Homework
I will assign homework nearly every day (except exam days),
covering the material from the lecture given that day, and due the next day.
However, in case you have any questions about a homework assignment,
we can discuss it during the first quarter hour or so of the day that it's due.
During this time, I'll try to ensure that everybody knows how to do it.
So that you're not working on homework during the lecture,
you may always turn in homework assignments up to one class day late.
Homework problems will come in two forms:
Practice problems and Due problems.
Generally, the Practice problems will come from the textbook,
while I will write the Due problems myself,
(although there may be exceptions).
Only the Due problems actually need to be handed in.
You don't have to turn in the Practice problems, but you should try them!
If you find them easy, then you can skip to the next batch,
but the Practice problems will usually help you with the Due problems.
In any case, you'll need to practise the material
if you want to remember it
for the exam, a subsequent course, or the rest of your life.
As you do your homework,
I encourage you to talk with your fellow students.
In my class, this is not cheating!
However, the final result that you turn in to me
must be your own work, written by you in your own words;
you should understand (at least more or less) what you've written.
Don't turn in anything that you copied from another person,
and don't have other students copy from what you plan to turn in.
You can also look at other books and talk to other people,
but the same rules apply as if those books or people were your fellow students:
Understand what you turn in, and don't copy their words.
If you miss the homework,
you can download it here
in either PostScript
or
PDF
form.
After I return a homework assignment, I'll post my solutions here too.
- Introduction
- Lecture covered: October 1 Monday;
- Section of the textbook: 1.1;
- Date due: October 3 Wednesday
(or the next class meeting after you add);
- Practice problems:
From §1.1 (pages 7&8): 1–8 (or more);
- Due problem (essay): Why are you taking this course?
- The real numbers
- Lecture covered: October 3 Wednesday;
- Sections of the textbook: 1.2&1.3;
- Date due: October 5 Friday;
- Practice problems:
- From §1.2 (pages 15–17):
1–8, 15–28, 53–72;
- From §1.3 (pages 26–28):
1–88, 95–116;
- Due problems (with my answers):
- Arithmetic operations
- Lecture covered: October 5 Friday;
- Sections of the textbook: 1.4–1.6;
- Date due: October 8 Monday;
- Practice problems:
- From §1.4 (pages 37–40): 1–72, 125–128;
- From §1.5 (pages 47&48): 31–50, 53–59;
- From §1.6 (pages 55–57):
33–52, 61–64, 93–98.
- Due problems (with my answers):
- Linear expressions
- Lecture covered: October 8 Monday;
- Sections of the textbook: 1.5, 1.7
- Date due: October 10 Wednesday;
- Practice problems:
- From §1.5 (pages 47&48): 1–8;
- From §1.7 (pages 63–65):
1&2, 27–30, 39–48, 53–68,
77–80, 87–94.
- Due problems (with my answers):
- Linear equations
- Lecture covered: October 10 Wednesday;
- Section of the textbook: 2.1
- Date due: October 12 Friday;
- Practice problems: From §2.1 (pages 82–84): 1–92.
- Due problems (with my answers):
- More linear equations
- Lecture covered: October 12 Friday;
- Sections of the textbook: 2.2&2.3
- Date due: October 15 Monday;
- Practice problems:
- From §2.2 (pages 90–92): 1–70;
- From §2.3 (pages 100–103): 45–50, 101.
- Due problems (with my answers):
- Tricks; formulas
- Lecture covered: October 15 Monday;
- Sections of the textbook: 2.3&2.4
- Date due: October 17 Wednesday;
- Practice problems:
- From §2.3 (pages 100–103):
1–44, 51–82, 87–100;
- From §1.5 (pages 47&48): 21–30, 60&61;
- From §2.4 (pages 111–116):
9–28, 83–86.
- Due problems (with my answers):
- Several variables; modelling
- Lecture covered: October 17 Wednesday;
- Sections of the textbook: 2.4&2.5
- Date due: October 19 Friday;
- Practice problems:
- From §2.4 (pages 111–116): 1–8, 29–82;
- From §2.1 (pages 82–84): 93–100;
- From §2.2 (pages 90–92): 75–78;
- From §2.5 (pages 128–131):
3–8, 35–42, 73&74.
- Due problems (with my answers):
- More modelling and word problems
- Lectures covered: October 19&22;
- Sections of the textbook: 2.5–2.7
- Date due: October 24 Wednesday;
- Practice problems:
- From §2.5 (pages 128–131): 1&2, 43–72;
- From §2.6 (pages 136–138): 1–55;
- From §2.7 (pages 145–149): 1–56;
- From §1.6 (pages 55–57): 105&106.
- Due problems (with my answers):
- Order and inequalities
- Lecture covered: October 24 Wednesday;
- Sections of the textbook: 1.2, 2.8, 8.6
- Date due: October 29 Monday;
- Practice problems:
- From §1.2 (pages 15–17): 9–14, 37–52;
- From §2.8 (pages 161–164): 1–42;
- From §8.6 (pages 628–631):
1–10, 17–20.
- Optional problems in Discrete Mathematics:
- From §1.2 (pages 15–17): 79–92;
- From §8.6 (pages 628–631): 11–16.
- Due problems (with my answers):
- Solving linear inequalities
- Lecture covered: October 29 Monday;
- Sections of the textbook: 2.8, 8.6
- Date due: October 31 Wednesday;
- Practice problems:
- From §2.8 (pages 161–164): 43–94;
- From §8.6 (pages 628–631): 25–97.
- Due problems (with my answers):
- Absolute value
- Lecture covered: November 5 Monday;
- Sections of the textbook: 1.2, 8.7
- Date due: November 7 Wednesday;
- Practice problems:
- From §1.2 (pages 15–17): 29–36;
- From §1.3 (pages 26–28): 89–94;
- From §1.4 (pages 37–40): 133–136.
- Due problems (with my answers):
- Solving equations and inequalities with absolute values
- Lectures covered: November 5–9;
- Section of the textbook: 8.7
- Date due: November 9 or 12;
- Practice problems:
- From §8.7 (pages 640–643):
1–6, 11–90,
optional 91–98 (extra-credit style).
- Due problems (with my answers):
- Graphing with two variables
- Lectures covered: November 7–12;
- Sections of the textbook: 3.1&3.2
- Date due: November 14 Wednesday;
- Practice problems:
- From §3.1 (pages 185–190): 1–74;
- From §3.2 (pages 201–205): 1–118.
- Due problems:
- Slopes of lines
- Lecture covered: November 14 Wednesday;
- Sections of the textbook: 3.3, 3.5
- Date due: November 16 Friday;
- Practice problems:
- From §3.3 (pages 213–217):
1–70, 75–82, 89–96;
- From §3.5 (pages 232–235):
1, 4–6, 9–74.
- Due problems:
- Graphing linear equations
- Lecture covered: November 16 Friday;
- Sections of the textbook: 3.4, 3.6
- Date due: November 19 Monday;
- Practice problems:
- From §3.3 (pages 213–217): 71–74, 83–88;
- From §3.4 (pages 224–226): 1–96;
- From §3.5 (pages 232–235): 2&3, 7&8, 75–86;
- From §3.6 (pages 241–244):
1–92 (at least 1–8, 64–78).
- Due problems:
- Graphing linear inequalities; systems of linear equations
- Lecture covered: November 19 Monday;
- Sections of the textbook: 3.8, 4.1
- Date due: November 26 Monday;
- Practice problems:
- From §3.8 (pages 258–261): 1–50, 63–72;
- From §4.1 (pages 281–285): 1–38.
- Due problems:
- Solving systems of linear equations
- Lecture covered: November 26 Monday;
- Sections of the textbook: 4.1–4.3
- Date due: November 28 Wednesday;
- Practice problems:
- From §4.1 (pages 281–285): 39–70;
- From §4.2 (pages 292–295): 1–63;
- From §4.3 (pages 302–306): 1–76.
- Due problems:
- Word problems requiring two variables and two equations
- Lectures covered: November 28&30;
- Sections of the textbook: 4.4&4.5
- Date due: December 3 Monday;
- Practice problems:
- From §4.4 (pages 312–314): 1–37;
- From §4.5 (pages 321–325): 1–44.
- Due problems:
- Exponentiation and polynomials
- Lectures covered: 11-30&12-03;
- Sections of the textbook: 1.6&5.1
- Date due: December 5 Wednesday;
- Practice problems:
- From §1.6 (pages 55–57):
1–32, 53–60, 65–88, 99–104;
- From §1.7 (pages 63–65):
3–26, 31–38, 49–52, 69–76, 81–86;
- From §5.1 (pages 350–354): 1–124.
- Due problems:
- Multiplying and dividing monomials
- Lecture covered: December 5 Wednesday;
- Sections of the textbook: 5.2, 5.4
- Date due: December 7 Friday;
- Practice problems:
- From §5.2 (pages 358–360): 1–80;
- From §5.4 (pages 380–382):
1–102, optional 113–120.
- Due problems:
- Multiplying and dividing polynomials
- Lecture covered: December 7 Friday;
- Sections of the textbook: 5.3, 5.5
- Date due: December 10 Monday;
- Practice problems:
- From §5.3 (pages 367–370): 1–144;
- From §5.4 (pages 380–382): 103–112;
- From §5.5 (pages 388–391): 1–100.
- Due problems:
- Scientific notation
- Lecture covered: December 10 Monday;
- Sections of the textbook: 5.6
- Date due: December 12 Wednesday;
- Practice problems:
- From §5.6 (pages 396–398):
1–78, 87–100.
- Due problems:
- That's it!
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