After the end of term:

Final Exam Stats: Top Quartile: 84, Median: 73/100, Low Quartile: 55.
Max: 100, Average 68.

Class median grade is 3.0 (≥75% total score)

Your grades are now posted in Catalyst. PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY FIRST:
1) ALL your scores are shown, including your lowest homework score which was NOT counted towards your average.
(The dropping happens in the grade computation, not by erasing the scores from the gradebook.)
Any blank score you see was excused and also did not count towards your average.
2) Your total score was computed based on the grade breakdown listed in the class Syllabus.
(each midterm = 25% of total score, final = 35%, top 6 homeworks = 15%)
3) The listed 'class grade' is your final grade for this class.
If you notice any errors in your record, please let me know. I will need to verify the assignment that was recorded in error.

If you wish to pick up your exam and last homework during Fall Quarter, stop by at any office hours in my office.
(You can check my office hours by going to my home page)
If you come to pick up your exam, please check your exam carefully and make sure to ask about anything unclear before leaving my office; I do not do any final exam re-grades at later times.
 
Have a wonderful summer!

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Previously posted:

Last Week (May 28-June 2)

Here's the promised sinusoidal temperature example from Friday's lecture.
Here are solutions to most homework problems from Ch15, Ch16, Ch17, and Ch18.

FINAL EXAM INFO:
Our final exam is on Saturday, June 2, 5-7:50pm, in KNE 120. (Read: Dept. Info.)
Please DO NOT ENTER the room until you're invited to do so by one of us.

The final exam covers all the material learned in Math 120, with more weight given to the material covered after the 2nd midterm.
It is about the length of two midterms, and it counts for 35% of your grade.
STUDY: review of Chapters 15-20  + reposted: Midterm 2 Main Topics and Midterm 1 Main Topics
I recommend first reviewing all the homework problems and your textbook/lecture notes. Try re-doing those that you found most challenging.
Here are some basic skills practice problems + solutions.
 To practice additional problems, there are many old finals in the  Test Archive.

BRING with you: a non-graphing calculator, and Photo ID
May also bring: one 8.5x11 sheet of notes, double-sided, handwritten.
Recommended to bring: pencils, erasers, a watch, water bottle, spare calculator (or batteries).
No electronic devices are allowed, and cell phones must be OFF.  

CLUE review is Friday, June 1st from 6-8PM in MGH Rm#241

 

Here's a solved example of connected wheels problem.
A Java Applet showing sine & cosine graphs and the unit circle.

 Midterm 2 Solutions to version 1 and version 2
Midterm Stats: Top Quartile: 46/50, Median: 40/50, Low Quartile 32/50
There were 7 perfect scores.

Estimated grades (so far) are now posted in Catalyst Gradebook.
I dropped your lowest homework, and counted each midterms as 42.5% and the homework as 15% of your total score.
(At the end of term, each midterm will be 25%, the final will be 35%, and the average of the highest 6 homeworks will be 15%.)
The currently posted grade is an estimate, based on your scores so far. It can still change, based on further performance.
Currently, the class stats are: top quartile 85% (3.6), median 78% (3.2), low quartile 62% (2.6)

Midterm 2
Here's a file listing the main topics for review.
The format and rules are the same as before: 50 minutes, about 4 problems, multiple versions (no cheating!)
Bring: Photo ID, a 2-sided handwritten sheet of notes, non-graphing calculator -- and nothing else.
Many of the midterm 2 exams in the Test Archive cover chapters that will not be included on our midterm.
To help you study, here's a list of relevant problems from archived midterm 2 exams, that you can use for practice.
Here's an old midterm of mine. After reviewing, try it in exam-like conditions (check solutions here)

Some sample pbls from Chapter 9

Midterm solutions: version 1, and version 2.
Midterm Stats: Top Quartile: 40/50 (80%), Median: 33.5/50 (67%), Low Quartile 28/50 (56%)
There were 5 perfect scores.

Estimated grades (so far) are posted in Catalyst Gradebook.
I dropped your lowest homework, and counted the midterm as 75% and the homework as 25% of your total score.
(At the end of term, each midterm will be 25%, the final will be 35%, and the average of the highest 6 homeworks will be 15%.)
The currently posted grade is an estimate, based on your scores so far. It can change a lot based on further performance.

Here are solutions for the graded problems from Hwk 2.
Here are solutions for the graded problems from Hwk 3.

MIDTERM 1:
Midterm Information and Main Topics For Review
Test Archive
My Math 120 Midterm, Spring 2010  (solutions)
 sample older midterm from quiz section (& solutions)

Here are some sample problems and hints for Chapter 5 and Chapter 6