Biol5221: Extra credit algebra assignment
The assignment requires that you do the same set of exercises
twice, timing yourself both times. The exercises are
in this pdf document. Your copy
should include pages 36-49 and 63-65, but not 50-62.
Fragments of sections at the beginnings and ends of the scanned
portions are EXCLUDED from the assignment. Specifically,
- Omit question 1, at the top of page 36.
- Omit section 1.9 (Inequalities and Absolute Values), which begins at
the bottom of page 49.
- Omit questions 25-27, at the top of page 63.
- Omit section 3.2 (Division of Polynomials), which begins at the
bottom of page 65.
The rest of the document is included in the assignment.
Assignment
- Read through the document.
- Do the exercises, timing yourself as you go. I want to know how
long it took to do the entire set of exercises, not each section or
each individual problem.
- Do the previous step a second time, timing it once again.
Turn in both sets of exercises, together with your timings. Please
write the answers on your own paper, and put a summary of the timings
at the top of page 1.
How we use this assignment in calculating grades
Those who turn in a fully-completed assignment will receive the extra
points listed in the syllabus. This credit is added after the
curve, so that students can get a perfect
score (100%) without doing the extra credit assignment.