 1-15 all, 22, 23, 24
Online Quiz 1 (Review for Exam 1)
3 / Exam 1 / Cumulative Review p. 557 1-23 all
3 / Systems of equations - Solving by Graphing / 8.1 1-37 odd, 38-53 all
3 / Solving by Substitution / 8.2 1-29
4 / Solving by Addition / 8.3 1-37 odd, 41-46 all
4 / Ch 8 Integrated Review
1-24 all, pp. 589-90
4 / Applications / 8.4 1-27 all
5 / Inequalities; review for Exam 2 / 3.5: 1-23 odd, 27, 28, 37-43 all
8.7: 1-33 odd
5 / Ch 8 Review 1-44 all, 71-74 all, 77, 78
5 / Ch 8 Test 1-12 all, 19-28 all
Online Quiz 2 (Review for Exam 2)
6 / Exam 2 / Cumulative Review p.649 1-15 all, 17
6 / Radical Expressions / 9.1 1-47 odd, 53-59 odd; 69-84 all
7 / Rational Exponents / 9.2 1-85 odd, 99, 103-106 all
7 / Simplifying Radical Expressions / 9.3 1-67
8 / Operations on Radical Expressions / 9.4 1-65, 73, 83
8 / Rationalizing Denominators / 9.5 1-43 odd, 73-79 all
8 / Ch 9 Integrated Review
1-37 all
9 / Radical Equations / 9.6 1-17, 23-41, 51-69
9 / Intro to Complex Numbers; review for Exam 3 / 9.7 1-8 all
9 / Ch 9 Review 1-33 odd, 37-95 odd, 102-106 all, 108-113 all
9 / Ch 9 Test 1-13, 15-26, 31, 33, 34 all Online Quiz 3 (Review for Exam 3)
10 / Exam 3 / Cumulative Review p. 733 1-18, 21-23, 26, 27 all
10 / Review of Factoring / Ch 5 Integrated Review 1-77, pp.379-380
10 / Ch 5 Review 1-69
11 / Ch 5 Test 1-31 all
11 / Cumulative Review p. 411 1-24 all
Online Quiz 4
12 / Simplifying Rational Expressions / 6.1 1-61
12 / Multiplying, Dividing Rational Expressions / 6.2 1-51 odd, 55-63 odd
12 / Dividing Polynomials / 4.7 17-33 odd
12 / Adding, Subtracting Rational Expressions / 6.3 1-51 odd
6.4 1-43 odd
13 / Equations / 6.5  1-57
Online Quiz 5
13 / Applications / 6.6 1-35, 45
13 / Complex Fractions / 6.7 1-27 odd, 35-42 all
13 / Ch 6 Review 1-73
13 / Ch 6 Test 1-28 all
14 / Quadratic Equations: Completing the Square / 10.1 1-43 odd, 67-70 all, 74-83 all, 88-93 all
14 / Quadratic Formula / 10.2 1-63 odd, 67-80 all; 10.3 1-13 all
14 / Ch 10 Integrated Review 1-30 all
15 / Exam 4 / Cumulative Review p. 487 1-23 all
15 / Review for Final Exam / Final Exam Review
16 / Final Exam (Cumulative)