Math 120 - Elementary Functions

The calendar presented below is a tentative schedule for the course. Make a note of all quiz (rose) and test (red) dates.
August 2001
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
   28 29

Definition of function,
4 representation forms

30
31

Modeling,
proportionality
HW due: §1.1

September 2001
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 3

LABOR DAY

 4 5

Rates of change,
increasing/decreasing fns

 

7

Linear functions,
first differences
HW due: §1.2, 1.3

10 

y = mx + b,
vertical, parallel,
perpendicular lines

11

INAUGURATION DAY

12

line of best fit,
SSE

13 
14 

Regression,
interpolation and
extrapolation
HW due: §2.1-2.3

17

... 

18

 

19

Using functional notation
HW due: §2.4

20 

 

21 

Chapters 1 & 2 Test

24

Domain & range

25

 

26

Piecewise defined
functions

27

 

28

Compound interest,
constant percentage 
growth
HW due: §3.1-3.4

October 2001
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Exponential functions
and their formulas,
growth factor

3

Exponential functions
and their graphs,
asymptotes, concavity
HW due: §4.8 (#2,3,5,8,10),
4.1, 4.2

4

FALL

5

BREAK

8

Continuous compounding

9

 

10

Continuous growth 
rate and e

11

 

12

Logarithmic scales
HW due: §4.3, 4.7,
4.8 (#11, 14, 18, 22)

15

Logarithms and
their properties

16

 

17

Solving exponential
equations
HW due: §4.9, 4.4-4.6

18

 

19

Chapters 3 & 4 Test

22 

Exponential regression

23

 

24

Transforming functions,
vertical/horizontal shifts,
reflections/symmetry

25

 

26

 

29

HW due: §4.10, 5.1, 5.2

30

 

31

Stretching/compressing
a graph

 
November 2001
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
   

Quadratic functions,
parabolas,
completing the square,
factoring
HW due: §5.3-5.4

Second differences,

quadratic regression

 

7

 Composition and
decomposition

 

Inverse functions,
restricting domains
HW due: §5.5, 8.1

12

Arithmetic with
functions

13

 

14

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15

 

16 

... 
HW due: §8.2, 8.3

19

Chapters 5 & 8 Test

20 

 

21
22

THANKSGIVING

23

HOLIDAY

26

Power functions

27

 

28

 Comparitive of growth
of function types

29

 

30

Polynomial functions,
standard form
HW due: §9.1, 9.2

December 2001
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 3

Graphing polynomial
functions:
long-run behavior

4

Graphing polynomial
functions:
short-run behavior

6

Factored form,
Fundamental Theorem
of Algebra
HW due: §9.3, 9.4

10

Comparative growth and

long-run behavior
11

 

12

Logistic functions

13

 

14

Course review
HW due: from handout

17 

Section 31
Final Exam
10:30-12:20

18  19

Section 41
Final Exam

10:30-12:20