Mat101/Applied Liberal Arts Mathematics Test Study Guide-Spring 2010

-----Test # 1------

Date:Tuesday, February 23, 2010

....General Information About The Exam....

The test will be worth 100 points and will 
constitute approximately 22% of the total number of points
for the course.
   
     You will have 1hr and 20min to work on the test.
    
All of your work must be placed in the "Blue Book(s)"
that will be provided for you.

The answers in the Blue Book(s) must appear in the same order
as the questions appear on the test sheet, and so you will 
need to plan ahead and leave necessary space if you intend to
work problems out of order.

Your answers will be graded on the basis of correctness,
completeness, and neatness.

The best philosophy you can apply during the exam is to
leave as little to the imagination as is possible. The basic
rule is that you write down only things that are true. Also,
please keep in mind that if you let your calculator do all of
the work for you and you don't write down details of the steps 
involved in solving a problem, your calculator will receive credit
for the work done and not you.

The point value will be noted for each question. 
Take this into consideration while managing
your time during the exam. Don't spend 50% of your time
during the examination answering questions that count
for only 20% of the total. 

Partial credit will be awarded and so you should try to do 
some work on as many questions as you can. More weight will
be placed on your ability to demonstrate a correct process 
that may be followed to arrive at the correct answer than 
the final answer itself. Therefore, a correct final answer 
with no supporting work will generally receive little to no 
credit. A correct process that contains some minor error(s) 
that caused a correct or incorrect final answer will 
receive up to 100% of the full credit, depending on 
the extent of the error(s).

Class notes, the text and assigned homework problems 
will form the foundation for test questions. 

The best preparation for the exam is to practice working 
problems and reread notes and the text.

Remember that the more problems you work before the exam, 
the better prepared you will be for the exam. 

Do not feel bad if you are unable to finish the exam.
Letter grade assignment for the test will be based 
on a curve with cut-offs less than or equal to straight 
percentage, and so it is possible to earn a passing grade 
without completing the answers to all of the questions. 
Talk to your friends after the exam. The amount of work 
that others were able to complete will be a good 
indicator of your situation.


You MUST place the following on each "Blue Book"

                                      Book No. 1,2,etc

Name: (your name)
Subject: Applied Liberal Arts Mathematics
Class: Mat101             Section: 0x
Instructor: Dr. Conjura   Date: (date of exam)

Note: If you hand in more than one Blue Book, number them as 
      indicated above and place all books inside Book No. 1
      
You MUST hand in the test questions with your Blue Book(s). Test
questions should be folded to fit inside front cover of Book No. 1.

    

....Specific Information About The Exam....

The following specific topics should be studied:

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Chapter 13 Fair Division
   Adjusted Winner Method
   Knaster Inheritance Method
   Cake/Pizza Slicing
       Lone Divider Method
       Last Diminisher Method
       Selfridge/Conway Envy Free Method
   Note: Selfridge/Conway Envy Free Method will not be covered on 
         the in-class exam portion of the test. A take home problem 
         will be made available on SOCS on or before 9:00PM on Monday, 
         February 22, 2010 and it will be collected at the beginning of the
         test period on February 23nd.

Chapter 14 Apportionment
   Hamilton Method
   Jefferson Method
   Webster Method
   Hill Huntington Method
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It is highly recommended that you bring a calculator that you know
how to use with you to use during the examination
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