MATH 1113 Content by Days

(If you're looking for the assignments, remember that the CourseCompass ones are found at http://www.coursecompass.com and the Dropbox assignments are found here.  But don't try doing them without having read the content (below) first!!!!!)

Remember that the dates are SUGGESTIONS ONLY.  You are free to work at your own pace, on any days of the week convenient to you.  I chose Monday-Thursday, since that's when the face-to-face section meets.

GEOGEBRA:

Throughout the course, you will find many GeoGebra applets.  These are interactive Java applets.  To activate them, just click on them, and wait for the applet to load.  If you're using Internet Explorer, you may have to click on the "Allow ActiveX control" warning bar at the top of your browser, for the applet to load.  I encourage you to play with it yourself, using the "Web Start" option, over at http://www.geogebra.org .  It's very easy to use, and a lot of fun!

Click here for a (mostly) complete list of GeoGebra applets used in PreCalculus and Calculus.

The first seven "days" constitute a review of chapters 1 - 4, so I don't stick as closely to the text as I do in subsequent discussions; I only highlight the concepts I think are especially important to students intending to go on to Calculus.  I strongly suggest that you work through them carefully, since what I think is important is what seems to end up on exams....

Part I  Review of Functions (Chapters 1 - 4)

January 20 -- Introduction to functions: 
Day 1A
Day 1B

January 21 -- Review of Lines:
Day 2A
Day 2B

January 22 -- Review of Polynomials:
Day 3A
Day 3B

January 26 -- Rational Functions and Power Functions:
Day 4A
Day 4B

January 27-- Solving Equations Algebraically and Graphically (This is a very important review, and may well be a several day project, depending on how well you remember your high school algebra.)
Day 5A
Day 5B
Day 5C

January 28:
Day 6 -- Catch-Up/Review/Work on Homework Day for Chapters 1 - 4.  Work on CourseCompass material, also the "Show Your Work" problems for Chapters 1 - 4.  In addition, you may wish to work the homework problems (for practice) at the bottom of the Day 5 assignment (if you haven't already done so.)

January 29:
Day 7 -- Project Day #1 (Learning some new software)

Part II  Chapter 5 material:

Feb 2 -- The Algebra of Functions; Function Composition:
Day 8A
Day 8B

Feb 3 -- Iteration
Day 9

Feb 4 -- Function Inverses:
Day 10A
Day 10B

Feb 5:
Day 11 -- Project Day #2 (Iteration and Web Diagrams)

Feb  9 -- Review of Exponents; Introduction to Exponential Functions:
Day 12A
Day 12B

Feb 10 -- More on Exponential Functions; a few applications:
Day 13A
Day 13B

Feb 11 -- Introduction to Logarithms:
Day 14A
Day 14B

Feb 12 -- Properties of Logarithms; Solving Exponential Equations:
Day 15A
Day 15B

Feb 18:
Day 16 -- Catch-Up/Review/Work on Homework Day for Chapter 5.  Work on CourseCompass material, also the "Show Your Work" problems for Chapters 5.
 

Part III  Chapter 6 Material, sections 6.1 and 6.2:

Feb 19 -- Geometry Review; Similar Triangles:
Day 16A
Day 16B

Feb 23 -- Angles on a circle, Radian Measure
Day 17A
Day 17B

Feb 24 -- Angular Velocity
Day 18

Feb 25:
Day 19 -- Project Day #3 (How Fast Are Your Tires Rotating?)

Feb 26 -- Introduction to Right Triangle Trigonometry; Basic Definitions:
Day 20A
Day 20B

March 2:
Day 21 -- Catch-Up/Review/Work on Homework Day for Sections 6.1 and 6.2.  Review for Midterm Exam.  (See the Sample Midterm, and the Sample Midterm Answers) Work on CourseCompass material, also the "Show Your Work" problems for Chapters 6.1 - 6.2.

March 3 -- (The actual midterm must be taken between March 1 and April 1):
Day 22 -- Midterm Exam Day!  Remember to bring a graphing calculator and a large, stamped envelope (if you're not taking the test at one of our LARCs) addressed to:

Dave Matthews
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Part IV:  Chapter 6 material, sections 6.3 - 6.6:


March 4:  Generalized sine and cosine values and graphs
Day 21A
Day 21B

March 5:  The other trigonometric functions and graphs
Day 22A
Day 22B
 

Spring Break, March 7 - 15

March 16:  Modifying the sine and cosine graphs
Day 23A
Day 23B


March 17:  Inverse trig functions and applications
Day 24A
Day 24B

March 18:
Day 25-- Project Day #4 (Using Trig. Inverses)

March 19:
Day 26 -- Catch-Up/Review/Work on Homework day for sections 6.3 - 6.6. Do the CourseCompass Chapter 6 assignments, and the Chapter 6 quiz, also the Show-your-work problems from sections 6.3 - 6.6.

Part V:  Chapter 7 Material

March 23: Basic Trig Identities
Day 27A
Day 27B

March 24: Trig Identities, Proofs
Day 28

March 25: Solving Trig Equations
Day 29A
Day 29B
Day 29C

March 26: More Complicated Identities (Sum, Difference, Double and Half Angle)
Day 30A
Day 30B

March 30:
Day 31 -- Catch-Up/Review/Homework Day for Chapter 7 . Do the CourseCompass Chapter 7 assignments, and the Chapter 7 quiz, also the Show-your-work problems from Chapter 7.

Part VI:  Chapter 8 Material

April 1: The Law of Sines:
Day 32A
Day 32B

April 2: The Law of Cosines
Day 33A
Day 33B

April 3:
Day 34: Project Day #5 (Another Inverse Trig Application)

April 7: Parametric Equations
Day 35A
Day 35B

April 8: Polar coordinates and functions
Day 36A
Day 36B

Nov 12:
Day 37: Project Day #6 (Complex Numbers in the Plane)

April 9:
Day 38 -- Catch-Up/Review/Homework Day for Chapter 8. Do the CourseCompass Chapter 8 assignments, and the Chapter 8 quiz, also the Show-your-work problems from Chapter 8.

April 10: Introduction to Analytic Geometry
Day 39A
Day 39B

April 14: Parabolas
Day 40
 

April 15: Ellipses
Day 41
 

April 16 Hyperbolas
Day 42

April 17 - May 5:  Catch-Up/Review/Homework for Chapter 10.  Or, feel free to start on the Take-Home Final, once it's posted below:

May 6:  Take-Home Final.  Due by May 13, 2009 in the Drop Box