Math 250: Introduction to Linear Algebra


Textbook: Spence, Insel, and Friedberg: Elementary Linear Algebra: A Matrix Approach, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2008. (ISBN 978-0-13-187141-0)

The authors of the textbook have an online companion website which contains supplementary material and multiple choice tests.


Below is a list of homework problems for each section that we will cover. Bold numbers indicate true-false questions.

Red numbers at the end of the row indicate problems that will be collected for grading. Problems from chapters covered in the previous week will be collected every Monday. Please show all your work. A correct answer without justification will not receive credit.

Reading HW Problems
1.1 1, 3, 5, 17, 19, 25, 27, 37-56, 69, 71, 75, 77, 81, 82
1.2 1, 3, 9, 15, 17, 19, 29, 31, 45-63, 67, 68, 75, 76, 78
1.3 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 23, 25, 39, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 55, 57-76, 81
1.4 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 17, 19, 23, 27, 39, 43, 53-72, 74-78, 81-84, 87-89
1.6 1, 3, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 45-64, 70, 72, 70
1.7 1, 5, 13, 15, 23, 25, 29, 33, 39, 41, 51, 53, 57, 63-82, 87, 89, 73, 77
2.1 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 31, 33-50, 53(a)(b), 65, 53(a)(b)
2.3 1, 3, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 33-52, 54(a), 67, 69, 71, 83, 71, 83
2.4 1, 3, 7, 9, 19, 27, 35-41, 43-54, 64, 9, 27
2.5 1, 3, 9, 11
2.6 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 33-40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 9
2.7 1, 5, 7, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 33, 35-54, 61, 61
2.8 24, 26, 27, 32, 34, 35, 41-60, 61, 62, 63, 26, 34
4.1 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 19, 21, 27, 39, 43-62, 67, 72-74, 78, 81, 83, 85, 89, 93
4.2 1, 3, 9, 17, 19, 21, 25, 27, 33-52, 53, 54, 59
4.3 1, 3, 5, 7, 15, 17, 25, 41-60, 63, 65, 73-78
3.1 1, 3, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 21, 23, 27, 29, 31, 37, 43, 45-63, 27
3.2 1, 7, 8, 11, 13, 17, 33, 39-51, 54-58, 69-74, 71
5.1 1, 3, 7, 9, 13, 17, 19, 23, 41-60, 61, 62, 65-67, 73, 67
5.2 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 21, 41, 53-72, 73, 77, 81, 85, 86, 17
5.3 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 15, 17, 19, 29-48, 49, 51, 55, 56, 61, 63, 73, 77, 85, 11, 55
6.1 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 43, 47, 49, 53, 61-80, 95, 97, 98
6.2 1, 3, 7, 9, 13, 17, 21, 41-51, 53, 55, 13, 21
6.3 1, 5, 9, 11, 17, 19, 21, 33-56, 59, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 11
6.4 1, 5, 17, 28-31
6.5 3, 7, 9, 11, 17-31
6.6 13, 15, 17, 19, 21-25, 28-31, 33-35, 38

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