Math for Elementary Teachers II
Welcome to Mth126: "Continued study of the mathematical concepts and techniques that are fundamental to, and form the basis for, elementary school mathematics. Topics include: use of probability and statistics to explore real-world problems; representation and analysis of discrete mathematical problems using counting techniques, sequences, graph theory, arrays and networks; use of functions, algebra and the basic concepts underlying the calculus in real-world-applications."
News and Updates
- See the Homework and Handouts table below to download or print the syllabus, calendar, and all homework sets and class notes.
Homework and Handouts -- Hit Refresh (F5) To View Most Recent --
| Date | Homework Set (Attempt all problems before next class period) | * Class Notes / Handouts |
|---|---|---|
| Tue. 9/2 |
Read Sec. 11.1 Redo Example #3 using a Tree Diagram instead of a Table. |
Calendar Syllabus Intro Notes.pdf |
| Wed. 9/3 |
11.1: #1-6, 9-25 odd, 34, 35 11.2: #1, 31-34 ans.doc |
11.1 and
11.2.pdf |
| Thu. 9/4 |
11.2 #3-4, 19-22, 25-51 every other odd*, 52. *note: already did
#33 11.3 #5-12, 15 ans.doc |
11.2 and 11.3.pdf |
| Mon. 9/8 | 11.3 #17-53 odd ans.doc | 11.3 Notes.pdf |
| Tue. 9/9 | Quiz 1 (ans.doc) (~15 minutes @ end of class). HW: finish up Sec. 11.3. | 11.3 Notes cont.pdf |
| Wed. 9/10 |
11.4 #1, 5, 9-18 all 11.5 #5-8, 15, 17, 19, 20, 23, 29 (you can finish these tomorrow) (ans.doc) |
11.4 and
11.5.pdf Problem Set 1.doc - due Mon. 9/22 |
| Thu. 9/11 |
11.5 - finish homework from yesterday (answers posted above). 12.1 #1, 5-21 odd, 24-29 all, 43, 49, 53 (ans.doc) |
12.1 Notes.pdf |
| Mon. 9/15 | 12.2 #1-19 odd, 32, 35-38, 42, 43. (ans.doc) | Sorry, notes are not available today due to a corrupted SMART notebook. |
| Tue. 9/16 | 12.3 #1-12, 23-28, 33-36, 53-56, 62, 67-73 (ans.doc) | 12.3 Notes.pdf |
| Wed. 9/17 | 12.3 continued. | 12.3 Notes - HW Day.pdf |
| Thu. 9/18 |
SKIP 12.4. 12.5 #1, 3, 5, 7-9, 11, 12 (ans.doc) Quiz 2 (ans.doc) through 12.3. |
12.5 Notes.pdf |
| Mon. 9/22 |
12.5 continued. Finish previous homework set (ans.doc). Also answer the questions at the end of the Number Golf game (see notes -->). |
12.5 "Deal or No Deal" Notes.pdf |
| Tue. 9/23 |
12.6 #6-8 Exam 1 Review Sheet (ans.doc) |
12.6 - Simulations.pdf |
| Wed. 9/24 |
Review day - Note: you can download the review sheet and the
answer key above. The exam will cover all sections in Ch. 11 and Ch. 12 that we have covered, possibly including topics that do not appear in the review sheet that I provided. |
Review Notes.pdf |
| Thu. 9/25 | Exam 1 over Ch. 11 and Ch.12 (Exam1.doc | ans.doc) | |
| Mon. 9/29 |
No class - Read Sec. 13.1 and complete the following
problems: Sec. 13.1 #3, 5, 7, 9, 11-23 all, 29-31 all. |
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| Tue. 9/30 | Finish homework from 13.1 (from yesterday). | 13.1 Distributions Notes.pdf |
| Wed. 10/1 | Sec. 13.2 #1-9 odd, 19-27 all, 47, 51 (ans.doc) | 13.2 Central Tendency Notes.pdf |
| Thu. 10/2 |
Sec. 13.3 #3, 7, 11, 15, 21, 23, 29-33 all, 46*, 47*, 52, 53
(ans.doc) * Let's talk about these two on Monday |
13.3 Dispersion Notes.pdf |
| Mon. 10/6 |
Finish homework from 13.3. Also 13.4 #18, 20, 29, 41 (ans.doc, more tomorrow) |
13.3 and 13.4 Notes.pdf |
| Tue. 10/7 | 13.4 #1-3, 5-8, 22-23, 25, 28, 34 (ans.doc) | 13.4 - Position and Boxplots.pdf |
| Wed. 10/8 |
Sec. 13.5 #7-10, 11-14 <-- quiz worthy Can wait 'til tomorrow --> Sec. 13.5 #15-25 odd, 37-40, 45, 47, 56-60 |
13.5 - Normal distribution.pdf |
| Thu. 10/9 |
Quiz 3: 13.1-13.4, plus some 13.5. Homework: finish up 13.5 homework from yesterday. |
13.5 - Continued.pdf |
| Mon. 10/13 |
Sec. 13.5 - Continued Homework: #41-43, 44, 46, 49, 52-55 (ans.doc <- contains all 13.5 HW solutions) |
13.5 - More examples.pdf |
| Tue. 10/14 | Lying with Statistics. HW p. 771 – 775 #7-12, 13, 16 | Lying with Statistics.ppt |
| Wed. 10/15 |
Review for exam 2. Here is the review (review.doc)
and the solutions (ans.doc). Here are the Problem Set 2 Solutions. |
Review Notes.pdf |
| Thu. 10/16 | Exam 2 | |
| Mon. 10/20 | Sec. 7.1 HW #7, 19, 23, 25, 31, 35, 39, 45, 50, 51, 53, 57, 67, 71 (ans.doc) | 7.1 - Intro and Linear Equations.pdf |
| Tue. 10/21 | Sec. 7.1 continued (finish HW from yesterday) | 7.1 - Continued |
| Wed. 10/22 | Sec. 7.2 HW #17, 19, 26, 37, 39, 45, 47, 49, 51, 65, 69, 73, 75 (ans.doc) | 7.2 - Applications of Linear Equations.pdf |
| Thu. 10/23 | Sec. 7.2 continued (finish HW from yesterday). | 7.2 - Linear Apps Continued.pdf |
| Mon. 10/27 | Sec. 7.3 HW #19, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31, 33, 47, 55-57, 59, 62, 66, 67, 70, 72 (ans.doc) | 7.3 - Proportional and Variation.pdf |
| Tue. 10/28 | No class - Sick Day! | |
| Wed. 10/29 |
Sec. 7.3 continued Sec. 7.4 (just a start) |
7.3 and 7.4 - Variation and Inequalities.pdf |
| Thu. 10/30 |
Problem Set #3 Due (ProblemSet3.doc,
PS3-Answers.doc) HW 7.4 #11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 29, 35, 39, 45, 47, 57, 59, 61, 64, plus additional problems on absolute value (handout.doc). |
7.4 - Inequalities.pdf |
| Mon. 11/3 |
Quiz 4: 7.1-7.3 7.5 HW #37-38, 43-68, 70, 72, 77, 81, 85, 87-90, 95 Problem Set #4 Assigned - Due Tue. 11/11. |
7.5 - Exponents.pdf |
| Tue. 11/4 | 7.6 HW #5, 18, 19, 39*, 43*, 45*, 46, [47-99 e.o.o.], 100 | 7.6 Polynomials.pdf |
| Wed. 11/5 | 7.6 continued. | 7.6 Factoring.pdf |
| Thu. 11/6 | 7.7 HW #1-4, 9-35 odd, 37-48 all (ans.doc) | 7.7 - Quadratic Equations.pdf |
| Mon. 11/10 |
7.7 continued (Applications). HW #49, 54, 55, 59, 60, 62, 67 (ans.doc) |
7.7 - Quadratic Applications.pdf |
| Tue. 11/11 |
8.1 #3, 4, 7, 9, 21 - 37 odd, 38, 39-43 odd,
53, 57, 59, 62, 65
(ans.doc: see below) (Get started over weekend, then finish Monday after class.) Quiz 5 (ans.doc): 7.4 - 7.7 Problem Set #4 Due (Problem Set #4.doc, ans.doc) |
8.1 - Coordinates.pdf |
| Wed. 11/12 | Review for Exam 3 (Exam 3 Review.doc, ans.doc) | |
| Thu. 11/13 | Exam 3 (ans.doc) | |
| Mon. 11/17 | Group Quiz re: Exam 3 | |
| Tue. 11/18 |
8.1 (continued) #3, 4, 7, 9, 21 - 37 odd, 38, 39-43 odd, 53, 57,
59, 62, 65 (ans.doc) 8.2 HW #15, 25, 27, 29, 31, 39, 41, 45, 47, 57, 63, 64 (ans.doc for 8.2 and 8.3) 8.3 HW #1 - 4, 17 - 63 every other odd, 67, 69, 74 (ans.doc -- see above) |
8.1-8.3 - Circles Lines Slopes.pdf |
| Wed. 11/19 |
NO CLASS TODAY due to the
Fall Educator Workshop Complete the homework assigned yesterday. |
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| 8.4 HW #1-5 all, 8, 11-29 odd, 32, 35, 37, 39, 54, 55, 56 (ans.doc) | 8.4 - Functions.pdf | |
| Mon. 11/24 |
8.5 HW #1-8 all,. 9 - 47 (e.o.o.), 49, 53 (ans.doc) 1. Parabola in Standard Form_big.gsp (right click, save, then open from desktop -- must have Geometer's Sketchpad installed: all GCA Labs have this!) 2. Parabola in vertex form_big.gsp (Both files were obtained from Annie's Sketchpad Activities) Writing Project: Part 1.doc, Part 2 (template).doc or .docx |
8.5 - Quadratic Functions.pdf |
| Tue. 11/25 | 8.5 (cont.). See previous homework set. | |
| Mon. 12/1 |
8.6 HW #1-4, 9, 15, 25, 26, 29-31, 37, 39, 53, 57 Class today is online only via video podcast. Grab a set of headphones and review the following three podcasts (handouts are available for download in next column). 1. Wrapping up quadratic functions (podcast1 [20 min.]) 2. An application that should help w/ your homework (podcast2 [4 min.]) 3. Lesson on exponential and logarithmic functions (podcast3 [25 min.]) |
8.6 - Exponential and Log Functions.pdf |
| Tue. 12/2 | Sequences (finish this class worksheet [Handshake Sequences.doc] for tomorrow) | Sequences - intro.pdf |
| Wed. 12/3 |
Quiz 7 today. Sequences (part 2). No homework today! Be working on your "writing project" Writing project: Part 1.doc, Part 2 (template).doc or .docx. (DUE MONDAY 12/8) |
Sequences - cont.pdf |
| Thu. 12/4 |
Sequences (part 3). Graph Theory: 15.1 #1, 3, 7, 9, 11-19 odd, 22, 33-37 odd, 40-41, 47, 48. |
Sequences, and 5.1 - Graph Theory.pdf |
| Mon. 12/8 |
Euler Circuits: 15.2 #3-7 odd, 20-21, 23-29 odd, 33 Review Sheet for Final Exam: (review.doc) |
15.2 - Euler Circuits.pdf |
| Tue. 12/9 | Quiz 7.5 (a half-quiz). Potential topics include Sequences, Graph Theory, Euler Circuits. | |