This document provides a tentative schedule of content for a College Algebra and Statistics course over the spring 2015 semester. It outlines 16 weeks of course material organized by section numbers and topics, including real numbers, polynomials, linear and quadratic functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, systems of equations, linear inequalities, and statistics. Recommended practice problems are provided for each section. There are six planned exams - two during the first half of the course and four during the second half, each covering multiple sections of content from the schedule. A final cumulative exam will be given during the 16th week.

1. MATH 153 College Algebra and Statistics Schedule of Content Spring 2015
The following is a TENTATIVE schedule of course content. All specific assignment, project, and
exam dates will be provided in class and posted on BlackBoard.
WEEK SECTION TOPIC RECOMMENDED PROBLEMS
1
1.1 real numbers, properties, order of 6, 14, 20, 24, 26, 30, 34, 44, 66, 68
operations, absolute value
1.2 polynomials 7-35 odd
1.3 factoring 1-69 EOO
2
1.5 exponents and radicals 1-93 EOO
1.6 linear & absolute value equations 1-17 odd, 23-37 odd
1.7 quadratic equations 1-41 odd + 59
3
review 1.1-1.3, 1.5- 1.7, skip 1.4 1-49 EOO, 61-93 EOO, 95, +
101- 113 EOO, 121-137 EOO +
review 7, 8, 9, 10
TEST # 1 1.1-1.3, 1.5-1.7, skip 1.4
4
2.1 graphs, two variables 5-21 odd + 31
2.2 equations of lines 1-21 EOO, 29,33,37,39, 41-61 EOO
5
2.3 linear models 1, 5-9 odd
2.4 linear /absolute value inequalities 2, 3 - 59 EOO
review 2.1-2.4, skip 2.5 3-9, 13-33, 35a,35c, 39-51 all odds
6 TEST # 2 2.1-2.4, skip 2.5
7
3.1 functions 1-17 odd, 25a,25b, 35-43 odd
3.2 graphs of functions 3, 9, 13, 31-37 odd + 47
3.3 linear functions applications 1-11 odd,19, 45, 47, 49a,e,g,h,i,k,l,m
8
3.4 quadratic functions graphs 1, 3, 7, 9, 21 ,23, 33-45 odd
3.5 quadratic functions applications 1,4,9,11,31
9
3.6 polynomial functions 1-21 odd
review 3.1- 3.6, skip 3.7 1-13 odd, 21, 24, 29, 33, 36 +
37-51 odd, 54, 55, 61, 64, 65
10
TEST# 3 3.1- 3.6, skip 3.7
4.1 exponential functions 13, 15, 17, 27, 39, 41
11
4.2 applications 1, 4, 13 + handout
4.3 logarithmic functions 5-49 odd
4.4 log & exponential equations 1-15, 23-37,45-53all odds + 66+ 69
12
review 4.1-4.4 9-57 odd
TEST # 4 4.1-4.4
6.1 systems of two linear equations 3, 5, 9, 11, 19
6.2 larger systems of linear equations 39 by substitution, 43 by elimination
6.3 applications-systems of equations 6, 9,11+29 on page 318+ 31 handout
7.1 graphs,linear inequality,2 variables 11, 13, 21, 39, 41, 51
7.2 linear programming-graphing 7, 9
7.3 applications of linear programming 5, 7, 9
13
review 6.1 - 6.3, 7.1 - 73 3, 5, 10 +
3, 7, 9, 17
TEST # 5 6.1 - 6.3, 7.1 - 7.3
10.1 frequency 1
10.2 central tendencies 1, 6, 15, 17
14
10.3 variation 3, 9, 11, 28
10.4 normal distribution 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 23
review 10.1- 10.4 5, 7, 11, 21, 27, 29, 30, 43
15
TEST # 6 10.1-10.4
review
16 FINAL CUMULATIVE,everyone must take