Epstein Math 141 Spring 2016
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 245D)
- 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 (FRIDAY AFTERNOONS) 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 from 8P - 10P in BLOC 149
- Starts Sunday, Jan. 24
- Drop in and leave as needed for help with homework.
- TA office hours in BLOC 246
- Katherine on Mondays at 7:30 - 9:00PM
- Nate on Wednesdays at 6:00 - 8:00 PM
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 13 (18-Apr to 22-Apr)
- Activity 13 on Normal Probability
- Quiz TBA
- Week 12 (11-Apr to 15-Apr)
- Activity 12 on binomial probability.
- Quiz on 8.1 - 8.3
- Exam 3 over Chapter 7.2 - 7.6 and Chapter 8.1 - 8.4 on Friday April 15 at 4:30 PM in CHEM 100
- Week 11 (4-Apr to 8-Apr)
- Activity 11 on statistics.
- Quiz 10 over conditional probability
- Week 10 (28-Mar to 1-Apr)
- Activity 10 on conditional probability.
- Quiz 10 over basic probability and Exam 2 material
- Week 9 (21-Mar to 25-Mar)
- Activity 9 on basics of probability.
- Quiz 9 over probability
- Week 8 (7-Mar to 11-Mar)
- Review Activity 8 available on WebAssign
- Quiz 8 over sections 6.2, 6.3, and 6.4
- Exam 2 over Chapters 3, 6, and 7.1 on Friday March 11 at 4:30 PM in CHEM 100
- Week 7 (29-Feb to 4-Mar)
- Activity 7 on counting.
- Quiz 7 over solving linear programming problems and shading Venn diagrams
- Week 6 (22-Feb to 26-Feb)
- Activity 6 on solving linear programming problems.
- Quiz 6 over setting up linear programming problems and material from exam 1
- Week 5 (15-Feb to 19-Feb)
- Activity 5 on setting up linear programming problems
- Quiz 5 over graphing systems of linear inequalities
- Week 4 (8-Feb to 12-Feb)
- Review activity 4 available on WebAssign
- Quiz 4 over sections 2.4 and 2.5
- Exam 1 at 4:30P on Friday, Feb. 12 in CHEM 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 (1-Feb to 5-Feb)
- Activity on matrix multiplication
- Quiz 3 over sections 2.2 and 2.3
- Week 2 (25-Jan to 29-Jan)
- Activity 2 on solving systems of linear equations with no solution or a parametic solution (Section 2.3)
- Quiz 2 over sections 1.3 and 1.4 along with a set-up word problem question.
- Watch WebAssign for due dates on videos and homework!
- Week 1 (18-Jan to 22-Jan)
- Quiz 1 on class policies
- First video assignment due on THURSDAY, JAN. 21
- Activity on Cost, Revenue, and Profit models and formulating systems of linear equations
- Monday sections and late adds can do these in office hours or turn them in next week
- These assignments are posted on WebAssign as announcements
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