Math 113: Precalculus Algebra
This is the first half of a two-semester course in Precalculus. I taught two sections of this course in Fall 2020 as can be seen below:

Precalculus Algebra Section 3 (MH 113, Monday-Wednesday-Friday 12:20 to 1:10 in BG 222): Playlist on You Tube:

Precalculus Algebra Section 8 (MH 113, Tuesday-Thursday 12:30 to 1:45 in BG 126F): Playlist on You Tube:

The Syllabus and Course Planner ( had to modify considerably mid-semester due to COVID rescheduling) I made a couple supplements for certain topics,

• Syllabus (unmodified)
• Course Planner

I made a couple supplements for certain topics,

• Laws of Exponents Examples
• Rational Roots and Descartes' Rule of Signs Examples
• Completing the Square

Assignments from Fall 2020

Missions:

• Mission 1
• Solution of Mission 1
• Mission 2
• Solution of Mission 2
• Mission 3
• Solution of Mission 3
• Mission 4
• Solution of Mission 4
• Mission 5

Quizzes:

• Quiz 1(T-R)
• Solution of Quiz 1(T-R)
• Quiz 1(M-W-F)
• Solution of Quiz 1(M-W-F)
• Quiz 2
• Solution of Quiz 2
• Quiz 3
• Solution of Quiz 3

Tests:

• Test 1(T-R)
• Solution of Test 1(T-R)
• Test 1(M-W-F)
• Solution of Test 1(M-W-F)
• Test 2
• Solution of Test 2
• Test 3
• Solution of Test 3
• Test 3b
• Solution of Test 3b

Final Exams:

• Final Exam Part 1
• Final Exam Part 2

I recommended homework from the text by Stewart on Precalculus. In particular,

• Section 1.1: 9,41,45,47,55,57,59,61,63,73
• Section 1.2: 9, 15,17,21,23,27,31,33,37,41,43,45,47,51,55,59,67,69,75,77
• Section 1.3: 19, 23, 27,29,47,49,51,55,57,61,63,65,69,71,73,97,99,101,103,105,107,111,113
• Section 1.4: 1,9,11,13,15,17,21,25,29,33,35,37,41,43,47,49,53,57,59,61,71
• Section 1.5: 13,25,35,39,45,47,53,57,59,61,65,71,79,85,93,95,99,103,113,115
• Section 1.6: 9,13,23,35,37,39,41,47,57,59,61,67,69
• Section 1.8 # 3, 5, 11, 15, 25, 37, 39, 41, 47, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 69, 71, 75, 79, 85, 89, 95, 99, 101, 103, 107, 109, 117, 119
• Section 1.9 # 15, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 35, 53, 67, 69, 73, 75, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 103, 111, 113
• Section 1.10 # 9, 13, 17, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 33, 35, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53*, 55, 67, 73, 77, 85
• Section 1.11 # 3, 5, 7, 11, 15, 17*-24*, 33, 39
• Section 2.1 # 19, 23, 29, 31, 33, 35, 41, 43, 47, 49, 51, 53, 59, 65, 71
• Section 2.2 # 4, 15, 25, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 72
• Section 2.3 # 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 19, 21, 25, 29, 31, 37, 39, 42, 43, 47, 51, 53, 59, 
• Section 2.4 # 3, 7, 9, 13, 19, 25, 29, 32, 33
• Section 2.5 # 9, 11, 17, 29, 31
• Section 2.6 # 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 47, 49, 53, 57, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 85, 87, 91, 93, 95
• Section 2.7 # 1, 5, 9, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 43, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 77, 79
• Section 2.8 # 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 33, 39, 43, 45, 51, 53, 55, 57, 61, 63, 67, 69, 73, 85, 87, 89, 98   
• Section 3.1 # 9,17,21,23,37,33,35,41,47,51,63
• Section 3.2 # 1,3,5,9,11,13,15,19,21,23,25,27,29,31,25,37,41,43,53,67,69,81
• Section 3.3 # 3,7,11,13,15,17,19,21,23,53,55,57,59,61,63,67
• Section 3.4# 5,9,11,15,19,25,31,35,39,45,53,55,63,65,67
• Section 3.5# 1,4,5,7,9,11,13,15,19,21,25,31,33,35,37,39,41,43,47,51,65
• Section 3.6# 13,15,23,29,31,33,35,49,51,55,63,65,67
• Section 3.7# 3,5,7,11,15,19,21,27,29,33,37,41,43
• We also covered Chapter 4 from the text on exponentials and logs, we covered a sufficiently large set of problems in lecture so I did not suggest further problems.

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