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The final exams have been carefully graded and the scores, as well as the final course grades, are posted. The average on the final exam was about 73 and the average for the course was about 74.
Letter grades were determined as follows:
| Average | Course Grade |
| more than 93.3 | A |
| 89.8 - 92.6 | A- |
| 88.3 - 89.5 | B+ |
| 82.7 - 87.9 | B |
| 79.1 - 82.5 | B- |
| 77.1 - 78.9 | C+ |
| 67.3 - 76.8 | C |
| 64.5 - 66.8 | C- |
| 60.1 - 64.4 | D+ |
| 49.5 - 59.9 | D |
| less than 49 | F |
If your final exam score was greater than your average, then your final exam score replaced your course average. If your final exam score was higher than one of the other exams, or the homework score, then your final exam score replaced that lower score. Many grades were improved because of the final exam.
Best wishes for all your future work. Have a great break!
Here is the final exam and solutions.
Look for exam scores and course grades to be posted soon.
The final exam, which will cover material up to and including section 5.4 in the textbook, will be held on Tuesday, December 16 from 11:00 am - 1:30 pm. (This is a correction: below it said 11:00-1:00, but you will have until 1:30 pm to complete the exam.)
The final course averages will be determined by the following:
Breakdown into letter grades will be determined after the course averages are computed. I expect that letter grades will fall roughly into a ten point scale: 90-100 A, 80-90 B, 70-80 C, 60-70 D. However, the scale could be a little more generous. It depends on how strong the work on the final exam is.
The final exam will be held on Tuesday, December 16 from 11:00am - 1:00pm. It will be proctored in the following rooms:
The exams will be counted, and seating is limited, so be sure to take the exam in the correct room. You will need your student ID. Calculators will be permitted, but will not be required.
I posted on the some math 131 final exams that have been given in past semesters on the practice exams page.
Also, Joel Jacob, will be holding a review session on Friday, December 12 from 2:00-3:00pm in room P-131 in the Math Tower (ground floor, near the elevators). Everyone is encouraged to attend.
The final exam for math 131 will be held on Tuesday, December 16 from 11:00am - 1:00pm. Rooms will be announced when the registrar has assigned them.
There are two scheduled review sessions for the final exam
Note that I posted solutions to the Fall 2000 final exam on practice exams page.
The final exam from Fall 1999 is posted on the practice exams page. At this point, it is helpful to know that problems 1, 3 and 4 on that exam involve concepts from chapter 5. There will be more practice exams, as well as solutions to the Fall 1999 final exam, posted a little later.
Also, the publisher of the textbook has a companion website with some online tutorials and quizzes here.
The scores for both midterms are posted. The standard deviation on the second midterm was quite high, around 25.
The second midterm, and solutions, are now posted on the Practice Exams page.
Look for scores later this week, say Wednesday afternoon.
Answers to the sample exam are now posted on the Practice Exams page.
Calculators will be permitted, but not required on the exam.
There are some pretty good problems in the chapter review that appear at the end of chapter 3 (like the concept check and true false questions).
Tanvir Prince will be giving a review for the second midterm on Friday, November 7. It will be held from 7:00-8:30pm in P-131 in the Math Tower (that's the room beside the elevator on the P level). All math 131 students are welcome.
As scheduled, the second midterm exam will be held on Monday, November 10 from 8:30pm until 10:00pm. It will be proctored in the following rooms:
Material up to, and including section 4.1 in the
textbook, will be covered on the exam. A sample exam is posted on the practice exams. The sample is not
comprehensive, and some material that may appear on the midterm,
doesn't appear on the sample. See the
schedule for a complete list of course
topics and many more practice problems.
November 3, 2003. There were some typos on Problem 5
on the sample exam,
which are now corrected.
Also, the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences will be holding a review session for MAT 131, intended as preparation for the second midterm. It will be held on Wednesday, November 5th, 12:45-2:00 in Room 143 in the Engineering Building.
The midterms are graded. Here are the scores. The average was 77 and the standard deviation was about 14.
October 18: There were a few corrections to exam scores.
Here is first midterm given last night and solutions.
Grades will be posted a little later, probably over the weekend.
Remember, the first midterm will be held on Thursday, October 9th from 8:30-10:00pm. Calculators are not required, but will be permitted.
The rooms are
Answers are available for the sample midterm. Get them from the practice exam page.
correction 10-8-2003 There was a correction to the answers to the midterm. The answer to problem 3 part (g) is 1/2, not 2.
I wrote a little sample midterm for practice, which you can download from the practice exam page. I'll write solutions and post them too, early next week.
The first midterm will be on October 9th from 8:30-10:00pm. It will cover sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, and Appendix D. The concept check (except 3, 13-16), true/false quiz (except 16, 17), and review exercises (up through ex 31) on pages 181-184 of the textbook is appropriate study material.
Remember, there are no clases on Monday, October 6.
First, the college of engineering and applied sciences (CEAS) has identified math 131 as a course critical to success in engineering and applied science. This year, CEAS tutors from the professional and engineering societies will conduct exam reviews. A review session for the October 9th midterm will be held on October 8th from 12:45-2:00pm. This session will be coordinated by Diana David and David Rubenstein in room 143, or 145, in the engineering building.
room change: On Friday, I learned that the CEAS review session will be in Old Chem 116, not in the engineering building.
Second, I just recieved a letter about the Residential Tutoring Center. Here is an excerpt:
The Residential Tutoring Center is a free resource on campus that offers peer tutoring to students four times a week from 8-11pm. Students are tutored by upper-class students who have ahieved high academic standings in the specific courses that they provide tutoring. Tutoring is available on an individual, as well as a small group basis. Popular courses for which tutoring is available are CHE 131, 132, 141 and 142, MAT 122, 123, 125-127, and 131-132, as well as BIO 150, 201, and 202.
The locations and days for the residential tutoring are:
For more information about the residential tutoring, see the student affairs website,
Also, be aware of the mathematics departments own math learning center in room S240A in the Math Tower.
Here are the scores for the early exam. The combined average for math 131 was about 68 and the standard deviation was about 15. There were two exams without student numbers.
One function of the early exam is to test preparedness for college calculus. The mathematics department permits students to switch from math 131 to math 125 up to two weeks after the early exam, and students who scored 40 or less are urged to speak with their instructor about their placement.
Here is the early exam given on Monday. The answers are
1 c; 2 c; 3 b; 4 d; 5 c; 6 b; 7 e; 8 c; 9 b; 10 a; 11 c; 12 a; 13 b; 14 c; 15 c; 16 b; 17 b; 18 b; 19 a; 20 b
The exams have not yet been scored. Check back for information about the scores later.
Here are the rooms for the early exam on Monday, September 22 at 8:30pm.
Calculators will not be necessary for the early exam. But, students in math 131 will be permitted to use them this year.
This is a reminder that the early exam will be given on Monday, September 22 at 8:30pm. The rooms will be announced here later this week. Students will need to bring
The early exam covers the prerequisite material--the kind of material covered in chapter 1 and appendices A, B, and C of the textbook. A copy of the early exam given in the Fall of 2002 is posted on the practice exams page.