| Instructor: | Professor Mark Ballard |
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| Office: | JB 530 |
| Office Hours: | MW 9:20-10:30 |
| Quarter: | Winter 2010 |
| Units: | 4 |
| Prerequisites: | You must have passed a course in prealgebra or achieved a sufficiently high score on the ELM exam. |
Elementary and Intermediate Algebra, second edition, by Sullivan, Struve, and Mazzarella
The main goal in this course is to develop your problem solving ability. To this end, there will be a strong emphasis on learning the techniques for solving word problems. It is very important that you ask questions on any material you do not understand. You help the rest of the class and me by indicating where you are having difficulty.
| Week 1 | Introduction, 1.2-1.3 |
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| Week 2 | 1.4-1.5, 1.6-1.7, 1.8 |
| Week 3 | 2.1-2.2, 2.3-2.4, 2.5-2.6 |
| Week 4 | 2.7, 3.1-3.2, 3.3-3.4 |
| Week 5 | 3.5-3.6, Review, Midterm |
| Week 6 | 5.1-5.2, 5.3-5.4, 5.5-5.6 |
| Week 7 | 6.1-6.2, 6.3-6.4, 6.5-6.6 |
| Week 8 | 6.7, 7.1-7.2, 7.3-7.4 |
| Week 9 | 7.5, 7.6 |
| Week 10 | 7.7, Review |
Your homework will be assigned from a web-based program known as MyMathLab. The explanation of how to register, logon, and do your homework assignments from its website will be given during the first week of class.