Next class session:Test 1 on all sections covered

from Chapters 1 and 2

Remember: If you haven’t yet passed the Gateway Quiz, you need to review your last one with a teacher or TA in the open lab and take another Practice Gateway so you can

take this week’s Gateway Retake.

Math TLC Open Lab Hours:

Monday to Thursday: 8 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Didn’t pass your Gateway Quiz?Here are the next steps:• Go over the incorrect answers on your previous

attempts with a TA (and get their signature) in the Math TLC Open Lab (JHSW 203).

• Take another Practice Gateway Quiz.– Go over any incorrect answers on the practice

attempts with a TA in the Math TLC Open Lab• Have a TA in the Math TLC Open Lab sign you

up for a retake time

• Wednesdays– 10:10 am– 1:25 pm

• Thursdays– 10:10 am– 11:15 am

Gateway Quiz Retake Times(One new attempt allowed per week, beginning October 27)

SIGN UP IN THE MATH TLC OPEN LAB!If NONE of the above times work for you…

email Krystle Mayer, Math TLC Coordinator (JHSW 201), to set up a date and time.

• Mondays– 2:30 pm– 3:35 pm

• Tuesdays– 11:15 am– 3:35 pm

Any questions on the 2.5 homework on formulas and problem solving?

Please close your laptops now –

You will have time to get a good start on the practice test after

the short lecture today.

Review for Test 1

Test 1 Covers all sections covered so far this semester:

Chapter 1: (Working with real numbers)Sections 1.2 through 1.8

Chapter 2: (Equations & Problem Solving)Sections 2.1 through 2.5

No calculators are allowed for this test.(You will be able to use them for all remaining quizzes and

tests except Gateway quizzes after this test.)

To study for the test:Take Practice Test 1

• The Practice Tests is a regular, required assignment. Your best score on the practice test DOES count 15 points toward your overall course grade. Not taking it at all gives you a zero score out of the 15 points for the assignment.

• You can take the practice test as many times as you want, and only your best score will count for points.

• The practice test has the same number of questions (20) as the real test that you will take in class.

• Each time you take the practice test, you will get a different set of questions. The more times you take it, the more likely you will see all of the types of question that will be on the real test.

• When you REVIEW a completed practice test, you will be able to use the “Help Me Solve This” and other learning aids, but they will not be available when you are taking the practice test or the real test.

• You have 75 minutes per attempt at the practice test.

• You will have 55 minutes to take the regular test in class.

Test 1 Score vs # of Practice Test Tries (Math 110-004, Fall 2005)

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0 61 F 9

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2 76 C+ 13

3 89 A- 7

Why you should take advantage of the opportunity to take the practice test:

Additonal things you can do to study for the test:

Review the homework from the sections in which you missed questions on the practice test. (Review homework by using the “Gradebook” function, not the “Assignments” button.)

Review Quizzes 1 and 2 using the Gradebook button.Using the online gradebook: Click “Review” to view any completed quiz/test (including practice versions) or HW assignment.

Review your notes and/or the online lecture slides (online under each Assignment heading).

Reminders:• Be on time so you’re logged in and ready

to go when I give you the password. (This is especially important for tests since they will take the entire 55-minute class period.)

• Bring your POWER CORD. (Your power cord is an especially important item for the hour-long tests, since you don’t want to run out of battery power before you finish.)

• REMEMBER TO SHOW ALL OF YOUR WORK on the answer/worksheet provided so that we can award partial credit for partially correct work or typos.

Do any of you who have already started the practice test have any questions you’d like to have explained?

Go ahead and start the practice test, and we’ll come around to help if you have questions.

Remember, the open lab staff will also be available to help you with preparing for the test outside of class time.

Math TLC Open Lab Hours:

Monday to Thursday: 8 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.