There will be three types of homework in this class: reading, practice problems, and written problems.  All found HERE.

Reading:  You paid for the textbook, you should read it.  Reading is no less important in a math class than any other class.  Ideally you would read each section before it is covered in class and then once again before you attempt that section's homework assignment.  Reading before class gives you an idea of what will be covered, familiarizes you with the terms, and lets you know which theorems, definitions, examples, etc. are in the text (so you can listen when they are covered in class, instead of frantically scribbling them down in your notes.)  The textbook was written for a student to, more or less, read it from beginning to end, not to be flipped through looking for the theorem or definition you need to solve a particular homework problem.

Practice:  These problems should be mostly straight-forward.  They are meant to help you with calculations, see more examples of structures, and see how different theorems can be applied to get various results.  Most of these problems will require little work to be shown, but since some of the problems have answers in the back you will need to show some work, and it will need to be neat.