FINITE MATHEMATICS AND CALCULUS 1

(15-MATH-225-003)

Autumn, 2002

The Class Room and Class Times are Room 710 of Rieveschl

on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 9:00-9:50 a.m.

with the exception of November 11 (Monday) Veteran’s Day

and November 29 (Friday) of Thanksgiving

Teacher: Roger Chalkley

Office: Room 822A, Old Chemistry Building

Telephone: (513) 556-4074

Office Hours: 10:00-10:50 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays;

And 12:00-12:15 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays

Textbook: Succeeding in Applied Calculus, by Warren B. Gordon,

Thomson Learning – Custom Publishing of Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, 2002

A syllabus for this course is placed on the back of this page.

Test 1 will be given in Zimmer Auditorium on Tuesday, October 15 at 5:00-6:15 p.m.

Test 2 will be given in Zimmer Auditorium on Wednesday, November 6 at 5:00-6:15 p.m.

The place, date, and time of the two-hour Final Examination will be announced later.

The time of the final examination will likely not be at the time listed by Learning Opportunities.

(The use of calculators is prohibited for Test 1, Test 2, and the Final Examination. Their use at other times is permitted.)

Test 1 and Test 2 each contribute 20% to the computation of a final grade for the course; the two-hour final examination counts as 40%; and homework counts as 20%.

Note that homework will be collected at the beginning of class on each Friday for which homework is assigned; and late homework will not be accepted.

Withdrawals: A withdrawal with passing status (W) will be permitted up through Friday, November 8, 2001. After that date, withdrawal slips cannot be processed.

Syllabus FM&C 225, Fall 2002

Suggested MWF schedule

W, Sept 25 Syllabus, Ch 1 + review of fractions

F, Sept 27 Ch 2

M, Sept 30 Ch 3

W, Oct 2, Ch 4

F, Oct 4 Ch 6

M, Oct 7 Ch 7 (much less on factoring trinomials/quadratic expressions: refer to quadratic formula)

W, 0ct 9 Ch 8, Ch 11

F, Oct 11 Ch 11 + factoring

M, Oct 14 Review

T, Oct 15 Test 1

W, Oct 16 Ch 13

F, Oct 18 Ch 14

M, Oct 21 Ch 15

W, Oct 23 Ch 15

F, Oct 25 Ch 17

M, Oct 28 Ch 18

W, Oct 30 Ch 93 (‘Exponential Functions’, lower-page-number 184)

F, Nov 1 Ch 93

M, Nov 4 Ch 94 (‘The Number e’, lower-page-number 195)

W, Nov 6 Review

W, Nov 6 Test 2

F, Nov 8 Ch 95 (‘Logarithmic Functions’, lower-page-number 204)

F, Nov 8 Last day to withdraw

W, Nov 13 Ch 95

F, Nov 15 Ch 96 (‘Properties of Logarithmic Functions’, lower-page-number 216)

M, Nov 18 Ch 96

W, Nov 20 Ch 96

F, Nov 22 Ch 97 (‘Applications of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions’, lower-number 230)

M, Nov 25 Ch 97

W, Nov 27 Ch 97

M, Dec 2 Review/complements

W, Dec 4 Review/complements

F, Dec 6 Review

TBA Final exam