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Prep-Year Math Program
SYLLABUS
MATH 011 (092)
Pre-Requisite: HIGH SCHOOL
ALGEBRA
Textbook: College Algebra &
Trigonometry by LiaL, Hornsby, and Schneider, 4th
Edition, Pearson, (2009)
Objectives: The students are
expected to:
Ø comprehend the material of this course.
Ø improve their computational skills in basic
Algebra
Ø demonstrate their writing ability in
Mathematics with logical steps.
Please note that the medium of
instruction will be strictly ENGLISH from the first
day of classes.
Grading Policy:
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Exam I: 22% a
common multiple choice exam. It will be on April
6, 2010 [R1 – 1.6]
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Exam II: 22% a
common multiple choice exam. It will be on May
18, 2010. [1.7 – 2.8]
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Final Exam: 36% a
comprehensive common multiple choice exam. It
will be on Tuesday 12:30 PM, June 15, 2010.
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Class Work: 20% It
is based on two common class tests (7.5 points
each), and Quizzes / Homeworks (5 points, left
to Instructor's discretion). Any quiz or test
under class activity should be of written type
and not of a multiple choice type.
Class Work Average: The
average of the class work for each section should be
in the interval: [ x,x+1], where x is the average of
(EX1 & EX2) each out of 20.
Exam Questions: The questions of the common exams are based on the examples,
homework problems, recitation problems and the
exercises of the textbook.
Missing an Exam: No makeup exam will be given under any circumstance. When a
student misses Exam I or Exam II for a legitimate
reason (such as medical emergencies), his grade for
this exam will be determined based on the Department
policy. Further, the student must provide an
official excuse within one week of the missed exam.
Attendance:
A student will be awarded the GRADE “DN” after missing TEN classes without
an OFFICIAL excuse. It is the responsibility of the
student to keep the record of his absences. Students
will have ONLY 6 days to submit their excuses to the
prep-year affairs ( 1st warning: 4 absences; 2nd
warning: 7 absences; “DN”: 10 absences)
Website: Please visit the DCC website
www.dcc.kfupm.edu.sa/sisweb/
to check your attendance and warnings
(WEEKLY). You may check the solutions to homework
questions and other mathematics related
announcements at the Prep-Year website:
www.kfupm.edu.sa/pypmath.
Tips on how to enhance your problem-solving abilities:
1. Please do all the homework assignments on
time.
2. You are urged to practice (but not memorize)
more problems than the above lists.
3. You should always try to solve a problem on
your own before reading the solution or asking for
help.
4. If you find it difficult to handle a certain
type of problems, you should try more problems of
that type.
5. You should try the recitation problems
before coming to class.
6. You are encouraged to solve some of the
review problems at the end of each chapter.
7. The practice you get doing homework,
reviewing the class lectures and recitations will
make exam problems easier to tackle.
8. Try to make good use of the office hours of
your instructor.
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Wk # |
Date |
Text Sections |
Topic |
Home Work Problems |
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1 |
Feb.20 – 24 |
R-1 |
Sets |
2,12,28,52,60,70,80 |
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R-2 |
The Real Number and
Their Properties |
4,14,20,28,40,62,72,86,88 |
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2 |
Feb. 27 – Mar.3 |
R-3 |
Polynomials |
8,18,24,30,38,48,54,74,92 |
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R-4 |
Factoring polynomial |
12,20,32,58,64,84,92,98 |
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3 |
Mar.6 – 10 |
R-5 |
Rational Expressions |
5,20,32,36,56,58,65,69 |
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R-6 |
Rational Exponents |
8,22,28,30,36,42,64,84,100 |
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4 |
Mar.13 – 17 |
R-7 |
Radical Expressions |
6,10,18,24,32,50,54,78,86,92 |
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5 |
Mar.20 – 24 |
1.1 |
Linear equations |
2,12,30,32,36,42,54,56 |
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1.2 |
Applications and
Modeling with Linear Equations (Example #1
ONLY) |
8,9,10,12 |
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1.3 |
Complex Numbers |
24,28,32,38,48,52,60,78,84,88 |
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6 |
Mar.27 – 31 |
1.4 |
Quadratic Equations |
6,16,28,40,52,64,72,80 |
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1.6 |
Other Types of
Equations and Application |
4,10,16,25,40,48,64,80,86 |
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Exam I April 6,
2010. [ R1 – 1.6] |
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7 |
Apr. 3 – 7 |
1.7 |
Inequalities |
10,22,26,42,46,48,68,72,80,90 |
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1.8 |
Absolute Value
Equations and Inequalities |
14,22,38,40,48,64,7278,82 |
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8 |
Apr.10 – 14 |
2.1 |
Rectangular Coordinates
and Graphs |
12,22,30,34,44,48,50,52 |
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2.2 |
Circles |
4,12,16,26,42,44,50 |
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Midterm Vacation
April 17 - 21 |
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9 |
Apr.24 – 28 |
2.3 |
Functions
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6,12,22,24,31,46,58,6682 |
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2.4 |
Linear Functions |
18,24,28,38,46,56,64 |
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10 |
May 1 – 5 |
2.5 |
Equations of lines
,Curve Fitting |
6,14,20,,32,38,48,50,56 |
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2.6 |
Graph of Basic
functions |
4,18,28,32,38,40,44,45 |
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11 |
May 8 – 12 |
2.7 |
Graphing Technique |
8,12,17,20,2832,42,46,62,67. |
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Major Exam II May 18, 2010 [1.7 – 2.8] |
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12 |
May 15 – 19 |
2.8 |
Functions Operations
and Composition |
8,14,24,38,48,58,66,72,78 |
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3.1 |
Quadratic Functions and
Models |
4,10,20,28,3036,50,74 |
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13 |
May 22 – 26 |
3.2 |
Synthetic Division |
4,8,22,30,38,44,45,56 |
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3.3 |
Zeros of Polynomial
Functions |
6,18,24,30,4248,62,78,88 |
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14 |
May 29 – June 2 |
3.4* |
Polynomial Functions,
Application and model |
2,14,22,28,38,46,51,96 |
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3.5** |
Rational Function,
Application and Model |
6,18,24,40,54,62,64,66 |
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15 |
Jun.5 – 9 |
4.1 |
Inverse Function |
12,22,42,50,52,58,70,74,78,86 |
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Final Exam (Tuesday
12:30 PM, June 15, 2010) |
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Remarks |
*Except Bounded Theorem. ** (1)Only
Rational function of the form  (2)
Exclude Oblique Asymptote.
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