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MATD 0390 Intermediate Algebra Fall2008

First-Day Handout for Students

|Intermediate Algebra |MATD 0390 Section 066 Synonym:25343 |

|Campus RGC Room 341 |Meets MW 7:05pm – 9:30pm |

|Instructor: : Mahnaz Riazi-Farzad |Office: RGC Room 122.1 |

|Voice mail: (512) 223-1795 ext 24588 |Office Hours: MW 6:30-7:00 pm, |

|Phone:223-3360, 223-3367 |You can arrange a conference with me outside of office hours by |

|Email address:mfarzad@austincc.edu |talking with me before or after class. |

|Web Site: | |

I will be at RGC learning lab (Rm. 212) MW 12:30pm-6:30, T: 12:00-9:00pm.

Th: 12:00-7:00pm.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

MATD 0390 Intermediate Algebra. A course designed to develop the skills and understanding contained in the second year of secondary school algebra. Topics include review of properties of real numbers, functions, algebra of functions, inequalities, polynomials and factoring, rational expressions and equations, radical expressions and equations, quadratic functions and their graphs, solving quadratic equations, and exponential functions.

INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGY

This course is taught in a classroom as a lecture/discussion course

Prerequisite: C or better in Elementary Algebra, MATD 0370, its equivalent knowledge, or a passing score on the MATD 0390 placement test.

Pretest: To be sure that you are placed correctly, you will take a pretest second day of class

Texts/Materials: Intermediate Algebra Concepts and Applications, 7th Ed. by M. Bittinger & D. Ellenbogen published by Addison Wesley (ISBN 0-321-23386-7)

▫ You can access the chapters from the textbook covered in the first few days online at password acc0390 before you buy your text.

You will need the following:

▫ login: accmath0390

▫ password: accmath0390

Optional: Shrink-Wrapped Bundle ISBN 0321371534, with Text and My Math Lab software access MyMathLab is an optional interactive online course that accompanies the text Youmay purchase access to MyMathLab online from AddisonWesley for $57.00 at: buying.html

MyMathLab includes:

▫ Online access to all pages of the textbook

▫ Multimedia learning aids (videos & animations) for select examples and exercises in the text

▫ Practice tests and quizzes linked to sections of the textbook

▫ Personalized study guide based on performance on practice tests and quizzes

Visit for more information. To use MyMathLab, you'll need:

▫ Course ID*: ID acc16946

Student access number: provided with purchase of MyMathLab access.

Supplies: Scientific calculator, two spiral notebook, and graphing paper

Course Rationale: This course is designed to prepare students for various college-level science and mathematics courses. After succeeding in this course, students may enroll a number of courses in science, mathematics, and various technical areas. These include General College Physics, General Chemistry, Magnetism and DC Circuits, AC Circuits, Manufacturing Materials and Processes, and Math for Business and Economics, and College Algebra.

Attendance: Attendance is required to your success in this course. Students who miss more than 3 classes may be withdrawn. You are responsible for the material covered and any assignment that is due for classes you miss.You are expected to arrive promptly.(To be late twice is equal to one absent and if you leave the class early it is going to count tardy). The TSI law requires regular attendance.

Withdrawal Policy: It is your responsibility to initiate all withdrawals in this course. You may withdraw yourself from the course at any time. If you are a TSI student, you must see an adviser first. IF YOU STOP ATTENDING YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WITHDRAWING YOURSELF. I MAY WITHDRAW YOU OR IF IT IS PAST THE WITHDRAWAL DATE, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN “F”.The withdrawal deadline is Nov 24, 2008

TSI Warning: If you are relying on this course to meet a requirement that you be in mandatory remediation in mathematics this semester**, then

i. if you are not "continually in attendance" in this course, you should be withdrawn from the course by your instructor,

ii. if you withdraw yourself from this course or are withdrawn by your instructor, you will be automatically withdrawn from all of your other college courses if this is the only TSI-mandated course you are taking.

** If you are unsure whether or not this warning applies to you, see an ACC advisor immediately.

Reinstatement Policy: Students who withdrew or were withdrawn generally will not be reinstated unless they have completed all course work, projects, and tests necessary to place them at the same level of course completion as the rest of the class.

Incomplete grades (I) are given only in very rare circumstances. Generally, to qualify for an "I", a student must have taken all exams and assignments, have a passing grade, and have a personal situation occur that prevents course completion after the last day to withdraw.

In Progress grades (IP) are also rarely given. In order to earn an "IP" grade the student must remain in the course, be making progress in the material, not have excessive absences, and not be meeting the standards set to earn the grade of C or better in the course. Students who are given an IP grade must register and pay tuition for the same course again to receive credit. Students who make a grade of IP should not go on to the next course.

TESTS:

THERE WILL BE FOUR MAJOR TESTS AND A DEPARTMENTAL FINAL EXAM IN THIS CLASS. THE 4 TESTS WILL BE ADMINISTERED IN RGC TESTING ROOM 127 CENTER THE FINAL EXAM WILL BE ADMINISTERED IN THE CLASSROOM.

STUDENTS WITH PERFECT ATTENDANCE WILL RECEIVE TWO EXTRA POINTS ADDED TO THEIR EXAM OF THAT SECTION.

TESTING CENTER GUIDELINES ARE AVAILABLE ON LINE AT: WWW2.AUSTINCC.EDU/TESTCTR/.

WEEKLY QUIZZES: THERE WILL BE 10 QUIZZES (TWO LOWEST GRADES WILL BE DROPPED). QUESTIONS ON YOUR IN CLASS QUIZZES WILL BE PICKED OUT OF HOMEWORK PROBLEMS.

HOMEWORK: HOMEWORK IS ESSENTIAL TO YOUR SUCCESS IN THIS CLASS!

You have received a list of homework problems (One of your first-day handouts). Homework should be carefully completed with reasonable work shown to support each answer. An important part of the homework is the organization and format of your solutions. All work should be done in pencil, clear and legible in a step-by-step manner. Homework is due before each test (There are five homework). Completed homework is worth 100, missing problems count off. It is your responsibility to ask for help on problems not understood. Homework with only answers and no work to support them will receive a maximum of 25. (Questions on your in-class quizzes will be picked out of homework problems.)

Late work Policy: No late work is accepted.

Class Participation Expectations: After each lecture there will be group work that some of them will be graded as a quiz.

This is a tentative Schedule:

|Week1 |1.1-1.6 |Week 7 |7.1-7.5 |

|Week2 |2.1-2.4 |Test #3 |11/11/08-11/15/08 |

|Week 3 |2.5-2.6, 3.1-3.3 |Week 8 |7.6-7.8 |

|Test #1 |10/9/08-10/13/08 |Week 9 |8.1-8.4 |

|Week 4 | 4.1-4.4, 5.1-5.3 |Test #4 |11/21/08-11/25/08 |

|Week 5 |5.4-5.8 |Week 10 |8.6-8.8 |

|Test #2 |10/23/08-10/27/08 |Week11 |9.2, 10.1, Review |

|Week 6 |6.1-6.5, 6.8 |Week12 |Review & Final in class 12/10/08 |

Comprehensive Final Exam in class 12/10/08

GRADES:

The following grade distribution will be used.

WRITTEN HOMEWORK 5%

QUIZZES 25%

TESTS 50%

FINAL EXAM 20%

AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER, YOUR GRADES WILL BE AVERAGED AND A LETTER GRADE ASSIGNED ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING SCALE:

90 % - 100 % A

80 % - 89 % B

70 % - 79 % C

60 % - 69 % D

0 % - 59 % F

HOW TO GET HELP:

IF YOU ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THE COURSE, YOU SHOULD SEE ME AT ONCE. I WILL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO HELP YOU.

ACC Learning Labs: You have access to free tutoring at all campuses on first come, first served basis. You will receive extra credit on a quiz grade if you attend the learning lab for assistance. (One points for each hour spent in the lab). The locations, contact information, and hours of availability of the Learning Labs are available from . Students who need regular tutoring are encouraged to use the Learning Labs before they get very far behind.

Videotapes: These are available for viewing in the LRS and are recommending for students who miss class.

MyMathLab.

• Addison Wesley has a tutoring center that is available by phone for students using any of their texts. Information about the service can be found at tutorcenter/.

Call toll-free 1.888.777.0463. Hours of operation are Sun-Thur: 5 PM - 12 AM Eastern.

Fax questions to 1.877.262.9774 and eMail questions to tutor@

Please do not eat anything in the classroom.

PLEASE TURN OFF ALL CELL PHONES BEFORE ENTERING CLASS.

PLEASE NOTIFY ME IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE REGISTERED WITH OSD. I WILL BE HAPPY TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE ACCOMMODATIONS.

STUDENT SERVICES

The web address for student services is:

The ACC student handbook can be found at: 

Prerequisites for Calculus

There are two calculus sequences at ACC (and at most colleges) -- Business Calculus and Calculus. The prerequisite sequence is different for these. Depending on background, students may start the prerequisite sequence at different places

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|College Algebra** | | |Math for Bus & Eco |College Algebra |

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|Trigonometry (MATH 1316) | |Business Calculus I (MATH 1425) |

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|Precalculus (MATH 2412) | |Business Calculus II (MATH 1426) |

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Where to start: The only way that students may skip courses in a sequence is to begin higher in the sequence, based on current knowledge of material from high school courses.

1. A student who needs a review of high school Algebra II will start in Intermediate Algebra (or below.)

2. A student who completed high school Algebra II, but no higher, and whose assessment test score indicates that he/she remembers that algebra, will start in College Algebra or Math for Business & Economics. A substantially higher assessment test score enables the student to start in Trig.

3. A student who completed some precalculus, elementary analysis, or trigonometry in high school, and whose assessment test score indicates that he/she remembers algebra, is eligible to start higher in the sequence than College Algebra. Check the catalog or the math web page.***

* The material in the Trigonometry course requires that students are quite adept with the skills from high school Algebra II (Intermediate Algebra). Some students will achieve that level of skill in the Intermediate Algebra course, while others need an additional semester of work on algebra, which is done in College Algebra. Students going directly to Trigonometry from Intermediate Algebra should make sure that they can easily work all problems on the Trig Prerequisite Review.***

** Some students who are very successful in College Algebra are tempted to skip either Trigonometry or Precalculus. That is not acceptable. While it is true that the topic list for Precalculus has only a few additions from the topic list for College Algebra, the level of sophistication of the presentation and the problems on all topics is greater in Precalculus. That increased sophistication is necessary for an adequate background for the Calculus sequence. ***

Statement on Students with Disabilities

Each ACC campus offers support services for students with documented physical or psychological disabilities. Students with disabilities must request reasonable accommodations through the Office of Students with Disabilities on the campus where they expect to take the majority of their classes. Students are encouraged to do this three weeks before the start of the semester.

Statement on Scholastic Dishonesty

Acts prohibited by the college for which discipline may be administered include scholastic dishonesty, including but not limited to, cheating on an exam or quiz, plagiarizing, and unauthorized collaboration with another in preparing outside work. Academic work submitted by students shall be the result of their thought, work, research or self-expression. Academic work is defined as, but not limited to, tests, quizzes, whether taken electronically or on paper; projects, either individual or group; classroom presentations; and homework.

 

Statement on Scholastic Dishonesty Penalty

Students who violate the rules concerning scholastic dishonesty will be assessed an academic penalty that the instructor determines is in keeping with the seriousness of the offense. This academic penalty may range from a grade penalty on the particular assignment to an overall grade penalty in the course, including possibly an F in the course. ACC's policy can be found in the Student Handbook page 33 or on the web at:



 

Statement on Academic Freedom

Institutions of higher education are conducted for the common good. The common good depends upon a search for truth and upon free expression. In this course the professor and students shall strive to protect free inquiry and the open exchange of facts, ideas, and opinions. Students are free to take exception to views offered in this course and to reserve judgment about debatable issues. Grades will not be affected by personal views. With this freedom comes the responsibility of civility and a respect for a diversity of ideas and opinions. This means that students must take turns speaking, listen to others speak without interruption, and refrain from name-calling or other personal attacks.

 

Statement on Student Discipline

Classroom behavior should support and enhance learning. Behavior that disrupts the learning process will be dealt with appropriately, which may include having the

student leave class for the rest of that day. In serious cases, disruptive behavior may lead to a student being withdrawn from the class. ACC's policy on student

discipline can be found in the Student Handbook page 32 or on the web at:

Overall objectives:

A. Students will feel a sense of accomplishment in their increasing ability to use mathematics to solve problems of interest to them or useful in their chosen fields. Students will attain more positive attitudes based on increasing confidence in their abilities to learn mathematics.

B. Students will learn to understand material using standard mathematical terminology and notation when presented either verbally or in writing.

C. Students will improve their skills in describing what they are doing as they solve problems using standard mathematical terminology and notation.

 

Computational:

1. Evaluate a function using function notation.

2. Find the domain of a function.

3. Perform elementary arithmetic operations with functions.

4. Perform elementary arithmetic operations with rational expressions that require factoring up to and including the sum or difference of cubes.

5. Simplify a complex fraction, including one with negative exponents.

6. Simplify an expression with fractional exponents.

7. Simplify a radical expression, including rationalizing a monomial or binomial denominator.

8. Perform elementary arithmetic operations with complex numbers.

Equation and Inequality Solving:

1. Solve an absolute value equation.

2. Solve an absolute value inequality of the form |x|6.

3. Solve a rational equation, including one with a quadratic expression in the denominator.

4. Solve an equation with one radical.

5. Recognize an extraneous root.

Using Forms and Formulas

1. Graph a function, such as a simple absolute value or rational function, by completing a table and plotting points.

2. Solve a quadratic equation with real or non-real solutions.

3. Find the midpoint and the distance between two points.

4. Complete a square to rewrite an equation for a circle in standard form and identify its center and radius.

5. Determine if a formula, correspondence, table or graph represents a function.

Graphing:

1. Graph a linear inequality on the Cartesian plane.

2. Graph a system of linear inequalities on the Cartesian plane.

3. Graph and analyze a linear and quadratic function.

4. Sketch a quadratic function, written in the form f(x)=a(x-h)^2+k, using transformations.

5. Graph exponential functions using tables.

6. Sketch a circle from its standard form.

Applications:

1. Represent English descriptions of numerical relationships in algebraic form.

2. Solve application problems including, but not limited to, linear and quadratic models, direct and inverse variation, and those requiring 2x2 systems of linear equations.

Homework Assignments for Intermediate Algebra:

section 1.1 # 18, 40, 68

section 1.2 # 26, 126, 132, 134, 140, 148, 154

section 1.3 # 22, 40, 54, 58, 76, 82, 92

section 1.4 # 3, 7, 9, 10, 18, 28, 35, 37

section 1.5 # 10, 18, 26, 32, 66

section 1.6 # 22, 30, 40, 42, 48, 60, 80, 88, 94, 102, 104, 112, 116, 120          

section 2.1 # 22, 30, 46, 50, 54, 56, 58, 68, 71, 76, 78

section 2.2 # 8, 18, 22, 24, 29, 34, 38, 40, 42, 48, 52, 56, 60

section 2.3 # 6, 18, 30, 42, 50, 60, 64, 74, 78, 82

section 2.4 # 8, 16, 38, 44, 58, 62, 76

section 2.5 # 10, 30, 34, 38, 44, 58, 68, 74

section 2.6 # 2, 4, 6, 18, 24, 30, 40, 48, 58

section 3.1 # 12, 22, 28, 36, 40, 46

section 3.2 # 10, 16, 24, 34, 46

section 3.3 # 4, 8, 14, 22, 26, 38, 40  

section 4.1 # 32, 36, 40, 52, 56, 62, 68, 74, 78

section 4.2 # 12, 18, 30, 42, 58, 64, 74, 80

section 4.3 # 18, 28, 32, 36, 42, 46, 54, 66, 74, 76, 82, 88, 90

section 4.4 # 12, 18, 24, 30, 34, 42, 46, 52, 54

section 5.1 # 12, 16, 34, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 62, 66, 70, 78, 80, 84, 88

section 5.2 # 12, 18, 26, 28, 36, 44, 46, 50, 56, 72, 80

section 5.3 # 16, 18, 30, 38, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 58, 60, 66

section 5.4 # 12, 16, 22, 30, 40, 44, 48, 54, 64, 68, 78, 82, 86

section 5.5 # 18, 24, 26, 34, 40, 48, 50, 52, 54, 62, 68, 72

section 5.6 # 12, 20, 30, 40

section 5.7 # 10, 12, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24,  26, 36, 40, 44, 52, 54, 60

section 5.8 # 18, 26, 50, 56, 60, 66, 72, 80, 84, 96

section 6.1 # 24, 54, 60, 62, 68

section 6.2 # 14, 34, 40, 56, 60, 62

section 6.3 # 12, 16, 36, 42

section 6.4 # 14, 24, 36, 42, 46, 50, 52, 56, 58

section 6.5 # 4, 8, 14, 22, 24, 26, 30, 36

section 6.8 # 14, 20, 24, 30, 38, 42, 50, 54, 56, 60, 62, 64, 68, 70, 72, 76, 78, 80

section 7.1 # 18, 26, 30, 36, 40, 46, 54, 60, 74, 84, 90, 92, 98, 100

section 7.2 # 20, 26, 30, 38, 46, 54, 60, 70, 78, 84, 96, 100

section 7.3 #10, 16, 30, 34, 40, 42, 44, 52, 56, 60, 66, 70, 74, 88

section 7.4 # 14, 20, 24, 32, 34, 40, 42, 48, 50, 52, 56, 58

section 7.5 # 14, 18, 24, 26, 32, 38, 42, 50, 58, 64, 68, 70

section 7.6 # 12, 16, 28, 34, 36, 40, 46, 48, 54

section 7.7   # 12, 22, 24, 32, 34, 40, 46, 52, 64

section 7.8   # 10, 20, 22, 26, 30, 46, 52, 56, 64, 70, 76, 82

section 8.1   # 16, 20, 26, 28, 30, 32, 40, 42, 46, 48, 58, 74

section 8.2   # 8, 14, 16, 18, 32, 38, 40

section 8.3 # 4, 6, 10, 12, 16, 18, 22, 26, 28, 34, 38, 54

section 8.4 # 14, 20, 26, 32, 38, 44, 46, 56

section 8.6 # 12, 14, 26, 34, 38, 42, 46, 56

section 8.7 # 10, 18, 24, 30, 40, 42, 44 

section 8.8 # 10, 12, 14, 18, 22, 38, 44, 54, 56

section 9.2 # 14, 20, 22, 28, 32, 40, 46, 48

section 10.1 # 18, 22, 26, 28, 34, 38, 40, 46, 50, 54, 56, 60, 64, 70, 72, 80, 84, 86

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