1. Mth 060 Syllabus Due Date Calendar Lecture Calendar Reading Guide 1.1a-1.1b

2. Class Syllabus Math 60 Syllabus Course Information: Course Title:Algebra I Course Number and CRNMth 60 CRN – 11011 (10:15am); 11760 (11:30am) Course Credits:4 credits Course Date: Winter 2014 Classroom Meeting Times: Tu Th (10:15am-11:20) and (11:30am-12:35) Course Location: GRV 114 Instructor: Liz Coleman Office GRV 214 Phone 541-383-7414 e-mail ecoleman@cocc.edu (See http://www.cocc.edu/ecoleman/ for more info)ecoleman@cocc.eduhttp://www.cocc.edu/ecoleman/ Office Hours MWF 9:10 to 9:40 in MOD 103; MWF 12:55 to 1:25 in GRV 110 T 12:35 to 1:30pm & R 9:15am to 10:15 in GRV 114; SMART Lab Tuesday 8:00-10:00 in GRV 234&235 Recommended Preparation:Mth 20 with a grade C or higher, or by proper placement test score, or by instructor approval.

3. Due Dates Due Dates versus Lectures

4. Hawkes Software SMART Math Lab

5. Reading Guides Found on my directory web site Print out and COMPLETE before class Due at the beginning of class No late reading guides will be accepted

6. Class Notes May be used to complete Exit Tickets May be used for Quizzes May be used to Review for Tests

7. Topics from your past…Ch 1 Fractions operations (+ - X / ) Rounding decimals – place names Decimal to percent to fraction Order of Operations: PEMDAS(MD, AS left to right as a grouping) Factoring: Prime & Composite numbers Primes: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47 Prime Factorization (make tree) Least Common Multiple (LCM) Ex: find the LCM of 2, 5, 6, 9 LCM=90

8. The Real Number Line and Inequalities 1.1a

9. Real Number Classifications Real Numbers: the numbers found on a Number Line Hawkes slide 11 Irrational Numbers: decimals repeating without a pattern (pi, e, non-perfect square roots) Rational Numbers: zero, non-decimals, fractions, repeating decimals, perfect squares Integers: positive/negative non-decimal numbers, zero Whole Numbers – zero, positive integers Natural (counting) Numbers – positive integers Example: Classify 7 in the Real Number System Try it… Classify -1/2 in the Real Number System

10. Number Line Draw a number line Label the number line Plotting points

11. Inequalities Inequality Symbols – Hawkes slide 17 Read either left to right or right to left Example: show on a number line all Comparing fractions: rewrite with a common denominator if you can’t determine Example: Graph and compare ¾ and 2/3

12. Try it… Show on a number line all Graph and compare and

13. Absolute Value 1.1b

14. Absolute Value Absolute Value: the distance from zero on number line Example: Use a number line to show |5| |-3| What about…

15. Absolute Value of a Variable Variable: a letter whose value may change What values of x make this true? What about…

16. Graphing Absolute Value Example: Graph the solution: Try it… Graph the solution:

17. Summary Due Date Sheet Lecture Calendar SMART Math Lab Reading Guides

18. Coming up… Day 2 Adding & Subtracting with Real Numbers Quiz #1 – Due by Friday (SMART Lab) Reading Guide for Day 2: – Instruct Sections 1.2-1.3 – Email kcaligure@cocc.edu if you have any problem getting into Blackboard – I will send a copykcaligure@cocc.edu

19. Exit Ticket On a clean sheet of paper put your full name, today’s date and the label “Sections 1.1a – 1.1b” Using your class notes as a review, copy down these problems and clearly show your answers. 1.Classify in the Real Number system. 2.Graph the solution (careful!):