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."
| Week |
Homework / Tasks / Handouts |
Week 1
(Overview.doc)
(Syllabus.doc)
(Calendar.doc)
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- Mon. 1/25 (Notes.pdf)
- HW Sec. 11.1: (ans.doc) #1-6, 9-25
odd, 34-35
- Present tomorrow (Group A):
11.1 #3, 23, 34
- Tue. 1/26 (Notes.pdf)
- HW Sec. 11.2: (ans.doc) #1, 3-4, 9,
19-22, 25-29 odd, 31-34, 37, 41,
45, 51-53,
54 (click for podcast), 55
- Present tomorrow (Group B):
11.2 #27, 31, 32
- Wed. 1/27 (Notes.pdf)
- HW Sec. 11.3 (ans.doc) #5-15, 17- 21
odd, 25-31 odd, 35-53 odd, 57-60
- Present tomorrow (Group C):
11.3 #35, 37, 41
- Thu. 1/28 (Notes will be a continuation of
Wed. 1/27 notes)
- HW Sec. 11.3 (continued)
- Present Monday (Group D):
11.3 #27, 29, 51
- To Do: Type and email me
your brief “Math Biography” by Friday evening.
Please include “Mth126 Bio” in the subject line!
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Week 2
(Project1.docx)
(Rubric.pdf)
(Sample.doc,
.pdf)
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- Mon. 2/1 (Notes.pdf)
- HW 11.5 #1, 2, 4-6, 8, 15, 16,
21, 25-28, 37, 38
- Present tomorrow: #8, 15, 38
- Tue. 2/2 (Notes.pdf)
- 'Ch. 11 Test' (p. 672) #1-4,
6, 15-18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25-28
- Present Wednesday (Group
'A'): #17, 22, 27
- Wed. 2/3 (Notes.pdf)
- 12.1 #3-11 odd; #12, 15, 17,
18, 39, 40, 42, 43, 49, 51-53
- Present Thursday (Group
'B'): #7, 39, 52
- Thu. 2/4 (Notes.pdf)
- 12.1 #24-26, 33-35, 59, 60,
63
- Present Monday (Group 'C'):
#26, 59, 60
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| Week 3 |
- Mon. 2/8
(Notes.pdf)
- HW 12.5 #1, 5, 7, 9, 11,
13-15, 17, 27, 28
- Present tomorrow (Group
'D'): #11, 13, 28
- Tue. 2/9
(Notes.pdf)
- HW 12.2 #1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13,
15, 32, 33, 35-38
- Present tomorrow (Group
'E'): #1, 15, 33
- Wed. 2/10 (Notes.pdf)
- HW 12.3 #1-3, 13, 17,
19, 23-27,
33-34, 35-36
- Present tomorrow (Group
'A'): #19, 25, 33
- Thu. 2/11 (Notes.pdf)
- HW 11.4 #1-7 odd, 17-20,
21-28
- Present Monday (Group 'B'):
#20, 27, 28
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Week 4
(Exam1Review.pdf)
(Exam1Review.ans.pdf) |
- Mon 2/15 (Notes.pdf)
- HW 12.4 #1-4, 10-11, 12-19,
20-23, 24, 25, 27
- Present Wednesday
(Group 'C'):
#10, 23, 24
- Tue. 2/16
- Project 1 Due in
class
- Project 1
Presentations from 1/3
of class today
- No quiz today
- Wed. 2/17
- Thu. 2/18
- Exam 1
- If you would like a
printout of the solutions to
Exam 1, please stop by!
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| Week 5 |
- Mon. 2/22 (Notes.pdf)
(Spreadsheet
with graphs.pdf)
- HW 13.1 #3-15 odd, 23, 36*
(*use 35's answer in back of
book)
- Present tomorrow (Group
'A'): #3, 13, 36
- Tue. 2/23
(Notes.pdf)
- HW 13.2 #3, 9,
11, 19-24, 25-27, 51
- HW 13.3 #3, 7
- Present tomorrow (Group
'B'):
13.2 #24, 51
and 13.3 #7
- Wed. 2/24 (Notes.pdf)
- Thu. 2/25 (Notes.pdf)
- HW: 13.3 #21-23, 29-34,
35-37 and 13.4
#1, 3, 5, 7, 20, 21
- Present Monday:
13.3
#34, 37,
and 13.4
#20
- Note:
Bolded problems can be done
without "Chebyshev's theorem",
which we didn't get to in class
today. However, even through "Chebyshev's
theorem has an odd name (for
Westerners, at least), it is
actually pretty simple to use in
practice -- see if you can do
the homework on these problems!
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Week 6
(Project2.pdf)
(RandomRectangles.pdf) |
- Mon. 3/1 (No class)
- Tue. 3/2 (Notes.pdf)
- HW: 13.3 #21-23, 29-34 (from
last time),
- HW: 13.3 #38-43, 46, 47
(new), and
- HW: 13.4 #18, 19, 22, 23,
25, 27, 34, and 41
- Present tomorrow (Group 'E')
13.3 #41, and 13.4 #34 and 41.
- Wed. 3/3 (Notes.pdf)
- Sec. 13.5 #7-14, 15, 17, 45,
47, 56-60.
- Present tomorrow (Group 'B')
13.5 #10, 14, 60
-
Podcast for #7-10
- Thu. 3/4
(Notes.pdf)
- Sec. 13.5 #19-22, 23, 25,
37-40.
- Present Monday (Group 'C')
13.5 #22, 23, 38
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| Week 7 |
- Mon. 3/8 (Notes.pdf)
- HW 7.1 (p. 318, 'For Group
Discussion') #1-3.
- HW 7.1 #3-6, 17, 19, 39, 51,
53, 55, 57.
- HW 8.2 #41, 43, 45, 47(a-f),
65(a,b).
- Present tomorrow (Group 'D')
7.1 [p.
318 #1-3], #17, and
8.2 #65
- Tue. 3/9 (Notes.pdf)
- HW 8.3 #21, 33, 35, 67
- HW 13.6 11-13 (by hand,
create a 'best fit line'
by eye),
and #21-24, 25-28 [use a
computer / calculator to find
the
least squares regression line
and the coefficient of
correlation r].
- Present tomorrow (Group 'E')
8.3 #33, and 13.6 #[11-13] and
#[25-28]
- Wed. 3/10 (Notes.pdf)
- HW p. 776-777 #5, 6, 7, 9,
12, 13-16.
- Present tomorrow #9, 12, 16
- Thu. 3/11 (Notes.pdf)
- Quiz on Mon. & Tue. content
- Project 2 checkpoint
day! Be prepare to
report on your ideas and
progress today!
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| Spring Break |
Spring Break!! |
Week 8
(Exam2Review.pdf)
(Exam2Review.ans.pdf) |
- Mon. 3/22 (Notes.pdf)
- Homework (Complete by
Wednesday):
- 1. Go to the
National Library
of Virtual
Manipulatives
(NLVM) and
access
the applet we
viewed today
in class. Have
the computer
generate five
problems, and
solve them using
the online
applet.
- 2. Still
using the
NLVM Algebra
Balance Scale
applet,
select "Create
Problem" and
enter the
following
problems (one at
a time). Solve
each problem
using efficient
and inefficient
sequences of
steps. Does it
matter which way
you proceed?
- a) 4x - 8 = 0 (e.g., try this sequence: divide by 2, add 4, divide by 2.) (vs. this sequence: add 8, divide by 4)
- b) 3x - 2 = x + 2 (Make a sketch showing three different sequences of steps; which one is most efficient? Which is least efficient?)
- Present (Group 'C') on
Wednesday #2a
and 2b, above.
- Tue. 3/23 - Project 2 presentations;
Project 2 is Due.
- Wed. 3/24 - Review for Exam 2 (Notes.pdf)
- See the link under
"Week 8" (left) for review
problems and solutions.
- Thu. 3/25 - Exam 2
- If you would like a printout of the
answer key for Exam 2, please stop by!
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| Week 9 |
- Mon. 3/29 (Notes.pdf)
- Homework:
For sequences (1) thru (4), find
the next term in the sequence.
Then classify the sequence as
(a) arithmetic, (q) quadratic,
or (o) other. Finally, if the
sequence is arithmetic, give an
explicit rule yn for the nth
term. Otherwise, write a
recursive rule for the sequence.
- 11,
13, 15, 17, ...
- 18, 15, 12,
9, ...
- 1, 1, 2, 4,
7, 11, 16, ...
- 4, 8, 14,
22, ...
- For sequences (5) and (6),
find the pattern and state the
next three terms in the
sequence.
- 2, 3, 6, 12,
22, 37, ...
- 1, 11, 21,
1211, 111221,
312211, ...
- Tue. 3/30 (Notes.pdf)
- Homework:
- 1. Plot each
sequence that
was assigned
last time on a
coordinate grid.
Plot n on the
horizontal axis,
and plot yn on
the vertical
axis.
- 2. State the
domain and range
of each sequence
plotted in #1.
- 3. Do Sec.
8.4 #1-5 all,
17, 19, 25, 27,
31-32, 41, 47,
55, 57.
- Present Tomorrow (Group
"E"):
- #2, above --
domain and range
of (3):
1,1,2,4,7,11,16,
...,
- and
#31 and #47.
- Wed. 3/31 (Notes.pdf)
- HW 8.1 #9, 27, 29 odd, 31-35
odd, 38, 47, 49, 53, 57, 59,
61-63
- Present Thursday (Group A):
9, 57, 62
- Group quiz tomorrow
- Thu. 4/1 (Notes.pdf)
- Present Monday (Group B):
#2, 3, and 6 from the group quiz
assigned today.
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| Week 10 |
- Mon. 4/5 (Notes.pdf)
- HW 8.7 #3-21 odd, 25, 27, 32
- Present Tomorrow (Group C):
#15, 19, 25
- Tue. 4/6 (Notes.pdf)
- HW 8.7 #53, 59, 60, 67, 69,
72, 77, 79
- Present Tomorrow (Group D):
#60, 72, 77
- Wed. 4/7 (Notes.pdf)
- HW 8.7 #33, 34, 35, 37, 45,
81, 83
- Present Tomorrow (Group E):
#33, 34, 83
- Thu. 4/8 (Notes.pdf)
- HW 8.8 #1, 3, 5, 9, 13, 17,
21, 23, 27, 35, 36
- Present Monday (Group A):
#21, 35, 36
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Week 11
(Project3
- Algebra.pdf)
(Project3
Rubric.pdf)
(Excel_Loans Podcast) |
- Mon. 4/12 (Notes.pdf)
- HW 7.6 #5, 11, 15, 18, 19,
23, 33, 37, 47, 51, 53, 59, 63,
64, 71, 75, 79, 91, 92, 99, 100
- Present Tomorrow (Group B):
#23, 37, 92
- Tue. 4/13 (Notes.pdf)
- HW Sec. 7.6 #[47, 51, 53]
--> (factor each using both CFQ
and the Tic-tac-toe method!)
- HW Sec. 8.1 #39, 41, and 43
(complete the square)
- HW: Spend some time thinking
about your project 3 topic!
- Present Tomorrow (Group C):
7.6 #51, 53, and 8.1 #43 (if
possible)
- Wed. 4/14 (Notes.pdf)
- Homework: 7.7 #11, 14, 31,
39, [43, 45, 47], 49
- Also revisit 8.1 #39, 41,
and 43 (complete the square) as
needed.
- Present Thursday (Group D):
7.7 #14, [43, 45, 47], and 49
- Thu. 4/15 (Notes.pdf)
- Homework: Sec. 7.7 #3, 4,
44, 46, 48, 53, 55, 59
- Present Monday (Group E):
7.7 # [44, 46, 48], 55, 59
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Week 12
(Exam3_Review.pdf) |
- Mon. 4/19
- Homework: 7.5 #23, 25, 35,
39, 41, 43, 47, 49, 59, 61, 69,
71, 73, 75, 85, 97
- Present Wednesday (Group A):
#49, 61, 97.
- Tue. 4/20 - Project 3 Due
(Presentations Today).
- Wed. 4/21 - Review day -
(Exam3_Review.pdf,
and Partial
Answer Key.pdf).
- Thu. 4/22 - Exam 3
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| Week 13 |
- Mon. 4/26 (Notes.pdf)
- Homework 8.5 #1-6, 11, 15,
47, 49, 53, 58, plus in-class
problem solving task.
- Present tomorrow (Group C) #47, 49,
53
- Problem solving
worksheet.pdf (answers.pdf)
- Tue. 4/27 (Notes.pdf)
- Homework 8.6 #1-4, 37-40,
45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 57
- Present tomorrow (Group D)
#50, 51, 57
- Wed. 4/28 (Notes.pdf)
- Thu. 4/29 (Notes.pdf)
- Quiz today on quadratics or
exponential functions.
- Homework: Sec. 15.1 #29, 31,
58*, and Sec. 15.2 #9-10, 37-39
- * Just read #58 -- no need
to write a paper, but wouldn't
that be a neat middle school
math & literature lesson?
- Here's today's
Graph Theory Activity.pdf.
- Present Monday (Group A):
#29bc, 31ab, and 15.2 #38
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| Week 14 |
- Mon. 5/3 (Notes.pdf)
- HW: Sec. 15.2 #3, 5, 7, 11,
13-14, 20-21, 23, 25-26, 29, 31,
33, 44
- Present tomorrow (Group B):
#14, 26, 44
- Tue. 5/4 (Notes.pdf,
Handout.pdf,
Answers to Handout.pdf)
- HW: 15.3 #1-4 all, 5-9 odd,
15, 17, 29, 38, 42
- Present tomorrow (Group C):
15.3 # 4, 38, and 42
- Wed. 5/5 (Notes.pdf)
- Thu. 5/6
- Finals week office
hours: Monday-Friday
from 11-noon.
Lots of others available by
appointment!
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