Fall 2007 Math 124 Section B1



Course Information
Homework
Definitions
Review Sheets
Quiz Answers
Help Sheets


Course Information

Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 10-11, Thursday 11-12 in 108 Altgeld and by appointment.

Course Syllabus

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ALEKS must be taken by September 5th.


Suggested Homework Problems:

8/22/07: Read Section 5.1 up to Venn Diagrams. Do problems 1, 3, 5-8, 9, 11. Express the complement of a union of sets in terms of the basic set operations. Answers

8/24/07: Read the rest of 5.1. Do problems 15-25 odds, 27-32 all, 33, 35, 37, 41, 42. For a set A with n(A)=n, how many subsets does it have? Answers

8/27/07: Read Section 5.2 up to Permutations. Do problems 1-19 odd.

8/29/07: Read the rest of Section 5.2. Do problems 21-23, 25-28, 29-31. Answers Study for Quiz 1! Quiz 1 covers 5.1-5.2.

8/31/07: Read Section 5.3 up to Additional Counting Problems. Do problems 1-8, 9-21 odd. Quiz 1. Answers

9/5/07: Read the rest of Section 5.3 and 6.1 up to Probability Functions. Do problems 23-29, 31 in 5.3 and 1-4, 5-13 odd in 6.1. Answers Study for Quiz 2! Quiz 2 covers 5.3, 6.1.

9/7/07: Read the rest of 6.1. Do problems 15-18, 21-24, 27-29, 31-41 odd. Answers

9/10/07: Read 6.2 up to the birthday problem. Do problems 1-6, 7-13 odd. Answers

9/12/07: Read the rest of 6.2. Do problems 15-21 odd, 23-26, 27-35 odd. Answers Study for Quiz 3! Quiz 3 covers 6.1 and 6.2.

9/14/07: Read 6.3. Do problems 1-4, 5-33 odd. Start coming up with questions for the exam. Answers

9/17/07: Review for Exam I. Look over old homeworks, quizzes. Do problems 1-29 odd on p.249 and 1-31 odd on p.321.

9/19/07: EXAM 7-8pm in Altgeld 345.

9/21/07: Enjoy your day off.

9/24/07: Read all of 6.4. Do problems 1, 3, 5-8, 9-15 odd. Answers

9/26/07: Read all of 6.5. Do problems 1-7 odd, 13-16, 17-23 odd, 25-29, 31, 33. Study for Quiz 4!

9/28/07: Read all of 7.1. Do problems 1-19 odd, 21-24, 25, 27. Answers

10/1/07: Read 7.2 up to example 5. Do problems 1-4, 5-11 odd. Answers

10/3/07: Read the rest of 7.2. Do problems 13-16, 17-23 odd. Answers Study for Quiz 5!

10/5/07: Read 1.2 up to p. 16. Do problems 1-10, 11, 13. Answers

10/8/07: Read the rest of 1.2. Do problems 15-43 odd.

10/10/07: Read 1.3. Do problems 1-31 odd. Study for Quiz 6!

10/12/07: Read Section 1.4. Do problems 1-4, 5-29 odd. Answers

10/15/07: Finish 1.4, review for Exam.

10/17/07: Review and EXAM (at night).

10/19/07: Enjoy your day off!

10/22/07: Read Section 1.5. Do problems 1-9 odd, 17-25 odd.

10/24/07: Read Section 1.6. Do problems 1-15 odd. Example

10/26/07: Read Section 2.1 up to Row Echelon Form. Do problems 1-18. Answers

10/29/07: Read the rest of Section 2.1. Do problems 19-33 odd.

10/31/07: Read Section 2.2 up through Multisystems. Do problems 1-6, 7-13 odd. Answers

11/2/07: Read the rest of Section 2.2 and Section 2.3 up to Parametrically Represented Solutions. Pay close attention to Example 4 in 2.2! Do problems 15, 16 in 2.2 and 1-19 odd in 2.3. Answers

11/5/07: Read the rest of Section 2.3. Pay close attention to Example 6! Do problems 21-35 odd.

11/7/07: Read Section 2.4. Do problems 1-6, 7-15 odd.

11/26/07: Read Section 3.1 up to Properties of Matrix Multiplication. Do problems 1-33 odd.

11/28/07: Read the rest of Section 3.1, start 3.2. Do problems 35-53 odd in 3.1 and 1-19 odd.

11/30/07: Read the rest of Section 3.2. Do problems 21-51 odd. Study for Quiz 10!

12/3/07: Read the rest of 3.2, read 3.3. Do problems 31-51 odd in 3.2, 1-19 odd in 3.3.

12/5/07: Review for Final. Have questions ready.

12/7/07: Review for Final. Have questions ready. Quiz 11.

12/10/07: FINAL EXAM 8:00-11:00am in Altgled 145! The final will be approximately 30 questions and will count as 31% of your grade. It will be comprehensive, so review your probability!


Definitions

Section 5.1

Section 5.2

Section 5.3

Section 6.1

Section 6.2

Section 6.3

Section 6.5

Section 7.1

Section 7.2

Section 1.2

Section 1.3

Section 1.4

Section 1.5

Section 2.1

Section 2.2

Section 2.3

Section 2.4

Section 3.1

Section 3.2

Section 3.3


Review Sheets

Exam I will be on Wednesday September 19, it covers sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3.

Exam Tips

Guide 1

Review Session Tuesday September 18, 7-9pm in Altgeld 147.

Exam 1 Worksheet

Do not check the Exam 1 Worksheet Answers before working them out for yourself!

Exam II will be held from 7-8pm on Wednesday October 17 in Altgeld 345, it covers sections 6.4, 6.5, 7.1, 7.2, 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4.

Guide 2

Review Session Tuesday October 16, 7-8pm in Altgeld 141.

Exam 2 Worksheet

Do not check the Exam 2 Worksheet Answers before working them out for yourself!

Exam III will be held 7-8pm on Wednesday November 14 in Altgeld 345, it covers sections 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4.

Guide 3

Exam 3 Worksheet

The Final Exam will be comprehensive. It will be held December 10, 8:00-11:00am in Altgeld 145 (our normal classroom).

Final Guide

Final Exam Worksheet

Final Exam Worksheet Answers.

I will be holding a review session on Sunday December 9th from 5-7pm in Altgeld 145.

Another section will be having a review session 1-3pm on Sunday as well, also in Altgeld 145.


Quiz Answers

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

Quiz 3

Quiz 4

Quiz 5

Quiz 6

Quiz 7

Quiz 10


Help Sheets

Set Operations

Inclusion Exclusion Formulas

Permutations vs. Combinations

Words

Probability Functions

Dice Problems

Bayes' Theorem

Cumulative Distribution Tables

Linear Programming

Linear Programming Word Problems

Gaussian Elimination

Consistency and Parameters

Gauss-Jordan Elimination

Matrix Multiplication

Finding Inverses

Leontief Open Model


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