Math V01 Start Page, Summer 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 summer 2008 six-week term.
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
Final Examination
Date/time: 30 July 2008, 6:30 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.
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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| 24 Jul 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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| 24 Jul 2008 | 5.5 | Multiplying Polynomials | 3–83 ODD | — |
| 5.6 | Special Products | 5–53 ODD | — | |
| 5.7 | Dividing Polynomials | 7–31 ODD; 41–73 EOO | — | |
| 6.1 | The Greatest Common Factor; Factoring by Grouping | 1–85 EOO | — | |
| 22 Jul 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 17 Jul 2008 | 4.3 | Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Elimination | 5–41 ODD | — |
| 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 | |
| 15 Jul 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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| 15 Jul 2008 | 3.6 | Functions | 7–27 ODD; 33–37 ODD | — |
| 4.1 | Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Graphing | 1–9 ODD; 17–29 EOO; 33–41 ODD | — | |
| 4.2 | Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Substitution | 3–31 ODD | — | |
| 10 Jul 2008 | 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 | — | |
| 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 | — | |
| 8 Jul 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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| 8 Jul 2008 | 2.7 | Further Applications of Linear Equations | 17–37 EOO | — |
| 2.8 | Solving Linear Inequalities | 9–69 EOO | — | |
| 3.1 | Reading Graphs; Linear Equations in Two Variables | 9–69 ODD | — | |
| 3 Jul 2008 | 2.5 | Fomulas and Applications from Geometry | 13–45 EOO; 63–85 ODD | — |
| 2.6 | Ratios and Proportions | 3–11 ODD; 29–61 EOO | — | |
| 1 Jul 2008 | 2.3 | More on Solving Linear Equations | 5–61 ODD | — |
| 2.4 | An Introduction to Applications of Linear Equations | 5–53 EOO | — | |
| 26 Jun 2008 | 2.1 | The Addition Propery of Equality | 5–41 EOO; 49–65 EOO | — |
| 2.2 | The Multiplication Property of Equality | 9–69 EOO | — | |
| 24 Jun 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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| 24 Jun 2008 | — | Syllabus Worksheet (obtain a copy) | ||
| 1.4 | Real Numbers and the Number Line | 9–19 ODD; 23–63 ODD; | — | |
| 1.5 | Adding and Subtracting Real Numbers | 9–97 EOO | — | |
| 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 | — | |
| 19 Jun 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; | — | |
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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 to be determined)
| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | 9–33 EOO | — |
| 7.6 | Solving Equations with Rational Expressions | 17; 23; 29; 35; 37–69 EOO | 88 |
| 7.7 | Applications of Rational Expressions | (No assignment) | — |
| 7.8 | Variation | (No assignment) | — |
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Final Examination (Chapters 6 and 7 only) Exam starts at 6:30 p.m. |
Final examination problems will be taken from the homework assignments for Chapters 6 and 7 |
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- 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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- 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.
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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)
