Math 100. Exploring Mathematics. Fall 2015.
Tentative class schedule with homework assignments
This schedule is subject to change.
| Sep 8: | Last day to ADD classes without instructor permission | |||
| Sep 22: | Last day to DROP classes without a serious and compelling reason and without a grade of W (withdrawal) listed on university transcript | |||
| Nov 17: | Last day to WITHDRAW from a course for a serious and compelling reason | |||
| Date | Reading assignment | Problem of the Day | Topic & class activities | Written homework due |
| Aug 25 | - | Introduction, Syllabus & Schedule
Chapter 1. 1.2. Polya's 4 steps of problem solving. |
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| Aug 27 | EM (Exploring Mathematics): pages 1-6 | Polya's Corner problem (page 10) | POD discussion Reading assignment discussion |
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| Sep 1 | - | Exercise 2 (page 10) | POD discussion Project 1 announcement, form groups Exercises 1, 3 |
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| Sep 3 | - | Exercise 5 (page 11) | POD discussion 1.3 Investigation 2 |
homework 1 |
| Sep 8 | 2.1-2.2 (pages 13-15) here are pages 13-20 |
Exercise 7(a) (page 11) | POD discussion Chapter 2: pages 13-20, pages 30-34 |
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| Sep 10 | 2.3 (pages 15-16) | Exercise 1(a) (page 30) here are pages 30-34 |
POD discussion Exercise 16: parts a,d (page 31) Exercises 2, 3 (page 30) |
homework 2 |
| Sep 15 | 2.4 (pages 16-18) | Exercise 30 (page 34) | POD discussion 2.6 Investigation 7 |
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| Sep 17 | 2.5 (pages 19-20) | Exercise 15 (page 31) | POD discussion Multiplication of fractions Exercise 13 (page 31) Division of fractions |
homework 3: page 11, exercise 7(b,c,d) page 30, exercise 1(b) with solution |
| Sep 22 | - | Project 1 | Project discussion | |
| Sep 24 | - | - | Review Homework discussion |
homework 4: page 31, exercise 16(b) page 32, exercise 18 |
| Sep 29 | - | - | Test 1 Test discussion Project 2 announcement, form groups |
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| Oct 1 | pages 35-36 | Exercise 9 (page 46) | Chapter 3. POD discussion Place value and base Conversion from one base to another Exercises 5,6 (page 46) |
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| Oct 6 | - | Exercise 7 (page 46) | POD discussion Divisibility (definition and tests), prime numbers, prime factorization |
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| Oct 8 | - | Exercise 16 (page 47) | POD discussion More on GCF, LCM. |
homework 5: page 45, exercises 1 and 2 (all parts) |
| Oct 13 | - | Exercise 23 (page 48) | POD discussion Fractions as decimals Exercise 24 (page 48) |
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| Oct 15 | pages 49-50 | Exercise 8 (page 78) | Chapter 4. POD discussion Investigation 18, parts a-g (pages 53-54) |
homework 6: page 47, exercise 13 (both parts, provide explanations, no long division) |
| Oct 20 | - | Investigation 18, part h (page 54) | POD discussion Investigation 21 (page 57) |
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| Oct 22 | - | Project 2 | Project presentations 3.3 Investigation 12 |
homework 7: page 56, investigation 20, parts 1(a) and 2 |
| Oct 27 | - | - | Project presentations continued Review |
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| Oct 29 | - | - | Test 2 Test discussion |
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| Nov 3 | 5.1-5.3 (pages 81-85) | Exercise 12 (page 103) | Chapter 5. POD discussion Pythagorean Theorem Investigation 41 Project 3 announcement, form groups |
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| Nov 5 | - | Exercise 11 (page 103) | POD discussion Investigation 40 Exercise 15 (page 104) |
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| Nov 10 | - | Exercise 17 (pages 104-105), choose any two parts | POD discussion Similarity and perimeter/area |
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| Nov 12 | - | Exercise 14 (page 104) | POD discussion Similarity and surface area/volume Area/surface area and volume of important figures/solids Exercise 18 (page 106) |
homework 8: page 103, exercise 3, both parts |
| Nov 17 | - | Exercise 32 (page 108) | POD discussion The number pi Area of a circle Investigation 43 (page 97) Exercises 22, 24 (page 107) |
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| Nov 19 | - | Exercise 17 (page 120) | POD discussion Exercises 13, 15, 16, 18 (page 120) |
homework 9: page 107, exercise 21 page 108, exercise 31 |
| Nov 24 | - | Project 3 | Project discussion | |
| Nov 26 | Thanksgiving Recess - no classes | |||
| Dec 1 | - | Review | homework 10: page 108, exercise 25 page 119, exercise 4 on proportional reasoning |
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| Dec 3 | - | Test 3 Test discussion |
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| Dec 8 | - | - | Review Fall 2014 Final Exam, Spring 2009 Final Exam, Spring 2008 Final Exam, Spring 2008 Practice Problems, Solutions |
homework 11: page 127, exercise 47 page 127, exercise 50 |
| Dec 10 | Faculty consultation day. Consultation hours: 8:00-10:30 in PB 340, 11-12:30 in S2 207 | |||
| Dec 15 | - | - | Final Exam (cumulative), 11:00-1:00 and 1:15-3:15 in S2 207. | |