• Course Code: 01:640:111
  • Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
  • Credits: 2
  • Counts toward math major/minor?: No
  • Prerequisites: Math 026 or placement

Precalculus I (2)

Prerequisite: 01:640:026 or appropriate performance on the placement test in mathematics. Corequisites: 01:640:011 for 01:640:111. This course with 01:640:112 covers the same material as 01:640:115, but at a slower pace. Students may not receive more that 4 normal credits for any combination of 01:640:111-112, and 115.

Algebraic expressions, algebraic equations, inequalities, functions, and graphing.

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SYLLABUS

Textbook:  For current textbook please refer to our Master Textbook List page

A more detailed list of learning goals can be found here.

 

Lecture

Sections

Topics

1

1.1

The Real Numbers; Begin Exponents and Radicals.

1.2

2

1.2

Finish Exponents and Radicals.

3

1.3

Algebraic Expressions; Begin Fractional Expressions.

1.4

4

Catch up and Review for Exam 1.

5

Exam I Covers Ch 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and half of Ch 1.4

6

1.4

Finish Fractional Expressions.

7

1.5

Equations.

8

1.7

Modeling with Equations.

9

1.8

Inequalities.

10

1.9

The Coordinate Plane; Graphs of Equations; Circles.

11

Catch up and Review for Exam 2.

12

EXAM II covers other half of Ch 1.4 and Ch 1.5, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9

13

1.10

Lines.

14

1.11

Solving Equations and Inequalities Graphically.

15

2.1

Functions.

16

2.2

Graphs of Functions; Getting Information from a Graph

2.3

17

2.6

Models; Transformation of Functions

18

2.7

Combining Functions.

19

2.8

One-to-One Functions and Their Inverses.

20

Catch up and Review for Exam 3.

21

EXAM III covers Ch 1.10, 1.11, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8

22

pp 237-244

Modeling with Functions

23

3.1

Quadratic Functions and Models.

24

3.2

Polynomial Functions.

25

3.3

Dividing Polynomials.

26

3.6

Rational Functions.

27

3.7

Polynomial and Rational Inequalities

28

Catch up and Review for final.

Schedule of Sections:

01:640:111 Schedule of Sections