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.

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
1.7 1, 5, 13, 15, 23, 25, 29, 33, 39, 41, 51, 53, 57, 63-82, 87, 89
2.1 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 31, 33-50, 53(a)(b), 65
2.3 1, 3, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 33-52, 54(a), 67, 69, 71, 83
2.4 1, 3, 7, 9, 19, 27, 35-41, 43-54, 64
2.5 1, 3, 9, 11
2.6 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 33-40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46
3.1 1, 3, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 21, 23, 27, 29, 31, 37, 43, 45-63
3.2 1, 7, 8, 11, 13, 17, 33, 39-58, 59, 67, 69-74
2.7 1, 5, 7, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 33, 35-54, 61
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
5.1 1, 3, 7, 9, 13, 17, 19, 23, 41-60, 61, 62, 65-67, 73
5.2 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 21, 41, 53-72, 73, 77, 81, 85, 86
5.3 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 15, 17, 19, 29-48, 49, 51, 55, 56, 61, 63, 73, 77, 85
5.5 29, 30, 35
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
6.3 1, 5, 9, 11, 17, 19, 21, 33-56, 59, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75
6.4 1, 5, 17, 28-31
6.5 3, 7, 9, 11, 17-31
6.6 3, 5, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21-40

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