| Date |
Topics |
Assignments |
| Mon, Jan 8 |
The Game of Set
1.1 Making a conjecture
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Reading Chapter 1 Sections 1 and 3
Homework 1 due Wednesday, Jan 10 handout and problems 2, 5, 10, 64 on pages 8-10 |
| Wed, Jan 10 |
Inductive and Deductive reasoning
Finish the Set worksheet
Deceptive advertising.
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| Fri, Jan 12 |
Problem Solving
Chapter 1 Section 3: Strategies include brainstorming, listing all possibilities, devising a plan (and revising if necessary)
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Reading for Monday: Section 2.1
Homework 2 due Wednesday, Jan 17 problems 27, 30, 31, 36, 39, 42, 43, 46, 56 on pages 30-34 from section 1.3. |
| Mon, Jan 15 |
More Problem Solving
Traffic problems and the goat, cabbage and wolf.
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| Wed, Jan 17 |
Sets (the mathematical objects, not the game)
Chapter 2 Sections 1 and 2
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Homework 2 is due
Reading for Fri: Chapter 2 Section 3
Homework 3 due Fri, Jan 19: Chapter 2 Section 1 problems 3, 6, 13, 28, 32-46 (even), 48, 51, 55, 57, 64, 70, 75, 77, 96 |
| Fri, Jan 19 |
Subsets and Set Operations
Chapter 2 Section 2
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Homework 3 is due
Homework 4 due Mon, Jan 22: Chapter 2 Section 2 problems 35, 37, 39, 66, 86, 88 |
| Mon, Jan 22 |
More Set Operations and Venn Diagrams
Chapter 2 Sections 3-5
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Homework 4 is due
Reading for Wed: Chapter 3 Section 1
Homework 5 due Wed, Jan 24: Chapter 2 Section 3 problems 26-46 every other even, 60, 65, 68, 71, 73-76 |
| Wed, Jan 24 |
Logic
Chapter 3 Section 1: Statements, Negations and Quantifiers.
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Homework 5 is due
Reading for Fri: Chapter 3 Section 2
Homework 6 due Fri, Jan 26: Chapter 2 Section 4 problems 36, 38, 40, 44, 60, 62, 64, 77-80 |
| Fri, Jan 26 |
Logic
Chapter 3 Section 1: statements, negations and quantifiers.
set review and truth values worksheet
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Homework 7 due Wed, Jan 31: Chapter 3 Section 1 problems 14-24 evens, 30-36 evens, 37, 38, 47, 48 |
| Mon, Jan 29 |
Logic
Chapter 3 Sections 2 and 3: compound statements and truth tables
Typo in the book on page 117 table 3.12: the last row should read F F T T
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Reading for Wed: Chapter 3 Sections 3 and 4
Homework 8 due Fri, Feb 2: Chapter 3 Section 2 problems 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 38, 42 |
| Wed, Jan 31 |
Logic
Truth tables and tautologies |
Homework 7 due
Reading for Fri Chapter 3 Section 5
Homework 9 due Mon, Feb 5: Chapter 3 Section 3 problems 2, 10, 18, 28 and Chapter 3 Section 4 problems 12, 16, 18, 42, 45, 52, 54, 68, 70, 78, 80
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| Fri, Feb 2 |
Logic
Truth tables and equivalent statements, DeMorgan's Laws |
Homework 8 due. |
| Mon, Feb 5 |
Logic
Negations of compound statements and logical arguments |
Homework 9 due.
Homework 10 due Wed, Feb 7: Chapter 3 Section 5 problems 4, 6, 10, 16, 18, 22, 34, 44, 58, 62, 77-79, 90, 91 and
Chapter 3 Section 6 problems 4, 10, 16, 22, 26, 32, 38, 42, 48, 57 |
| Wed, Feb 7 |
Logic and review for midterm
Valid arguments from 3.6 |
Homework 10 due. |
| Fri, Feb 9 |
In-class MIDTERM
A 3x5 notecard is permitted for the exam. All other notes, books and calculators are not allowed. |
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| Mon, Feb 12 |
Out-of-class MIDTERM |
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| Wed, Feb 14 |
Weather related school closing |
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| Fri, Feb 16 |
Analyzing the arguments in presidential debates.
Healthcare question from Bush-Clinton-Perot debate. |
Out of class midterms due
Reading for Mon "Forget Homework" article on slate.com We will be critiquing the arguments made in this article in class on Monday.
Homework 11 due Fri, Feb 23 handout distributed in class.
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| Mon, Feb 19 |
Analyzing arugments |
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| Wed, Feb 21 |
Analyzing arguments: the article "Forget Homework" |
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| Fri, Feb 23 |
Counting |
Homework 11 due.
Homework 12 due Mon, Feb 26, 2007 Section 11.1 problems 5, 9, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22
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| Mon, Feb 26 |
More Counting, permutations |
Homework 12 due.
Homework 13 due Wed, Feb 28, 2007 Section 11.2 problems 3, 4, 11, 21, 24, 26, 38, 44, 52
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| Wed, Feb 28 |
More Counting, combinations |
Homework 13 due.
Homework 14 due Fri, Mar 2, 2007 Section 11.3 problems 7, 18, 27, 34, 36, 39, 47, 48
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| Fri, Mar 2 |
Probability |
Homework 14 due.
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| Mar 5-9 |
Spring Break |
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| Mon, Mar 12 |
More Probability |
Homework 15 due Wed, Mar 14, 2007 Section 11.4 problems 24, 29, 31, 42, 46, 52, 61, 63
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| Wed, Mar 14 |
Summarize Probability rules for and or and not, introduce conditional probability |
Homework 15 due.
Homework 16 due Mon, Mar 19, 2007 Section 11.5 problems 5, 12, 22 and Section 11.6 problems 11, 22, 40, 42, 44
Reading: Section 11.8
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| Fri, Mar 16 |
11.8 Conditional Probability |
Reading: Section 11.9 |
| Mon, Mar 19 |
11.8 Conditional Probability continues |
Homework 16 due.
Homework 17 due Wed, Mar 21 Section 11.7 problems 7, 9, 16, 18, 26, 27, 34, 35, 48, 49, 52, 83
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| Wed, Mar 21 |
12.1 Statistics
Class notes |
Homework 17 due.
Homework 18 due Mon, Mar 26 Handout
Article for the homework assignment is on e-reserve: The Propaganda of Numbers
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| Fri, Mar 23 |
12.2 Measures of Central Tendency |
Homework 19 due Mon, Mar 26 Section 12.1 problems 2-8, 24, 26, 28, 30 and Section 12.2 problems 50, 53-58, 64-68
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| Mon, Mar 26 |
12.3 Measures of Dispersion |
Homework 18 and 19 due.
Homework 20 due Wed, Mar 28 Section 12.3 problems 2, 8, 18, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30, 40, 41
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| Wed, Mar 28 |
Box and Whisker Plots and analyzing data |
Homework 20 due.
Homework 21 due Wed, Apr 4 Section 12.4 problems 12-32 evens, 98, 100, 102
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| Fri, Mar 30 |
12.4 Normal Distribution |
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| Mon, April 2 |
12.4 Normal Distribution
Binomial vs. Normal distribution applet |
Reading assignment for Wed, April 4: "Margin of Error" article.
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| Wed, April 4 |
12.4 Normal Distribution
Lab in Hale 207
Data for lab. |
Homework 21 due. You may turn in problems 98, 100 and 102 on Monday, April 9.
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| Fri, April 6 |
No school |
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| Mon, April 9 |
Take home midterm distributed |
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| Wed, April 11 |
in-class Midterm |
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| Fri, April 13 |
Chapter 7 Linear programming |
Take-home Midterm due
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