Posted 11/27:

There will be a quiz on Wed., Nov. 30. The quiz will be on sections 9.1 and 9.2. It will be open book and open notes, but NO CALCULATORS. For the quiz, you will only need to graph parabolas, circles, and ellipses—you will not need to find foci, vertices, directrices, etc.

To get ready for this quiz, you may want to do some (or, if you're crazy, all) of the following practice problems:

9.1: #1-6, 7-14 (just graph the equation), 21-30 (just graph the equation)
9.2: #1-6, 7-22, 23-30 (just graph the equation), 37-46 (just graph the equation)

Posted 11/27:

Check the getting ready for the final page for advice on getting ready for the final.

Posted 11/17:

Here is the quiz/project that is due Wed., Nov. 23:

Find the area, in square feet, of the Pentagon (including the courtyard in the middle). You need to know that each outside wall is 921 feet long.

This quiz/project is untimed, open book, open note. You may use a calculator if you want to, but you must also include an exact answer.

For a bonus, calculate how much the Pentagon would have paid in property taxes in 2001, if it were a commercial property. The tax rate on such properties was $0.242 per square foot.

When learning the material in sections 7.1 and 7.2, you may want to try these practice problems:

7.1: #1-4, 6-9, 11, 13, 15-17, 20-27, 32
7.2: #1-4, 6-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 34

Posted 11/8:

There will be a TAKE-HOME quiz due Wed., Nov. 16.
See me if you need a copy of the quiz.
The quiz will cover sections 6.4-6.5, as well as the addition formulas for sine and cosine. It will be closed book, closed notes, and NO CALCULATORS. To prepare for this quiz, you might want to try these practice problems:

6.4: #1-20, 33, 34, 39-66
6.5: #1-8, 13-21, 27-40, 43, 44

I recommend doing a MINIMUM of fifteen problems in section 6.4 AND fifteen problems in section 6.5.

The other thing you should do to prepare for this quiz is memorize the addition formulas for sine and cosine.

Posted 10/31:

There will be a quiz on Wed., Nov. 9. It will cover sections 6.1-6.3. It will be open book, open notes, open everything, but NO CALCULATORS. To prepare for this quiz, you might want to try these practice problems:

6.1: #51-56, 65-76
6.2: #2-22, 27-34
6.3: #1-30

I recommend doing a MINIMUM of twenty of the problems in section 6.3.

Posted 10/31:

Rough guide to figuring how your midterm score will translate to a letter grade:

Posted 10/20:

There will be a test on Wed., Oct. 26. It will cover sections 5.1-6.1. (And not section 6.2, as posted earlier.) It will be closed book, closed notes, and NO CALCULATORS. To prepare for section 6.1, you might try these practice problems:

6.1: #1-36, 45-56, 65-68, 73-76, 92, 94-96, 102-107

For earlier sections, do what you did to get ready for the quiz.

Posted 10/20:

There will be a quiz on Mon., Oct. 24. The quiz will be on section 5.6. It will be open book and open notes, but NO CALCULATORS.

To get ready for this quiz, you may want to do some (or, if you're crazy, all) of the following practice problems:

5.6: #1-52

Posted 10/4:

There will be a quiz on Wed., Oct. 12. It will cover sections 5.3 and 5.4. It will be CLOSED book, CLOSED notes.

To get ready for this quiz, you may want to do any of the problems in 5.3 or 5.4 EXCEPT the following:

DON'T DO THESE---5.3: #3, 10, 16, 20, 21, 25-32, 84-116

DON'T DO THESE---5.4: #33-44, 49-52, 56, 57, 80-92

Anything ELSE in sections 5.3 or 5.4 is fair game for the quiz.

Posted 9/29:

There will be a quiz on Wed., Oct. 5. It will cover sections 5.1 and 5.2. It will be open book, open note, open mind, but not open Mike.

To get ready for this quiz, you may want to do any of the problems in 5.1 or 5.2 EXCEPT the following:

DON'T DO THESE---5.1: #31-54, 57, 60, 64, 69, 99, 102-112

DON'T DO THESE---5.2: #5, 6, 7, 31, 35-38

Anything ELSE in sections 5.1 or 5.2 is fair game for the quiz.