MATH100: Precalculus
Schedule, Fall 2008


Syllabus | Schedule | Exam Information | Extra Credit | Text | Activities
Homework will be completed online and graded electronically; in class assignments will be completed in class -- if you miss one of these you are responsible for gathering necessary materials and making it up on your own. Below is a tentative schedule indicating what sections of the text will be covered on what dates. Quizzes and in-class assignments may also be linked to this schedule.
This page may be revised as the semester progresses.
Date Material Covered
9/4 P.1:  Algebra Review
9/9 P.2, P.3:  Exponents and Radicals
9/11 Quiz 1
P3: Fractional Exponents
9/16 P.4, P.5:  Polynomials
9/18 P.6:   Rational Expressions
9/23 P.7:  Solving Equations
Quiz 2
9/25 P.9:  Solving Inequalities
9/30 1.1: Graphs and Graphing Utilities
10/2 Quiz 3
1.2: Basics of Functions and their Graphs
1.3:  More on Functions and their Graphs
10/7 1.4 -1.5:  Linear Functions and Slope
10/9 Fitting Lines to Data (ungraded, bring laptops)
10/14 Review for midterm
10/16 Midterm Exam
10/21 1.6:  Transformations of Functions
Transformations (bring laptops)
10/23 1.7:  Composition of Functions
10/28 1.8:  Inverse Functions
10/30 Quiz 4
1.9:  Distance and Midpoint Formulas; Circles
11/4 2.2:  Quadratic Functions
11/6 2.3:  Polynomial Functions and Their Graphs
Take-home quiz on Zeros of Polynomial Functions (bring laptops)
11/12 2.1, 2.4, 2.5: The Linear Factorization Theorem
11/13 2.6:  Rational Functions and their Graphs (ungraded, bring laptops)
11/18 Quiz 5
3.1:  Exponential Functions
11/20 3.2:  Logarithmic Functions
11/25 3.4:  Exploration of Exponents and Logarithms (bring laptops)
12/2 3.3:  Properties of Logarithms
12/4 Quiz 6
3.4:  Exponential Growth and Decay, Modeling Data
Extra Credit and Make-up work due
12/9 Review for Final
12/16 Final Exam

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