Math 203/204 Self-Help

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Math 203/204 Self-Help

In addition to the tutoring services that the Math Center provides, we also have several self-help resources available in the center.

If you have ever missed a lecture or wished that you could rewind your professor, check out our collection of videotapes. These tapes can be viewed right in the Math Center, or they can be checked out for a period of three weeks.

If you want to work problems on your own, we have several tutorial software programs including “Math Xpert.” These programs are located in the file “Student Applications” on the desktop of all computers in the center. You may also use our computers to access any of the numerous helpful mathematics websites that are available.

The following is a chapter-by-chapter description of which resources apply to your course. Whenever the center is open, you are welcome to use the resources, or if there is a tutor available, you may ask them for their assistance.

Preliminary Chapter
- Videos:
  - Tape 2 from the Algebra/Trig/Pre-Calc Series
  - Tapes 1 and 2 from the Algebra/Trig Series
  - Tapes 1 and 2 from the College Algebra Series
- Software:
  - Math Xpert Algebra
    - Factoring
    - Rational Expressions (except solving equations)
    - Exponents and Radicals (except solving equations)
    - Review -- Simplification
Chapter 1 – Functions and Their Graphs
- Videos:
  - Tapes 3 and 4 from the Algebra/Trig/Pre-Calc Series
  - Tapes 6 and 7 from the Algebra/Trig Series
  - Tapes 3 and 4 from the College Algebra Series
  - Tapes 3 and 11 from the Intermediate Algebra Series
- Software:
  - Green Globs - a game that requires writing equations of lines
  - Math Xpert Algebra
    - Linear Functions and Graphs
    - Make a Graph
Chapter 2 – Solving Equations and Inequalities
- Videos:
  - Tapes 5 and 6 from the Algebra/Trig/Pre-Calc Series
  - Tapes 3-5 from the Algebra/Trig Series
  - Tapes 5 and 6 from the College Algebra Series
  - Tapes 2 and 7-10 from the Intermediate Algebra Series
- Software:
  - Math Xpert Algebra
    - Exponents and Radicals – Solving Equations
    - Inequalities
    - Rational Expressions – Solving Equations
    - Linear Functions – Solving Equations
    - Quadratic Equations (except graphing)
    - Review – Solving Equations
  - Math Xpert Pre-Calculus
    - Complex Numbers – Complex Arithmetic, Complex Roots, Complex Quadratic Equations
Chapter 3 – Polynomials and Rational Functions
- Videos:
  - Tapes 8 and 9 from the Algebra/Trig/Pre-Calc Series
  - Tapes 8-10 from the Algebra/Trig Series
  - Tapes 9 and 10 from the College Algebra Series
  - Tapes 5 and 6 from the Intermediate Algebra Series
- Software:
  - Green Globs - a game that requires writing equations of parabolas
  - Math Xpert Algebra
    - Quadratic Equations – Graphs
    - Conic Sections – Graph Parabolas
  - Math Xpert Pre-Calculus
    - Advanced Algebra – Cubic Equations
Chapter 4 – Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
- Videos:
  - Tapes 10 and 11 from the Algebra/Trig/Pre-Calc Series
  - Tapes 12 and 13 from the Algebra/Trig Series
  - Tapes 9 and 10 from the College Algebra Series
  - Tape 12 from the Intermediate Algebra Series
- Software:
  - Math Xpert Pre-Calculus
    - Logs and Exponentials
Chapter 5 – Trigonometric Functions
- Videos:
  - Tapes 12-15 from the Algebra/Trig/Pre-Calc Series
  - Tapes 14-17 from the Algebra/Trig Series
- Software:
  - Math Xpert Pre-Calculus
    - Basic Trigonometry
Chapter 8 – Linear Systems and Matrices
- Videos:
  - Tapes 20 and 22 from the Algebra/Trig/Pre-Calc Series
  - Tapes 22 and 23 from the Algebra/Trig Series
  - Tapes 11 and 12 from the College Algebra Series
  - Tape 4 from the Intermediate Algebra Series
- Software:
  - Math Xpert Algebra
    - Systems of Linear Equations
  - Math Xpert Pre-Calculus
    - Matrices – Row Operations, Gauss-Jordan Elimination
Chapter 9 – Sequences, Series, and Probability
- Videos:
  - Tapes 24 and 25 from the Algebra/Trig/Pre-Calc Series
  - Tapes 25 and 26 from the Algebra/Trig Series
  - Tapes 15 and 16 from the College Algebra Series
  - Tape 14 from the Intermediate Algebra Series
- Software:
  - Math Xpert Pre-Calculus
    - Advanced Algebra – Sigma Notation, Binomial Theorem

In addition, the following websites may be useful:

www.algebrahelp.com – Lessons on algebra topics. It also provides the ability to solve certain types of problems, and it has a series of interactive worksheets to test your skills.
www.purplemath.com/modules - “Practical Algebra Lessons” including common mistakes that are made. There are even lessons on specific types of word problems.
www.rit.edu/~369www/college_programs/packets.html - Several review packets that include lots of practice problems. The topics range from fractions to calculus.
tutorial.math.lamar.edu/cheat_table.aspx - “Cheat sheets” of formulas and common mistakes for a range of math courses.