Business Mathematics I
Math 115 A - Section 03 - Fall 2000
- Instructor:
Dr. Joceline Lega
- Office: Mathematics 511
- Phone: 621-4350
- e-mail:
lega@math.arizona.edu
- Location:
- ECON 103
- Time:
- Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10:00 - 10:50
am
- Office Hours:
- Tuesdays 9:00 - 9:50 am
- Thursdays 2:00 - 2:50 pm
- Fridays 2:00 - 2:50 pm
- or by appointment.
- Text:
Business Mathematics I, electronic text by R. Thompson.
- Tests:
There will be two tests and a final exam. Each test will
be announced in class one week in advance. The tests are
scheduled for Wednesday, October 4 and
Wednesday, November 29.
The University has scheduled the final exam for Friday, December 8
from 11am to 1pm. Each test will be worth 100 points and the final
exam worth 200 points.
- Test # 1: Click on the links below to
download test # 1 and its solution
- Test # 2: Click on the
links below to download test # 2 and its solution
- Homework:
Doing the homework well and on a regular basis is
critical in this course.
Homework will be assigned regularly. Homework will be graded and
a final score equivalent to one test, 100 points, will be assigned.
- Projects:
There will be two projects, each worth 150 points.
Teams
Team
Number |
Team members |
|
1 |
Jules
Doumbya |
Harisimran
Khalsa |
Richard
Martinez
|
Dainon
Woudstra |
----- |
|
2 |
Kim
Beach |
Ketan
Patel |
Nick
Tarrab |
Paul
Snodgrass |
----- |
|
3 |
Michael
Sabol |
Mike
Shoemaker |
Phil
Zautke |
Matt
Zuckerman |
----- |
|
4 |
Eric
Beaver |
Janet
Gitu |
Saul
Maskey |
Lucian
Teo |
----- |
|
5 |
Matt
Bracconeri |
Scott
Burns |
Amy
Carnes |
Nicole
Silvas |
Kelley
Velasquez |
|
6 |
Angela
Allen |
Burke
Eiteljorg |
Aura
Poulsen |
Frances
Santamaria |
Lacey
Schicker |
Data for Project I
Data for Project II
- Attendance:
Students are expected to attend every scheduled class,
and to be familiar with the University Class Attendance policy as it
appears in the General Catalog. It is the student's responsability to
keep informed of any announcements, syllabus adjustments or policy
changes made during scheduled classes.
- Grades:
The total number of points available on tests and homework
is 800. Grades will be no lower than those set forth in the following
table:
| 680 < points | 85% to 100% | A |
| 600 < points < 679 | 75% to 84% | B |
| 520 < points < 599 | 65% to 74% | C |
| 440 < points < 519 | 55% to 64% | D |
| points < 439 | 0% to 54% | E |
The grade of I will be awarded if all the following conditions are
met:
- The student has completed all but a small portion of the required
work.
- The student has scored at least 50% on the work completed.
- The student has a valid reason for not completing the course on time.
- The student agrees to make up the material in a short period of time.
- The student asks for the incomplete before grades are due, 48
hours after the final exam.
- Assignments (except homework assignments):
- August 23:
- August 25:
- Read the information contained in "UA Bus Math I"
- Familiarize yourself with the computer text
- August 28:
- Download the data for your team's project
- Prepare a PowerPoint presentation in which you introduce your team,
present your project, and indicate what your team's preliminary decision
is (that is whether your recommend foreclosure or work out).
- October 4:
- Get ready for the first test
- You may want to take a look at the test that I gave last semester
to my Business Math I class
- November 29:
- Get ready for the second test
- You may want to take a look at the test that I gave last semester
to my Business Math I class
- December 8:
- Get ready for the final exam
- You may want to take a look at the exam that I gave last semester
to my Business Math I class
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