MTH 1014A - 0 - Pre-CalculusFall 2013
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Overall assignment for the semester: You are to view all the assigned videos, read all of the following pages from the text book, doing all exercises and problems. As you read each section, you should prepare notes. Then you should use those notes to take the assigned quizzes.
Most of the videos for the course are from the Khan Academy (http://www.khanacademy.org). Be sure to make use of the "Pactice this Concept" button on the videos that have one. It is very important that you register for the Khan Academy, select the instructor (yayahjb@gmail.com) as a coach, and be logged in when you do the drills. That is how you will get credit for doing the drills.
Assignment Schedule (subject to change during the semester):
Do the quizzes by the indicated due date. Quizzes with live links are
ready to take.
Assigment No. | Videos | Reading | Assigned | Due By |
1 |
Important: There will be a group Skype meeting at 8 pm on Thursday,
12 September 2013. If you wish to participate, be sure to send a Skype
contact request to the instructor (yayahjb) before that. Be sure to mention
MTH1014F13 in the contact request,
You will find a neat guide to most of the topics you need to practice at
https://www.khanacademy.org/exercisedashboard |
Sullivan R.1, R.2, R.3, R.4, R.5, R.6, R.7, R.5, pp. 1 -- 84 Safier, 1, 2, 3, 4 pp. 1 -- 28 |
Tuesday, 3 Sep 2013 | Tuesday, 17 Sep 2013 |
Do Quiz 1 by 17 Sep 2013 | ||||
2 |
Important: There will be a group Skype meeting at 8 pm on Thursday,
19 September 2013. If you wish to participate, be sure to send a Skype
contact request to the instructor (yayahjb) before that. Be sure to mention
MTH1014F13 in the contact request,
The general topic is at: |
Sullivan 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, pp. 85 -- 153 Safier 5, 6, 7, pp 29 -- 53 |
Tuesday, 17 Sep 2013 | Tuesday, 24 Sep 2013 |
Do Quiz 2 by 24 Sep 2013 | ||||
3 |
Important: There will be a group Skype meeting at 8 pm on Thursday,
26 September 2013. If you wish to participate, be sure to send a Skype
contact request to the instructor (yayahjb) before that. Be sure to mention
MTH1014F13 in the contact request,
We are almost done reviewing material you should have learned earlier. We need to look at geometry, graphs, lines, circles and the idea of one thing varying proportionally with another.
Some good videos and drills are available at:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/trigonometry/graphs/midpoint_and_distance/v/midpoint-formula |
Sullivan 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, pp. 155 -- 205 Safier 8, pp 54 -- 67 |
Tuesday, 24 September 2013 | Tuesday, 1 October 2013 |
Do Quiz 3 by 1 October 2013 | ||||
4 |
Important: There will be a group Skype meeting at 8 pm on Thursday,
3 October 2013. If you wish to participate, be sure to send a Skype
contact request to the instructor (yayahjb) before that. Be sure to mention
MTH1014F13 in the contact request,
Now we are ready for the core material for the course, Chapters 3 -- 8 of Sullivan. In this assignment, you will work on Functions, the Graph of a Function, Propoerties of Functions, and more.
Some good videos and drills are available at:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/trigonometry/functions_and_graphs
Please be sure to do the following drills while logged into the Khan Academy
with me designated as coach, so I can see your progress. To do these drills
you will probably need to go back into the videos and the books, and to talk to me. |
Sullivan 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 pp. 207 -- 276 Safier 9, 10, 11 pp 68 -- 94 |
Tuesday, 1 October 2013 | Tuesday, 8 October 2013 |
Do Quiz 4 by 8 October 2013 | ||||
5 |
Important: There will be a group Skype meeting at 8 pm on Thursday,
10 October 2013. If you wish to participate, be sure to send a Skype
contact request to the instructor (yayahjb) before that. Be sure to mention
MTH1014F13 in the contact request,
The next chapter, Chapter 4, on Linear and Quadratic Functions is very important. Study it carefully and contact the instructor with questions. The five chapters, R, 1, 2, 3, and 4 are what you will be responsible for for the midterm, which will be the assignment after this one. It is very important that you practice using Skype to contact the instructor, both to ensure your are prepared for the content of the midterm and to practice the mechanics of using Skype, that will be used to give you the midterm.
Some good videos and drills are available at:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/linear-equations-and-inequalitie/graphing_solutions2/v/recognizing-linear-functions
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/quadratics/quadratic_formula/v/application-problem-with-quadratic-formula
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/quadratics/quadratic_inequalities/v/quadratic-inequalities
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/quadratics/quadratic_inequalities/v/quadratic-inequalities--visual-explanation
Please be sure to do the following drills while logged into the Khan Academy
with me designated as coach, so I can see your progress. To do these drills
you will probably need to go back into the videos and the books, and to talk to me. |
Sullivan 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 pp. 277 -- 322 Safier 10, 12 pp 79 -- 86, 95 -- 103 |
Tuesday, 8 October 2013 | Tuesday, 15 October 2013 |
Do Quiz 5 by 15 October 2013 | ||||
There will be a Skype meeting on Thursday, 17 October 2013 from 8 to 9 pm to prepare for the
midterm.
The midterm for this course will be on Thursday, 24 October 2013 from 8 to 9 pm. If you
will not be available for the Midterm, you must schedule an alternate time with the
instructor prior to the schuduled time. In any
case the midterm will be supervised via Skype, so
it is essential that you each verify that you have working Skype access with a web cam and a good
internet connection well before the midterm. Please contact me via Skype (yayahjb) as soon as
possible if you have any problems in being able to take the midterm as scheduled.
In addition you may make an appointment to take the midterm face-to-face on Wednesday 23 October 2013 at 1 pm in KSC103 on the Oakdale campus. Please send email no later than Thursday, 17 October 2013 as to which date you will be taking the midterm or to deal with any conflicts you may have. | ||||
6 |
Important: There will be a group Skype meeting at 8 pm on Thursday,
31 October 2013. If you wish to participate, be sure to send a Skype
contact request to the instructor (yayahjb) before that. Be sure to mention
MTH1014F13 in the contact request,
This is a double assignment on two topics: Chapter 5 on Polynomial and Rational Functions, and Chapter 6 on Exponential and Logarithmic Functions.
Some good videos and drills are available at:
Please be sure to do the following drills while logged into the Khan Academy
with me designated as coach, so I can see your progress. To do these drills
you will probably need to go back into the videos and the books, and to talk to me. There are no drills on the exponential and logarithmic functions in the Khan Academy yet, so it is very important that you contact me with questions on this topic and prepare yourself for difficult questions on the next quiz. |
Sullivan 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9 pp. 323 -- 502 Safier 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, pp 114 -- 175 |
Thurs, 24 October 2013 | Wednesday, 6 November 2013 |
Do Quiz 6 on or before 6 November 2013. | ||||
7 |
Important: There will be a group Skype meeting at 8 pm on Thursday,
7 November 2013. If you wish to participate, be sure to send a Skype
contact request to the instructor (yayahjb) before that. Be sure to mention
MTH1014F13 in the contact request,
Hopefully, you have done the prior readings and drills, because we will now move on to trigonometric functions. This topic will need your full attention.
Some good videos and drills are available at:
Please be sure to do the following drills while logged into the Khan Academy
with me designated as coach, so I can see your progress. To do these drills
you may need to go back into the videos and the books, and to talk to me.
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Sullivan 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 6.3 pp. 503 -- 600 Safier 20, 21, 22, 24 pp. 176 -- 210, 220 -- 229 |
Wednesday, 6 November 2013 | Tuesday, 12 November 2013 |
Do Quiz 7 on or before 12 November 2013. | ||||
8 |
Important: There will be a group Skype meeting at 8 pm on Thursday,
14 November 2013. If you wish to participate, be sure to send a Skype
contact request to the instructor (yayahjb) before that. Be sure to mention
MTH1014F13 in the contact request,
Trigonometry continues with what is called Analytic Trigonometry.
Some good videos and drills are available at:
Please be sure to do the following drills while logged into the Khan Academy
with me designated as coach, so I can see your progress. To do these drills
you will probably need to go back into the videos and the books, and to talk to me. |
Sullivan 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8 pp. 601 -- 667 Safier 23, 25 pp. 211 -- 219, 230 -- 239, |
Fri, 12 November 2013 | Fri, 19 November 2013 |
Do Quiz 8 on or before 19 November 2013. | ||||
9 |
We have now completed the core material for this course. There are
two ways to successfully complete this course: either learn the
material up to this point very well, or, if you wish, keep going
and learn the material past this point, either to help you
better understand the basic material and do better in the
final on that, or as extra credit to help make up for difficulties
you may have with the basic material. We will specifically assign
and highly recommend the material on Chapters 9 and 10
on Applications of the Trigonometric Functions and on
Polar Coordinates; Vectors, but feel free to choose any 2 or more
of chapters 9 through 14 of Sullivan to work on instead.
If you intend to continue in math, doing all of them is highly recommended. To help you demonstrate your mastery of the material, you need to do the relevant Khan Academy drills, and to take a quiz. The quizzes for chapters 9 and 10 are provided here. If you choose alternate or additional chapters, contact the instructor for the approrpriate quiz links.
Some good videos and drills are available at:
Please be sure to do the following drills while logged into the Khan Academy
with me designated as coach, so I can see your progress. To do these drills
you will probably need to go back into the videos and the books, and to talk to me. | Sullivan 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 pp. 659 -- 770 Safier 26, 27, 28 pp 240-269 |
Tuesday, 26 November 2013 | Tuesday, 3 December 2013 |
Quiz 9 and Quiz 10 are available now. Contact the instructor no later than Sunday 1 December if you need a quiz for any of the other chapters to display proficiency in those chapters. | ||||
The 2-hour final for this course will be taken via Skype in two 1-hour parts, one at 8 pm
on Thursday 5 December 2013 and one at 8 pm on Thursday 12 December 2013.
If you are unable to take the final on that schedule, you must contact the
instructor to make alternate arrangement no later than Thursday, 21 November 2013.
Important Half the value of the final will be for successfully doing a selected set of the drills from the Khan Academy for chapters 3 -- 8. You are urged to work on those drills in advance of taking the final, both to help prepare you and to ensure full credit on the final. |