MATH110S04 College Algebra

Notation: (page number) — page numbers are in parenthesis (#)  Study by doing problems every day.  The Quizzes and Tests will be drawn from the kinds of problems in the book for the material covered.   PACE YOURSELF doing a few problems (typically four or five) each day.

QUIZZES and TESTS will be on TUESDAYS -- Quizzes will generally be on previous two classes work unless announced otherwise.  The material on TESTS will be CUMULATIVE although RECENT work will be a larger part of the test than older work.

STRICKTHROUGH means that the Class has been given.

GENERAL HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT— Do ALL the problems at the end of each section as it is covered.  This is not to turn in.  The only way to achieve a real command of the material is to do problems.  You should do as many problems as you can, especially the odd numbered ones which have the answers in the back of the book.  If you have difficulty with these -- then you should ask questions in class or have a classmate show you how he or she did the problems.  UNDERSTANDING is not a "point" event but rather a cumulative awareness of how things work that is confirmed with each success.  So if at first you don't success, try try again.  I liked how one student answered the G.K. Chesterton question about "Anything worth doing is worth doing ______." -- the answer is "badly" but the student answered "again."  Algebra problem solving is worth doing again, and again, and again because repetition produces mastery.