MAT 123 Exams
Exam Schedule;
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Midterm I
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WED SEPTEMBER 29
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08:30-10:00pm (EVENING EXAM)
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Midterm II
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THU NOVEMBER 11
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08:30-10:00pm (EVENING EXAM)
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Final exam
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WED DECEMBER 15
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11:00-01:30pm
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location: see below
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Midterm I
Instructions
No books, notes, or calculators are allowed.
Bring your SUNY ID. ARRIVE 15 MIN. EARLY.
Material covered
Midterm I will cover all material from sections 1.1 to 1.6 included.
Preparation
- Old homework questions
- Unassigned homework questions
- Read summary at pages 234-235.
- We are not suggesting you do all the problems. It is just a list
from which you can choose.
- The test will contain 18 multiple choice questions.
- Each question takes few minutes. Since there are 18 of them,
you should practice aiming for reasonable speed.
- To get an idea of the length of the test, do the following
problems in 90mins. Page 237: 16,17,20,21,24,25,27
(no decimals, give answer in radical form),29,30,34,38,44,51,58,63,68, 79,
83.
Appoximate curve:
A > 237.5, A- >225, B+ > 212.5,
B > 200, B- > 187.5, C+ > 175, C > 162.5, C- > 150, D+ > 137.5, D >= 112.5,
F< 112.
Midterm II
Instructions
No books, notes, or calculators are allowed.
Bring your SUNY ID. ARRIVE 15 MIN. EARLY.
Material covered
Midterm II will cover all material from sections
1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 2.2, 2.3, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3.
Preparation
- Old homework questions
- Unassigned homework questions
- Read summary at pages 235-236, 347-348, 416 (only the parts relevant to
sections covered).
- We are not suggesting you do all the problems. It is just a list
from which you can choose.
- The test will contain 18 multiple choice questions.
- Each question takes few minutes. Since there are 18 of them,
you should practice aiming for reasonable speed.
- To get an idea of the length of the test, do the following
problems in 90mins. 1.7) 13,33; 1.8) 27,37; 1.9) 22,33;
p.350 review exercises, 16, 19, 24, 29, 66, 67;
p.417 - 419: 3, 8, 12, 19, 29, 50.
Appoximate curve:
A > 237.5, A- >225, B+ > 212.5,
B > 200, B- > 187.5, C+ > 175, C > 162.5, C- > 150, D+ > 137.5, D >= 112.5,
F< 112.
FINAL
Instructions
No books, notes, or calculators are allowed.
Bring your SUNY ID. ARRIVE 15 MIN. EARLY.
Material covered
Midterm II will cover all material from ALL sections covered in the semester:
1.1 to 1.9, 2.2, 2.3, 2.6, 3.1 to 3.5 and 4.1 to 4.8.
Preparation
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Review sessions by recitation .
You will find the time/day/location of the review session
for the final, next to the name of your recitation leader (TA).
- For the parts covered by Midterms I and II see above.
- Old homework questions
- Unassigned homework questions
- Read summary at pages 417, 536-539.
- We are not suggesting you do all the problems. It is just a list
from which you can choose.
- The test will contain 27 multiple choice questions.
- Each question takes few minutes. Since there are 27 of them,
you should practice aiming for reasonable speed.
- To get an idea of the length of the test, do the following
problems in 2+1/2 hrs:
page 237-241 # 25, 34, 51, 63, 89, 97, 110,
page 265 # 37,
page 350-352 # 23, 67,
page 418-420 # 18, 51, 58, 70,
page 539-542 # 10, 16, 25, 42, 51, 55, 57, 66, 67, 68, 93, 103, 107.
GRADES
Curve for grade in the course:
A >= 890, A- >= 820, B+ >= 790,
B >= 740, B- >= 710, C+ >= 680, C >= 580, D >= 450,
F <= 449.
Grades should be posted on SOLAR by sometime on Friday (Saturday,
if the instructor posts them on Friday).
Keep the following in mind. It is all to your advantage.
See also
ABOUT GRADES
1) If your second midterm has a higher score than the
first midterm, we will double the second score and omit the first one:
this may increase your letter grade
and will not penalize those whose second score is lower (or equal)
than the first.
2) We will also curve the numerical grade of the final test,
(A to F). If you score A in the final,
your grade in the course will be A (provided
you took all tests, or were excused by one of them).
Same for C (unless your curved letter grade in the course is higher,
in which case you will get the higher letter grade).
This doen NOT apply to other letter grades. It is intended
to ``save people" who did not do well in other midterms but have
a good passing grade in the final and to reward an outstandingly good
performance in the final.
``Curve for final" (see 2) above):
A>= 280; C >=200 (the other letter-grades do not appear,
and have not been determined,
since they are not relevant to the grading scheme).