UW Math 120 (Precalculus)
Text and Calculator Policy

• Text The text is UW 2000 Precalculus: A first course in Problem Solving, (2000-01 edition), by D.H.Collingwood and K.D.Prince. Available at Professional Copy and Print, 4200 University Way NE., Seattle, WA 98105; phone (206) 634-2689. The cost is approximately $20.

  You can also freely download the text, the problems in the text and over 500 additional problems we have created over the last 6 years. Go to this link to access the information:

  http://www.math.washington.edu/~colling/Math120/HSchool/thebook.html

• Calculators During the 2000-01 academic year, we adopted the following calculator policy:
  • A scientific calculator is REQUIRED. It must do things like trig functions, inverse trig, exponents and logarithms, and square roots in addition to the basic operations of arithmetic.
  • Graphing calculators are NOT ALLOWED on quizzes, midterms and the final exam. A graphing calculator is any device with a multiline display that has the ability to graph mathematical functions. There will be no exceptions to this policy.
  It should be noted that some of the additional problems in the archive linked to above DO require a graphing calculator. This reflects the fact our calculator policy has varied over the years.