Math 152B-3 Basic Algebra (Part II) Spring 2004
Instructor: Paul Tieslau
Phone: 530541 4660 ext 581
Email:
paultieslau@hotmail.com
Office Hours: I tutor in the GMC. Hours:
Mondays/Wednesdays 9 4pm
Required Text: Elementary & Intermediate Algebra, Mark Dugopolsky
Class: Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:00 to 7:50pm, room D108
Course Description: This course picks up where Math 152A left off, starting with formulas, absolute value, factoring, solving equations with rational polynomials and radicals, systems of linear equations, and solving quadratic equations.
Grading Policy: Quarter grades are based on
the following:
Homework 20% A 90
100%
Midterm 30% B 80
89%
Quizzes 20% C 70
79%
Final 30% D 60
69%
F 0
59%
Quizzes: There will be four quizzes. The lowest quiz will be dropped.
Make-ups: If you must miss a test or quiz, let me know ahead of time and well make arrangements.
Otherwise you can take a make-up-quiz one class day late for a 20% penalty.
Homework: This will be due the following class session. You must show your work to get credit. The process is more important than the answer. Each assignment is worth 10 points: 5 for completion and 5 for selected problems. Late homework is worth half credit and will not be accepted after one week.
Note: If you know youre going to miss class, you can turn in your homework early. Do this on campus in the main lobby, there is a Student Drop Box outside the mailroom.
Tutoring: The Gateway Math Center (GMC) hosts free tutoring on a drop-in basis, Mon-Fri 9-6.
Learning Disabilities: If you have a learning disability, be sure to
discuss it with me.
Learning disabilities will be
accommodated.
Class Schedule:
Dates Section Topic Homework
April
5 2.4 Introduction, Syllabus, Formulas #9,12,14,17,20,23,25,26,30,31,36,41,44,47,61,64,73,74
3.3 Absolute value #2,10,15,25,28,32,33,34,35,55,58,60,61,73,76
7 6.1 Factoring, GCF #7,10,13,16,18,19,24,25,28,31,34,37,52,55,59,62,63,66
6.2 Special Products, Grouping #7,10,12,13,17,18,65,68,71,76,79,80,82,83,85,88
12 6.3 Factoring quadratics with a = 1 #2,6,15,18,21,30,37,40,47,50,54,57,59,60,61,64,67,72,75,80
6.4 Quadratics with a 
1
#5-8,15,20,26,31,34,37,41,42,43,46,65,68,72,78,81,87
14 6.5 Factoring strategy #8,15,17,21,26,28,36,41,59,60,63,66,71,76
6.6 Solving equations by factoring #3,8,9,14,15,18,19,23,28,29,30,33,38,43,46,54,57,68,73
19 quiz 1 (study sections 2.4, 3.3, 6.1 6.4)
7.1 Reducing rational expressions #13,17,18,20,27,30,35,38,47,52,62,67,70,73,79,86,89,94
21 7.2 Multiplication and division #11,14,18,21,29,32,36,39,62,65,66,68
7.3 Least common denominator #27,30,31,34,35,40,43,46,51,54,55,58
26 7.4 Addition and subtraction #2,27,30,33,38,39,42,47,50,56,57
28 quiz 2 (study sections 6.5, 6.6, 7.1 7.3)
7.5 Complex Fractions #11,16,23,28,33,36,37,40
May
3 Review
5 Midterm (study all material covered so far)
10 7.6 Equations with rational expressions #2,4,16,19,29,30,39,50,53,56
12 7.7 Applications: Ratios & Proportions #20 25,33,34,40,41,46,48,55,56,59,61
7.8 More applications #13,14,17,20,28,31,34,37,39,42
17 8.1 Systems of linear equations #3,6,9,12,17 20,27,30,31,42,46,51
8.2 The addition method #7,10,13,18,19,22,27,30,40,43
19 8.7 Systems of linear inequalities #15,18,21,24,25,30,36,41
9.1 Radicals #2,3,9,16,20,23,29,34,41,46,74,77,87,88,91,92
24 quiz 3 (study sections 7.6 7.8, 8.1, 8.2)
9.2 Rational exponents #8,9,11,14,23,26,27,30,74,75,77,80,82,85,92,93
26 9.3 Operations with radicals #1,17,24,35,36,51,56,59,62,73,76,79,80,87,90,100,107
9.4 More operations with radicals #17,19,20,24,45,48,65,72
31 Memorial Day Holiday
June
2 9.5 Equations with radicals & exponents #7,10,15,22,34,35,39,42,48,53,55,58,64,67
9.6 Complex numbers #7,10,11,14,23,28,29,32,49,50,52,53
7 quiz 4 (study sections 8.7, 9.1 9.4)
10.1 Completing the square #7,12,19,22,43,48,53,56,68,69,76,77,80,85
9 10.2 The quadratic Formula #7,10,20,23,26,29,31,34,40,43,47,56
11.5 Variation #7,10,11,14,17,20 22,25,28,48,49,53,56
14 Review
16 Review
21 Final (66% of this will be on material since the midterm,
the other 34% will be on material before the midterm)