sections AA, AB
Jie Chen
sections AC, AD
Kaloyan Marinov
section AE
Yang Song
Midterm 1: Thursday, October 20
Midterm 2: Thursday, November 17
Final Exam:
Saturday, December 10
5-8 PM, in
Kane 120
Final scores and course grades are now available on Catalyst. These are the actual course grades which will be sent to the registrar.
Have a good break!
Final exam stats: n=167; min=1; 1st quartile=40; median=52; 3rd quartile=63; max=78 (2 students).
Special post-final exam office hour:
FRIDAY DECEMBER 16, 2-3 PM in Padelford C-544
This hour is for you to see your graded final exam.
If you cannot make this hour, you are welcome to stop by during any office hours next quarter to see your final exam.
Here is a review sheet for the final exam.
Answers to the second midterm exam are now on the materials website (link at right).
Statistics for the second midterm exam: n=166; min=2; 1st quartile=21; median=26; 3rd quartile=32.75; max=40 (4 students)
Here is a review sheet for the midterm exam on 11/17.
Please note the comment at the top of the exam archive on the 120 Materials Site. Older exams may cover very different topics from those you are expected to know for the exam on 11/17. Even newer ones may cover topics from chapter 16 or 17 which you are not responsible for (topics covered on the second midterms in this course vary due to differences in quarter calendars).
Statistics for the first midterm exam: n=183; 1st quartile=11; median=17; 3rd quartile=26; max=40 (2 students)
Here is a table that gives a rough idea of how you did on the exam by giving you an approximate 4.0-scale equivalent. I do not use this scale for any purpose, and it is not the scale that will be used at the end of the course: the course scale depends on performances on all exams and homework.
| ≤ 11 | 0 |
| 12 | 0.7 |
| 13 | 1.0 |
| 14 | 1.3 |
| 15 | 1.6 |
| 16 | 1.9 |
| 17 | 2.3 |
| 18 | 2.4 |
| 19 | 2.5 |
| 20 | 2.6 |
| 21 | 2.7 |
| 22 | 2.8 |
| 23 | 2.9 |
| 24 | 2.9 |
| 25 | 3.0 |
| 26 | 3.1 |
| 27 | 3.2 |
| 28 | 3.3 |
| 29 | 3.4 |
| 30 | 3.5 |
| 31 | 3.6 |
| 32 | 3.7 |
| 33 | 3.8 |
| 34 | 3.9 |
| ≥35 | 4 |
Here is a review sheet for the first midterm exam.
Old exam may be useful for studying. You can find lots of them via the 120 Materials Website, to which there is a link in the right column.
Welcome to Math 120 A Autumn quarter 2011.
Announcements and other useful things will be posted here during the quarter, so check this site frequently.
Textbook: The textbook for this course is Precalculus, by Collingwood, Prince and Conroy. We will use the 2011-12 edition (this is the latest edition). The book can be purchased at Professional Copy and Print, located at 4200 University Way (on the Ave one block south of the UW bookstore). It is not available at the UW bookstore.
You do not have to purchase the textbook. It is available electronically on the Math 120 Materials Website (link at right).
Discussion Board: The course has a discussion board (link at right). This is a great way to ask questions of me in a way that will benefit all students in the course. You can ask about homework questions, studying methods, etc. You can also use it to coordinate study sessions with other students.
Homework Schedule: The homework schedule is available at right. This is the only place this information is available, so please check here to get the schedule.
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