Math 124 F & I, Autumn 2001

Office Hours: T, Th at 12-1 PM (or whenever I am free)

FA & IA: Eric Machorro (Office: Padelford C-552; Email: machorro@math.washington.edu)
FB & FC: Minbok Kim (Office: Padelford C-331; Email: mkim@math.washington.edu)
IB & IC: Phillip Nguyen (Office: Padelford C-113; Email: ppn@math.washington.edu)

Course Information

Information about grading and course schedule is given in the course syllabus, which will be handed out on the first day of class. You can also download them as pdf file here: 124 F syllabus and 124 I syllabus. Replies to FAQ will be posted here. Also, see a Note to Math 124 Students from the math department.

• Oct 11 (practice only), Oct 18, Nov 1, Nov 8, Nov 15, Nov 29, Dec 6 Quizzes 1--7 (20-25 min, in quiz section).
• Tue, Oct 23 Midterm 1 (80 min, in quiz section).
• Wed, Nov 20 Midterm 2 (80 min, in quiz section).
• Sat, Dec 15 Final Exam (170 min, room TBA).

• Calculator will not be allowed during exams and quizzes, unless otherwise specified. You may bring to the final exam one 8.5" by 11" sheet of handwritten notes (written on both sides, if you wish). A sheet of notes will not be permitted during the weekly quizzes and the midterm exams, unless otherwise specified.

• Math 124 Materials Website has homework problems and worksheets for your quiz sections. It also has quizzes and exams from previous quarters for practice, as well as explanatory notes about the course material.

• The Math Study Center, located in CMU B-14, is a friendly place for studying, getting assistance on problems, and exchanging ideas. The Center tends to be crowded on weekday afternoons, so try to go there in the morning or in the evening or on Sundays.

• Math Student Services, located in Padelford C-36 (543-6830) and open Mon-Fri 9am-12am & 1pm-4pm, answers questions about math courses, curriculum and programs.

• If you would like more practice on algebra, try
  Schaum's Outline Series College Algebra by Murray R. Spiegel
  The Mathe Works Algebra by Deborah Hughes-Hallet

• Quiz 1, practice (pdf), Answers
  
• Quiz 2 (pdf), Solutions (pdf)
  
• Mid 1 solutions for 124F (pdf)
  
• Mid 1 solutions for 124I (pdf)
  
• Mid 2 solutions for 124F (pdf)
  
• Mid 2 solutions for 124I (pdf)
  
• Soln to Dec 12, 124F math challenge problem (pdf)
  

Tuesday's worksheets are extra study materials relating to the week's topics. You are encouraged to work on them in groups and get helps/answers from the TA.

• Week 1 worksheet (pdf)
  
• Why is sin(30deg)=1/2? (pdf)
  
• Week 2 worksheet (pdf)
  
• Week 6 worksheet (pdf)
  
• Week 7 worksheet (pdf)
  
• Nov 21 math challenge problem (pdf)
  
• Week 9 worksheet (pdf)
  
• Week 10 worksheet (pdf)
  

The homework problems are stored at the Math 124 Materials Website. The assigned homeworks, to be collected in quiz sections, will be posted below every week. [If possible, do the unassigned problems as well.] For each homework I have put some comments about it. Since we have only one grader for 85 students, only a small number of assigned homework problems will be graded. Still, it's vital that you can solve all assigned homework problems since the exam and quiz questions will be patterned after them (in particular, the supplementary problems and the high numbered textbook problems). The low numbered textbook problems are "warmups". Since this is a 5 credit course, expect to spend at least 10 hours outside of classes on your homework. In some cases, 12-15 hours will be needed. Fasten your hmwk with staples or clips and write your section on it. Late homeworks will not be accepted. Answers to selected problems will be posted. However, no worked solution is posted due to concerns about them getting circulated to other classes. Either the TAs or I will be happy to discuss with you the detailed solution to specific problems.

Assigned Homework Schedule		Supplementary Problems	Textbook Problems
HW #1 (Comments, Answers (pdf))	Due Tues, 10/9 in quiz section	#1(a)-(c), 3-6, 7(e)-(i) (see them)
			Sec 1.2, #3, 4, 10, 11
			Sec 1.3, #6, 7, 35-37, 51, 52, 57, 59, 60
			Appendix D, #36, 38, 65, 66, 75, 76
HW #2 (Comments, Answers (pdf))	Due Tues, 10/16 in quiz section	#2-4, 6-8 (see them)
			Sec 1.5, #7, 11, 13, 17, 23(a-c), 24(a-c)
			Sec 1.6, #6, 10, 12, 13, 27, 28, 38, 55-57
			Sec 2.1, #2,6-8
			Sec 2.2, #7, 8, 10, 14, 18, 25, 28, 30(a), 38
HW #3 (Answers (pdf))	Due Mon, 10/22 in lecture	#1-2 (see them)
			Sec 2.3, #1, 14, 16-20, 26, 27, 50, 57
			Sec 2.5, #15, 31, 34, 36-40
			Sec 2.6, #4, 11-14, 18, 24, 26, 52
			Sec 2.7, #3, 10, 12(do (c) without graphing calculator), 15, 16, 18, 26
HW #4 (Answers (pdf))	Due Tue, 10/30 in quiz section	#1 (see them)
			Sec 2.8, #3, 4, 7, 16, 18, 19, 22, 28-30
			Sec 2.9, #3-6, 8, 12-14, 16, 21, 28(a)-(c), 31, 32, 34, 44, 45
HW #5 (Comments, Answers (pdf))	Due Tue, 11/6 in quiz section	#1-2, 4-5 (see them)
			Sec 3.1, #2, 9, 10, 12-14, 16, 19, 21, 22, 26, 37, 44, 45, 52, 54
			Sec 3.2, #4, 5, 7, 8, 10-13, 15-20, 23, 26, 31-33, 36, 37
			Sec 3.4, #5-14, 16, 22, 31, 33
			Sec 3.5, #1, 5-7, 24, 34
HW #6 (Comments, Answers (pdf), suppl. problem answers)	Due Tues, 11/13 in quiz section	#1, 3 (see them)
			Sec 3.5, #10, 13, 18, 22, 23, 35, 39, 43, 46, 47, 65, 68(a)(b)
			Sec 3.6, #1-4, 10, 16, 22, 26, 29, 35, 43-45, 63, 69
			Sec 3.7, #1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 26, 30, 31, 45, 47, 49, 51, 55
HW #7 (Comments, Answers (pdf))	Due Tue, 11/20 in quiz section	#1, 2(for (b), find T4(x) only), 3 (see them)
			Sec 3.8, #3-11, 39, 40, 43, 46
			Sec 3.10, #6, 7, 9, 10, 14-15, 18, 21, 25, 26, 29, 32, 35
			True-False (p. 267) 1-9
			Review (p. 273) 4, 7, 9
HW #8 (Answers (pdf))	Due Tue, 11/27 in quiz section	none
			Sec 3.11, #1-3, 6, 8, 31, 34, 35, 36, 40, 42
HW #9 ( suppl. problem answers) (Answers (pdf))	Due Tue, 12/4 in quiz section	#2 (see it)
			Sec 4.1, #6, 33, 45, 46, 48-50, 55, 58, 60, 61, 71, 72
			Sec 4.3, #1, 5-8, 10-14, 17, 18, 22, 30, 58, 60(a)(b)
			Sec 4.4, #5, 9, 17, 21, 28, 39, 40, 51, 58, 61, 71, 72, 77
HW #10 ( Week9 suppl. answers) ( Week10 suppl. answers) ( Answers (pdf))	Due Tue, 12/11 in quiz section	Week9 #3 (see it) Week10 #1, 2 (see them)
			Sec 4.5, #5, 7, 10, 12, 23, 45, 49, 52
			Sec 4.7, #4, 9, 12, 15, 22, 28, 35, 40, 50, 56
			Sec 4.10, #1-15(odd), 19, 23, 30, 34, 39, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 65, 66, 68, 72, 76

The course goes at a brisk pace, but you can stay on top of it by reviewing the course material frequently and start working on homeworks early. Try studying in groups at the Math Study Center. Don't be discouraged if you get stuck, especially on the multi-step problems and story problems. Work on other problems and come back to it later. For you social types, please refrain from disturbing your classmates during lectures or quizz sections by talking loudly or arriving late or leaving early.

If it's incomprehensible, it's mathematics. -- Bennett Cern

And for mathematical science, he that doubts their certainty hath need of a dose of hellebore. -- Joseph Glanvill

an excessive study of mathematics absolutely incapacitates the mind... -- Sir William Hamilton

Round numbers are always false. -- Samuel Johnson

In my free time I do differential and integral calculus. -- Karl Marx

sin x / x = sin