MTH 103 Applied Precalculus - All Sections Fall 2017

Topics and Practice Problems

Week of Topics Suggested Problems
Sept6 Intro and Diagnostic Test
Sept11 1.1: What is a Function?
1.2 Functions and Expressions
1.3 Functions and Equations
1.1: #1,2,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,25,27,31,32,33,37,39
1.2: #1,5,9,11,15,17,19,20,21,25,27,29,31,33,35,37,39
1.3: #1,3,5,7,11,17,19,21,27,29,33,35(a),37,39,45,47,49,51,53,63,67 <
Sept 18 1.4 Functions and Change
2.1: Introduction to Linear Functions
2.2: Linear Expressions
1.4: #1,3,5,7,9,11,13,17,19,21,23,24,27,31,34,35,37,39
2.1: #1,5,7,9,11,15,16,17,19,21,25,27,37,41,43,45,47,49
2.2: #3,5,9,11,12,13,15,17,23,25,26,27,29,31,33,34,37,43,45,47,49,51,53,55,59,61,67
Sept25 2.3: Linear Equations
2.4: Equations for Lines in the Plane
2.6: Systems of Linear Equations
2.3: #1,2,3,4,5,7,9,11,13,14,19,23,35,37,39,41,43,45,47,51,61,63,65,67
2.4: #1,3,5,7,9,13,15,17,19,21,23,25,27,31,33,35,37,38,39,40,41,43,45,46,47,48,49,59,61,62,63,65,67,71,73
2.6: #1,3,5,6,7,8,11,13,18,19,20,21,23,25,27,29,30,37,39,45,51,52,53,55,58,60
From review problems for Chapter 2: page 92-93: 77,78,79,80,81,82. In the latter six problems, if a function is linear, find a formula.
Oct2

Exam 1: Tuesday Oct3, Chafee 271, 6-7:30pm


3.1: Introduction to Quadratic Functions
3.2: Quadratic Expressions
3.3: Converting to Factored and Vertex Form
3.1: #1,3,5,6,9,11,13,15,17,18,21,23,25,27,33
3.2: #1,3,4,5,7,9,11,13,15,16,17,19,21,23,25,27,29,31,33,35,37,38,41,42,44,46,57
3.3: #3,5,6,7,9,13,15,16,17,19,21,25,27,31,33,35,36,37,39,41,43,45,47
Oct9 No classes Monday
3.4: Quadratic Equations
4.1: Power Functions: Positive Exponents
4.2: Power Functions: Negative and Fractional Exponents
3.4: #3,5,9,10,11,13,15,17,19,21,23,25,27,29,31,33,35,37,39,41,43,45,47,49,51,53,55,57,59,61,63,65,66,67,71
Section 4.1: #1,5,13,15,17,21,23,24,25,28,29,30,31
4.2: #1,4,5,7,9,11,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,21,23,25,27,29,31
Oct16 4.3: Power Functions and Expressions
4.4: Power Functions and Equations
5.1: Domain and Range
4.3: #1-9,11,13,15,17,19,20,21,23,25,27,29,31,33-40,50,51,53,54,55,57,59,65,70,71,72
4.4: #1-5,7,13,15,23,25,27,31,33,35,37,38,41,43,45,47,49,55,57,79;
From review problems for Chapter 4: page 172: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,14,15,17,20,21,27; page 175: 1,9,17,19.
5.1: #1,5,6,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,25,27,29,32,35,37,39,41,43,45,51,55,57,59,60
Oct23 5.2: Composing and Decomposing Functions
5.3: Shifting and Scaling
5.4: Inverse Functions
5.2: #1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,17,20,22,24,25,30,31,33,35,37,38,41
5.3: #1,2,3,4,7,,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23,25,29,31,35,37,41,43,45,4
Section 5.4: #1,3,5,7-11,13,17,19,33,35
Oct30

Exam 2: Tuesday Oct31, Chafee 271, 6-7:30pm


6.1: Exponential Functions
6.2: Exponential Expressions: Growth Rates
6.3: Exponential Expressions: Half-Life and Doubling Time
Section 6.1: #1,3,5,7,8,9,13,14,15,19-23,25,29,31,32,34,43-45,47,49
6.2: #1,3,5,7,9,11,21,23,25,33,36,37,40-45,50,51,53,57-59
6.3: #1,3,5,7,9,11,13,19,21,23,25,27,39,41,43,48,51,53
Nov6 6.6: Exponential Functions and base e
7.1: : Introduction to Logarithms
6.6: #1,3,5,7,9,11,15,17,19,24,25,27,29,33,37
7.1: #1,2,3,5,6,8,9,11,13,33,35,36,37,39,41,43,45,46,47,49,51,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,61,63,65,73,74,76,77,79,81
Nov13 No classes Monday
7.2: Solving Equations Using Logarithms
7.3: Applications of Logarithms to Modeling
7.2: #9,11,13,15,17,19,25,27,31,33,35,37,39,41,43,45,47,51,53,55,57,58-61,63
7.3: #1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,19,21,26,27,28,29,31,33,37,39,45,49,51,54
Nov20 Thanksgiving Recess Nov23-Nov26
7.4: Natural Logarithms and Other Bases
7.4: #1,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,15,20,24,21,23,25,26,27,29,31,33,36,37,39,41,49,50,51,53
Nov27 Handout on Trigonometry H1: Periodic Functions
Handout on Trigonometry H2: Angles on the Unit Circle. Radian Measure
H1: #1-6
H2: #1-21
Dec4

Exam 3: Tuesday Dec5, Chafee 271, 6-7:30pm


Handout on Trigonometry H3: Sine and Cosine on the Unit Circle
Handout on Trigonometry H4: Trigonometric Functions. Modelling
H3: #1-11
H4: #1-13
Dec11 Classes end Monday
Review