Amy Supple
asup at math.washington.edu
sections BA, BB
Ariana Dundon
adundon at u.washington.edu
sections BC, BD
Jihwan Kim
jhkim2 at u.washington.edu
sections CA, CB
Ting Zhou
tzhou at math.washington.edu
sections CC, CD
Midterm 1:
Thursday, October 16
Midterm 2:
Thursday, November 13
Final Exam:
Saturday, December 6, 5-8 PM
Rooms for Final Exam:
Sections BA, BB, BC, BD: GUG 220
Sections CA, CB, CC: JHN 102
Section CD: JHN 075
The grade record has been updated with final exam scores and course grades. These are the grades I will be reporting to the registrar. They include the course curve, and the dropping of your lowest quiz and homework scores. Note that those lowest scores appear in the record, but were dropped during the calculation of your grade. Statistics on the final exam are given in an entry below.
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Final exam stats: n=286; 1st quartile=39; median=51; 3rd quartile=59.75; max=70 (4 students)
Final exams will be available for viewing at my office, Padelford C-544, this Friday from 3 PM to 4 PM. If you cannot make that time, you are welcome to stop by during any office hours next quarter. The grade record should be updated by then with final exam scores and course grades.
Here is the review sheet for the final exam.
Please note that the Math Study Center will be closed Wednesday through Sunday of Thanksgiving week.
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Here is the grade record.
Your grade information is listed under the last four digits of your student id number. Be sure to check that your scores have been recorded correctly. If you find an error, please bring it to the attention of your TA right away. Included is also an current estimated course grade. This includes the course curve, and the dropping of your lowest homework score (note that your lowest score appears for the sake of record, but were dropped during the calculation of your current estimated grade). Obviously it does not include the final exam: that can have a very large impact on your actual course grade.
If you did not take one of the two exams, and have made arrangements with me to compensate for this, the grade estimate is not accurate. Too much depends on how you do on the final exam to give a useful estimate.
Here are the answers for the second midterm exam.
Here are the statistics for the second midterm exam: n=291; min=5; 1st quartile=26; median=31; 3rd quartile=36; max=40 (18 people!)
Here is a review sheet for the upcoming midterm exam.
Also, here is a write-up of last Friday's "bicycle" lecture.
Here are answers to the first midterm exam.
Here are some statistics on the first midterm exam: low 4; 1st quartile: 20; median: 25; 3rd quartile: 29.13; max 40 (6 people).
Below is a table giving you an approximate grade conversion for your exam score. This is only approximate, because no grade conversion is done on individual exams: only at the end of the course, when all of your exams and other scores have been combined into a single composite score.
| exam score | approximate grade |
| <15 | 0.0 |
| 15 | 0.7 |
| 16 | 0.9 |
| 17 | 1.1 |
| 18 | 1.3 |
| 19 | 1.5 |
| 20 | 1.7 |
| 21 | 2.0 |
| 22 | 2.2 |
| 23 | 2.4 |
| 24 | 2.6 |
| 25 | 2.8 |
| 26 | 2.9 |
| 27 | 3.0 |
| 28 | 3.1 |
| 29 | 3.2 |
| 30 | 3.3 |
| 31 | 3.4 |
| 32 | 3.5 |
| 33 | 3.6 |
| 34 | 3.7 |
| 35 | 3.8 |
| 36 | 3.9 |
| >36 | 4.0 |
Here is a review sheet for the first midterm.
The homework due this Friday has been updated. Problems 4.6 and 4.12 have been postponed until next week's assignment.
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