MATH-1100-WBP02

Welcome to the permanent home page for Section WBP02 of MATH-1100 (Intermediate Algebra) at Southeast Community College in the Fall semester of 2024. I am Toby Bartels, your instructor.

Course administration

Contact information

Feel free to send a message at any time, even nights and weekends (although I'll be slower to respond then).

Readings

The official textbook for the course is the 4th Edition of Elementary & Intermediate Algebra written by Sullivan et al and published by Prentice-Hall (Pearson). You will automatically get an online version of this textbook through Canvas, although you can use a print version instead if you like. This comes with access to Pearson MyLab, integrated into Canvas, on which many of the assignments appear.

Rational expressions

  1. General review:
  2. Rational expressions:
  3. Multiplying and dividing rational expressions:
  4. Adding and subtracting rational expressions:
  5. Complex rational expressions:
  6. Rational equations:
  7. Word problems with division:
Quiz 1, covering the material in Problem Sets 1–7, is available on September 13 Friday and due on September 16 Monday.

Systems of equations and inequalities

  1. Systems of equations:
  2. Solving systems of equations:
  3. Word problems with multiple variables:
  4. Mixture problems:
  5. Compound inequalities:
  6. Absolute-value inequalities:
  7. Absolute-value equations:
  8. Word problems with inequalities and absolute values:
Quiz 2, covering the material in Problem Sets 8–15, is available on October 11 Friday and due on October 16 Wednesday.

Roots and radicals

  1. Roots:
  2. Fractional exponents:
  3. Simplifying radical expressions:
  4. Adding and subtracting radical expressions:
  5. Multiplying radical expressions:
  6. Dividing radical expressions:
  7. Radical equations:
  8. Complex numbers:
  9. Advanced operations on complex numbers:
Quiz 3, covering the material in Problem Sets 16–24, is available on November 1 Friday and due on November 4 Monday.

Quadratic equations and functions

  1. Quadratic equations:
  2. Completing the square:
  3. The quadratic formula:
  4. Fancy equations:
  5. Word problems with quadratic equations and roots:
  6. Graphs:
  7. Relations:
  8. Functions:
  9. Graphs of functions:
Quiz 4, covering the material in Problem Sets 25–33, is available on November 25 Monday and due on December 2 Monday.

Quizzes

  1. Rational expressions:
  2. Systems of equations and inequalities:
  3. Roots and radicals:
  4. Quadratic equations and functions:

Final exam

There is a comprehensive final exam at the end of the term. (You'll arrange to take it some time December 9–13.) To speed up grading at the end of the term, the exam is multiple choice and filling in blanks, with no partial credit.

For the exam, you may use one sheet of notes that you wrote yourself; please take a scan or a picture of this (both sides) and submit it on Canvas. However, you may not use your book or anything else not written by you. You certainly should not talk to other people! Calculators are allowed (although you shouldn't really need one), but not communication devices (like cell phones).

The exam consists of questions similar in style and content to those in the practice exam (DjVu).

The final exam will be proctored. If you're near any of the three main SCC campuses (Lincoln, Beatrice, Milford), then you can schedule the exam at one of the Testing Centers; it will automatically be ready for you at Lincoln, but let me know if you plan to take it at Beatrice or Milford, so that I can have it ready for you there. If you have access to a computer with a webcam and mike, then you can take it using ProctorU for a small fee; let me know if you want to do this so that I can send you an invitation to schedule it. If you're near Lincoln, then we may be able to schedule a time for you to take the exam with me in person. If none of these will work for you, then contact me as soon as possible!


This web page and the files linked from it (except for the official syllabus) were written by Toby Bartels, last edited on 2024 December 2. Toby reserves no legal rights to them.

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