MATH 1104 TEST TOPICS RICHTON

This page lists Chapters, Sections and Problems similar to those covered in Prof. Richton's Intermediate Algebra class until the Spring semester of 2003.   Practice some problems from this list when studying for tests or quizes.

See section-specific Test and Quiz Schedule for actual test dates and sections to be studied for each test.

Practice problems similar to these:
Chapter 1, section 2 pp13-17 #13 - 38
Chapter 1, section 3 pp25-27 #1 - 139
Chapter 1, section 4 pp36-40 #1 - 121, 123 - 126
Chapter 1, section 5 pp47-49 #1 - 138, 142, 143
Chapter 1 Review
pp58-59 #7-16, 25-94
Chapter 1 Practice Test
p60 #4, 5, 10, 11-22
Important Facts p57 all

Chapter 2, section 1 pp71-74 #1 - 144
Chapter 2, section 2 pp80-83 #4 - 70, 81 - 90
Important Facts on p131 Properties of Equality
Memorize Rules for Exponents p46 and THE PLAN from class notes
Chapter 2, section 3 pp91-95 all
Chapter 2, section 4 pp101-106 #13-26, 29, 32, 34, 35, 38-41, 51
Chapter 2, section 5     pp117-119 #1-48 NOT SETS and #65-82
Chapter 2 Review Exercises pp132-134 #1-34, 37-38, 40, 42-45, 47-64
Practice Test pp 134-135 #1-13, 15, 16
Cumulative Review Test pp135-136 #2-10, 13-20, 23, 25

Chapter 3, section 1     pp148-149 #5-55, 69, 70
Chapter 3, section 2     pp162-165 #15-64
Chapter 3, section 3     p177 #11-40, 44, 45
Chapter 3, section 4     pp187-189 #13-52, 55, 56
Chapter 3, section 5     pp198 #5-12
Important Facts pp214-215: Slope of a line and Forms of a Linear Equation including graphs at the top of page 215
Review Exercises pp215-218 #1-21, 23-28, 31-43, 49, 50
Practice Test pp219-220 #1-13, 15, 16
Cumulative Review Test p220 #3-5, 7-13, 16, 18

Chapter 5, section 1     p288-289 #15-76, 81-84
Chapter 5, section 2     pp298-300 #9-68
Chapter 5, section 4     pp314-315 #9-60
Chapter 5, section 5     pp325-326 #9-74
Chapter 5, section 6     p332 #7-82; not sum or difference of two cubes
Chapter 5, section 7     p337 #1-72
Chapter 5, section 8     p347 #13-64
Chapter 5 Review
pp352-355 #1-18, 21-30, 45-70, 73-92, 97-108
Practice Test p355 #1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11-17, 19-20
Cumulative Review Test pp355 - 356 #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12

Chapter 6, section 1     pp364-367 #23-70, 89, 90, 103-106, 108
Chapter 6, section 2     pp 374-375 #5-62
Chapter 6, section 3    p381 #1-22, p382 #27-44
Chapter 6, section 4    p392-393 #7-44, 49-74 THE PLAN
Chapter 6 Review p415 #1-3, 7-42, 44-46, 51-68

Chapter 7, section 1    pp428 #7-26, 31-36
Chapter 7, section 2     pp436-438 #5-94
Chapter 7, section 3     pp444 #7-58, p445 #67-86
Chapter 7, section 4     pp453 - 454 #7 - 22, 55, 63
Chapter 7, section 5     pp459-460 #7-86
Chapter 7 Review p483 #1-4, 11-34, 39-71

Chapter 8, section 2 The quadratic formula (the formula is written on the exam for you)

Chapter 8, section 5 Graphing the parabola, finding the vertex p540 #13 - 31
See box on p530

Cumulative Final Exam
Problems will DEFINITELY be chosen from:
Chapter 1, section 5
Chapter 2, sections 1, 2, 3, 4
Chapter 3, sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Chapter 5, sections 2, 5
Chapter 6, sections 1, 2, 3, 4
Chapter 7, sections 3, 5
Chapter 8, section 2

You will definitely need to be able to find the vertex of a parabola, so study class notes from Wednesday, May 9 very carefully.