Exam 4 Information
Exam 4 will take place on Thursday, November
15.
The problems on Exam 4 will be selected from
those appearing on Review for Exam 4.
Answers and solutions are included with these.
Topics covered:
·
All
topics covered on midterm exam
In addition:
·
Factoring
by grouping
·
Factoring
by the AC method (or pq-game)
·
Completing
the square with fractions (handout, Exam 4 Review)
·
Word
Problems including percent problems (handout, Exam 4 Review)
·
Graphing
a straight line using the slope- intercept form of its equation
·
Solving
Linear equations (handout, Exam 4 Review)
·
Simplifying,
adding, subtracting, and multiplying radical expressions
·
Rationalizing
the denominator in a radical expression
·
The
Pythagorean Theorem and its applications, including the distance formula
·
Simplifying
and performing operations on rational expressions
The table below shown the
topics covered in each class.
Course Outline - Math 99 - Fall 2007
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Tuesday |
Thursday |
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Week 1 |
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Class 1 – Aug 28 Intro Basic
Operations (factors) |
Class 2
– Aug 30 Order of
Operations Axioms Algebraic
Expressions |
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Week 2 |
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Class 3
– Sept 4 Inner
angles of a triangle Square
Roots |
Class 4
– Sept 6 Solution of Equations Linear Equations: conditional, identity, Contradiction |
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Week 3 |
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Class 5
– Sept 11 Integers,
Absolute Value, Prime-Factorization |
Class 6
– Sept 13 Exam 1 |
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Week 4 |
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Class 7
– Sept 18 Simplifying
Algebraic Expressions Solving
one- and two step Equations Ratio
Problems |
Class 8
– Sept 20 The Rectangular Coordinate System Absolute Value Equations Multiplying Algebraic Expressions Perimeter Square Roots Again Word Problems 1 |
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Week 5 |
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Class 9
– Sept 25 Graphs of Equations |
Class 10
– Sept 27 Graphing Straight Lines Laws of Exponents: 1, 3, 4 Multiplying Polynomials: FOIL The Zero Property |
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Week 6 |
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Class 11
– October 2 Laws of Exponents Multiplication of
Polynomials |
Class 12
– October 4 Factoring 1 : GCF,
factoring out -1 Difference of Squares
Theorem |
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Week 7 |
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Class 13
– October 9 Graph of a Parabola – the
Vertex Intercepts Fractions – definition,
comparing two fractions |
Class 14
– October 11 Completing the Square Factoring by Completing
the Square Factoring Criteria: the
connection between linear factors and x-intercepts |
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Week 8 |
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Class 15
– October 16 Order of operations on
algebraic expressions Absolute value equations
2 Fractions: the
fundamental property, equivalent fractions, simplified fractions, mixed
numbers and improper fractions, equivalent fractions Adding fractions Percents |
Class 16
– October 18 Multiplying and Dividing
Fractions Negative sign in
fractions The reciprocal Axioms of the Real Number
System |
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Week 9 |
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Class 17
– October 23 Midterm Review Parabola and Factoring
Reviewed |
Class 18
– October 25 Exam 3 |
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Week 10 |
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Class 19
– October 30 Area of rectangles and
right triangles Graphing a line using the
slope |
Class 20
– November 1 The Pythagorean Theorem Basic Percent Problems Factoring by Grouping |
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Week 11 |
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Class 21
– November 6 Radical Expressions 1 –
definition, simplifying, operations Factoring via the AC
method (grouping or pq-game) Rational Expressions and
operations on them |
Class 22
– November 8 Radical Expressions 2 –
rationalizing the denominator Applications of the
Pythagorean Theorem, including the distance formula |
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