Fall 2008 Schedule of assignments for Mathematics 143 (Prof McFarland)
(subject to revision: see details at URL http://math.uww.edu/~mcfarlat/143syll.htm)

week text sections to be read;
quiz and exam dates
Take-home test problems. These may be discussed during office hours but usually not during classtime.
2-5
Sept
1.2 [Skim 1.1]
1.3
Pg 28-30: 11,13,15,17,23,39,45,53,55,81,87,95,89
Pg 50-53: 9,13,37,49 ; Pg 61-2: 11,15,17,39
8-12
Sept
5.2 [Skim 5.1]
5.3
5.4 [Interactive practice]
submit
quiz #1
via website
Pg 380-381: 3,5,7,19,21,23,37; Pg 421-2: 25,41
Pg 393-395: 5,7,23,25,27,29,33,35,39,41
Pg 411-412: 11,15,31,33,35,37,39,41,43
15-19
Sept
2.1
2.2
2.3
quiz Wed on Chps 1 and 5 at start of class See
Sample
test?
prof & text differ in row op names
Pg 77-79: 17,20,41,43,53,57
Pg 99-100: 31,33,35,37,39,41,100
Pg 120-121: 29,41,49,51,57,101 , 102
22-26
Sept
2.4
2.5     [SKIP 2.7]
2.6     [SKIP 2.8]
submit
quiz #2
via website
Pg 136-137: 31,35,41,49
Pg 152: 17,25,35,41
Pg 170-171: 9,11,23,31,37,43;
Use directions for Pg 171 #37 :
[11a]   3x -2y = 7
4x+3y = 11
[23a]   2x+ y = 4
4x+3y = 2
29 Sept
|
3 Oct
3.1
[handout]
[self-test]
Exam
Wednesday
on Chps 1,2,5
See
Sample
test?
Pg 211: 13,21
6-10
Oct
3.2 [interactive example]
3.3 [interactive example]
3.4
submit
quiz #3
via website
Pg 219: 5,7,11,13,15,19,21,29
Pg 240-245: 9,11,15,19,23,25,39,43,49,61,63
Pg 254-257: 1,3,15,17
13-17
Oct
4.1
4.2
[handouts]
Quiz Wed
on Chp 3
See
Sample
test?
Pg 269-270: 5,9,13,15
Pg 289-290: 21,23,25,37,102
note differences between Prof McFarland and text (Rolf) in Section 4.2 and Section 4.4
20-24
Oct
4.4 [Simplex Method Help]
[skip 4.3, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7] [word problem]
submit quiz #4
via website
Pg 305: 5,13 use methods in 4.4; Pg 360-361: 29,41
Pg 324-325: 1,13,17,21,103 [Interactive quiz]
27-31
Oct
6.1
6.2
6.3
Exam
Wednesday
on Chps 3 and 4
See
Sample
test?
[Interactive practice] [Interactive practice]
Pg 431: 55,website extras; [104] [105]
Pg 436-439: 3,5,7,9,11,13,19,21,23,35; Pg 492: 21,23
Pg 448-450: 7,9,13,15,17,23,25,27,29,49,51,53
3-7
Nov
6.4
6.5
6.6
Spring Break
24-28 Mar
submit quiz #5
via website
Pg 459-460: 19,21,25,27,33,35,39,47,51
Pg 473-475: 9,11,17,19,21,23,25,27,33,41,43,45,51
Pg 482: 3,5,7; Pg 493: 29,33,36,[106]
10-14
Nov
7.1
7.2
 
Quiz Wed
on Chp 6
See
Sample
test?
Pg 506-508: 1(a,c,d,e,h),19
Pg 515-518: 3,5,9,11,13,15,19,21,27,41,49
17-21
Nov
7.3 [interactive example]
7.4 [Example of a tree]
Thanksgiving
27-28 Nov
Pg 528-530: 3,17,25,27,31,35,51
Pg 542-544: 5,11,13,15,19,21,23,25,33,35,37,108
24-26
Nov
7.5
7.6 [Using Bayes Formula]
Pg 559-563: 3,5,7,9,13,19,23,27,35,39,47
Pg 574-577: 5,7,11,13,15,23,27,31,33,37
1-5
Dec
8.6
7.7
Catch up
and Review
submit quiz #6
via website
Pg 677-679: 13,25,27,29,41,55,57,59,61
Pg 589-590: 1,3,5
Wed 10 Dec
Exam
Wednesday
covering Chapters 6,7,8
See
Sample
test?
Final exam questions to be handed out:
a multiple-choice take-home test: see below.
exam
week
Come to McCutchan Hall 418 between noon and 10:00 PM Monday 15 Dec 2008
or between 9 AM and 2:00 PM Tuesday 16 Dec 2008

During these times, you may take your final exam, whose questions were given out on 10 Dec . The exam will be marked immediately. Your semester grade will be the sum of all your test scores, divided by the sum of perfect scores, with letter grade curved as below:
A92% >A- 88%>B+ 84%>B80%>B- 76%>C+ 72%>C 66%>C- 60%>D+ 54%>D48% >D- 40%>F