Study Plan

As discussed in class, it might not be a great idea for students to spend all of the tutorials up to Test 2 on Test 2 material. Doing this leaves very little time for tutorials on Chapter 3 to 5 (which makes up 35% of your final grade).

I am going to recommend at this point that you spend some time outside tutorials doing exercises. Ideally getting ahead of the following proposed schedule:

15% Test 1 – Results

It is my intention to have these back to ye before we return from reading week. There is a small chance that I will not have results for those who took the resit until the Monday of Week 7.

15% Test 2 – Equivalence Relations & Graphs

We have now completed the material for Test 2. Everything in Chapters 1 and 2 is examinable, with the emphasis on transitive and equivalence relations as well as Chapter 2.

There is a sample test on p.90 of the test. This is only to give you an idea of the type of content (but not specific questions) that will be examined. The test may be a little longer and/or harder.

Please note:

• Do not to congregate outside the Melbourn Hall until 10 minutes before the assessment is due to commence and do wait outside until you are ready to begin your assessment.

• Be mindful of groups already in the hall when entering the exam hall.

• Do not congregate in the waiting area of the Melbourn building when the assessment has finished as the noise can disrupt the students completing their assessment.

• Leave their bags in the shelved area just inside the exam hall doors – not on the floor in the exam hall lobby.  As we get busier, space will become scarce in the shelved area so if possible, only bring essential items (pens, calculators etc.) to the venue.

Week 6

We drove into Chapter 3, on Functions. We saw their definition in terms of a domain, codomain, and a set of ordered pairs. We learned that we can visualise functions with arrow diagrams (usually for small domains), and coordinate graphs (usually for functions that map reals to reals). We learned about the properties of a function: namely 1-1, onto, and bijective.

Week 7

We talk about compositions, and inverses, and look at some examples of invertible functions that we will use in the chapter on Algebra.

Academic Learning Centre

Have you heard about Maths Online on Canvas? It’s full of helpful Maths and Stats resources, notes, quizzes and videos to help you throughout the whole year. 

 We also use the Maths Online module on Canvas to offer Maths and Stats support to you and answer as many student questions as possible. 

Please log on to Maths online to book a maths appointment, book a place in a supported maths study session or request a workshopLinks to an external site..

 Supported Maths Study is on every Monday from 3.30pm – 5.30pm in B231.

Supported Statistics Study is on every Wednesday from 3pm – 4pm in B231.

 If you have any other question about our Maths and Stats supports email us on Academic.Learning@mtu.ie 

Assessment

See Canvas for the assessment plan and schedule.

Student Resources

Please see the Student Resources tab on the top of this page for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc.