Department of Mathematical Sciences
Binghamton University

Math 330: Number Systems
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Section 5, Zaslavsky · Fall 2021


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Test Coverage

Midterm Test

The midterm covers Chapters 1 - 6 except §6.4. The format is open-book: you can have your textbook, but no notes and no electronic devices. Grading guidelines:

 	A	B	C	D	F
	75-100	60-74	45-59	40-44	0-39
Midterm test and solutions.

Final Exam

The final exam covers the entire course, with some emphasis on the second half (Chapters 8 - 13, excluding 12). The format is open-book partly closed-book and partly open-book (you can have your physical textbook, but no notes and no electronic devices). Grading guidelines:

	A	B	C	D	F
	130-180	105-129	80-104	75-79	0-74

Project

Grading guidelines: Tasks 1 and 3 (being similar) were worth 10 points each, and task 2 was worth 20 points.

 	A	B	C	D	F
	36-40	28-35	18-27	10-17	0-9

Homework

Homework total grading guidelines for your mean score per problem (out of 105 problems!):

 	A       	B       	C       	D       	F
	4.76-6.00	4.04-4.75	3.33-4.04	3.05-3.32	0.00-3.04
Your total homework score is 105×(your mean). Each problem was worth up to 6 points, with ±.3 for +/− (as in B+):
 	A	B	C	D 	F	-	X
	6	5	4	2	1	mean	0
−   means there was no grade assigned; this is for problems that were left in the red-line status. I assigned each such problem your mean problem grade.
X   means the problem was never handed in.

The total for homework was scaled to 53% of the course grade.

Quizzes

The quizzes were worth 2% of the course grade.


Quizzes

Quiz 1 | Quiz 2 | Quiz 3 and Solutions | Quiz 4 | Quiz 5
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