MA 181 Assignment Sheet #1 Spring, 2006
Riseberg
Do your homework! It is an opportunity to learn, not a basis for grading. Learning
mathematics is an active process - you cannot succeed just by listening or by watching someone
else do problems. Time (about twice as many hours as you spend in class each week) spent on
going over your notes, reading your textbook and working exercises will help you clarify ideas
and methods and discover points you don't understand. Check your answers in the back of the
book. While doing your work outside of class, make notes about anything that you are having
trouble understanding. Be ready to ask questions about homework (or anything else) at the
beginning of class, but do not ask questions about problems you have not tried. Work with a
classmate or two. Talk and listen as well as write when you study. Additional problems, such as
classroom handouts, will also be assigned frequently.
If you miss a class, go to the course website to learn the current assignment and whether any
important announcements were made in class. To get to the website, go to my homepage at
www.montgomerycollege.edu/~jriseber/ and click the link for MA 181. Be sure to log in at the
MA 181 homepage the first time you go to it and if you have been absent. You should add the
MA 181 homepage to your list of bookmarks or favorites, and check the site periodically,
especially if you are late or absent.
Please turn over for answers to some of the assigned even-numbered problems
Section Page Assignment Done (9)
1.1 p. 22 21, 23, 25, 51, 52, 55, 56, 57
1.2 (a) p. 35 1, 11, 13, 15
(b) 19, 20, 21, 22, 25
2.1 p. 97 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
2.2 (a) p.106 1, 13, 15, 22, 23
(b) 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 16
2.3 (a) p. 115 1, 2, 8, 9 โ 23 odd
(b) 25, 27, 35, 36
2.4 (a) p. 126 1 โ 9 odd, 13, 15
(b) 17, 19, 21, 31, 33, 37, 38
2.5 (a) p. 137 1ab, 3abc, 12, 15, 16, 17
(b) 1cd, 2, 3def, 5, 7, 9, 11, 21, 23, 27, 33, 35, 43
2.6 p. 145 1 โ 9 odd, 13, 15, 18, 22, 25ab
2.7 p. 153 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13, 25, 28, 31, 33
2.8 p. 165 1, 3, 5, 14, 19, 20, 23, 29, 31, 33, 35
2.9 p. 173 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15 โ 21 odd
3.1 (a) p. 190 3 โ 9 odd, 13, 15, 16, 19, 21, 24, 27, 31, 37, 41
(b) 2, 11, 23, 25, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 53, 57 (Hint: Start
with 2
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