Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College 2101 14th Street Cloquet, Minnesota 55720 Office: W217 Phone: 218-879-0840 Email: ted@fdltcc.edu Spring 2024 Class Schedule: 8:00- 8:45 MTWHF Calculus 1 Room 256 9:00-9:45 ____F Calculus 2 W217 10:15-11:00 _T_H_ Calculus 2 W217 10:30-11:45 M_W__ College Algebra Room 228 12:00- 1:15 M_W__ Programming Room 227 6:00- 8:45pm __W__ Statistics Room 256 Office Hours in Room W217: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 9am 9am 9am 9am 5pm
College Algebra, by Jay Abramson (senior author) Openstax: college-algebra
From the textbook website you can view the textbook online using their viewer, you can download the entire book in PDF format, or you can download for Kindle. You can also download the entire textbook in PDF format from this local server directory:
You may have a calculator already, but make sure that it is a scientific calculator. If you need to buy one, I recommend a cheap calculator like a TI-30XS Multiview. This does what you need, and the bookstore sells them for under $20 . If you have a problem getting one, let me know. You need to have it available for all assignments. You do not need a more expensive graphing calculator, but, if you have one, it will be fine.
3 tests 3x100 = 300 1 final 150 25 homework 4x25 = 100 ----------------------- 550 total 90-100% A 80-90% B 70-80% C 60-70% D 0-60% F Scores from tests are posted on D2L here: https://fdltcc.learn.minnstate.edu/
This course addresses FDLTCC liberal education requirements (Competencies Across the Curriculum) in problem solving and technology. You should come to class everyday! This is the easy way to do well in any course, and it is especially true for math classes. There are exercises in the text for you to do, and these are usually answered at the end of each chapter. You will also get homework assignments on handouts, and you should complete then hand these in at the beginning of the next class. You homework grade is based on completing and turning in these homework handouts. You will also get sample exams which will be similar in length and content to the in-class exams. Let me know if there is are accommodations you need for the class.
Mon jan08 1 1.1 real numbers 1.2 exponents and scientific notation H1 Wed jan10 2 1.3 radicals and rational expressions H2 Mon jan15 H Wed jan17 3 1.4 polynomials 1.5 factoring polynomials H3 Mon jan22 4 1.6 rational expressions H4 Wed jan24 5 2.1 Cartesian plane 2.3 models and applications H5 Mon jan29 6 2.4 complex numbers 2.5 quadratic equations H6 Wed jan31 7 2.7 linear and absolute value inequalities H7 Mon feb05 8 Test 1 Wed feb07 9 3.1 Functions 3.2 domain and range 3.4 composition 3.5 tranformation 3.7 function inverses H8 Mon feb12 10 4.1 Linear Functions 4.2 modeling with linear functions H9 Wed feb14 11 4.3 fitting linear models to data Linear Regression Calculator H10 Mon feb19 H Wed feb21 12 Test 2 Mon feb26 13 5.1 quadratics 5.2 polynomials 5.3 graphs of polynomial functions Wed feb28 14 Conic Sections: parabola and ellipse, graphing with Desmos.com NASA Maven Mars Kepler's Laws Orbits Halley's comet Mon mar04 15 5.4 dividing polynomials 5.6 rational functions Wed mar06 16 6.1 exponential functions 6.2 graphs of exponential functions Spring break Mon mar18 17 6.3 logarithmic functions 6.4 graphs of log functions Wed mar20 18 calculation with logarithms, and uses of Mon mar25 19 6.5 properties of logs 6.6 exponential and log equations Video_C14 Dating Wed mar27 20 6.7 exponential and log models and applications Mon apr01 21 7.1 systems of linear equations in 2 variables Wed apr03 22 7.2 systems of linear equations in 3 variables triangulation in games Mon apr08 23 Test 3 Wed apr10 24 7.5 matrices and operations 7.7 matrix algebra and inverses, solving systems Mon apr15 25 7.8 determinants and Cramer's rule Wed apr17 26 9.1 sequences and series 9.2 arithmetic sequences Mon apr22 27 9.3 geometric sequences and series 9.5 counting Wed apr24 28 9.6 binomial theorem 9.6 binomial probabilities Applications of the binomial theorem Mon apr29 29 Final Exam Review Wed may01 T1 (11-12:50 Room 227 : Intro. to Programming in Python) Thu may02 T2 Fri may03 T3 Mon may06 T4 ( 8- 9:50am Room 256 : Calculus 1) 10-11:55am Room 228 : College Algebra Tue may07 Wed may08 Thu may09 H FDL Memorial Day Fri may10