Math 285 Final Exam Results and Overall Course Grades

The average score on the final exam was 56.1/100. The scale for the exam was:

A 86-100
B 70-85
C 54-69
D 38-53
F 0-37

Overall course grades were computed using the formula

0.075*HOMEWORK+0.075*IODE PROJECTS+0.1*QUIZZES+0.2*(SUM OF TWO MIDTERMS)+0.35*FINAL.

The average overall course score was 69.4/100. The scale used to compute overall course grades was:

A 86-100 (A- 86-90)
B 70-85 (B- 70-74, B+ 81-85)
C 54-58 (C- 59-64, C+ 65-69)
D 38-53 (D- 38-42, D+ 49-53)
F 0-37

Solutions to selected problems from homeworks 13 and 14.

I will have extra office hours during the week of December 9-13:

Monday 12/9 from 3:30-4:30

Tuesday 12/10 from 1:00-2:00

Wednesday 12/11 from 10:30-11:30

Thursday 12/12 from 1:00-2:00

Friday 12/13 from 10:30-11:30

The sixth (and final) quiz will be on Tuesday, December 10, covering sections 9.5 and 9.6.

Solutions to the extra credit assignment from section 9.2.

Solutions to selected problems from homeworks 11 and 12.

The fifth quiz will be on Thursday, November 21, covering sections 9.2, 9.3 and 9.4.

The deadline for the fourth IODE project (part 2 of homework 11) has been extended to Tuesday, November 19. It is due IN CLASS on that day!

The second midterm exam was returned on Tuesday, November 5. The average score was 47.2/65. The scale for the exam was:

A 58-65
B 50-57
C 42-49
D 34-41
F 0-33

The fourth quiz will be on Thursday, November 7, covering sections 3.8 and 9.1.

The date for the second midterm exam has been changed to Tuesday, October 29. It will cover sections 2.1, 2.2 and 3.1 - 3.6.

The third quiz will be on Tuesday, October 15, covering sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 (not sections 3.3 and 3.4, as was previously stated here).

The first midterm exam was returned on Tuesday, October 8. The average score was 48.4/65. The scale for the exam was:

A 57-65
B 48-56
C 40-47
D 32-39
F 0-31

The date for the first midterm exam has been changed to Tuesday, October 1. It will cover all of Chapter 1 as well as sections 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6.

The second quiz will be on Thursday, September 19, covering sections 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5.

Tuesday, September 17: Class will meet in the Engineering Linux Lab (406B1 Engineering).

The first quiz will be on Tuesday, September 10, covering sections 1.1 and 1.2.

The Math 285 Tutoring Room is now open.

Thursday, September 5: Class will meet in the Grainger EWS Lab (57 Grainger Engineering Library-in the basement).

Non-Engineering students registered in this course must email me within the first week of classes
with their NetID so that I can create an account for them in the EWS labs.