Department of Mathematics --- College of Science --- University of Utah

Mathematics 1010 online

Syllabus

Welcome to Math 1010 online! The backbone of this class will be 14 WeBWorK assignments as outlined on this page. All assignments will open Friday mornings at 7:00am and will close twelve days later on Wednesday at 11:59pm. Set 1 will be open a little longer to get things started. You should finish work on any homework before the next one opens, but there is a grace period of five days that you can use to catch up if necessary. The table below lists the topics of each HW set, and links to relevant web pages.

Throughout this class, refer back to the Principles and Glossary pages. The Course Information contains details about exams and grading issues, and general suggestions for your study.

due September 7

contents: WeBWorK Mechanics and and Precedence of Arithmetic Operations, What is Algebra? arithmetic precedence

due September 14

contents: Fractions, percentage problems, word problems,

due September 21

contents: the real number line, the number system, the distributive law,

due September 28

contents: linear equations and how to solve them.

due October 5

contents: Solving Inequalities, equations involving absolute values, and the concept of a function.

due October 12

contents: The Cartesian Coordinate System, particularly straight lines and their equations. You may enjoy practicing with the interactive pages What's the Point? and Drawing the Line. In a few places you'll need the Pythagorean Theorem.

due October 19

contents: Powers, and radicals, scientific notation, scaling problems.

due October 26

contents: Quadratic equations, the binomial formulas,, solving quadratic equations, the quadratic formula, complex numbers. and some applications.

due November 2

contents: Quadratic equations, polynomials, and how to work with them.

due November 9

contents: long division, the Euclidean Algorithm,, and factoring and solving polynomial equations.

due November 16

contents: Rational functions and expressions.

due November 23

contents: Functions and their graphs, Conic sections.

due November 30

contents: Linear systems and their solutions.

due December 7

This set will be a review of the entire semester. Its purpose is to help you prepare for the final exam.

Exams

There are three midterm exams and one final exam in this class. You need to sign up for them through U online at least two weeks prior to taking the exam at these dates:

Exam 1. September 22 or 24.
Exam 2. October 20 or 22.
Exam 3. November 17 or 19.
Final Exam. December 12 or 13.

Deadlines

The following deadlines apply this semester:

You can drop the class by phone or web through Friday, September 2, 2004. The class will not appear on your transcript, and you will not have to pay tuition.
You can add the class by phone or web through Tuesday, September 6, 2004. However, don't wait until then since the first homework is due September 7.
You can withdraw from the class by phone or web, but will be held responsible for tuition, through Friday, October 21. A W will appear on your transcript. It will have no impact on your grade point average.
Check here for a detailed 2005-2006 University Calendar.

Textbook

The course is meant to be independent of a particular textbook. All the material is described in the web pages that go with this class. However, the web pages are very concise and don't contain many examples. Therefore it will be almost indispensable for you to own or borrow some sort of reference text for Intermediate Algebra. For example, the textbook for our ordinary in-class sections of Math 1010 is suitable. Currently this is the fourth edition of Larson, Hostetter, Intermediate Algebra. You can purchase it in the University book store or elsewhere. When working on this class you should also have an ordinary dictionary handy, and you may find it worthwhile to purchase a mathematical dictionary as well. Several are available, I personally like and use the Harper Collins Dictionary of Mathematics which is an inexpensive paperback.