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MTH 30, Precalculus Mathematics
Spring 2026, Section E01, 19539

Instructor: Cormac O'Sullivan
We meet in NL 119 (that's North Hall and Library) on Mon, Wed, 6:00 – 8:15 pm.
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Course Information and the syllabus

Here is our MTH 30 textbook, you can download the pdf

Review sheets and more

Math Tutoring Lab - very helpful for any math questions

To review basic algebra you can study the MTH 28 textbook, especially Chapter 1

NEW: See also this page for notes and videos to review signed numbers, fractions and more.

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 MTH 30 Class Calendar  (reload page for latest version)
 

  Date Day Sections covered Homework
         
1 Jan 26 Mon Introduction, 1.1 Functions and Function Notation
No class due to snow, instead study these notes		  
2 Jan 28 Wed 1.2 Domain and Range,
1.3 Rates of Change and Behavior of Graphs		 HW #1
         
3 Feb 2 Mon 1.3, 1.4 Composition of Functions  
4 Feb 4 Wed 1.4, 1.5 Transformation of Functions,
1.6 Absolute Value Functions 		HW #2
         
5 Feb 9 Mon 1.7 Inverse Functions,
2.1 Linear Functions		 HW #3
6 Feb 11 Wed 2.2 Graphs of Linear Functions, Review  
         
  Feb 16 Mon No class  
7 Feb 18 Wed QUIZ #1 on HW #1, then 3.2 Quadratic Functions HW #4
         
8 Feb 23 Mon 3.3 Power Functions and Polynomial Functions,
3.4 Graphs of Polynomial Functions
No class due to snow, instead study these notes
(Review factoring in Chap. 6 of the Mth 28 book - link above)		 HW #5
9 Feb 25 Wed 3.4, 3.5 Dividing Polynomials  
         
10 Mar 2 Mon 3.6 Zeros of Polynomials HW #6
11 Mar 4 Wed 3.7 Rational Functions, Review  
         
12 Mar 9 Mon QUIZ #2 on HW #2, #3, #4, then Review for midterm  
13 Mar 11 Wed Midterm exam (based on HW 1-5)  
         
14 Mar 16 Mon 4.1, 4.2 Exponential Functions and their graphs HW #7
15 Mar 18 Wed 4.3, 4.4 Logarithms and their graphs  
         
16 Mar 23 Mon 4.5 Logarithmic Properties HW #8
17 Mar 25 Wed 4.6 Exponential and Logarithmic Equations, Review  
         
18 Mar 30 Mon QUIZ #3 on HW #5, #6 then
5.1 Angles, 5.2 Unit Circle: Sine and Cosine Functions		 HW #9
  Apr 1 Wed No class, spring break  
         
  Apr 6 Mon No class, spring break  
  Apr 8 Wed No class, spring break  
         
19 Apr 13 Mon 5.2 Unit Circle: Sine and Cosine Functions HW #10
20 Apr 15 Wed 5.3 The Other Trigonometric Functions
5.4 Right Triangle Trigonometry		  
         
21 Apr 20 Mon 6.1 Graphs of the Sine and Cosine Functions, Review HW #11
22 Apr 22 Wed QUIZ #4 on HW #7, #8, #9 then
6.2 Tangent graph, 6.3 Inverse Trigonometric Functions		  
         
23 Apr 27 Mon 7.1 Trigonometric Identities,
7.2 Sum and Difference Identities		 HW #12
24 Apr 29 Wed 7.1, 7.2, 7.5 Solving Trigonometric Equations  
         
25 May 4 Mon 7.5 Solving Trigonometric Equations, Review  
26 May 6 Wed Trigonometry Review  
         
27 May 11 Mon QUIZ #5 on HW #10, #11 then Review for the final  
28 May 13 Wed Review for the final  
         
  May 20 Wed Final Exam 6 -- 8:50 pm