UPDATE COLLEGE ALGEBRA 1 FALL 2021 SITARAMAN
COLLEGE ALGEBRA 1 MATH 006 Section 14 FALL 2021 UPDATE PAGE
SITARAMAN
Course Page with syllabus, grading policy and general information
(INCLUDES INFORMATION ABOUT ALEKS, THE HOMEWORK WEBSITE).

Welcome.
Here you will see info about what we did in class, upcoming exams, solutions for past exams, etc.,

Here is what we did last time I taught this class: UPDATE PAGE FROM SPRING 2018
Not everything will be the same but you can get an idea.


Tutoring schedule.
FALL 2021 TUTORING SCHEDULE AND CONTACT EMAILS

CHECK AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK!!
Started 8/17/2021


FINAL EXAM TUE DEC 7, 3.30 TO 5.30 PM ON ZOOM
REVIEW SCHEDULE ON BLACKBOARD, IN CONTENT.

CLASSES WILL BE ONLY ONLINE, GOING FORWARD.
ALL OUTSTANDING ISSUES MUST BE ADDRESSED BY DEC 3, FRI.
ABSOLUTELY NO MAKE-UPS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES FOR FINAL EXAM.

12-6-21, Monday
Solutions for test 3 wednesday exam
Solutions for test 3 friday exam

12/3/2021, Friday.
GRADESHEET HAS BEEN POSTED UNDER 'CONTENT' IN BLACKBOARD.
Today we reviewed the Fall 2018 final exam.
Notes from class part 1
Notes from class part 2

12/2/2021, Thursday.
GRADESHEET HAS BEEN POSTED UNDER 'CONTENT' IN BLACKBOARD.

12/1/2021, Wednesday.
GRADESHEET WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW MORNING.
Today we finished talking about exponential functions and logarithms.
Notes from class

11/29/2021, Monday.
GRADESHEET WILL BE POSTED AFTER ASSIGNMENT 11 CLOSES TONIGHT.
Today we went over the basics of exponential functions and logarithms.
Notes from class

11/22/2021, Monday.
WEDNESDAY'S CLASS WILL BE HELP SESSION.
Any questions you may have regarding class, assignments etc.,

Today we went over the basics of exponential functions and inverse functions.
Notes from class

11/19/2021, Friday.
Today we finished test 3. Gradesheet will be posted on blackboard soon.

TEST III WILL BE IN PERSON.
TUTORING SCHEDULE ABOVE.
STUDY GUIDE

ON WED, NOV 17 FOR LAST NAMES L TO Z
ON FRI NOV 19 FOR LAST NAMES A TO K.


GRADES AS OF FRIDAY 11-5-21 POSTED IN CONTENT SECTION OF BLACKBOARD.

11/15/2021, Monday.
Today we went over the study guide for test on wednesday/friday.
Notes from class

11/12/2021, Friday.
Today we did more application problems involving quadratic functions.
Notes from class

11/10/2021, Wednesday.
Today we talked about quadratic functions, their graphs and applications.
Notes from class

11/9/21, Tuesday.
Study guide for test 3 has been posted above

11/8/2021, Monday.
Today we talked about symmetry of graphs, even and odd functions, piecewise functions and combination of functions.
Notes from class

11/5/2021, Friday.
Today we talked about transformation of graphs.
Notes from class

11/3/2021, Wednesday.
Today we talked about linear functions and applications and transformation of graphs.
Notes from class

11/1/2021, Monday.
Today we talked more about equation of lines and linear functions and applications.
Notes from class

10/29/2021, Friday.
Today we talked about equation of lines and linear functions.
Notes from class

10/27/2021, Wednesday.
Today we talked about equation of circle and basic notions of functions.
Notes from class

10/25/2021, Monday.
Today we talked about equation of circle.
Notes from class

10/22/2021, Friday.
SOLUTIONS FOR MONDAY'S TEST
SOLUTIONS FOR WEDNESDAY'S TEST
(Wednesday solution paper has different numbers but problems are the same).

Today we talked about plotting points on graph, finding distance and midpoint between two points.
Notes from class

TEST II WILL BE IN PERSON.
WEDNESDAY IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO TAKE TEST 2!
ON MON, OCT 18 FOR LAST NAMES A TO K
ON WED OCT 20 FOR LAST NAMES L TO Z.
REVIEW ON FRIDAY OCT 15.
Study Guide
Answers at the end.

10/15/2021, Friday.
Today we reviewed some problems of study guide above.
Notes from class

10/11/2021, Monday.
Today we talked about equations of higher degree that can be solved using quadratic formula.
Notes from class

10/8/2021, Friday.
Monday we will get back to usual, face to face.
Today we talked about equations with radicals that can be solved using quadratic formula.
Notes from class

10/7/2021, Wednesday.
TOMORROW (FRIDAY) CLASS ON ZOOM ONLY. Monday we will get back to usual.
Zoom link same as before.

10/6/2021, Wednesday.
Today we talked about equations that can be solved using quadratic formula.
Notes from class

10/4/2021, Wednesday.
Today we talked about more applications of quadratic formula (word problems).
Notes from class

10/1/2021, Wednesday.
Today we talked about applications of quadratic formula (word problems).
Notes from class

9/29/2021, Wednesday.
Today we talked about quadratic formula.
Notes from class

9-26-21, Friday
Test 1 graded papers have been posted at the same place (journal entry) where you uploaded answer papers.
Please look at comments, if any, regarding the status, in the journal entry as well.
UPDATED WITH MORE DETAILS: Questions and answers to test 1 version 1.
Questions and answers to test 1 version 2.

9-17-21, Friday
Test 1 graded papers will be posted at the same place (journal entry) where you uploaded answer papers.
Please look at comments, if any, regarding the status, in the journal entry as well.
Questions and answers to test 1 version 1.
Questions and answers to test 1 version 2.

TEST I WILL BE ON ZOOM ON FRIDAY SEP 17, ON CHAPTER R.
ALL OTHER INFORMATION IS SAME.
Zoom link and instructions on blackboard, under announcements.
Review in class on Wednesday the 15th Sep.
Study class notes, homework problems and review problems from Fall 2016 Test 1.
We will also review this Fall 2013 Test 1
NOTE: Error in solution in the Fall 13 test 1 for problem 3. It should stop with (x+3)(x-3)(x^2+9).

9-1-2021, Wednesday.
I have created a new homework titled "Early hw R3, R4" in ALEKS.
If you have finished Assignment 1, please start this assignment right away.
Assignment 2 (same material) starts later. It was set up by the department and I can't change it myself.
Please do only one of these assignments. if you do this early hw, you don't have to do assignment 2 later.

8-30-2021, Monday.
Today we concluded talking about expressions involving rational exponents, and simplifying expressions with rational exponents.
Instructions are below for doing ALEKS assignment based on material from R1 and R2 discussed so far.
Please go to Blackboard -> Tools ->Journals -> Honor code affirmation and follow instructions.

8-27-2021, Friday.
Today we discussed expressions involving rational exponents, and simplifying expressions with rational exponents.
Instructions are below for doing ALEKS assignment based on material from R1 and R2 discussed so far.

8-25-2021, Wednesday.
Today we discussed absolute value, distance between numbers, rules of exponents, simplifying expressions with exponents and scientific notation.
Instructions are below for doing ALEKS assignment based on material from R1 and R2 discussed so far.

8-24-2021, Tuesday.
yesterday (monday) we started the class looking at the real number system and its subsets (section R1 in ebook).
We saw how to identify irrational numbers using their decimal expansions, different notations for describing subsets of the real numbers, and unions and intersections of such subsets. Please do the ALEKS assignment problems from those topics.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR DOING ALEKS ASSIGNMENT:
1. Get ebook (see course page) from bookstore (not elsewhere) and use ALEKS code that comes with it to get into ALEKS.
2. Use class code that was given on course page to get into class page on ALEKS.
3. Finish the tools tutorial and knowledge check first. I recommend doing them and not skipping as they will be useful.
4. Assignment will start right away. If not click on content icon on top left corner and select assignments. Then start on the assignment open now until Thursday (it says R1 and R2 in title).

8-17-2021, Tuesday.
Instructions for preparing for first class on 8/23/2021.
IMPORTANT:Please also go to Journal in Blackboard under "Tools", click on "Create Entry" and upload an honor code affirmation statement as instructed there.
You MUST do this ASAP.

Check out this article on Shock of discovering that square root of 2 is not rational.