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Yao-Zhong Zhang (for Lecture Group A)
Bevan Thompson(for Lecture Group B)
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Question: Are we are going to be
tested on all the material on the lecture notes
such as trapzoid rule, riemann sums and the other last few
topics. i
was also wondering if you could please tell me how many questions
from
each sections are going to be on the exam... i heard some people
saying that since we were already tested on the vectors and
matrices
we wont be getting as many questions on them.
One last last question is if the paper is going to be out of 90
(meaning we could lose 20 marks and still get 70%) or out of 70?
i would really appreciate your reply to these questions.
thanking you,
Answer: The sample exam gives a good
guide (not perfect) to the emphasis on exam material and also has
the same header as the exam.
There will be no questions on Problem Sheet 12 or on the Appendix
B of the Printed Lecture Notes. Everything else is examinable
unless explicitly ruled out during lectures. I would start my
exam preparation by doing the Sample Exam and the Assignements.
After this I would check lecture note examples and then tutorial
sheet problems generally. There are no questions on trapzoid rule
and Riemann sums.
There are 78 marks. Marks between 78 and 36 will be scaled down
linearly to fit into the range 70 to 36 so that 57 is half way
betweeen 36 and 78 so will be scaled to half way between 36 and
70, that is to 53...
Question: Will the MATH 1050 end
of semester exam have sections from last term? i.e questions on
matricies and vectors
Answer: Yes
Question:
Hi, my friend did MT150 before and the textbook he was using is :
Calculus 2nd Edition by Hughes-Hallett Gleason McCallum, et al.
would that be similar to Calculus, by Stewart, Brooks/Cole
Publishing Co. New York, 1999, 4th ed. Phys Sci & Engin.
QA303.S8825 1999 i?
Answer:
I think that Stewart is much more suitable to the course and is
used for MATH1051 and
MATH1052. It is not compulsory to have a book although we
recommend that you do
get the set text, Stewart.
In the end it is up to you to decide what is in your best
interests
Question:
As my time table clash, would i be able to choose lecture group A
and B
instead of staying one group?
Answer:
Yes, if that is your only option BUT there will be problems for
you re this.
The lecture groups use the same lecture notes and problem sheets
and try to keep in step but will get out of step for a number of
reasons beyond our control; for example, the timing of public
holidays together with
the fact that the different lecture groups have lectures on
different days
will have a major impact so that sometimes we will be an hour or
more out of step.
You will have to address and accept responsibility for
such problems since, although we will try to help where we can,
we are quite limited in what we can do in this particular
direction.
Make a friend in the lecture group for which you attend 2
lectures per week and check with
them to make sure you do not miss discussion of any material. It
may be advisable to buy the printed lecture notes (minus
diagrams) from the photo-copy shop in the Union or to download
them from the Homepage at the URL
http://www.maths.uq.edu.au/~hbt/MATH1050/MATH1050.html
Currently we are working on the Vectors
section; See the Notes4 link on the Homepage.
Question:
I am studing MATH1050 this semester and am not sure which of
the three Contacts I should go to.
Do I simply choose one and turn up?
Do I have to go to the same one every week?
Do I have to enrol in, or sign up for one? (If so, how?)
Answer:
Simply turn up. Please go to the same one for the first couple of
weeks at least. you do not have to enrole for Practice Classes.
Question:
I am studying MATH1050, and would like to check if the textbook
"Introduction to Linear Algebra" 2nd Ed by STRANG is
necessary for this
subject. The course profile lists it as a reference book.
Answer:
"Introduction to Linear Algebra" 2nd Ed by STRANG is a
reference book for MATH1050 rather than a set text. It is helpful
for some sections of the work but is uses more extensively in
MATH1051 and MATH1052 where, currently, it is a set text.
Question:
When will the mid-semester exam for MATH1050 be held.
Answer:
The MATH1050 Profile contains this information...
"MID-SEMESTER EXAMINATION
This will be held at a time and place to be advised by the
examinations section but most
likely will be on a Saturday between the 14th and the 28th April.
It will be approximately
one hour long. Further details, including a mock version of the
test for practise, will be
given out in the first half of semester."
We have proposed 28th April to Exams Section however they will
choose the Saturday date
which will be within around 2 weeks either side of the proposed
date.
Question:
I am not coming to lectures and would like to get the diagrams.
Answer:
Get a copy of the lecture notes from the web (on the MATH1050
Homepage) or the Union Photocopy Shop then burrow a copy of
someones notes and copy in the diagrams AND the other material
presented in lectures but not in the notes. ALSO read the text
book for the background explanations/interpretations of the notes
presented verbally in lectures but not included in the printed
lecture notes. IN SUMMARY, if you are not attending lectures then
you need to read the textbook as well as the printed lecture
notes; the textbook also contains the diagrams as well as
interpreting the material presented.
Question:
Answer:
hbt 2nd Jan 2001