Kyle Gaffney

    Office: LCB 318
     E-mail: gaffney@math.utah.edu

    University of Utah
    Department of Mathematics
    155 S. 1400 E., JWB 233
    Salt Lake City, UT 84112

MATH 1050-006 Spring 2013

Syllabus

The syllabus for this course can be found at the following link:

Syllabus for Math 1050 §006.

Office Hours (LCB 318):

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 2:00-3:00 PM

Textbook

The full textbook can be found at the following link:

Full Textbook


The following are chapters of the textbook and when we covered them

1/7 Lecture 1 Sets and Numbers
1/8 Lecture 2 Rules for Numbers
1/9 Lecture 3 Solving Simple Equations
1/9 Lecture 3 Functions
1/11 Lecture 4 Class cancelled (Winter Storm Gandalf) 1/14 Lecture 5 Sequences
1/15,16 Lecture 6,7 Sums and Series
1/18 Lecture 8 Counting 1
1/21 No Class (Martin Luther King Jr Day)
1/22 Lecture 9 Counting 2
1/23,25 Lecture 10,11 More on Functions
1/28 Lecture 12 Open Midterm Review
1/29,30 Lecture 13,14 Practice Midterm Review
2/1 Lecture 15 Midterm exam 1
2/4 Lecture 16 Intro to Graphs
2/5 Lecture 17 Graph Transformations
2/6 Lecture 18 Inverse Functions
2/8 Lecture 19 N-th Roots
2/11 Lecture 20 Basics of Polynomials
(Polynomial) Division
2/12 Lecture 21 Roots and Factors
2/13 Lecture 22 Constant and Linear Polynomials
Quadratic Polynomials
2/15 Lecture 23 Quadratic Polynomials
Factoring Polynomials
2/18 No Class (Presidents Day)
2/19,20 Lecture 24,25 Graphing Polynomials
2/22,25 Lecture 26,27 Open Midterm Review
2/26,27 Lecture 28,29 Practice Midterm Review
3/4 Lecture 30 Exponential Functions
3/5 Class Cancelled
3/6,8 Lecture 31,32 Logarithms
3/11-3/15 NO CLASS SPRING BREAK
3/18,19 Lecture 33,34 Exponential and Logarithmic Equations
3/20 Lecture 35 Rational Functions
3/22,25 Lecture 36,37 Piecewise Defined Functions
3/26 Lecture 38 Linear Equations in Two Variables
3/26 Lecture 38 Substitution
3/27 Lecture 39 Linear Equations in Three Variables
3/29 Lecture 40 Rows and Columns
4/1 Lecture 41 Open Midterm Review
4/2,3 Lecture 42,43 Practice Midterm Review
4/5 Midterm exam 3
4/8 Lecture 44 Vectors and Scalars
4/9 Lecture 45 2x2 Matrices
4/10 Lecture 46 3x3 Matrices
4/12 Lecture 47 Determinants and Inverse Matrixes
4/15 Lecture 48 Matrix Equations


Homework Assignments

Assigned 1/16 Homework 1 Due 1/23
Homework 1 Solutions
Assigned 1/23 Homework 2 Due 1/30
Homework 2 Solutions
Assigned 2/6 Homework 3 Due 2/13
Homework 3 Solutions
Assigned 2/13 Homework 4 Due 2/20
Homework 4 Solutions
Assigned 2/20 Homework 5 Due 2/27
Homework 5 Solutions
Assigned 3/6 Homework 6 Due 3/20
Homework 6 Solutions
Assigned 3/20 Homework 7 Due 3/27
Homework 7 Solutions
Assigned 3/27 Homework 8 Due 4/3
Homework 8 Solutions
Assigned 4/12 Homework 9 Due Monday 4/22
Homework 9 Solutions

Midterm Review Materials


The First Midterm exam is Friday February 1st
Midterm 1 Topics List
Midterm 1 Practice Exam
Midterm 1 Practice Exam Solutions
The Second Midterm exam is Friday, March 1st
Midterm 2 Topics List
Midterm 2 Practice Exam
Midterm 2 Practice Exam Solutions
The Third Midterm exam is Friday, April 5th
Midterm 3 Topics List
Midterm 3 Practice Exam
Midterm 3 Practice Exam Solutions

The Final Exam is Wednesday, May 1st from 3:30-5:30 PM in JWB 335
Practice Final Exam
Practice Final Exam Solutions

Grades

Your current grade is posted next to the random 5 digit number that you received written on your first homework assignment. If at any time you lose or forget your 5 digit random number you can email me and I will give it to you.

NOTE: The homeworks are graded for completion only, you should look over the solutions to check your answers.

Homework Grades
Midterm Grades
Current Grades