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Math 131: Exams

Exam 1

(20% of course score)

When

Wednesday, October 1, 7:00–8:30 p.m.

Where

Various campus locations

What

Chapter 2

Review

In preceding class(es).

Make-up

The evening before the scheduled exam.
See the exam make-up information.
Make-up request deadline Wednesday, September 17.
Diisability accommodation deadline Wednesday, September 17.

What to bring

  • your UMass ID card (essential!)
  • a supply of pencils, pens, erasers
  • calculator and extra batteries
  • one-page (8.5 x 11 inch limit) “cheat sheet”
  • no food or beverages
  • no iPods, radios, etc., or computers

Old exams

Copies of old mid-semester exam 1 are on-line.

Solutions

Exam 1 solutions are available.

Statistics

Summary Exam 1 statistics are available

 

 

Exam 2

(20% of course score)

When

Wednesday, October 22, 7:00–8:30 p.m.

Where

Various campus locations

 

Exam 2 rooms are different from Exam 1 rooms. Students appearing at the wrong room will not be accommodated there!

What

Sections 3.1–3.7

What to bring

  • your UMass ID card (essential!)
  • a supply of pencils, pens, erasers
  • no calculator!
  • no “cheat sheet” or other paper!
  • no food or beverages
  • no iPods, radios, etc., or computers.

Make-up

The evening before the scheduled exam.
See the exam make-up information.
Make-up request deadline: Wednesday, October 8.
Disability accommodation deadline: Wednesday, October 8.

Old exams

Copies of old exams are on-line.
Check derivatives? Try your TI-89 or www.calc101.com

Solutions

Exam 2 solutions are available.

Statistics

Summary Exam 2 score statistics are available

 

 

Exam 3

(20% of course score)

When

Wednesday, November 19, 7:00–8:30 p.m. (date tentative)

Where

Totman Gym

What

Sections 3.8–3.10, 4.1–4.4, but not 4.7

Review

In preceding class(es).

Make-up

The evening before the scheduled exam.
See the exam make-up information.
Make-up request deadline: Wednesday, November 5.
Disability accommodation deadline: Wednesday, November 5.

What to bring

  • your UMass ID card (essential!)
  • a supply of pencils, pens, erasers
  • calculator and extra batteries
  • one-page (8.5 x 11 inch limit) “cheat sheet
  • no food or beverages
  • no iPods, radios, etc., or computers

Old exams

Copies of old exams are on-line; these overlap in coverage with this semester’s Exam 3.

Solutions

Exam 3 solutions are available.

Statistics

Summary Exam 3 score statistics are available.

 

 

Final exam

(24% of course score)

When

Friday, December 19, 8:00-10:00 a.m.
(except in case of a snow emergency closing)

Where

Campus map

Building locator

Boyden Gym (3rd floor)

What

Covers entire semester’s work including new material since Exam 3

Reviews

Open reviews are scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 18, 2:00–4:00 p.m., in LGRT 113, 115, and 117.

See signs on the doors: in some room(s), problems from old exams will be solved; in other rooms, TAs will give individual and small-group help.

Exam conflict
and make-up

A final exam conflict exists when, according to the official exam schedule, either

    (i) you have another final at the same time as the Math 131 exam and the five-digit class number of your Math 131 lecture section has a higher last digit than the class number of the other course; or

    (ii) you have 3 finals the same day and the Math 131 exam is the middle one of the three.

In that case:

  • obtain written certification of the conflict from the Registrar’s Office, 213 Whitmore; and
     
  • no later than 4:00 p.m., Friday, December 5, give your Math 131 instructor the written certification along with the name(s) of the instructor(s) in the course(s) creating the conflict.

Your Math 131 instructor will verify the information—including contacting the instructors of the other courses to confirm that the conflicting exams are actually being given as scheduled.

In due course you will hear from your instructor and/or the course chair about the time and place of the make-up.

The make-up may have to be scheduled as late as the last day of final exams, Saturday, December 20. Should the make-up time also be a conflict, you will need to request an Incomplete and then take a special written make-up exam, prepared by your instructor, at the start of the Spring semester.

Disability accommodation deadline: Friday, December 5.

Old exams

Copies of old final exams are on-line.

What to bring

  • your UMass ID card (essential!)
  • a supply of pencils, pens, erasers
  • calculator and extra batteries
  • one-page (8.5 x 11 inch limit) “cheat sheet”
  • no food or beverages
  • no iPods, radios, etc., or computers

Notes

In case of emergency snow closing, the exam will be rescheduled as follows:

If UMass is closed until 10:00 a.m. or until 1:00 p.m
        or closed all day but open in the evening,
    then final  is 6:30 p.m. Friday, December 19 (the same day);
else if UMass is closed all day and all evening,
    then final is 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 20 (the next morning);
else final exam is given as originally scheduled.

Statistics

Summary final exam statistics are available

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