Math V01 (4:30) Start Page, Spring 2008
Introduction and Announcements
Welcome to the start page for Math V01 (Elementary Algebra, 4:30 section) at Ventura College. Michael Bowen (email) will be teaching this course during the spring 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.
Homework Club (Office Hours) During Finals Week
- Monday 5 May 2008: 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Tutorial Center (first floor of LRC building)
- Wednesday 7 May 2008: 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Tutorial Center (first floor of LRC building)
- Saturday 10 May 2008: 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in room SCI-229 (park by the gym to avoid the swap meet traffic)
- Monday 12 May 2008: 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in room SCI-229
- Tuesday 13 May 2008: 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in room SCI-352
Final Examination
Date/time: Tuesday 13 May 2008 at 5:15 p.m.
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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| 13 May 2008 |
Final Examination Recommended study problems suggested at right Exam starts at 5:15 p.m. |
(For students with minimal study time) Page 431: 1–79 ODD Page 461: 1–24 ALL Page 542: 1–20 ALL |
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(For students with additional study time) The above plus Page 431: 2–80 EVEN Page 457: 1–56 ALL Page 539: 1–49 ALL Even-numbered problems from the ranges of the Chapter 6 & 7 homework assignments |
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| 13 May 2008 (at final exam) | 7.6 | Solving Equations with Rational Expressions | 17; 23; 29; 35; 37–69 EOO | 88 |
| 6 May 2008 | 7.3 | Least Common Denominators | 5–69 EOO | — |
| 7.4 | Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions | 9–69 EOO | — | |
| 29 Apr 2008 | 6.5 | Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring | 13–81 EOO | — |
| 6.6 | Applications of Quadratic Equations | (No assignment, although we may return to this topic later) | — | |
| 7.1 | The Fundamental Property of Rational Expressions | 13–23 ODD; 27; 29–61 EOO; 63–73 ODD | — | |
| 7.2 | Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions | 5–61 EOO | — | |
| 22 Apr 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 | 23–77 EOO; 79; 81; 83 | — | |
| 6.4 | Special Factoring Techniques | 7–53 ODD | — | |
| 15 Apr 2008 |
Chapter 5 Test (Last chapter test before the final exam) Recommended 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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| 15 Apr 2008 | 5.6 | Special Products | 5–53 ODD | — |
| 5.7 | Dividing Polynomials | 7–31 ODD; 41–73 EOO | — | |
| 8 Apr 2008 | 5.3 | An Application of Exponents: Scientific Notation | 13–49 ODD | — |
| 5.4 | Adding and Subtracting Polynomials; Graphing Simple Polynomials | 9–77 ODD | — | |
| 5.5 | Multiplying Polynomials | 3–83 ODD | — | |
| 1 Apr 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 | |
| 27 Mar 2008 |
Chapter 4 Test Recommended study problems suggested at right |
(For students with minimal study time) Page 323: 2–19;nbsp;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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| 25 Mar 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 | — | |
| 4.4 | Applications of Linear Systems | 11; 15; 19; 21; 25; 29; 37; 39 | — | |
| 4.5 | Solving Systems of Linear Inequalities | 5–23 ODD | — | |
| 14–23 Mar 2008 | No class (spring break) | |||
| 11 Mar 2008 | 4.1 | Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Graphing | 1–9 ODD; 17–29 EOO; 33–41 ODD | — |
| 6 Mar 2008 |
Chapter 3 Test Recommended study problems suggested at right |
(For students with minimal study time) Page 268: 1–25;nbsp;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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| 4 Mar 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 | — | |
| 26 Feb 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 | — | |
| 15–18 Feb 2008 | No class (holiday) | |||
| 14 Feb 2008 |
Chapter 2 Test Recommended study problems suggested at right |
(For students with minimal study time) Page 186: 1–20;nbsp;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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| 12 Feb 2008 | 2.6 | Ratios and Proportions | 3–11 ODD; 29–61 EOO | — |
| 2.7 | Further Applications of Linear Equations | 17–37 EOO | — | |
| 2.8 | Solving Linear Inequalities | 9–69 EOO | — | |
| 5 Feb 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 | — | |
| 29 Jan 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 | — | |
| 24 Jan 2008 |
Chapter 1 Test Recommended 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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| 22 Jan 2008 | 1.5 | Adding and Subtracting Real Numbers | 9–97 EOO (Note: This is the correct assignment; I wrote down the wrong problems in class Tuesday, so please follow this assignment instead) | — |
| 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 | — | |
| 21 Jan 2008 | No class (holiday) | |||
| 15 Jan 2008 | — | Syllabus Worksheet (obtain a copy) | ||
| 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; | — | |
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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.
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- 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)
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