Notices (sec. 6)
February 22: Our Test 1 has been postponed until Monday, February 28.
February 18: Test 1 will be held on Wednesday, February 23, 10:30-12:30, in P 231, our usual classroom. The test will cover chapters 1 & 2.
March 30: Test 1 scores: 93,90,90,87,84,83,82,79,79,76,72,71,70,69,68,67,63,62,60,60,60,59,59,56,55,55,53,50,48,48,46,40,38,35,31,30,29,26,24,24,22,22,21.
April 12: Test 2
will be held on Monday, April 18, 10:30-12:20, in our usual classroom, P 231.
Test 2 will cover chapters 3 & 4.
Prepare for the test by using the sample tests (& their answer keys) in the
course webpage.
April 20: Test 3 will be held on Monday, April 25, 10:30-12:20, in our usual classroom, P 231. It will consist of two parts: The First part will be your third hourly exam, and will cover sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.6, 9.8, 9.9(light); it will be counted with the same weight as your other hourly exams. The second part will be a cumulative final exam, and will cover chapters 1-4; it will count as 30% or 60% of your grade, whichever is higher. The second part will focus on difficult topics such as simplifying complex expressions, compound fractions, applied max/min problems, plotting rational functions, variation with changing variables, among others.
You should check your Vspace gradebook for completeness & accuracy. It should contain no empty spaces; even if you missed a quiz there should be a zero there. (This is an artifact of the averaging process--an empty space results in a lower average than a zero!