Math 120 - Fall 2004
Precalculus II
Section 01: M-F 9:30 – 10:20 @ 2207
Section 02: M-F 10:30 – 11:20 @ 2904

Instructor - Swati Sircar

Basic Information | Syllabus | Course Organization | Course Plan | Policies

1st day Handout | Conics Handout | Worksheets | Homework & Quizzes | Exams

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Basic Information

Office: Room 5335 in Foss Building (5000)
Office hours: 11:30-2:30 Mon-Wed, 9:30-12:30 Thu @ 5335, by appointment. Usually I will be in my office 12:30-4:30 M-F. But this is not for sure. Hence, if you can not come during the office hours, appointments - i.e. emailing me ahead of time, or letting me know before or after class - to be on the safe side.

Holidays: November 11 (Veterans’ Day) & November 25 - 26 (Thanksgiving break)

Text: College Algebra and Trigonometry with Precalculus, Custom Edition for Shoreline Community College by Margaret L. Lial, John Hornsby & David I. Schneider

Optional: If you want, you may buy the Student Solutions Manual for this book.

Math Learning Center: This is a wonderful place to work on this class. There you can get help in terms of tutoring, handouts related to specific topics, old exams & quizzes. You can also check the course website & take print outs from there. Check out their website for location, hours & other details.

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Syllabus

Course Description:
We are going to cover the following topics this quarter. Be sure to keep up with the material covered in class. It is strongly recommended that you read material before it is covered in class. If you miss a class, it is your responsibility to find out all information from the class you missed, including material covered, HW assigned, worksheets & quizzes done & any other announcements made.

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Course Organization

NOTE: Worksheets & Home Works may carry less weight towards the course grade but they are your main tools to learn the course material. So do them regularly & do not skip any. In case you missed one do it at home to get the most out of this course.

Worksheets:
  • We will do worksheets regularly in class to learn the subject by doing it. They are geared to help you learn better & faster.
  • They might be used as an introduction to a topic or done after we master a technique. They can be at the beginning or end of a class.
  • They will be graded. Graded worksheets will be returned the following class-day.
  • It is your responsibility to attend the classes on time so that you do not miss them. You can do them later but the late ones will not be graded.
  • All the worksheets will be available online once they have been distributes in class. You can get them from the course website or from me.
Home Works:
  • Homework from the text will be assigned, collected on Mondays (unless mentioned otherwise). They will be graded & returned within a week.
  • All HWs will be posted online at least a week before the due date & sometimes several weeks ahead. I will also announce the HWs in class.
  • If you want to move ahead feel free to do so. You can turn in your HW earlier.
  • HWs should be turned in during the class. But you have grace period up to 12:30 to turn it in my mailbox at the FOSS building (5000).
  • Please staple your HW if it has multiple pages, at least put your name on each page. Otherwise I will not be responsible if pages get lost.
  • Late HW will not be graded but you can bring it to me later for checking answers.
  • The worst HW score will be dropped.
It is highly advised that you do not wait for the weekend to do your HW but do them as & when we cover those portions in class. Since there is no fixed "Quiz-day" of the week, you are required to be up to speed with the class.

Quizzes:
  • As soon as we finish a substantial portion (typically 2-5 sections) of the syllabus there will be a quiz on it. There is no fixed "Quiz-day" of the week.
  • However the Quiz-days are mentioned in the day by day "Plan". Please note: this is only a tentative one & the actual Quiz-days may differ depending upon how fast/slow we progress.
  • I will remind the class one day before the Q-day.
  • All quizzes will be graded & returned within 1-2 days.
  • The worst quiz-score will be dropped.
  • All solutions of the quizzes will be posted online within 2 hours.
Exams:
  • You can bring one page both sides hand written notes for the exam.
  • You should not require a calculator. More on this closer to exam dates.
  • There will be 2 midterms & a final on the date mentioned below (corresponding to your section) in the classroom. Midterms will be during class hours & the final will be 10:30-12:30.
  • Before each midterm there will be a practice test which will not be graded.
  • Cheating is not allowed during the exams & I reserve the right to deduct points if I suspect cheating.
  • Solution to each exam will be posted online within 2 hours.
Course Grade:
  • The course will be graded on a linear scale with 90% = 4.0 & 60% = 2.0 with exams etc. having the weight mentioned in the chart below.
  • Your actual grade might be slightly higher depending on my understanding of your mathematical abilities.

Worksheets
10%
Home Works
10%
Quizzes
20%
Midterms Oct 29 & Nov 24 (15+15)%
Final (Sec 01) Dec 10-or-(Sec 02) Dec 14 30%
Total
100%

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Course Plan:

Week by Week: Here is the tentative plan for the quarter. I might make slight changes as the term progresses. We might move quicker or slower than indicated at some point.

Week Sections Quizzes/Exams Syllabus for Quiz/Exam
1 Recap, 6.1, 6.2 Quiz 1 (Sep 29) Recap
2 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 Quiz 2 (Oct 4) + Quiz 3 (Oct 8) 6.1 - 6.2 + 6.3 - 6.5
3 6.6, 6.7, 6.9 Quiz 4 (Oct 14) 6.6 - 6.7, 6.9
4 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 Quiz 5 (Oct 21) 7.1 - 7.4
5 7.6, 7.7, Midterm Review Midterm 1 (Oct 29) 6.1 - 6.7, 6.9, 7.1 - 7.7
6 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4   8.1 - 8.4
7 8.7, 8.8 Quiz 6 (Nov 8) + Quiz 7 (Nov 12) 8.7 - 8.8
8 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 Quiz 8 (Nov 19) 10.1 - 10.3
9 Midterm Review Midterm 2 (Nov 24) 8.1 - 8.4, 8.7 - 8.8
10 10.4, 10.5 Quiz 9 (Dec 3) 10.4 - 10.5
11 Final Review Midterm 3 (Dec 6)
Final (Dec 10-or-Dec14)		 10.1 - 10.5
6.1 - 6.7, 6.9, 7.1 - 7.7, 8.1 - 8.4, 8.7 - 8.8

Day by Day: Here is a more day by day plan. Again this is tentative & I will keep it up to date as the quarter continues. Check this is for the upcoming Quiz-dates.

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Homework & Quizzes

Week Home Work Due Date Quiz Solution
1 6.1: 2,9,24,27,32,42,75; (51,53,54,78)
6.2: 3,19,22,37,44,53,56,75,79,89,100; (26-31,40,41,89,95,96,101)		 Oct 4 Q 1 S 1
2 6.3: 12,22,31,40,52,64,65,97,103,107a; (17-20,26,28,99,107b,107c)
6.4: 3,9,20,34,48,51,61,63; (4,15,17,36,55)
6.5: 11,12,24,29,58,63,70,81,89,92; (44,48,86,87)		 Oct 11 Q 2 S 2
Q 3 S 3
3 6.6: 5,7,15,16,25,31,36,53,56,60,66,67,77a,c,e,80,82,84,85; (41,44,45,50,57,70,72,79)
6.7: 11,17,21,27-30,35,51,53,67; (55-57)
6.9: 7-12,21,26,41,43,44,47		 Oct 18 Q 4 S 4
4 7.1: 4,5,7,12-14,28-32,33,34,43,50,51,55; (35,36,59)
7.2: 5,11,16,19,28,31,36,40,57; (18,21,73)
7.3: 2,7,9,20,23,27,30,41,52,60,67,85; (37,58)
7.4: 3,5,14,25,45,53,67,76,81; (11,12,40,63,90)		 Oct 25 Q 5 S 5
5 7.5: 5,8,9,10,15,16,21,22,23,37,39,43,64,70,79,86,97,99
7.6: 5,11,15,24,26,35,37,54,55,59,60,67,74,89,92
7.7: 7,16,23,27,30,32,37,48		 Nov 1 midterm week
6 8.1: 4,6,10,22,26,28,36,48,51,55; (18,19,20,43)
8.2: 4,6,8,18,27,29,32,34,40,50; (51,52,54)
8.3: 15-20,22,26,32,36,40,46,49,50,54,56,66,68,72
8.4: 2,4,7,10,14,16,20; (12,22,23)		 Nov 8    
7 8.7: 4,8,12,16,20,26,30,54,56,62,64; (44,46,52,58,66)
8.8: 1-4,8,12,16,20,26,30,32; (14,22,24,28,34,40)		 Nov 15 Q 6 S 6
Q 7 S 7
8 10.1: 1,2,14,26,28,30,40,42,52b,56; (16,18,38)
10.2: 1,4,10,12,14,20,28,30,32,43,46,48a,48c; (18,24,48b)
10.3: 1-4,8,12,20,22,30,36,40; (32,53,54,56) 		Nov 22 Q 8 S 8
9
No Home Work!
 midterm week
10 10.4: 1-10,14,20,23-32,44,48,51,56,61,62,64,74,78,84,88,90,92; (57,58)
10.5: 8,10,16,18,22,26,28		 Dec 2 Q 9 S 9

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Exams

Practice Midterm 1 Midterm 1 Practice Midterm 2 Midterm 2 Midterm 3 Final (1) Final (2)
Solution Solution Solution Solution Solution Solution Solution

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Policies

Fairy Godmother:
You get only one chance this quarter to turn in something late. To use your Fairy Godmother, talk to me; explain the situation & I will tell you what to do. You may not use your Fairy Godmother for the final exam!

Other than this one chance, I do not accept any late work & I do not give makeup quizzes or tests. It is your responsibility to get all the materials to me on or before their due dates. If you have an emergency that prevents you from submitting something on time, contact me immediately upon your return to class.

Cheating Policy:
Do not cheat. Some of the work in this class is collaborative & I expect you to use each other as resources. But for much of the required work, collaboration is not allowed. In particular, on exams, the work you submit must be your own. Plagiarism is also not allowed. I reserve the right to give you 0 on any paper where I believe you have been cheating. Also, you should be aware that I sometimes make photocopies of quizzes & midterms before I return them. In any further instance of cheating will result in 0.0 for the course.

Dates:
Oct 29 is the last day to choose the Pass/No Credit option. Nov 8 is the last day to withdraw or to change to audit. You are responsible for paying attention to the calendar.

Emergency School Closure:
If a class is canceled because Shoreline Community College is closed (inclement weather, earthquake, broken water main, etc.), we will take up where we left off at the next class meeting. In particular, if class is canceled the day of a quiz or an exam, the quiz or exam will be given at the next class meeting. Listen to the radio (Greater Seattle Radio Dial: listing), watch TV (KING, KIRO), or check the college website if you suspect the college may be closed.

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