MATH 166 - TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS II
WHAT YOU WILL NEED....

• Text: Applied Finite Mathematics by Tomastik & Epstein, 2nd edition (to be purchased online) at tamumath.ichaptersbuy.com
• If you are having trouble, Click here, then on Math 166 to link to the first chapter we will be covering www.math.tamu.edu/~epstein/eHW/eBook.html
• Required Calculator: TI-83 or TI-84 (Not allowed: TI-89 or TI-92!)

GETTING STARTED...

• Syllabus
• Assigned Seat and Paper Return form
• Notecard Assignment (Instructions)

COMMUNICATIONS...

• *** WATCH THIS AREA ***(as well as your neo email) for communications about the course!


• Scantron Preparation and Exam Day


• Mrs. Ramsey's Final Review: Wed, Dec 3 from 12 noon - 2 p.m.


• Mrs. Lackey's Office hours during reading days:
• Wed, Dec 3 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
• Thurs, Dec 4 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
• Once final exams begin, there will be no office hours.


• Finance Worksheet Answers
• Finance Worksheet Form A - Work this one if your student ID ends in a 0, 1, or 2
• Finance Worksheet Form B - Work this one if your student ID ends in a 3 or 4
• Finance Worksheet Form C - Work this one if your student ID ends in a 5, 6, or 7
• Finance Worksheet Form D - Work this one if your student ID ends in an 8 or 9



• Equations application with answers
• Equations application Worksheet
• Daily Grade 11 with answers
• Daily Grade 11 due Monday, Nov 10
• Daily Grade 10, Done in class on Wednesday, Nov 5
• Daily Grade 9, Done in class on Wednesday, Oct 29
• Daily Grade 8, Done in class on Friday, Oct 24
• Daily Grade 7
• Daily Grade 6
• Disappointed in your Exam Grade? Exam Excellence Checklist

.................. BE SURE YOU ARE KEEPING UP! ..................
Are you working problems in the e-book after each class, before our next meeting?
................................YOU SHOULD BE!.................................

MORE ABOUT ASSIGNMENTS....

• Math 166 Weekly Schedule (tentative)
• Lecture Notes
• Homework
• List of Homework Problems from Textbook
• Link to Online Homework System (WebAssign)
• For WebAssign Online HW Technical Support by phone:
  Call (800) 955-8275 or (919) 829-8181.
  Available 7am - 7pm Monday-Friday --and-- 1pm - 9pm Sunday
  
• FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions) about the Online Homework

PLACES TO FIND EXTRA PRACTICE PROBLEMS/HELP....

• Week-in-Review Information (formal session once a week)
• Heather Ramsey's current Week-in-Review
• Math 166 WIR -on- Monday night -at- 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. -in- Blocker 102 -with- Heather Ramsey
  
• Help Session Information (informal sessions)
• Other 166 and 141 resources, but with chapters and sections not necessarily aligned with our new book:
• Departmental Math 166 Homepage (which also links to many of other items listed here)
  
• Websites of other Math 166 instructors for links to helpful resources:
  http://www.math.tamu.edu/~baurispa, http://www.math.tamu.edu/~kathryn.bollinger, http://www.math.tamu.edu/~kilmer, http://www.math.tamu.edu/~ramsey
• Streaming Videos (old, so chapters and sections will be off)
• Make Your Own Sample Test (old, so chapters and sections will be off)

CALCULATOR HELP....

• How to CLEAR ALL MEMORY (for all exams!)
  • Hit 2^nd +
  • Choose option 7:Reset
  • Cursor right, choose ALL and press ENTER
  • If you do this right, it will say "MEM cleared" NOT "RAM cleared"
• Calculator Instructions
• Streaming Videos! (courtesy of Sandra Nite)
• How to delete programs, equations, matrices, lists...

Adobe Acrobat Reader - a free program for reading .pdf files - needed in downloading some information
WHEN DOWNLOADING ADOBE ACROBAT PDF'S, YOU MUST USE NETSCAPE 4 OR ABOVE!!!!!!!

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