Unless otherwise noted, your homework is to write complete solutions for all the questions and problems from each assigned textbook worksheet. The goal of the homework is for you to gain understanding of the material and practice, so as to become able to solve problems on your own.
| Homework 1 | collected April 7 | Worksheets 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Homework 2 | collected April 14 | Worksheets 5, 6, 7 |
| Homework 3 | collected April 21 |
Worksheets 8, 9, 10 (make a copy before turning it in, to have it when studying for the midterm) |
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(not collected, do by April 22) |
Worksheet 11 Note: Worksheet 11 will be covered by the April 26 midterm and should be done early, by April 22. |
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| Homework 4 | collected May 5 | Worksheets 12, 13, 14 |
| Homework 5 | collected May 12 |
Worksheets 15, 16, 17 (make a copy before turning it in, to have it when studying for the midterm) |
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(not collected, do by May 13) |
Worksheet
18 Note: Worksheet 18 will be covered by the May 17 midterm and should be done early, by May 13. |
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| Homework 6 | collected May 26 | Worksheets 19, 20, 21 |
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not collected (do by June 1) |
Worksheets 23,
24 & from WS 22 only the arrow pbls at the end: 11, 12, 13 This material will be included on the Final Exam and should be done by June 1. |
Homework Rules:
 | Always write complete solutions, showing all your work. A correct answer is not enough for full credit, because final answers to most questions are available to you at the back of the textbook. The grader will be checking that you know how to get that answer, not just that you can write it down. |
| You must write your name and your quiz section (for example, AC) in the top right-hand corner of your assignment. |
| Be neat. Your grader must be able to easily read your solutions.
Problems should appear in the correct order, leaving room for a grader to write comments, if necessary. Staple all pages together, in order . (The grader may refuse to accept it otherwise.) |
| Homework is due in quiz section on the
listed due date. If you are unable to come to class on a day that homework is due, then you may: 1) have a reliable friend turn it in for you (make sure you have your name and correct quiz sectionon it), or 2) put it in the homework box outside Dr. Nichifor's office no later than 3:30pm on the due date. There will a homework box outside Dr. Nichifor's office on the due date. Place your stapled and labeled homework inside this box, in the file corresponding to your quiz section. The homework will be collected on Thursday at 3:30 pm from the box. If you put your homework in the box later than 3:30pm, your homework is late and it will not be accepted. |
| Late homework is not accepted for any reason. Instead, your lowest score will be dropped. Additional missing homeworks can be excused if you have a serious, unavoidable reason and provide documentation for it. |
GRADING: Your homework grade in this course has two components: a completion part and an accuracy part. Each homework is graded out of 10 points. On each assignment, you will receive up to 4 points in proportion to the number of the assigned problems you have completed regardless of whether or not they were done correctly. In addition, your instructors will choose 3 problems from each homework to be graded for correctness. We will not announce to you which problems will be graded. Therefore, it is important that you complete every problem assigned and include a complete solution for that problem. Students who make an honest attempt at every assigned problem will usually receive high scores on homework (even if they don't get the correct answers). Students who skip problems, do only half the assignment, or just write down the answers will receive low homework scores.