GMS 91, Intermediate Algebra
(2:20-3:35 MW in LA-4)


Final exam: The final exam is at 10-12 on Wed, Dec 17 in C-9 (note nonstandard location!). It is cumulative. Here is the review sheet I promised.

Office hours during exam week: 5:30-7 on Mon (12/15) and 2-5 on Tue (12/16).

Syllabus: Here is the syllabus.

Online resources:
 Homework:

Webwork problem sets close at midnight at the end of the day they are due. So for example the set that is due 9/15 closes as 9/15 becomes 9/16. The computer is inflexible about the deadline, and computers/internet connections etc have the bad habit of failing as you cram to finish your homework just before time runs out. So be wise, start early.

Assigned
 Due date Read
 Exercises
9/8
 9/15
 No textbook to read yet
 Do Homework_0 on Webwork.
9/15
 9/29
 Ch 1
 Do Homework_1 on Webwork. Notice that some of the exercises in this set allow only 3 attempts. Be careful not to waste your attempts.
10/1
 10/6
 Ch 1
 Complete the worksheet on rational numbers. Turn it in either in class on 10/6 or in the envelope outside my office by 8:30 PM on 10/6.
10/1
 10/8
 Ch 1
 Do Homework_2 on Webwork. All of the exercises now allow only a limited number of attempts, although you do get 5 chances for each problem.
10/8
Ch 1
Solutions to the worksheet on rational number
 No new homework. Use the time to prepare for our first exam on 10/13 and study how to do the problems on the worksheet on rational numbers.
10/13
 10/20
 Ch 1
 Do Homework_3 on Webwork.
10/20
 10/29
 Ch 2.1-4
 Do Homework_4 on Webwork.
10/29
 11/7
 Ch 2.5 and 4.1-5
 Do Homework_5 on Webwork. Write up your solution neatly to problems 8 and 12, showing all the details of your work, and submit it on paper in class, or in the envelope on my office door by 8 PM on Fri, 11/7. Get started early, so you don't run out of time. Here are some hints:

In problems 7, 11, and 12, keep in mind the direction of an inequality changes if you multiply by a negative number. This will force you to look at several cases. In problems 5-6, 8, and 9, deal with the absolute value by considering several cases depending on whether the quantity inside is positive (or 0), or negative.
11/12
 11/19
 Ch 4.5-6
 Do Homework_6 on Webwork.
11/19
Ch 4.6
 Homework holiday! No new exercises this time. Enjoy a short break.
11/26
 12/5
 Ch 5.1-4
 Do Homework_7 on Webwork.
12/8
 12/15
 Ch 5.5-7 and Ch. 6.1, 2
 Do Homework_8 on Webwork.

The problem of the fortnight: The Mathematics Department in San Diego posts a new fun problem every two weeks.  If you'd like to submit a solution, give it or e-mail it to me, so that I can fax them all together to San Diego. Winners receive prizes.

California Mathematics Council conference: Here is the official website of the conference. If you are coming along to the conference, please, look at the online conference schedule and pick some talks you will want to attend. Once at the conference, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the number of options and spend the day reading the schedule and wandering around looking for the locations instead of attending talks.

Solutions:
 Useful links: The links below lead to sites with encyclopedias of math terms.  You can use them to find definitions, examples, and some theorems.
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