Math V01 (MWF) Start Page, Fall 2008
Introduction and Announcements
Welcome to the start page for Math V01 (Elementary Algebra) at Ventura College. Michael Bowen (email) will be teaching this course during the fall 2008 semester.
Important note: This web page is not a substitute for attending class; regular attendance is an expectation of this course. Modifications to homework assignments, and other important news announced in class, may not appear on this page for several days. You are still responsible for all assignments and in-class announcements even if they do not appear here! If you wish to verify information on this page, please contact the instructor.
Textbook Information
This text is required:
- Author: M. Lial
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Title: You may obtain either:
- Beginning Algebra, 2nd custom edition for Ventura College, or
- Beginning Algebra, 10th edition
- ISBN-10: 053645499X (2nd custom edition, if purchasing from VC bookstore) or 0321437268 (10th edition, if purchasing elsewhere)
- ISBN-13: 9780536454997 (2nd custom edition, if purchasing from VC bookstore) or 9780321437266 (10th edition, if purchasing elsewhere)
- VC bookstore price before tax: New $77.29; Used $58.00
Holidays
Classes at Ventura College will meet Monday through Friday each week of the semester, excepting only the dates listed below.
- Monday 1 Sep 2008 (Labor Day)
- Monday 10 Nov 2008 (Veterans Day)
- Thursday and Friday 27–28 Nov 2008
Final Examination
Date/time: Monday 15 December 2008, 10:00 a.m. (this is 30 minutes EARLIER than our usual meeting time)
Be sure that your big party to celebrate the end of finals occurs after the appropriate date. Requests for administration of early or late finals that require the instructor to reschedule his work or make a special trip to campus are subject to a deduction of points, regardless of the reason for the request.
Grading Status
Check whether final grades are posted yet for your course.
Current Assignments
- These are listed in reverse chronological order.
- Note: "EOO" (every other odd) means to do problems
1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 45, 49, 53, 57, 61, etc. - Note: Please do "E.C." (extra credit) problems on a separate sheet of paper from the regular assignment.
| Due Date | § | Title | Problems | E.C. |
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| 15 Dec 2008 |
Final Examination (Exam begins at 10:00) Optional study problems suggested at right |
(For students with minimal study time) Page 431: 1–77 EOO Page 461: 1–24 ALL Page 542: 1–16 ALL |
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(For students with additional study time) The above plus Page 431: Remaining problems from 1–80 Page 457: 1–16 ALL; 19–27 ALL; 31–56 ALL Page 539: 1–36 ALL Even-numbered problems from the ranges of the Chapter 6–7 homework assignments |
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| 15 Dec 2008 | 7.2 | Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions | 5–61 EOO | — |
| 7.3 | Least Common Denominators | 5–69 EOO | — | |
| 7.4 | Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions | 9–69 EOO | — | |
| 7.5 | Complex Fractions | (No assignment) | — | |
| 7.6 | Solving Equations with Rational Expressions | (No assignment) | 88 | |
| 7.7 | Applications of Rational Expressions | (No assignment) | — | |
| 7.8 | Variation | (No assignment) | — | |
| 10 Dec 2008 | 6.4 | Special Factoring Techniques | 7–53 ODD | — |
| 6.5 | Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring | 13–81 EOO | — | |
| 6.6 | Applications of Quadratic Equations | (No assignment) | — | |
| 7.1 | The Fundamental Property of Rational Expressions | 13–23 ODD; 27; 29–61 EOO; 63–73 ODD | — | |
| 3 Dec 2008 | 6.1 | The Greatest Common Factor; Factoring by Grouping | 1–85 EOO | — |
| 6.2 | Factoring Trinomials | 23–59 ODD | — | |
| 6.3 | More on Factoring Trinomials | 25–77 EOO; 79; 81; 83 | — | |
| 21 Nov 2008 |
Chapter 5 Test (Last chapter test before the final exam) Optional study problems suggested at right |
(For students with minimal study time) Page 395: 1–8 ALL; 10; 11; 13–25 ALL |
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(For students with additional study time) The above plus Page 391: 1–37 ALL; 44–52 ALL; 55–68 ALL; 74–76 ALL; 79–88 ALL Even-numbered problems from the ranges of the Chapter 5 homework assignments |
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| 19 Nov 2008 | 5.7 | Dividing Polynomials | 41–73 EOO | — |
| 17 Nov 2008 | 5.6 | Special Products | 5–53 ODD | — |
| 5.7 | Dividing Polynomials | 7–31 ODD | — | |
| 12 Nov 2008 | 5.3 | An Application of Exponents: Scientific Notation | 13–49 ODD | — |
| 5.4 | Adding and Subtracting Polynomials; Graphing Simple Polynomials | 9–77 ODD | 90; 92; 94; 96 | |
| 5.5 | Multiplying Polynomials | 3–83 ODD | — | |
| 10 Nov 2008 | Veterans' Day holiday; no class | |||
| 3 Nov 2008 | 5.1 | The Product Rule and Power Rules for Exponents | 25–79 ODD | — |
| 5.2 | Integer Exponents and the Quotient Rule | 15–51 ODD; 57–71 ODD | 74; 76; 78 | |
| 29 Oct 2008 |
Chapter 4 Test Optional study problems suggested at right |
(For students with minimal study time) Page 323: 2–19 ALL |
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(For students with additional study time) The above plus Page 320: 1–38 ALL; 40–47 ALL; 49 Even-numbered problems from the ranges of the Chapter 4 homework assignments |
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| 29 Oct 2008 | 4.4 | Applications of Linear Systems | (No assignment) | 11; 15; 19; 21; 25; 29; 37; 39 |
| 4.5 | Solving Systems of Linear Inequalities | (No assignment) | 5–23 ODD | |
| 27 Oct 2008 | 4.2 | Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Substitution | 3–31 ODD | — |
| 4.3 | Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Elimination | 5–41 ODD | — | |
| 22 Oct 2008 |
Class is canceled for today (22 October)—see you on the 24th! Homework quiz for section 4.1 will be administered Friday 24 October; please be ready (and arrive on time)! |
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| 20 Oct 2008 | 4.1 | Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Graphing |
1–9 ODD; 17–29 EOO; 33–41 ODD Download graph paper if needed; use a sharp pencil and a straightedge! |
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| 17 Oct 2008 |
Chapter 3 Test Optional study problems suggested at right |
(For students with minimal study time) Page 268: 1–25; ALL |
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(For students with additional study time) The above plus Page 265: 3–23 ODD; 24; 25–47 ODD Even-numbered problems from the ranges of the Chapter 3 homework assignments |
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| 13 Oct 2008 | 3.4 | Equations of a Line | 7–33 ODD; 37–53 ODD; 63; 65 | — |
| 3.5 | Graphing Linear Inequalities in Two Variables | 11–29 ODD | — | |
| 3.6 | Functions | 7–27 ODD; 33–37 ODD | — | |
| 6 Oct 2008 | 3.1 | Reading Graphs; Linear Equations in Two Variables | 9–69 ODD | — |
| 3.2 | Graphing Linear Equations in Two Variables | 1; 3; 5; 17–55 ODD; 63; 67 | — | |
| 3.3 | The Slope of a Line | 3–9 ODD; 17–51 ODD; 57–63 ODD | — | |
| 29 Sep 2008 |
Chapter 2 Test Optional study problems suggested at right |
(For students with minimal study time) Page 186: 1–20 ALL |
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(For students with additional study time) The above plus Page 181: 1–67 ODD Even-numbered problems from the ranges of the Chapter 2 homework assignments |
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| 24 Sep 2008 | 2.7 | Further Applications of Linear Equations | 17–37 EOO | — |
| 2.8 | Solving Linear Inequalities | 9–69 EOO | — | |
| 22 Sep 2008 | 2.4 | An Introduction to Applications of Linear Equations | 5–53 EOO | — |
| 2.5 | Fomulas and Applications from Geometry | 13–45 EOO; 63–85 ODD | — | |
| 2.6 | Ratios and Proportions | 3–11 ODD; 29–61 EOO | — | |
| 15 Sep 2008 | 2.1 | The Addition Propery of Equality | 5–41 EOO; 49–65 EOO | — |
| 2.2 | The Multiplication Property of Equality | 9–69 EOO | — | |
| 2.3 | More on Solving Linear Equations | 5–61 ODD | — | |
| 8 Sep 2008 |
Chapter 1 Test Optional study problems suggested at right |
(For students with minimal study time) Page 93: 1–32 ALL Page 92: 129–140 ALL; 143; 144 |
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(For students with additional study time) The above plus Page 88: 1–127 ODD Even-numbered problems from the ranges of the Chapter 1 homework assignments |
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| 5 Sep 2008 | Due to a campus emergency, the Chapter 1 examination originally scheduled for today has been postponed to Monday 8 September. Please be ready promptly at 10:30 a.m. on Monday. There is no additional homework due for next week; however, please begin to study Chapter 2. | |||
| 3 Sep 2008 | — | Syllabus Worksheet (obtain a copy) | ||
| 1.6 | Multiplying and Dividing Real Numbers | 13–117 EOO | — | |
| 1.7 | Properties of Real Numbers | 1–29 ODD; 55–79 ODD | — | |
| 1.8 | Simplifying Expressions | 5–73 EOO | — | |
| 25 Aug 2008 | 1.1 | Fractions | 7–51 ODD; 55–69 ODD | — |
| 1.2 | Exponents, Order of Operations, and Inequality | 1–19 ODD; 23–49 ODD; 53–79 ODD; 83; 85 | — | |
| 1.3 | Variables, Expressions, and Equations | 13–55 ODD; 59–81 ODD; | — | |
| 1.4 | Real Numbers and the Number Line | 9–19 ODD; 23–63 ODD; | — | |
| 1.5 | Adding and Subtracting Real Numbers | 9–97 EOO | — | |
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Future Assignments (tentative): The instructor may make changes to this list from time to time.
Students must not rely on printed versions of this list; instead, they should check the live online version periodically for possible updates.
Students who work ahead and complete one or more assignments in advance are taking a risk that the assignment(s) may change before the due date, in which case the advice in the preceding sentence is particularly applicable.
In any case, students are responsible for completing the assignments as finalized in the Current Assignments section above, and should not expect to earn extra credit for completing tentatively assigned exercises that are later modified or removed from this list.
- (Due dates have been designated for all remaining assignments; please see above)
- Course Handouts and Study Aids:
- The documents listed below are available for viewing or download. Please read the following bullets carefully before selecting any documents.
- To view documents in PDF format, we suggest that you first download and install the Adobe® Acrobat Reader™ on your computer if you have not done so previously. This free software is a de facto standard Web document viewer that will enable you to access content at this and many other websites. Alternatively, you may also use other software products capable of displaying or printing PDF format files (several such products are available for download, some at no cost). We recommend that you select this version of any document that you need to print on paper (for example, to replace a lost copy).
- Documents in HTML format are best for on-screen reading. Although these can usually be printed, they are not specifically designed to be printer-friently. Thus, the formatting may be odd in some cases, depending on the combination of software and printer, and text may spill over the margins onto two or more pages.
- Documents in DOC format were created using Microsoft® Word. If this software is installed on your computer, we suggest that you use it to view these documents. If you do not have this software, you can still view Word documents if you first download the Word Viewer. This is free software from Microsoft that will permit you to open (but not modify) documents created using any of the most recent versions of MS Word.
- Documents in PPT format are PowerPoint® presentations. If this software is installed on your computer, we suggest that you use it to view these documents. After your document opens in PowerPoint, press the F5 button to view the slide show in full-screen mode. If you do not have this software, you can still view PowerPoint documents if you first download the PowerPoint Viewer. This is free software from Microsoft that will permit you to open (but not modify) documents created using any of the most recent versions of MS PowerPoint.
- Handouts links
- Course Information: (HTML) | (PDF)
- Course Requirements and Grading, Side 1: (HTML) | (PDF)
- Course Requirements and Grading, Side 2: (HTML) | (PDF)
- Tips for Success: (HTML) | (PDF)
- Standards of Student Conduct and Classroom Rules (HTML) | (PDF)
- Syllabus Worksheet: (DOC) | (PDF)
- Instructor's Schedule (PDF; not really a handout; this is a copy of the printed schedule that appears on the instructor's office door)
- Study aids links
- Multiplication Tables: (DOC) | (PDF)
- Divisibility Rules: (DOC) | (PDF)
- Sieve of Eratosthenes (PDF) with directions (finds prime numbers) (HTML)
- Powers of Ten Tutorial (off-site; requires Java™ Runtime Environment [free download] to be installed and enabled on your computer): (HTML)
- Translating English Phrases Into Algebraic Expressions: (DOC) | (PDF)
- Multilingual Vocabulary for Mathematics (possibly helpful for students whose first language is not English): (HTML)
- Basic Geometry Review: (PPT) | (PDF)
