Course Outline for Math 99 ABC
Class 1 – Wednesday, January 21
Lecture:
Course Information (Syllabus, Calendar of Events, Course Outline, Textbook
Information,
Calculator Information, List of Topics)
Natural numbers, integers, rational, numbers, irrational numbers,
and real numbers (1.1 Concepts 3)
Basic Operations (1.2 Concept 1)
Square Roots (1.2 Concept 4 and 11.4 Concept 1, 2)
Division with Remainder
Homework:
Questions and Review Set 1
Class 2 – Monday, January 26
Lecture:
Order of Operations, Parentheses (1.2 Concept 5 and handout)
Algebraic Expressions 1 – Definition, Evaluating (1.2 Concept 2 and handout)
Algebraic Expressions 2 – Simplifying
Combining like terms (1.6 Concept 5)
Equations and Inequalities
Solution of an equation or inequality (2.1 Concept 1)
Absolute value (1.1 Concept 6)
Homework:
Problem Set 1
Class 3 – Wednesday, January 28
Lecture:
Multiplying Algebraic Expressions (FOIL)
Complete squares and Conjugates
The difference of squares theorem
Multiplying Radical Expressions
Quiz 1
Homework:
Problem Sets 2 and 3
Class 4 – Monday, February 2
Lecture:
Interval notation (2.7 Concept 2)
Factoring 1
- GCF (6.1 Concepts 1, 2, and 3)
- Difference of two squares (6.5 Concept 1)
Operations on algebraic expressions (5.5, 5.6)
The zero product rule (6.7 Concepts 1,2, and 3)
Quadratic equations
Absolute value Equations (10.3)
Homework:
Problem Set 4
Also posted:
integers and Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
Class 5 – Wednesday, February 4
Lecture:
Review of linear Equations (2.1, 2.2)
Review of Rules of Exponents (5.1, 5.2)
Review of zero and negative exponents (5.3)
Quiz 2
Also posted:
Exam 1 Information, Review for Exam 1, Radical Expressions, Factoring 1
Class 6 – Monday, February 9
Lecture:
Factoring by completing the square (handout, Parts 1 and 2)
Fractions as exponents (11.2)
Class 7 – Wednesday, February 11
Exam 1
Class 8 – Wednesday, February 18
Lecture:
Completing the square (practice)
Operations on radical expressions (handout, 11.1, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5)
Quadratic equations with irrational solutions (12.1)
Rationalization (11.6)
Homework:
Problem Sets 5 and 6
Class 9 – Monday, February 23
Lecture:
Rational Expressions (7.1 – 7.4)
Graph of a parabola (handout, 8.3, 12.4)
Triangle inequality
Perimeter
Area of rectangles and right triangles
Homework:
Problem Set 7
Class 10 – Wednesday, February 25
Lecture:
Practice of integer exponents (5.3)
Solving systems of linear equations by the addition method (4.3)
Quiz 3
Homework:
Problem Sets 8 and 9
Review on your own:
Linear Equations (2.1, 2.2, 2.3)
Linear Inequalities (2.7)
Graphing a straight line (3.2)
Class 11 – Monday, March 2
Lecture:
Rational Expressions (7.1 – 7.4)
Complex Fractions (7.5)
Extra Credit Assignment:
Problem Set 10
Also posted:
(for review) Linear Equations 2
Class 12 – Wednesday, March 4
Lecture:
Rational Equations (7.6)
Factoring by grouping (6.1)
Factoring by the AC-method (6.4)
Quiz 4 (take home)
Also posted:
Exam 2 Information, Review for Exam 2
Class 13 – Monday, March 9
Lecture:
Review for Exam 2
Standard labeling (handout)
Area of a triangle (R.3)
The Pythagorean Theorem (6.7)
Class 14 – Wednesday, March 11
Exam 2
Class 15 – Monday, March 16
Lecture:
The Pythagorean Theorem (6.7, handout)
Completing the square – Part 3 (handout)
Class 16 – Wednesday, March 18
Lecture:
Writing Equations of Straight Lines (handout, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5)
Homework:
Problem Sets 11 and 12
Class 17 – Monday, March 23
Lecture:
Basic Percent Problems (handout)
Absolute Value Equations (10.3)
Class 18 – Wednesday, March 25
Lecture:
How to multiply a graph by –1 (8.3, 12.4)
How to take the absolute value of a graph (8.3)
Homework:
Problem Set 13
Also posted:
Complex Fractions
Class 19 – Monday, March 30
Lecture:
Factoring criteria for quadratic expressions
Class 20 – Wednesday, Apr 1
Lecture:
Complex Numbers (11.8)
Also posted:
Exam 3 Information, Exam 3 Review (Solutions included)
Word Problems 1 and 2
Class 21 – Monday, April 13
Lecture:
Review for Exam 3
Complex Numbers (11.8)
Class 22 – Wednesday, Apr 15
Exam 3
Class 23 – Monday, April 20
Lecture:
Complex Numbers (11.8, handout)
Mixture Problems (4.4)
Class 24 – Wednesday, Apr 22
Lecture:
Mixture Problems (4.4, handout)
Compound inequalities (10.1)
Class 25 – Monday, April 27
Lecture:
Rational Exponents (11.2)
Motion Problems (2.4, 4.4, handout)
Class 26 – Wednesday, Apr 29
Lecture:
The quadratic formula (12.2, handout)
Also posted:
Exam 4 Information, Exam 4 Reviews – Versions A and B (Solutions
included)
Class 27 – Monday, May 4
Lecture:
Radical Equations (11.7, handout)
Also posted:
Final Review – Version C
Class 28 – Wednesday, May 6
Lecture:
Similar Triangles (7.7, handout)
Class 29 – Monday, May 11
Lecture:
Decimals and Fractions (handout)
Review for the final exam
Class 30 – Wednesday, May 13
Final Exam (same as Exam 4)