Spring semester 2002
mo/tu/we/thu 1:30pm - 2:20pm EKH-123
Instructor: Dr. Bernhard Laurich
office: PB1-9
phone: 974-7452
leave messages at General Education office: 974-7422
e-mail: [email protected]
consultation hours: mo/we 11:00 - 11:50 am,
tu/thu 10:30 - 11:20 am
Required Material: Prealgebra
Marvin L. Bittinger and David J. Ellenbogen Addison Wesley Inc., 3rd ed., 1999
workbook for notes
ringbinder/paper for homework and tests
pocket calculator (optional)
Grades: The performance will be graded by midterm and final tests , unannounced quizzes, and regular homework.
40% final
15% midterm
20% quizzes (approx. 12)
25% homework (approx. 40) Grades: A 90 %
B 80 %
C 70 %
D 60 %
The quizzes (about one per week) will not be announced.
A missed test, quiz or homework will give you 0 points. There will be no make-up tests or make-up homework. Exeptions will only be possible if an absence is justified and has been reported timely. It is your responsibility to make up for the classes you missed.
In order to provide guidance through the wealth of topics covered in the book, regular attendance and taking personal notes is very important.
A high level of personal responsibility is expected to make this course a success for each individual. This includes regular attendance and active participation in class as well as keeping up with the material covered, using the book or other sources, e.g. classmates, tutors, and the consultation hours which are provided.
Semester Schedule:
Week 1: Whole Numbers (Ch. 1)
- addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
- equation, variable, solution
Week 2: Integers (Ch. 2)
- number line, negative numbers, absolute value
- algebra
Week 3: Review and Use of Calculator
Week 4: Fractions I (Ch. 3)
- numerator, denominator, factoring, simplifying
- rational numbers, word problems
Week 5: Fractions II (Ch. 4)
- least common denominator
- order of operations
Week 6: Decimals (Ch. 5)
- conversion to/from fractions
- equation with one variable term
Week 7: Review and Midterm
Week 8: Graphing (Ch. 6)
- tables, bar graphs, line graphs
- linear equations, ordered pairs
Week 9: Statistics (Ch. 6)
- mean, median, probability
Week 10: Ratios (Ch. 7)
- fractions, proportions
- word problems, geometry
Week 11: Percent (Ch. 8)
` - conversion to/from decimals and fractions
- discount, simple and compound interest
Week 12: Geometry (Ch. 9)
- metric system, conversion, temperature
- area, angles, volume, Pythagorean theorem
Week 13: Polynomials (Ch. 10)
- factoring
- multiplying two binomials
Week 14/15: Review
Final mo 5/13/02 2:00pm - 4:00pm EKH-123