Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College 2101 14th Street Cloquet, Minnesota 55720 Office: W217 Phone: 218-879-0840 Email: ted@fdltcc.edu Spring 2021 Class Schedule: 10-10:50 M W F College Algebra Room 228 11-11:50am M W F Calculus 1 Room 256 12-12:50pm M Programming Room 208 6- 8:45pm W Statistics Room 256 Office Hours in Room W217 (tentative): Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1pm 10am 5pm noon 9am
College Algebra, by Jay Abramson (senior author) Openstax: college-algebra
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You may have a calculator already, but make sure that it is a scientific calculator. If you need to buy one, I recommend a cheap calculator like a TI-30XS Multiview. This does what you need, and the bookstore sells them for under $20 . If you have a problem getting one, let me know. You need to have it available for all assignments. You do not need a more expensive graphing calculator, but, if you have one, it will be fine.
3 tests 3x100 = 300 1 final 150 25 homework 4x25 = 100 ----------------------- 550 total 90-100% A 80-90% B 70-80% C 60-70% D 0-60% F Scores from tests are posted on D2L here: https://fdltcc.learn.minnstate.edu/
This course addresses FDLTCC liberal education requirements (Competencies Across the Curriculum) in problem solving and technology. You should come to class everyday! This is the easy way to do well in any course, and it is especially true for math classes. There are exercises in the text for you to do, and these are usually answered at the end of each chapter. You will also get homework assignments on handouts, and you should complete then hand these in at the beginning of the next class. You homework grade is based on completing and turning in these homework handouts. You will also get sample exams which will be similar in length and content to the in-class exams. Let me know if there is are accommodations you need for the class.
Mon jan09 1 1.1 real numbers 1.2 exponents and scientific notation h1 Wed jan11 2 1.3 radicals and fractional exponents h2 Fri jan13 3 1.4 polynomials h3 Mon jan16 H Wed jan18 4 1.5 factoring polynomials h4 Fri jan20 5 1.6 rational expressions h5 Mon jan23 6 2.1 Cartesian plane h6 Wed jan25 7 2.3 models and applications h7 Fri jan27 8 2.4 complex numbers h8 Mon jan30 9 2.5 quadratic equations h9 Wed feb01 10 2.7 linear and absolute value inequalities h10 Fri feb03 11 T1 review Mon feb06 12 T1 Wed feb08 13 3.1 Functions 3.2 domain and range h11 Fri feb10 14 3.4 composition h12 Mon feb13 15 3.5 tranformation 3.7 function inverses h13 Wed feb15 16 4.1 Linear Functions h14 Fri feb17 17 4.2 modeling with linear functions h15 Mon feb20 H Wed feb22 18 4.3 fitting linear models to data Linear Regression Calculator h16 T2 review Fri feb24 19 T2 review Mon feb27 20 T2 Wed mar01 21 5.1 quadratics 5.2 polynomials 5.3 graphs of polynomial functions h17 Fri mar03 22 5.4 dividing polynomials h18 Mon mar06 23 5.6 rational functions h19 Wed mar08 24 6.1 exponential functions 6.2 graphs of exponential functions h20 Fri mar10 25 6.3 logarithmic functions 6.4 graphs of log functions Spring break Mon mar20 26 calculation with logarithms, and uses of h21 Wed mar22 27 6.5 properties of logs h22 Fri mar24 28 6.6 exponential and log equations 6.7 exponential and log models and applications h23 Mon mar27 29 7.1 systems of linear equations in 2 variables h24 Wed mar29 30 7.2 systems of linear equations in 3 variables h25 T3 review Fri mar31 31 T3 Mon apr03 32 7.5 matrices and operations h26 Wed apr05 33 7.7 matrix algebra and inverses, solving systems h27 Fri apr07 34 7.8 determinants and Cramer's rule h28 Mon apr10 35 8.1 The Ellipse Wed apr12 36 Conic Sections: circle, parabola, ellipse, hyperbola Fri apr14 37 9.1 sequences and series h29 Mon apr17 38 9.2 arithmetic sequences h30 Wed apr19 39 9.3 geometric sequences and series h31 Installment Loans h32 Fri apr21 40 9.5 counting H33 Mon apr24 41 9.6 binomial theorem Wed apr26 42 9.6 binomial probabilities Fri apr28 43 Applications of the binomial theorem Mon may01 44 Final Exam Review Wed may03 T1 Thu may04 T2 10-11:50 MATH 1010 Room 228 (Final 12-1:50pm CS 1020 Room 208) Fri may05 T3 (11am-12:50pm MATH 2001 Room 256) Mon may08 T4 Tue may09 H FDL Memorial Day Wed may10 Thu may11 Commencement