Larson Precalculus Suggested Assignments?

[noahsketomom]

I will be using Larson Precalculus (6th edition) because I used to tutor from the text and was impressed with it.  However, I can't find a syllabus for suggested assignments from the text.  is there anyone out there who has used it and has a way to find suggested assignments?  I can go through the text on my own, but REALLY hoping to not have to reinvent the wheel!  Thank you!

Beth

[MomsintheGarden]

We have an older edition of Larson Precalc which we use with the Chalkdust videos.  I do not have a syllabus.  Instead, I circle the numbers of problems in the text for my students to work.  I usually have them do one of every four problems, so 1, 5, 9, 13, etc.  I usually assign 1 or more per problem group.

[noahsketomom]

We have an older edition of Larson Precalc which we use with the Chalkdust videos.  I do not have a syllabus.  Instead, I circle the numbers of problems in the text for my students to work.  I usually have them do one of every four problems, so 1, 5, 9, 13, etc.  I usually assign 1 or more per problem group.

 

Thank you.

That helps to give me an idea.

[MarkT]

I will be using Larson Precalculus (6th edition) because I used to tutor from the text and was impressed with it.  However, I can't find a syllabus for suggested assignments from the text.  is there anyone out there who has used it and has a way to find suggested assignments?  I can go through the text on my own, but REALLY hoping to not have to reinvent the wheel!  Thank you!

Beth

need to publish ISBN - Larson has multiple entities with 6th edition is yours 2012?

 

try google or bing:

"Larson Precalculus 6th edition syllabus"

 

 

here is one from a college:

http://coastalbend.edu/uploadedFiles/CBC/Content/Programs_of_Study/Academic/Mathematics/Math_Syllabi/College_Math_Syllabi/Final%202015%20Spring%20Math%202412%20Syllabus%20wINTERNET.pdf>

[noahsketomom]

need to publish ISBN - Larson has multiple entities with 6th edition is yours 2012?

 

try google or bing:

"Larson Precalculus 6th edition syllabus"

 

 

here is one from a college:

<http://coastalbend.edu/uploadedFiles/CBC/Content/Programs_of_Study/Academic/Mathematics/Math_Syllabi/College_Math_Syllabi/Final%202015%20Spring%20Math%202412%20Syllabus%20wINTERNET.pdf>

 

Thanks.  ISBN is 0-618-31436-9, so c 2004.  A little older!  lol.  :)

 

I will look at your link...thank you.  I'm a little nervous to do it this way, but since we already have the texts & solutions, I'm going to give it a try.

[MarkT]

sample using 2007 edition

Precalculus Syllabus

Textbook: Larson and Hostetler, Precalculus with Limits, Boston, Massachusetts, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007.
Precalculus is a preparatory course for Calculus. The course expands on the Algebra 2 curriculum as well as polynomial functions, exponential functions, logarithmic functions, circular functions, trigonometry, inequalities, rational functions, complex numbers, sequences and series, parametric equations, conic sections, and vectors. There is an expectation of higher level thinking with an emphasis on applications and graphing with and without a calculator.
First Nine Weeks
Chapter 1- Functions and Their Graphs
Plot points in the coordinate plane and use the distance and midpoint formulas.
Identify x and y intercepts, symmetry, even and odd functions and use to sketch the graph of an equation.
Find the slopes of lines and use slope to write and graph linear equations in two variables with point-slope form, slope-intercept form, general form and parallel and perpendicular slopes.
Use function and interval notation,
Evaluate functions and find domains.
Use the Vertical Line Test.
Find zeros with and without a graphing utility.
Identify increasing and decreasing intervals, and determine an average rate of change.
Find relative minimums and maximum using a graphing utility.
Identify and graph linear, quadratic, cubic, square root, reciprocal, step and piecewise-defined functions.
Identify and graph shifts, reflections, and vertical and horizontal shrinks and stretches.
Find arithmetic combinations and compositions of functions.
Find inverses of functions graphically and algebraically.
Write mathematical models for direct, inverse, and joint variation.
Use the least squares regression feature of a graphing utility to model data interpreting slope and correlation coefficient.

Chapter 2- Polynomial and Rational Functions
Sketch and analyze graphs of quadratic functions in general and standard form.
Write the equation of a quadratic given the vertex and a point.
Sketch and analyze graphs of polynomials utilizing transformations, end behavior, zeros, and multiplicity.
Use long and synthetic division to find quotients, factors and zeros of polynomials.
Use the Remainder and Factor theorem to evaluate polynomials.
Perform arithmetic operations with complex numbers including complex conjugates to write quotients of two complex numbers in standard form.
Solve quadratic equations with complex solutions.
Determine the number of zeros of polynomial functions using the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra.
Find the possible rational zeros using the rational zero test.
Find conjugate pairs of complex zeros.
Express polynomials as products of linear and quadratic factors.
Sketch and analyze the graphs of rational functions by determining the domains, x and y intercepts, and horizontal, vertical and slant asymptotes.
Solve polynomial inequalities and rational inequalities by finding critical values and testing intervals.

Chapter 4.1-4.4 - Trigonometry
Describe angles and convert between degree and radian measures.
Evaluate the six trigonometric functions using the unit circle.
Use domain and period to evaluate sine and cosine functions.
Evaluate the trigonometric functions with a calculator.
Solve right triangle problems.
Evaluate the trigonometric functions of any angle using reference angles.

Chapter 4.5-4.8 - Trigonometry
Sketch and translate the graphs of sine and cosine functions noting period, amplitude, horizontal and vertical shift.
Use the trigonometric identities including co-functions, reciprocal identities, quotient identities, and Pythagorean identities.
Model periodic data using trigonometric equations.
Sketch and translate the graphs of tangent, cotangent, secant and cosecant functions.
Evaluate the inverse trigonometric functions and compositions of trigonometric functions.
Use the calculator to evaluate inverse trigonometric functions
Solve applications using trigonometric functions.

Precalculus Syllabus
Second Nine Weeks

Chapter 5 – Analytic Trigonometry
Recognize and write the fundamental trigonometric identities. Use properties of logarithms to evaluate, rewrite, expand, or condense logarithmic expressions.
Solve exponential and logarithmic equations.
Use exponential growth and decay models to solve applications.

Chapter 9 – Sequences, Series, and Probability & 12.4 Limits at Infinity
Use sequence notation to write the terms of sequences.
Use factorial notation.
Use summation notation to write sums.
Use sequences and series to model and solve real-life problems.
Recognize, write, and find the nth terms of arithmetic and geometric sequences.
Find nth partial sums of arithmetic and geometric sequences.
Find sums of infinite geometric series.
Recognize patterns and write the nth term of a sequence.
Use the Binomial Theorem to calculate binomial coefficients.
Use Pascal’s Triangle to calculate binomial coefficients.
Use binomial coefficients to write binomial expansions.
Use permutations and combinations to solve counting problems.

Chapter 10 – Conics and Parametric Equations
Classify conics written in general form.
Rewrite equations of circles, ellipses, hyperbolas, and parabolas from general to standard form by completing the square.
Convert equations from rectangular to parametric and vice versa.
Use rectangular and parametric equations to model real-life problems
Use the fundamental trigonometric identities to evaluate trig functions, simplify trig expressions, and rewrite trigonometric expressions.
Verify trigonometric identities.
Use algebraic techniques to solve trigonometric equations.
Solve trigonometric equations involving quadratic types and multiple angles.
Use sum and difference formulas to evaluate trigonometric equations, verify identities, and solve trigonometric equations.
Use multiple angle and half angle formulas to rewrite and evaluate trigonometric functions.

Chapter 6 - Additional Topics in Trigonometry and Vectors & Section 11.2 -Vectors in Space
Use the Law of Sines and Cosines to solve oblique triangles.
Find areas of triangles including the use of Heron’s Area Formula.
Represent vectors as directed line segments.
Write the component forms of vectors.
Perform basic vector operations and represent vectors graphically.
Write vectors as linear combinations of unit vectors.
Find the direction angles of vectors.
Use vectors to model and solve real-life problems.
Find the dot product of two vectors.
Find the angle between two vectors and determine whether two vectors are orthogonal.
Find the component forms, magnitudes, dot products, and angles between vectors in space.
Chapter 3- Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Recognize, graph, and evaluate exponential functions of base a and e.
Solve problems with interest compounded periodically and continuously.
Recognize, graph, and evaluate common and natural logarithmic functions.
Use change-of-base formula to rewrite logarithmic functions with a different base.

[MarkT]

Thanks.  ISBN is 0-618-31436-9, so c 2004.  A little older!  lol.   :)

 

I will look at your link...thank you.  I'm a little nervous to do it this way, but since we already have the texts & solutions, I'm going to give it a try.

that's pretty old

 

a few that may help:

https://www.bssd.net/cms/lib8/MO01910299/Centricity/Domain/3113/Pre-APCalc-Syllabus-Davis.pdf

 

http://www.norwood.k12.ma.us/curriculum/242_Sr_Precalculus.pdf

 

http://comet.lehman.cuny.edu/calculus/MAT172_Precalculus_Syllabus_S2011-2.pdf

 

http://neville.mcschools.net/UserFiles/Servers/Server_36999/File/Elizabeth%20Smith/Advanced%20Math%20Syllabus%201516.pdf

 

different editions but may be useful

http://www.larsonprecalculus.com/pcwl3e/content/worked-out-solutions/

https://math.ufl.edu/files/Tornwall-MAC-1147.pdf

http://www.kkuniyuk.com/NotesPrecalculus

http://www.kkuniyuk.com/Math141SyllabusS17.pdf

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g5ANFCBl6H7dFScrtZosvBqUt_TnqEFl9L4FLD5BE74/edit

PRECALCULUS, 9th edition, by Larson.

http://flexible.dce.ufl.edu/media/flexibledceufledu/documents/mac1147b_syllabus.pdf

Edited June 27, 2017 by MarkT