MATH6040: Winter 2022, Week 12

December 8, 2022 in MATH6040, MATH6040 - Day | Leave a comment

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Week 12

We looked at the Winter 2021 paper for revision. It is in the back of the manual.

We will finish Q. 3 (c) early on Friday, and will have some tutorial time then for the final exam.

Students will receive one-to-one help in tutorial, but it will be up to students to decide what they want to look at; be it Vectors, Matrices, or Further Differentiation.

Final Exam Preparation

Your preparation for the test is doing exercises and knowing the content of the Chapter Summaries. There is an awful lot of exercises in Chapter 1 to 4. I recommend in particular:

  • Vectors: p. 31, 41, 49
  • Matrices: p. 76, 89, 104
  • Further Differentiation: p. 188, 200, 215

After Test 2, students are probably as prepared as they can be for Integration… but possibly no harm to do some refresher questions.

There are past exam papers in the Week 11 announcement, but most of these questions appear already in the manual, either as examples we did in class, worked examples, marking schemes, or exercises.

If you want feedback on study, please check your work against answers in the the manual, and/or email me your work with any questions.

Mathematics Exam Advice

  • You don’t have to answer questions in order Q. 1, Q. 2, etc. If you know in advance the structure of the exam, you can decide in advance what questions you are doing first, second, etc. This is related to:
  • Read questions carefully. Don’t glance at a question and go off writing: take a moment to understand what you have been asked to do.
  • Don’t use tippex; instead draw a simple line(s) through work that you think is incorrect.

If you do have time at the end of the exam, go through each of your answers and ask yourself:

  1. have I answered the question that was asked?
  2. does my answer make sense? If no, write that on your script, and then try and fix your solution.
  3. check your answer (e.g. if you are looking at something general, look at a special case; substitute your solution into equations; check your answer against a rough estimate; or what a picture is telling you; etc.). If your answer is wrong, write that on your script, and then try and fix your solution.

MATH6055: Winter 2022, Week 10

December 8, 2022 in MATH6055 | Leave a comment

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40% Test 3 – Functions Algebra

This test will takes place Thursday 15 December at 4 pm in Room IT2. More information on Canvas. The ten-week semester has left us very short on preparation for Test 3. Therefore there will be three additional classes in Week 11

  • Tuesday 13 December, 14:00, B217 (usual lecture time and venue),
  • Wednesday 14 December, 10:00, F1.4 (room change),
  • Thursday 15 December, 09:00, F1.4 (room change).

Your preparation for the test is doing exercises (and dipping into the notes when you don’t understand what e.g. one-to-one means). There is an awful lot of exercises in Chapter 3 to 5. Here I pick out some that you could focus on (note Functions summary p.120):

  • Sample Test 3, p. 196
  • p. 94, Q. 1,3,5
  • p. 97, Q. 1-2
  • p.105, Q. 1-5
  • p.114, Q.1-4, 9-11, 13
  • p.141, Q. 2
  • p.145, Q. 1-3, Q. 1, 3-4, 8-10
  • p.155, Q. 6-9
  • p.175, Q. 2-5, 8-10
  • p. 189, Q. 1(a), 3, 17-19

This is what I will be recommending students work on in tutorials. If you want feedback on study but cannot make it to the additional classes, please check your work against answers in the back of the manual, and/or email me your work with any questions.

Mathematics Exam Advice

  • You don’t have to answer questions in order Q. 1, Q. 2, etc. If you know in advance the structure of the exam, you can decide in advance what questions you are doing first, second, etc. This is related to:
  • Read questions carefully. Don’t glance at a question and go off writing: take a moment to understand what you have been asked to do.
  • Don’t use tippex; instead draw a simple line(s) through work that you think is incorrect.

If you do have time at the end of the exam, go through each of your answers and ask yourself:

  1. have I answered the question that was asked?
  2. does my answer make sense? If no, write that on your script, and then try and fix your solution.
  3. check your answer (e.g. if you are looking at something general, look at a special case; substitute your solution into equations; check your answer against a rough estimate; or what a picture is telling you; etc.). If your answer is wrong, write that on your script, and then try and fix your solution.

Week 10

There was a bit of a turbo-charge to finish the material for the exam. Initially we looked at some properties and computer science applications of logs. Then we looked at algorithmic complexity. It is OK that we skipped some sections — we are on a tight schedule of ten weeks, and everything that was essential was covered, and covered for the final test.

In tutorial, students looked at Sample Test 3.

MATH6040: Winter 2022, Week 11

December 2, 2022 in MATH6040, MATH6040 - Day | Leave a comment

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Week 11

We finished Chapter 4 by looking at Related Rates and Implicit Differentiation.

The tutorials were less focused, with student recommended to work on whatever best serves them for revision.

Week 12

We will have finished the manual and so will look at the Winter 2021 paper for revision. It is in the back of the manual.

Students will receive one-to-one help in tutorial, but it will be up to students to decide what they want to look at; be it Vectors, Matrices, or Further Differentiation.

Tutorials

The most important thing in your MATH6040 world is to attend tutorials regularly. See here for more, including times and venues.

Study

Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email.

Student Resources

Please see  Student Resources for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc.

MATH7019: Winter 2022, Week 11

December 2, 2022 in MATH7019 | Leave a comment

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Assessment 2

Results are out.

Week 11

We will finished our look at at hypothesis testing. Then we will drove into Chapter 4. The second part of Chapter 4 was actually second year, MATH6040, material.

Our tutorial was focused on Chapter 3.

Week 12

We will have a tutorial on Tuesday… probably focused on Chapter 3.

The feeling in the class is that we should do revision via an exam paper… rather than extra tutorials.

Academic Learning Centre

I would urge anyone having any problems with material that isn’t being addressed in the tutorial communication to use the Academic Learning Centre. If you are a little worried about your maths this semester you need to be aware of this resource. You will get best results if you come to the helpers there with specific questions.

Student Resources

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

Study

Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email.

MATH6055: Winter 2022, Week 9

December 2, 2022 in MATH6055 | Leave a comment

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Week 9

We spoke about indices/exponentials, and then we introduced logs as inverses of exponential functions.

In tutorial, C-X looked at functions, and C-Y moved onto algebra.

Week 10

There is going to be a bit of a turbo-charge to finish the material for the exam. Initially we will be looking at properties and computer science applications of logs.

The good news is that we will be able to skim the mini-Chapter 5 and still have everything well covered for assessment.

In tutorial, students can take a look at Sample Test 3.

Week 11, Wk 12 Dec — Additional Tutorials

The ordinary ten-week semester has left us very short on preparation for Test 3.

Therefore there will be additional classes in Week 11

  • Tuesday 13 December, 14:00, B217 (usual lecture time and venue),
  • Wednesday 14 December, 10:00, F1.4 (room change),
  • Thursday 15 December, 09:00, F1.4 (room change).

I spoke about the tutorial slot on Wednesday… I have realised that I made an appointment in the afternoon, so I cannot do that slot.

40% Test 3 – Functions Algebra

This test will take place Thursday 15 December at 4 pm. In the IT Building (Canvas announcement incoming).

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.

MATH6040: Winter 2022, Week 10

November 25, 2022 in MATH6040, MATH6040 - Day | Leave a comment

Test 2

Test 2 is booked for the Tuesday of Week 11:

29/11/202218.00-19.00MATH6040Technological Maths 20155A – C

See Canvas —> MATH6055 —> Assignments, for more information, including sample tests (although note all those questions can be found in the Chapter 3 exerices).

Week 10

We finished looking at applications of partial differentiation to error analysis. Then we looked at parametric differentiation.

The tutorials were again be focused on Chapter 3. We got some tutorial time on Chapter 4 in lectures.

Week 11

We will finish Chapter 4 by looking at Related Rates and Implicit Differentiation.

The tutorials will be focused on Chapter 4.

Week 12

We will have finished the manual and so will look at the Winter 2021 paper for revision. It is in the back of the manual.

Students will receive one-to-one help in tutorial, but it will be up to students to decide what they want to look at; be it Vectors, Matrices, or Further Differentiation.

Tutorials

The most important thing in your MATH6040 world is to attend tutorials regularly. See here for more, including times and venues.

Study

Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email.

Student Resources

Please see  Student Resources for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc.

MATH7019: Winter 2022, Week 10

November 25, 2022 in MATH7019 | Leave a comment

Assignment 2

Assignment 2 based on Chapter 2 is on Canvas now: Canvas —> MATH7019 —> Assignments. It is now due on the Monday of Week 10, 28 November.

Week 10

We finished our look at sampling and then looked at hypothesis testing.

We had our tutorial on Tuesday. Many students continued working on Chapter 2, but some started looking at the normal distribution.

Week 11

We will finish our look at at hypothesis testing. Then we will drive into Chapter 4. The second part of Chapter 4 is second year material.

Our tutorial will be focused on Chapter 3.

Week 12

We will do our best to finish Chapter 4 early in the week so that we can have some revision.

The tutorial will probably also be focused on Chapter 3.

Academic Learning Centre

I would urge anyone having any problems with material that isn’t being addressed in the tutorial communication to use the Academic Learning Centre. If you are a little worried about your maths this semester you need to be aware of this resource. You will get best results if you come to the helpers there with specific questions.

Student Resources

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

Study

Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email.

MATH6055: Winter 2022, Week 8

November 25, 2022 in MATH6055 | Leave a comment

Week 8

We drove into Chapter 4 Algebra, spending a lot of time talking about equations.

In tutorial, C-X focused on Test 2, while C-Y had a good tutorial on functions.

Week 9

We are practically finished talking about the basics of equations. We will spend a lecture or two talking about indices/exponentials. Then we will introduce logs as inverses of exponential functions.

In tutorial, C-X will look at functions, and C-Y move onto algebra. We are very short for time for tutorials: students are advised to spend some time outside tutorials working on exercises.

Week 10

We will spend more time talking about logs, and then we will fly through mini-Chapter 5. Ideally we will spend the last lecture doing the Sample Test 3 in the manual.

40% Test 3 – Functions Algebra

This test will take place Thursday 15 December at 4 pm. Probably in the IT Building (watch this space).

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.

MATH6040: Winter 2022, Week 9

November 22, 2022 in MATH6040, MATH6040 - Day | Leave a comment

Test 2

Test 2 is booked for the Tuesday of Week 11:

29/11/202218.00-19.00MATH6040Technological Maths 20155A – C

See Canvas —> MATH6055 —> Assignments, for more information, including sample tests (although note all those questions can be found in the Chapter 3 exerices).

Week 9

We drove into Chapter 4, talking first about transforms, and then functions of several variables and partial differentiation. We started talking about at applications of partial differentiation to error analysis.

The tutorials were focused on Chapter 3 aka Test 2. There was some Chapter 4 tutorial time in lectures.

Week 10

We will finish looking at applications of partial differentiation to error analysis. Then we will look at parametric differentiation.

The tutorials will again be focused on Chapter 3. We might get some tutorial time on Chapter 4 in lectures.

Week 11

We will hopefully finish Chapter 4 by looking at Related Rates and Implicit Differentiation.

The tutorials will be focused on Chapter 4.

Week 12

We will finish the manual and then start looking at the Winter 2021 paper for revision. It is in the back of the manual.

Students will receive one-to-one help in tutorial, but it will be up to students to decide what they want to look at; be it Vectors, Matrices, or Further Differentiation.

Tutorials

The most important thing in your MATH6040 world is to attend tutorials regularly. See here for more, including times and venues.

Study

Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email.

Student Resources

Please see  Student Resources for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc.

MATH7019: Winter 2022, Week 9

November 22, 2022 in MATH7019 | Leave a comment

Assignment 2

Assignment 2 based on Chapter 2 is on Canvas now: Canvas —> MATH7019 —> Assignments. It is now due on the Monday of Week 10, 28 November.

Week 9

We looked at the normal distribution (more calculation focused), and then started looking at sampling.

We had only one tutorial, where most students were working on Chapter 2, for Assignment 2.

Week 10

We will finish our look at sampling and then look at hypothesis testing.

As I write, we had our tutorial on Tuesday. Many students continued working on Chapter 2, but some started looking at the normal distribution.

Academic Learning Centre

I would urge anyone having any problems with material that isn’t being addressed in the tutorial communication to use the Academic Learning Centre. If you are a little worried about your maths this semester you need to be aware of this resource. You will get best results if you come to the helpers there with specific questions.

Student Resources

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

Study

Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email.