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 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 #7, 8 , 11 and 12 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.

1. due May 27^th

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

2. due May 27^th

   • contents: Fractions, percentage problems, word problems,

3. due June 3^rd

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

4. due June 3^rd

   • contents: linear equations and how to solve them.

5. due June 10^th

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

6. due June 10^th

   • 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.

7. due June 24^th

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

8. due June 24^th

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

9. due July 1^st

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

10. due July 1^st

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

11. due July 15^th

    • contents: Rational functions and expressions.

12. due July 15^th

    • contents: Functions and their graphs, Conic sections.

13. due July 22^nd

    • contents : Linear systems and their solutions.

14. due July 29^th

    • contents: Exponential functions, Composite and Inverse functions, and Exponential applications

15. due July 29^th

    • contents: Logarithmic Functions and Logarithmic applications

16. due August 5^th

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

Exams

There are two 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:

1. Exam 1. Week of 6/12/11 – 6/18/11 (covers WW#1-5)

2. Exam 2. Week of 7/3/11 – 7/9/11 (covers WW#6-10)

3. Final Exam. August 4^th - 6^th (covers WW#1-16)

Deadlines

• Check here for a detailed Summer 2011 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 fifth 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.