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Ray Brown, Professor
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Course: Math050 CRN: 20039 Section: G45 Meeting Time: MWF 1010 to 1125 hrs.
Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI)
  Course Syllabus
iPad Users Click Here     1. Whole Numbers
08/21 Mon Classes Start
08/21 Mon Orientation Homework
    Ch 1/2 Pre-Test
08/21 Mon 1.4 Exps, Variables, and Algebraic Expressions
    1.5 Rounding and Estimating; Square Roots
    1.6 Order of Operations
08/23 Wed 1.7 More with Equations and Problem Solving
Quiz: 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7
    2. Integers
08/23 Wed 2.1 Integers and the Number Line
2.2 Adding Integers
08/25 Fri 26 Aug Last Day to Add Classes
    2.3 Subtracting Integers
    2.4 Multiplying and Dividing Integers
    Quiz 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
08/28 Mon 2.5 Order of Operations; Averages
    2.6 Solving Equations with Integer Solutions
08/30 Wed Chapter 1/2 Review
09/01 Fri Post-Test Chapter 1 & 2
09/04 Mon 4 Sept Labor Day (College Closed)
    Practice A
    Practice Test A Ans
09/06 Sep Last day to drop
iPad Users Click Here     3. Algebraic Expressions and Linear Equations
09/06 Wed Ch3 Pre-test
09/06 Sep Last day to drop
    3.1 Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
09/08 Fri 3.2 Translating Words to Equations
3.3 Properties of Equality
Quiz: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
09/11 Mon 3.4a Solving Linear Equations
3.4b Solving Linear Equations
09/12 Tue
12 Sept 17 Convocation (closed; no classes)
09/13 Wed 3.5 Applications and Problem Solving
09/15 Fri Chapter 3 Review
    Practice A
    Practice Test A Ans
09/18 Mon Test 2 Ch3
iPad Users Click Here     6. Ratios, Proportions, and Measurement (Conversion Chart)
09/20 Wed Ch6/7 Pre-test
6.1 Ratios and Rates
09/22 Fri 6.2 Proportions and Similar Figures
09/25 Mon 6.3 The American System of Measurement
6.4 The Metric System of Measurement
Quiz 6.1, 6.2, 6.4
09/27 Wed 6.5 Am-Metric Conv; Temp
7. Percents
09/29 Fri 7.1 Intro to Percents
10/02 Mon 7.2 Using Eqs to Solve Percent Prob
Quiz 7.1, 7.2
7.4a Apps:  Sales Tax, Disc, and Net Pay
10/04 Wed 7.4b Applications:  Sales Tax, Discounts, and Net Pay (Worksheet)
10/06 Fri Chapter 6/7 Review
    Practice A
    Practice Test A Ans
10/09 Mon Test 3 Ch6/7
(Mid-Term grade Through Chapter 6/7)
iPad Users Click Here     8. Geometry
9-13 Oct Midterm Week
10/11 Wed Ch8/10 pre-test
    8.4 Perimeter and Circumference
    8.5 Area & Volume
    Quiz 8.4, 8.5
    10. Graphing(Graph Paper)
10/13 Fri 10.1 Introduction to Graphing
10.2a Eqs in 3 Vars
10/16 Mon 10.2b Eqs in 3 Vars
10.3 Graphing of Lines
Quiz 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
10/18 Wed 10.4a Slope and Rates of Change
10.4b Slope and Rates of Change
10/20 Fri 10.5a Slope - Intercept Form
10.5b Slope - Intercept Form
10/23 Mon ch10.5 wks
10/25 Wed 10.6a Point - Slope Form
10.6b Point - Slope Form
10/27 Fri Chapter 10 Review
    Practice A
    Practice Test A Ans
11/01 Wed Test 4 Ch 10
iPad Users Click Here     12. Polynomials and Exponents
11/03 Fri Ch12 Pre-test
    12.1 Rules for Exponents
11/06 Mon 12.2 Add and Subtract Polynomials
11/08 Wed Full-Term Last Day to withdraw with a W
    12.3 Multiplication of Polynomials
    Quiz 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
    12.4 Special Products
11/10 Fri 12.5a Integer Exponents and the Quotient Rule
11/13 Mon 12.5b Integer Exponents and the Quotient Rule
12.6 Division of Polynomials (mononomial only)
11/17 Fri Chapter 12 Review
    Practice A
    Practice Test A Ans
11/20 Mon Test 5 Ch 12
    MyMathLab Final Study Guide will open in MyMathLab after the chapter 12 post-test (Study guides due before you take the final)
iPad Users Click Here     Chapter 13 Factoring Polynomials & Solving Eqs
11/23 Wed Thanksgiving Holiday (College Closed)
11/24 Thu Thanksgiving Holiday (College Closed)
11/25 Fri Thanksgiving Holiday (College Closed)
11/27 Mon Ch13 pre-test
    13.1 Introduction to Factoring
11/29 Wed 13.2a Factoring Trinomials I (x2 + bx + c)
12/01 Fri 13.2b Factoring Trinomials I (x2 + bx + c)
12/04 Mon 13.4 Special Factoring
Quiz Ch13.1, 13.2, 13.4
12/06 Wed Chapter 13rev
    Ch 13 material is included on the final. No separate post-test
All Chapter 13 material is due Day of the Final.
    Practice A
    Practice Test A Ans
    MyMathLab Final Study Guide will open in MyMathLab after the chapter 12 post-test (Study guide due before you take the final)
iPad Users Click Here Course Final
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12/06 Wed Chapter 13rev
12/08 Fri Comprehensive Final Exam Due, 1 page notes 8.5x11 both sides allowed.
0910 to 1100 hrs
12/08 Fri Last Day of classes