Epstein Math 141 Fall 2015
Contact me
- E-mail: j-epstein@tamu.edu. Be sure to include your name and class/section numbers
- Phone: 845-3261 and Fax: 862-4190
- Office: 245D BLOC
- Mailbox: 226 BLOC (open M-F 8 to 5)
Contact your TA
- Katherine's email is Kutech_math141@yahoo.com
- Nate's email is nbutler@tamu.edu
Office Hours (BLOC 246)
- Monday, Dec. 7 9:30 - 11:00 am
- Wednesday, Dec. 9 9:30 - 11:00 am
- More times TBA
- E-mail me to set up an appointment if you want to meet at a different time.
Be sure to tell me what times you are available.
Useful Information
- The syllabus may be found here
- Information about the class format and exam dates (THURSDAY EVENINGS) may be found here
- Information about textbooks, calculators and online homework can be found at
www.math.tamu.edu/courses/eHomework/.
- Ungraded versions of the video lectures can be found here
- To see an image of the scantrons you need to bring to class, click here
Study Resources
- 11th Edition Suggested Homework and Video Solutions (thanks to Kendra Kilmer for these!)
- Week in Review
- Help Sessions
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings from 8-10pm in BLOC 149.
- Drop in and leave as needed for help with homework.
- TA office hours
- With Nate or Katherine on Wednesdays from 6:00P - 7:30P on the 4th floor of Evans Library
- Calendar view
Calculator help
- Calculator Help (thanks to Kathryn Bollinger for this!)
- Calculator Tutorial (thanks to Joe Kahlig for this!)
- The workers at help session, Katherine, Nathaniel and I can all help with the calculator commands
Old Week-In-Reviews - note our new syllabus includes quadratics and does not include linear regression or matrix inverses.
Make your own practice exam questions (with detailed solutions) at QNA
Extra Practice for Chapters 6 and 7 (thanks to Joe Kahlig for this!)
Class Information
- Week 15 (7-Dec to 11-Dec)
- Activity 15 on Annuities (Wednesday and Thursday sections only)
- No Quiz
- FINAL EXAM ON FRIDAY, DEC. 11 AT 5:30P IN HELD 100
- Week 14 (30-Nov to 4-Dec)
- Activity 14 on Compound Interest
- Quiz 12 over normal probability
- Week 13 (23-Nov to 27-Nov)
- Activity 13 on Normal Probability (Monday and Tuesday sections only)
- No Quiz
- Week 12 (16-Nov to 20-Nov)
- Activity 12 on binomial probability.
- No Quiz
- Exam 2 over Chapter 7.2 - 7.6 and Chapter 8.1 - 8.4 on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 7P in HELD 100
- Week 11 (9-Nov to 13-Nov)
- Activity 11 on statistics.
- Quiz 10 over probability (inlcuding conditional)
- Week 10 (2-Nov to 6-Nov)
- Activity 10 on conditional probability.
- Quiz 9 over basic probability (inlcuding counting)
- Week 9 (26-Oct to 30-Oct)
- Activity 9 on basics of probability.
- Quiz 8 over Exam 2 material
- Week 8 (19-Oct to 23-Oct)
- Review Activity 8
- Take-home quiz - now available on WebAssign
- Exam 2 over Chapters 3, 6, and 7.1 on Thursday Oct. 22 at 7P in HELD 100
- Week 7 (12-Oct to 16-Oct)
- Activity 7 on counting.
- Quiz 6 over sets
- Week 6 (5-Oct to 9-Oct)
- Activity 6 on sets. Click here for notes for class.
- Quiz 5 over setting up and solving linear programming problems
- Week 5 (28-Sep to 2-Oct)
- Activity 5 on setting up linear programming problems
- Quiz 4 over Exam 1 material and graphing systems of linear inequalities
- Week 4 (21-Sep to 25-Sep)
- Review activity 4 over sections 2.3, 2.4, and 2.5
- Exam 1 at 7P on Thursday, Sep. 24 in HELD 100
- Covers 1.3, 1.4, 1.Q, and 2.1 - 2.5
- There will be a seating chart
- The exam is scheduled for 75 minutes
- Be sure to bring your ID, calculator and a pencil
- Week 3 (14-Sep to 18-Sep)
- Activity on matrix multiplication
- Quiz 3 over sections 1.Q, 2.1, and 2.2
- Week 2 (7-Sep to 11-Sep)
- Activity on solving systems of linear equations with no solution or a parametic solution
- Quiz 2 over sections 1.3 and 1.4
- Week 1 (31-Aug to 4-Sep)
- Reviewed the syllabus and took quiz 1 at the Monday evening orientation
- Activity on Cost, Revenue, and Profit models and formutlating systems of linear equations
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