Math 180: 64973         Fall 2002

Updated Dec 9, 2002

Math Lab will be open Tuesday – Thursday at the same place and time.

The final exam will be held on Dec 12, Thursday 1-3pm at F4 LC.

An additional review session will be held on Tuesday (Dec 10) 11am-12 at Burnham Hall 309

(attending is optional).

 

To prepare for your final, you should at least practice the following sample finals,

re-do 2 midterms and selected sample midexams.

 

Official Sample Final Exams (for this session):

1.      Math 180 Sample Final 2 in pdf format.

2.      Final Examination 05/02/02, Version I, thanks to Prof. Radford. dvi format, pdf format.

Partial Solutions were given in class  (the solution to #2 is available).

 

Try different versions of the above exams:

1.      Sample Final 3 (with solution),

2.      Radford's another final (with solution).

 

Note: TA will show your records of quizzes in class and will not response such a request via email.

 

Solution to Exam 2 is available (the average is 55.5).

 

The calculator programs help to evaluate definite integrals numerically.

 

Solutions to Quiz 11, Quiz 10, Quiz 9, Quiz 8 and Quiz 7.

 

Please read our change on Homework assignments below.

Please also read How to assign a grade below.

Any questions on homework grading, please email the grader Reena Patel, rpatel65@uic.edu.

 

Sample exams II:

* the pdf format in Math 180 website points to a wrong exam. A solution is available in theMath180 website.

 

A solution to Exam 1 (version A) is available (one web page, or 5 pages of JPG file).

Note:

1. The partial Credit listed next to each step are for reference, we did not strictly follow it.

2. Some words near page margin are missing due to a problem of my scanner.

3. For problem #4, answers to 4a and 4c of version B are also given in the same page.

 

 

Instructor: Prof. Zhao

Lecture meetings: MWF 9am, C3 Lecture Center

Office: SEO 539, (312) 413-3748

Office Hours: MWF 10 - 11am

E-Mail: zhao@math.uic.edu

Web Page: http://www.math.uic.edu/~zhao/math180

 

TA: Mr. Li Wei, lwei1@uic.edu

Recitations: Tuesday & Thursday 8am or 9am or 10am

Office Hours: TH 300, Tuesday & Thursday 2-3pm

 

Quiz: 80 points

Given on every Thursday in week 1-14, testing what is covered

in 3 most recent lectures (FMW).

The first one is for practice only.

The lowest 3 quizzes (out of 13) will be dropped. No make-ups.

 

Homework: 40 points (NEW)

NEW: Graded by an undergrad grader, 1 point for completeness,

i.e., completing 80%;  1 point for correctness of one problem chosen

randomly from the sections which have been covered in lecture.

 

Homework problems will be collected at the beginning of each lecture.

Go to http://www.math.uic.edu/math180/assign.htm for assignments.

NEW: you should include the problems assigned before lecture into

the homework after lecture.

For example, it says “On 10/28 the lecture covers 4.1, and homework due

is 3.10  #9, 11, 13, 15; 4.1 #10, 11, 13, 17, 27, 33;

Our new policy asks you can leave “4.1 #10, 11, 13, 17, 27, 33” to next

assignment  (that will be collected on 10/30).

This change makes you include all problems from one section in one homework.

 

One has to complete at least 80% of the homework to get a full credit.

No late homework will be accepted, no make-ups.

 

Hour Exams: 100 points each (Friday, 10/4 and Friday, 11/15)

A make-up will be only given to one with an acceptable excuse and

a notice to the instructor in 3-day advance.

Absence with a valid excuse (e.g. illness and emergence) and a notice

no later than the same day of exam will not receive a make-up, but one

will be credited with a score having the same percent as her/his final exam

at the end of the term.

 

Departmental Final Exam: 200 points (Thursday, December 12, 1-3 pm)

Anyone with a final exam conflict should discuss the possibility

of makeup with the instructor no later than December 4, 2002.

 

For other important information (textbook, calculator), visit general

math 180 website:

http://www.math.uic.edu/math180/

 

How to know your term grade:

Your total score (out of 520 possible points) determines your letter grade.

Percentages of A, B, etc. in our class will almost be the same as the percentages of A, B, etc

issued in the final. So it is hard to tell you grade exactly before we finish the grading of whole class.

 

But the following seems hold based on our experience (but not guaranteed):

1.      Your term grade is no lower than the lowest grades of your 3 exams,

     nor higher than the highest ones.

     e.g. if you receive one B and 2 C’s in exams, very likely your term grade will be

     C or B (unless you did not do homework or quizzes at all).

2.      Roughly speaking, 90% = 468 points or higher suggests an A,

      75 – 89% = B, 60-75% = C, 50-60% = D, 50% or lower = E.

 

The policy in this page overwrites the one in the general page in

case of conflicts.