Mathematics Courses

Fall 2007
 

 

Math 1530 - Tentative Course Schedule

Date

Assignment Due

Reading

In Class

 Notices

Aug. 28

Syllabus

Chapter 1 (#8,12,38)

Section 2.1 (#6)

 

Aug. 30

Section 1.1: 1, 2, 7, 9, 15

Section 1.2: 27, 31, 32, 37

Section 2.1: 1, 5, 7

1.1, 1.2, 2.1
Section 2.2
Migraine Example
Section 2.3
Dot Plot Example
Section 2.4
Distribution Shapes
Dice Examples
Section 2.5
Misleading Graphs
Analyzing Car graph
Casino Data

Sept. 4

Section 2.2: 19, 25 30

Section 2.3: 53, 59, 69, 71

Section 2.4: 91, 95, 99

Section 2.5: 117, 121

2.2 - 2.5
Section 3.1 - Measures of Center
Dot Plot Example

Section 3.2 - Measures of Variation

Calculating St. Deviation

Normal Distribution

 

Sept. 6

Chapter 2 Review: 13, 14, 17, 21

Section 3.1: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 24, 31

Section 3.2: 47, 49a, 51a,b

 3.1, 3.2

Standard Deviation Question

Boxplots - Longest Rivers

Excell File (Rivers)

Ex 3.102, page 133

 

Sept. 11

Section 3.3: 85, 87, 93, 95, 103

 3.3

Outliers & Modified Boxplots

Standardized Scores

 

Sept. 13

 Section 3.4: 118, 121, 123, 131, 139

Chapter 3 Review: 5, 6, 7, 11, 15, 16, 17.

 3.4

Review for Test 1

Chapters 1,2 & 3.

 

Sept. 18

 Test 1   You can bring your book to use the formula card. I will porvide copies of the the first page.  

Sept. 20

   

Introduction to Probability

(mms website -click on milk chocolate)

Rock, Paper, Scissors

Assigning Probability

Online Spinner

 

Sept. 25

5.1: 7, 13, 19, 20

5.2: 31, 33, 37, 45, 47

 5.1 & 5.2

Exam Data

More Probability

Discrete Random Variable

Expected Value

 

Sept. 27

5.3: 55, 61, 65, 69

5.4: 79, 81

5.5: 99a, 101

Chapter 5 Review: 10, 11, 12, 28, 29ab

 5.3, 5.4 & 5.5

Expected Value

Normal Distribution

Standard Normal Curve

Free tutoring is available for Math 1530 - Morgan Univ. Center, Room 114

Oct. 2

6.1: 1, 11, 13, 15

6.2: 29, 31, 37, 39, 41, 45, 48, 51, 55, 59

 6.1 & 6.2
Normally Distributed Variables  

Oct. 4

6.3: 67, 69, 71

Chapter 6 Review: 7, 17, 19, 21

  Normal Probability Plots  

Oct. 9

6.4: 93, 95

 7.1

Random Rectangles N=5 N=30

Our Data (N=5) (N=10)

Sampling Distributions

Central Limit Theorem

 

Oct. 11

7.1: 1, 3, 6

7.2: 21, 23, 25, 31

7.3: 47, 49, 51, 53ab, 55ab

Chapter 7 Review: 5, 7, 15

 7.2 & 7.3

Review for Test 2 - Below are suggested problems to review.

Chapter 5: p. 262 #28e-h, #29a,b,d; p. 228 #65; p. 211 #19, #20; Box of Ping Pong balls with different numbers and colors - find probabilities.

Chapter 6: p. 302 #18, #19; p. 303 #21; IQ scores example from class.

Chapter 7: p. 319 #30; p. 332 #13

 

Oct. 16

No Class - Fall Break      

Oct. 18

 Test 2 - Bring your HOMEWORK to turn in!   You can bring your book to use the formula card. I will provide copies of the the first page and the standard normal table. Bring your HOMEWORK to turn in!

 Oct. 23

  Go over Exam 2 "Stand and Deliver" will be showing at 11 a.m., Monday, Oct. 22 in the Morgan University Center, Room 308. The film will be shown again at 4 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 23 in the same location.

 Oct. 25

Sections 8.1 & 8.2

Chapter 8 Notes

Jaime Escalante will speak at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 24 in the Concert Hall of the Music/Mass Communication building.

 Oct. 30

8.1: 3, 5, 7

8.2: 13, 25, 32, 42

8.1, 8.2
Sections 8.3 & 8.4 For 5 points extra credit, you can either view the film or attend the speech and write a couple of paragraphs about what effect the movie or speech has had on your thoughts about learning math. Due Oct. 30.

 Nov. 1

8.3: 52, 59, 63, 65

8.4: 73, 74, 79, 85, 93, 94

Chapter 8 Review: 7, 9, 13, 17, 18

8.3, 8.4

Sections 9.1 & 9.2

Chapter 9 Notes

 

Nov. 6

9.1: 5, 7

9.2: 21, 23, 24, 31, 33

9.1, 9.2
Sections 9.3 & 9.4 Last Day for a "W" with instructor approval is Nov. 8, 2007.

Nov. 8

9.3: 47, 49, 53, 57, 61, 63

9.4: 80, 83, 89, 92, 97, 99

9.3, 9.4
Section 9.5  

Nov. 13

9.5: 123, 126, 127

Chapter 9 Review: 13, 15, 16

9.5

Sections 4.1 & 4.2

Chapter 4 Notes

Review Problems for Test 3

With changes and Answers

Flow Chart for z or t

Nov. 15

4.1: 3, 5, 7, 13, 15

4.2: 51, 53, 57

 4.1, 4.2

Section 11.1

Chapter 11 Notes

 

Nov. 20

11.1: 11, 13, 18, 23

11.1
Section 11.2  

 Nov. 22

 Thanksgiving - No Class      

 Nov. 27

11.2: 50, 55, 59

11.2
 Review for Test 3  

 Nov. 29

Test 3 - Bring your HOMEWORK to turn in!    Test 3  

 Dec. 4

   Review for Final Bonus HW: p. 31: 3,5; p. 86: 11, 15, 16a, 18 (Construct Histogram with 5 classes instead of dotplot); p. 149: 9, 18, 19, 21ab; p. 260: 13, 21, 27; p. 301: 16, 18, 23; & p. 330: 13, 14.

 Dec. 12

10:30-12:30

Final Exam - Bring your HOMEWORK to turn in for Bonus Credit of 10 pts.   Final Exam TR class which meets at 12:45

The Academic Support Center will offer the following review sessions for Math 1530 in Marks 110:

Dec. 6 , 12:30 - 2:30

Dec. 7, 8-10; 10:30-12:30; 1:30-3:30

Dec. 10, 8-10; 10:30-12:30, 1:30-3:30