Homework

All dates indicate the day that the homework was assigned. All work is due the following day or the following monday if the homework was assigned on a friday unless otherwise specified.

9/2/08 no homework

9/4/08 no homework

9/5/08 page 2, Written Exercises, problems 1-9 odd

9/6/08 page 6, Written Exercises, problems 1-19 odd

9/9/08 page 9, Written Exercises, problems 1-15 odd, also 19-23 all...this last group is tricky. It doesn't really look alot like any math with which you are familiar. The purpose is to challenge yourself to apply some of the concepts expressed in the box on page 7 to these unfamiliar operations (the circle around the "plus" sign and the star). Questions 19-20 foreshadow important concepts in Linear Algebra. Question 17 foreshadows a critical idea in Linear Algebra and the field of mathematics called Abstract Algebra; A mind-blowing branch of mathematics that often makes startling (and useful...sometimes) connections between seemingly unrelated mathematical results.

9/10/08 page 11, Self Test I.  For these exercises, try to focus on finding your weaknesses. The purpose of these problems is to identify which concepts you need help with.  I don't expect you to do problems that you find to be easy in this set.  Focus on what you find challenging.  Also, look through the vocabulary list at the top of the page and make sure that you understand what each word means.

9/12/08 Chapter Test (in the book at the end of the chapter).

9/15/08 I'm hoping to have this test for this chapter pretty soon, so, as a class, go over the homework together and compare your solutions.  When finished with this, study the vocabulary from the chapter and generally study for the test and don't worry; we'll have a day of review together before the test.

9/16/08 Study for test.

9/17/08 Took test today, so no Home Work!

9/18/08 New Book!!!  We're going to get a sense of where everyone stands in the new book by taking the "Mid Chapter Test" from the new book.  Homework:  Mid Chapter Test page 30 in Algebra II an Integrated Approach.  Near the end of the assignment, there are questions that may not be familiar to you dealing with mathematical modeling.  Pages 9 and 11 cover this concept.

9/22/08 page 41, numbers 7-14 all, 19,21,25,29,33,35,37,43,44,45 bats!!! 

9/24/08  no homework!  Woo!!

9/25/08 Prove that the solutions to the two inequalities that I wrote on the board at the end of class were all real numbers and the empty set respectively. 


10/15/08 In the Green Book, read pages 64-73.  Do problems 1,5,7,9,11,15,25,27-30 all, 31,33,35.

        


Tests

Test I: 9/17/08