MATE 3032 practice

Assigned exercises.   Homework will be due on Wednesday of each week, unless otherwise indicated. How I mark it: short quiz will be given at random times (on average, weekly). It often consists of two or three problems, at least one of which corresponds to one of the assigned exercises. On that problem, I will mark the better of the two solutions from quiz or homework. (Often another problem will replicate an example done in class, which is an incentive to take notes and study them).
(25/8) I notice that extensive use is made of the solutions manual. Starting with homework set 2, change the above rule as follows:
(1) In order to earn credit on a homework problem, you have to vary somehow from the solution shown in the manual. This may mean providing additional figures, or explaining a particular step (say, showing how to find the intersection of two curves), or elaborating on the given explanations, or following the style shown in class for performing the intermediate computations (e.g., integrals). In other words, show originality. Also, work which is sloppy or evidently rushed will not be graded.
(2) On that quiz problem, I will take the average of the marks of quiz and homework (if it improves on quiz), unless there is clearly no relation between your two solutions. Quiz will usually bear on the last two homework sets handed in, and other material covered in class.
(3) On homework, present your work neatly, and write your name, course, section, and homework number. Use pencil.
(4) Adequate preparation for the tests consists in working out most of the problems in the syllabus. You will note that there are on average three times as many as assigned for homework. Conclude as to how much time per week you should be spending in this course. My suggestion is: at least eight hours.
Set 1: due 22/8.
Set 2: due 29/8.
Set 3: due 5/9.
Set 4: due 12/9.
Set 5: due 17/9.
Set 6: due 26/9.
Set 7: due 5/10.
Set 8: due 10/10.
Set 9: due 17/10.
Set 10: due 24/10.
Set 11: due 29/10.
Set 12: due 7/11.
Set 13: due 14/11.
Set 14: due 28/11.
Set 15: practice, not to hand in.

Webwork practice .

Common corrections . Read carefully: making these mistakes will incur extra penalty.

Comments on selected exam problems .

Old tests

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