Announcements:

Announced 12/3/2015: Check out the following postings:
- Math 111 End of Week 10 Newsletter.
- Here is a summary of all of chapter 6
- Ch 6 Flow Chart and Additional Practice (17 problems from ch. 6 with full solutions)
- Examples of Annuities you will encounter in your lifetime
- Here is a Final Exam Quick Review.
- Here are the Final Exam Review Overheads that I have used in the past.
- Just for your own interest, here are some notes and examples on where the annuity formulas come from.
Announced 11/28/2015: Here are some postings concerning the new material:
- Please print out this preview/reference sheet for chapter 6.
- Here is Quick overview of the concepts from 6.1 and 6.2.
- Here are Hints for setting up several problems from the 6.1 homework.
- Math 111 End of Week 9 Newsletter: Read this if you have general grade question.
- Solutions to Exam 2 Version A (Check the numbers in your questions to see if your exam matches this version).
- Solutions to Exam 2 Version B (Check the numbers in your questions to see if your exam matches this version).
- Here is general exam advice and most frequently asked exam related questions (I handed this out with the syllabus the first day of class).
Announced 11/18/2015: Some links:
- Math 111 End of Week 8 Newsletter.
- All Exam 2 Review Sheets Combined into one file (Contains the exam 2 review sheet along with all review sheets that have been posted since exam 1 all in one file, sorted by topic)
- Exam 2 Review Sheet
- Overheads from the Friday Review Lecture.
Announced 11/12/2015: All review material you need for the next week:
- Some comments on common calculation errors in chapter 2
- Math 111 End of Week 7 Newsletter.
- Section 5.1-5.3 Review: Discussion of power and log rules along with a discussion of inverse pairs. There are also lots of examples and pratice problems if you are confused about solving.
- Full Review for Exam 2: Contains a one-page checklist of the concepts you need to know for exam 2 followed by two pages of example problems from the homework.
- Review of basic exponent rules: This should help you as we start the next topic (you need exponent/factions rules often in chapters 5 and 6).
- Review of Solving Skills: This my brief two-page review on how to solve equations, again this should help you as we go into chapters 5 and 6.
Announced 11/5/2015: Some important review material:
- Some comments on common calculation errors in chapter 2
- Math 111 End of Week 6 Newsletter: Make sure to read the hints in the newsletter before you do the 1.5 and 4.1 homework (there is important information about how to enter your answers).
- Chapter 2 Problem Review: In this sheet I categorized every problem from the 2.2 and 2.3 homework assignments to help you start to organize your thinking.
- Review of 2.2 and 2.3 with six full old exam practice problems with detailed solutions This is a great time to stop, review and do more practice and this review sheet should help (we now have all the tools to do full applications problems with lines and quadratics so now it is time to practice, practice, practice!).
- Section 1.5 & 4.1 Review: These sheets gives examples of solving systems of equations and graphing inequalities. We will discuss the other skill of translating in class Wednesday and Friday (note that we did one of the "story" homework questions from 1.5 and one from 4.1 homework already in lecture. If those were hard for you, start 1.5 and 4.1 now and ask for help in the MSC).
- Section 4.2 Review: Contains a full summary of linear programming along with 3 additional examples with full solutions.
- A preview of chapter 4 with four examples and notes about the homework
Announced 11/2/2015: Here are solutions and commentary for exam 1:
- A Commentary on Exam 1: Contains advice about how to go over the exam and comments about each page.
- Solutions to Version A (Check the numbers in your questions to see if your exam matches this version).
- Solutions to Version B (Check the numbers in your questions to see if your exam matches this version).
- Here is general exam advice and most frequently asked exam related questions (I handed this out with the syllabus the first day of class).
Announced 10/29/2015: Please check out the following review and practice problem sheets:
- A Math 111 End of Week 5 Newsletter: Contains lots of advice about how to approach the next week of class.
- Review with many practice problems and solutions for section 2.1.
- Review with many practice problems and solutions for section 2.2.
- Review of Functional Notation (you might find this general review useful in addition to the 2.2 and 2.3 review sheets).
- Review with many practice problems and solutions for section 2.3: This is a big review that I have been working on all week, it contains 6 old exam problems and full solutions. This is a great time to stop, review and do more practice (we now have all the tools to do full applications problems with lines and quadratics so now is the time to practice!).
Announced 10/21/2015: Please check out:
- A Math 111 End of Week 4 Newsletter: Contains lots of exam studying tips.
- Section 1.1 to 1.3 Review
- Summary of Business Functions and 1.6 Review
- A one page review of the key terms and facts.
- Full detailed review of all Supplemental Graph Facts (Supp. 1-9)
- Business Graphs Visual Summary
- Here again is the Link to the Old Exams and Solutions
Announced 10/14/2015: Please check out:
- A Math 111 End of Week 3 Newsletter with facts, hints, and tips about the course.
- The Business Graphs Visual Summary that I created today to help visually summarize what we have discussed concerning business graphs.
- Check out this breakdown by topic of the major homework questions so far
- Also check out the Activity 3 Solutions.
Announced 10/9/2015: Please check out the following postings:
- A Math 111 End of Week 2 Newsletter with facts, hints, and tips about the course.
- Supplement 6-7 Review.
- Summary of Business Terms (pg. 31 of text)
- Review of all Supplemental Graph Facts (Supp. 1-9)
- Old Exams and Solutions
Announced 10/5/2015: Here are the fully filled out table of translations from the lecture on Supplement 5. You should try to fill out the table on your own before looking at these solutions. Then check your answers. Also use these translations to help you complete the homework. In addition, I created a little flowchart to help you organize your thinking on how to solve graphical problems. Check it out.
- Here are Four Overall Amount Graph Problems (with solutions) from old exams that should give you some extra practice for these types of problems.
- Here are Four Incremental Graph Problems (with solutions) from old exams that should give you some extra practice for these types of problems.
Announced 10/2/2015: Please check out the new review postings at the right of the page (Also check out the answer key to the first activity which is to the left of the page). The new review postings include:
- A Math 111 End of Week 1 Newsletter with facts, hints, and tips about the course.
- A Supplement 1-2 Review and Supplement 3-4 Review: rough summaries of lectures and main concepts.
- And homework hints/comments for: Supplement 1-3 HW and Supplement 4 HW.
Announced 9/25/2015: Welcome to Math 111! Please read the following important announcements:
- Textbook Information: You are NOT required to purchase a hard copy of the text.
  You MAY purchase a custom, loose-leaf edition of the text, listed as Applied Mathematics for Business, by Harshbarger/Reynolds at the University Book Store. (We'll use Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 for Math 111 and the remaining chapters for Math 112.) The text comes bundled with an access code for Webassign, the online homework system that we use for this course. (Our text is a customized version of Mathematical Applications for the Management, Life, and Social Sciences, tenth edition, by Harshbarger/Reynolds. Full versions of the text may be found for sale on-line but they tend to be more expensive.)
  
  If you do not want to purchase a hard copy of the text, you may purchase an electronic copy of the text, along with access to Webassign for $79 through webassign. Here is the link to log into webassign: homework assignments (Webassign)
  
  Whether you use the hard copy or electronic copy of the text, all students must have a Webassign access code. Webassign offers a two-week grace period during which you may access your homework without entering an access code. Your access code will work for both Math 111 and Math 112.
  
  If you get lost, here are some screenshots to show you what you should be seeing as you first log into webassign: Math 111 Webassign Log-In Screenshots
  
  During the first few weeks of the quarter, the homework will cover material that is not in the text. You will need to download this Supplementary Reading to learn about this material. (You are not required to have a paper copy of this material.)
- Other Required Materials:
  - a clear plastic ruler;
  - A Ti-30x IIS Calculator -- $14.95 at the bookstore. (This is the ONLY calculator that we allow on the exams).
  - graphs for the homework from the Supplementary Reading (these are just for you to print out and use to help with your homework);
  - graphs that go with lectures (print these out and bring them to lecture).

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