Math 160     Precalculus     Spring 2008
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Key dates:  Feb. 6 is the last day to drop without a "W" or a letter grade.
Exams are common-hour exams given at 6:00 pm on Thursdays. Exam 1 is Thursday, Feb. 7. Exam 2 is Thursday, March 6. Exam 3 is Thursday, April 17. The Final Exam is at 6:00 pm Tuesday, May 6, during exam week. Mark your personal calendar with these dates and times.
The last day to drop (with a "W") and not receive a letter grade is Friday, April 18.
Holidays are:  Monday, Jan. 21, Monday, Feb. 18, and Friday, March 21.
Spring break is Saturday, March 8 through Sunday, March 16.

Every day the assignment includes reading the text. You are expected to learn outside of class by reading the text, in addition to learning during class. The 50-minute class periods are not long enough to teach you everything you need to know. The rest is in the text. Read it!


Calendar through Exam 1
 
Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday
January 14 Jan 15 Jan 17  First class day
Lecture on syllabus and 1.1
Read 1.1. (Each day, read the section.)
Jan 18     Lecture on 1.2
HW due:  (1.1) A1-6, 7, 9, 13, 15, 16,  B1-4, 7, 9, 13, 19, 23, 25, 35, 40, 41, 46
Jan 21
Martin Luther King Day
no classes
Jan 22     Lecture on 1.3
HW due: (1.2) A1, 3, 6, 7, 14, 19, 23, 35, 72,  B1, 2, 4, 5, 11, 16, 21, 23, 24
Jan 24     Lecture on 1.4
HW due: (1.3) A1, 2, 7, 8, 17, 22, 25, 27, B1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 18
Jan 25   Lecture on 1.4 & 1.5
HW due:  (1.4, part 1) A1-3,5, 7-9, 12, 17, 19,  B3, 5, 10, 11, 13, 15, 21, 25
Jan 28     Lecture on 1.5
HW due:  (1.4, part 2) A14, 18,  B1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 18-20, 29, 30, 37, 41, 47, 56, 64, 66, 71, 73, 76, 95, 97, 102
Jan 29     Lecture on 1.5 & 1.6
HW due:  (1.5, part 1): A1-6, 9, 11,  B5, 7, 11, 17
Jan 31     Lecture on 1.6
HW due:  (1.5, part 2 and 1.6, part 1) [1.5] A8, B1, 2, 4, 9, 13, 18, 19, 23, 25, 27, 35
[1.6] A1-4, 5, 7, 13, 15, 17, 21, 24
Feb 1    Lecture on 2.1
HW due: (1.6, part 2) A18, 25, 28, 35, 36, 47, 51,  B1-3, 10, 15, 17, 25, 29, 30, 49, 50, 53, 54
Feb 4  Lecture on 2.1 & 2.2
HW due: (2.1, part 1) A1, 2, 5- 7, 10, 13, 19, 21, 29, 31,  B1, 3, 10, 11
Feb 5  Lecture on 2.2
HW due:  (2.1, part 2 and 2.2, part 1) [2.1] A20, 32  B2, 4, 9, 12, 13, 27, 34, 35, 38, 42, 47  [2.2] A1, 3, 9, 12  (Wednesday, Feb. 6 is the last day to drop without a "W" on your transcript.)
Feb 7   Exam I on 1.1-2.1   6:00 pm  (Room to announced)
(Wednesday, Feb. 6 is the last day to drop without a "W" on your transcript. If you take the exam, it will be too late to drop without a "W".)
Feb 8     Lecture on 2.3
no HW due.

Continue with the calendar through exam 2.
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