Welcome to Math 1010 Online! The backbone of this class will be 16 WeBWorK assignments as outlined on this page. All assignments will open Friday mornings at 7:00am and will close seven days later on Friday at 11:59pm except for Sets #1 and 2 which will open on Monday at 7:00am and close 11 days later on Friday at 11:59pm. Assignments #6, 7 , 11, 12, 13, and 14 will be open for 2 weeks You should finish work on any homework before the next one opens. 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 January 22
contents: WeBWorK Mechanics and and Precedence of Arithmetic Operations, What is Algebra? arithmetic precedence
due January 22
contents: Fractions, percentage problems, word problems,
due January 29
due February 5
contents: linear equations and how to solve them.
due February 12
due February 26
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 February 26
contents: Powers, and radicals, scientific notation, scaling problems.
due March 5
contents: Quadratic equations, the binomial formulas,, solving quadratic equations, the quadratic formula, complex numbers. and some applications.
due March 19
contents: Quadratic equations, polynomials, and how to work with them.
due March 26
due April 9
contents: Rational functions and expressions.
due April 9
contents: Functions and their graphs, Conic sections.
due April 16
contents: Linear systems and their solutions.
due April 16
due April 23
contents: Logarithmic Functions and Logarithmic applications
due April 30
This set will be a review of the entire semester. Its purpose is to help you prepare for the final exam.
There are two midterm exams and one final exam in this class. You need to go to the Testing Center on campus to take the exams during the following dates:
Exam 1. Week of 2/14/10 - 2/20/10
Exam 2. Week of 3/28/10 - 4/2/10
Final Exam. Week of 4/30/10 - 5/6/10
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 fifth edition of Elayn Martin Gay's, 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.