Please open your laptops,
log in to the MyMathLab course web site,
and open Quiz 2.6/9.1.
You will have access to the online calculator on your
laptop during this quiz. No other calculator may be used.
• IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have time left after you
finish the problems on this quiz, use it to check
your answers before you submit the quiz!
• Remember to turn in your answer sheet to the TA
when the quiz time is up.
Please
CLOSE
YOUR LAPTOPS,
and turn off and put away your
cell phones,
and get out your notetaking materials.
Review for Test 1
If at any time you are unable to access
assignments from the PearsonMyLab web site:
You can still get to your homework assignments and
practice tests and quizzes during this time by using
the following login site:
http://www.mathxl.com/mmllogin.htm
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THIS WEBSITE
ADDED TO YOUR “FAVORITES” LIST,
AND KNOW HOW TO USE IT TO ACCESS
HOMEWORK AND PRACTICE TESTS!
http://www.mathxl.com/mmllogin.htm
REMINDERS:
• You can use your laptop on the test, but no other
devices (cell phones, iPads, headphones,
calculators, etc.) or notes are allowed.
• You will have access to the online calculator within
both Practice Test 1 and Test 1.
• If you will need formulas for any test problems,
they will be given to you within the problem, on the
whiteboard, or on a printed formulas sheet.
• Any attempt to use notes or unauthorized
devices or other students’ help will result in a
zero score being assigned to your test.
If it happens again, you’ll get an F for the course and an
academic misconduct citation in your permanent
record.
Test 1 is worth 100 points.
It covers:
Chapter 1 (Operations on real numbers)
Chapter 2 (Linear equations/inequalities)
To study for the test:
1). Take
Practice Test 1 as many times as you want.
(Remember, your best score on the practice test DOES count
10 points toward your course grade. A 100% score gives you 10
points, 50% gives you 5 points, and not taking it at all gives you 0
out of the 10 points.)
2). Review
the homework . (Review homework by using the
“Gradebook” function, not the “Assignments” button.)
3). Review your homework QUIZZES using the Gradebook
Using the online gradebook: Click “Review” to view any completed
quiz/test (including practice versions) or HW assignments. The online help
buttons (like “Help Me Solve This” )will be available when reviewing a
submitted quiz or test.
4). Review
your notes and/or the online lecture
slides (from the Course Materials link on your MyMathLab course
home page, or http://www.uwstout.edu/mathtlc/math110.cfm)
Another good study aid:
“Chapter Highlights” pages in textbook
(online or hardcopy):
Chapter 1: pages 68 - 72
Chapter 2: pages 157-162
Practice Test Tips:
• There is no password needed for the practice test.
• There are 20 questions on the practice test, the same
number of questions as on the real test.
• The time limit on the practice test is 75 minutes, but the
time limit on the real (in-class) test is only 55 minutes.
• Each time you take the practice test you will get a
different set of questions, so taking it at least twice will help
you review more of the topics and problems that might appear
on the test.
• If you need a calculator for any problems,
use the online calculator in your laptop
browser. That is the only calculator you
will be able to use on the in-class test.
More Test Tips:
• The more work you show on the worksheet for the real test, the
more chance you have for getting partial credit points back from
your teacher on the problems that are marked wrong by the computer.
• If you finish the test early, use the extra time to check your work,
and show the steps for the check on your worksheet.
• This means you should get in the habit of showing work for each
practice test problem in your notebook, and practice checking
answers before submitting your practice test. Make sure you know
the steps for checking answers to “solve equations” problems!
• You DON’T have to finish a practice test all on one session. On
the PRACTICE test, you can do part of it, then close it (DON’T submit
the unfinished quiz, just close the window and leave the page) and
come back later to finish it without losing any time off your clock.
• When you REVIEW submitted tests, the online help buttons like
“help me solve this” will become visible for each question.
Why you should take
advantage of the opportunity
to take the practice test
multiple times:
Practice
Test
Tries
Average
Test
Score
Grade
number of
students
0
61
F
9
1
68
C-
6
2
76
C+
13
3
89
A-
7
Test 1 Score vs # of Practice Test Tries
(Math 110-004, Fall 2005)
100
Test 1 Score (%)
90
89
80
76
70
68
60
61
50
0
1
2
Number of Tries at Practice Test 1
3
Practice Test 1
is your only assignment for tomorrow.
It is worth 10 points,
and is due at the start of class,
just like homework assignments.
Teachers:
• Based on your section’s performance on
the daily quizzes (using the Item Analysis
function) and the questions you’ve fielded
from students in class and in the lab,
select about 15-20 minutes of concepts
and problems to review with your section
before having them start working on the
practice test in class.
You may now OPEN
your LAPTOPS
and begin working on
Practice Test 1.
We expect all students to stay in the classroom
to work on your homework till the end of the 55minute class period. Even if you have already
taken this practice test one or more times, taking
it again will give you a wider variety of different
test questions to study.