Instructor: Prof. Madnick (e-mail: jesse.madnick@shu.edu)
Office: McQuaid 213
Textbook: "Finite Mathematics and Applied Calculus (8th edition)" by Waner and Costenoble
Lectures: Corrigan Hall 67
Office Hours: McQuaid Hall 213
Mon: 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
Wed: 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
(If you want to attend office hours but these times don't work for you, send me an e-mail and we can try to make arrangements.)
Textbook & WebAssign Information
A physical copy of the textbook is not necessary, but each student must purchase WebAssign access. The edition sold through the bookstore is bundled with WebAssign access. Alternatively, the textbook can be purchased separately through webassign.net or cencage.com
WebAssign Assignments
There will be several WebAssign assignments throughout the course.
WebAssign 1 is posted. It is due on Tue 9/15 at 12 noon.
WebAssign 2 is posted. It is due on Fri 9/18 at 12 noon.
Computer Assignments.
There will be 3 computer assignments throughout the course.
Comp Assign 1. Due: Mon 10/19. Answers.
Reelvant Excel commands: see Lecture 9 handouts.
Submit the assignment by bringing it to lecture.
Comp Assign 2. Due: Wed 11/11. Answers.
Relevant Excel commands: see Lecture 15 handouts.
Submit the assignment by bringing it to lecture.
Comp Assign 3. Due: Mon 12/14. Answers.
Submit the assignment by bringing it to lecture.
If you are unable to attend lecture on the due date, you may submit the computer assignment by placing it in my mailbox in McQuaid Hall. Computer assignments will not be accepted via e-mail, nor via Canvas submission.
Resources
Math Learning Lab (MLL) - Tutoring
The Math Learning Lab is in the Academic Resource Center (ARC), which is in the Arts & Sciences Building: Room 242.
Tutors in Residence
Office Hours: McQuaid 213
The MLL holds review sessions for Math 1205.
Information about these review sessions will be posted here when it becomes available.
Midterm 1 Information
Date: Wed 10/7
Time & Location: Our classroom during lecture
Content:
Lectures 1 - 7
WebAssign Assignments: 1, 2, 3, 4
Textbook sections: 1.1-1.3 and 4.1 and 6.1-6.2 and 7.1-7.2
Midterm 1 practice test: Spring 2025: Midterm 1
Likely topics and relevant textbook problems:
(Lec 1-2) Word problems: Find cost, revenue, profit functions. Find break even.
Sec 1.2: #15
Chapter 1 Review: #39
(Lec 2) Word problem: Find equilibrium price.
Sec 1.2: #33
Sec 4.1: #59, 61
(Lec 2) Given an equation of a line ax + by = c:
Find its slope, y-intercept, x-intercept
Sec 1.3: #15, 17, 21, 23
(Lec 2) Word problem: Find a linear cost function.
Sec 1.3: #81, 83, 85
(Lec 3) Word problem: Set up a linear system of equations.
Sec 4.1: #41, 45, 53, 57
(Lec 3) Solve a linear system of equations.
Sec 4.1: #7, 9, 11, 17
(Lec 5) Solve LP problems. Sketch feasible regions.
Sec 6.2: #1, 3, 5, 13
(Lec 5) Word problem: Set up an LP problem.
Sec 6.2: #25, 27, 29, 31
(Lec 6-7) Inclusion-Exclusion. Venn Diagrams. Drawing conclusions from a table.
Sec 7.1: #21, 25, 35, 43, 71, 73
Sec 7.2: #15, 17, 27, 29, 33, 35, 39, 43, 45, 49, 51
Midterm 2 Information
Date: Mon 11/9
Time & Location: Our classroom during lecture
Important: You will need a laptop for the computer portion.
Content:
Lectures 7 - 14
WebAssign Assignments: TBD
Computer Assignment 1 (yellow)
(Note: Comp Assign 2 will not be tested on Midterm 2)
Textbook sections: 7.1 - 7.4 and 8.1 - 8.5 and 9.1
Midterm 3 Information
Date: Mon 12/7
Time & Location: Our classroom during lecture
Important: You will need a laptop for the computer portion.
Content:
Lectures 15 - 21
WebAssign Assignments: TBD
Computer Assignment 2 (green)
(Note: Comp Assign 3 will not be tested on Midterm 3, but it will be tested on the final exam.)
Textbook sections: 1.2 and 2.1 - 2.3 and 9.1 - 9.3 and 10.4 - 10.5 and 11.1
Final Exam Information
Date: TBD
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
Content: The final exam is cumulative, covering all lectures. The final exam is standardized for all sections of Math 1205.
Advice for success:
Go through all 3 midterms: make sure you can solve all the problems correctly.
Go through the Lecture 25 problems: make sure you can solve all of them correctly.
No formulas will be provided. So, make sure to memorize the formulas from the midterm formula sheets.
Make sure you know the relevant Excel commands, and how to use WolframAlpha.