Math 1530 Schedule

Mathematics Courses

Fall 2007

Math 1530 - Tentative Course Schedule

Date
Assignment Due
Reading
In Class
Notices

Aug. 27

Syllabus

Chapter 1 (#8,12,38)

Aug. 29

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

Section 1.2: 27, 31, 32, 37

1.1, 1.2

Section 2.1 (#6)
Section 2.2
Migraine Example
Section 2.3
Dot Plot Example

Aug. 31

Section 2.1: 1, 5, 7

Section 2.2: 19, 25 30

Section 2.3: 53, 59, 69, 71

2.1, 2.2, 2.3

Section 2.4
Distribution Shapes
Dice Examples
Section 2.5
Misleading Graphs
Analyzing Car graph
Casino Data

Sept. 3

Labor Day - No Class

Sept. 5

Section 2.4: 91, 95, 99

Section 2.5: 117, 121

2.4, 2.5
Section 3.1 - Measures of Center Dot Plot Example

Section 3.2 - Measures of Variation

Calculating St. Deviation

Sept. 7

Chapter 2 Review: 13, 14, 17, 21

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

3.1
Normal Distribution

Standard Deviation Question

Sept. 10
Section 3.2: 47, 49a, 51a,b
3.2
Boxplots - Longest Rivers

Excell File (Rivers)

Ex 3.102, page 133

Sept. 12
Section 3.3: 85, 87, 93, 95, 103
3.3, 3.4
Outliers & Modified Boxplots

Standardized Scores

Sept. 14

Section 3.4: 118, 121, 123, 131, 139

Chapter 3 Review: 5, 6, 7, 11, 15, 16, 17.
Review for Test 1

Sept. 17
Test 1 You can bring your book to use the formula card. I will porvide copies of the the first page.

Sept. 19
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Introduction to Probability (mms website -click on milk chocolate)

Assigning Probability

Online Spinner

Sept. 21
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5.1 & 5.2 Click on the link for Rock, Paper, Scissors. Find a partner to play with and record the results of playing 21 times on Part 1. We will do Parts 2 & 3 in class on Monday.

Sept. 24

Rock, Paper, Scissors (all but parts 2 and 3)

5.1: 7, 13, 19, 20
5.2: 31, 33, 37, 45, 47

Exam Data

Rock, Paper, Scissors

More Probability

Sept. 26

5.3: 55, 61, 65, 69

5.3 & 5.4
Discrete Random Variable

Mean of Discrete RV

Expected Value

Sept. 28

5.4: 79, 81

5.5: 99a, 101

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

5.5
Normal Distribution

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

Oct. 1

6.1: 1, 11, 13, 15

6.2: 29, 31, 37, 39, 41, 45, 48

6.1 & 6.2 Normally Distributed Variables

Oct. 3

6.2: 51, 55, 59

6.3: 67, 69, 71

6.3
Normal Probability Plots

Sampling Distributions

Oct. 5

6.4: 93, 95

Chapter 6 Review: 7, 17, 19, 21

7.1: 1, 3, 6

6.4. 7.1 Central Limit Theorem

Oct. 8

7.2: 21, 23, 25, 31

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

7.2 & 7.3 Random Rectangles

Oct. 10
Chapter 7 Review: 5, 7, 15
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. 12
No Class - I will be out of town for a conference. Review on your own.

Oct. 15-16

Fall Break - No Class

Oct. 17
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 first table. Bring your HOMEWORK to turn in!

Oct. 19
Go over Exam 2 Chapter 8 Notes

Oct. 22
Section 8.1, 8.2 "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. 24
No Class - Jaime Escalante Talk Jaime Escalante will speak at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 24 in the Concert Hall of the Music/Mass Communication building.

Oct. 26

8.1: 3, 5, 7

8.2: 13, 25, 32, 42

8.1, 8.2 Section 8.3 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. 26.

Oct. 29
8.3: 52, 59, 63, 65
8.3 Section 8.4

Oct. 31

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

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

8.4
Section 9.1

Chapter 9 Notes

Nov. 2
9.1: 5, 7
9.1 Section 9.2 & 9.3

Nov. 5

9.2: 21, 23, 24, 31, 33

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

9.2 & 9.3 Section 9.4

Nov. 7
9.4: 80, 83, 89, 92, 97, 99
9.4 Section 9.5 Last Day for a "W" with instructor approval is Nov. 8, 2007.

Nov. 9
No Class - I will be out of town for a conference.

Nov. 12
Veteran's Day - No Class

Nov. 14

9.5: 123, 126, 127

Chapter 9 Review: 13, 15, 16

9.5 Section 4.1

Nov. 16
4.1: 3, 5, 7, 13, 15
4.1
Section 4.2

Chapter 4 Notes

Nov. 19
4.2: 51, 53, 57
Section 11.1

Chapter 11 Notes

Nov. 21
11.1: 11, 13, 18, 23 Review Tests 1 & 2

Nov. 22-23
Thanksgiving Break- No Class

Nov. 26
Section 11.2

Nov. 28
11.2: 50, 55, 59 Review for Test 3
Review Problems for Test 3

With changes and Answers

Flow Chart for z or t

Nov. 30
Test 3 - Bring your HOMEWORK to turn in!

Dec. 3
Review Tests 1 & 2 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. 5
Go over Test 3 & Review for Final

Dec. 10

10:30-12:30
Final Exam - Bring your HOMEWORK to turn in for Bonus Credit of 10 pts. Final Exam MWF class which meets at 2:30
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

Date	Assignment Due	Reading	In Class	Notices
Aug. 27			Syllabus Chapter 1 (#8,12,38)
Aug. 29	Section 1.1: 1, 2, 7, 9, 15 Section 1.2: 27, 31, 32, 37	1.1, 1.2	Section 2.1 (#6) Section 2.2 Migraine Example Section 2.3 Dot Plot Example
Aug. 31	Section 2.1: 1, 5, 7 Section 2.2: 19, 25 30 Section 2.3: 53, 59, 69, 71	2.1, 2.2, 2.3	Section 2.4 Distribution Shapes Dice Examples Section 2.5 Misleading Graphs Analyzing Car graph Casino Data
Sept. 3	Labor Day - No Class
Sept. 5	Section 2.4: 91, 95, 99 Section 2.5: 117, 121	2.4, 2.5	Section 3.1 - Measures of Center Dot Plot Example Section 3.2 - Measures of Variation Calculating St. Deviation
Sept. 7	Chapter 2 Review: 13, 14, 17, 21 Section 3.1: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 24, 31	3.1	Normal Distribution Standard Deviation Question
Sept. 10	Section 3.2: 47, 49a, 51a,b	3.2	Boxplots - Longest Rivers Excell File (Rivers) Ex 3.102, page 133
Sept. 12	Section 3.3: 85, 87, 93, 95, 103	3.3, 3.4	Outliers & Modified Boxplots Standardized Scores
Sept. 14	Section 3.4: 118, 121, 123, 131, 139 Chapter 3 Review: 5, 6, 7, 11, 15, 16, 17.		Review for Test 1
Sept. 17	Test 1			You can bring your book to use the formula card. I will porvide copies of the the first page.
Sept. 19	.		Introduction to Probability (mms website -click on milk chocolate) Assigning Probability Online Spinner
Sept. 21	.	5.1 & 5.2	Click on the link for Rock, Paper, Scissors. Find a partner to play with and record the results of playing 21 times on Part 1. We will do Parts 2 & 3 in class on Monday.
Sept. 24	Rock, Paper, Scissors (all but parts 2 and 3) 5.1: 7, 13, 19, 20 5.2: 31, 33, 37, 45, 47		Exam Data Rock, Paper, Scissors More Probability
Sept. 26	5.3: 55, 61, 65, 69	5.3 & 5.4	Discrete Random Variable Mean of Discrete RV Expected Value
Sept. 28	5.4: 79, 81 5.5: 99a, 101 Chapter 5 Review: 10, 11, 12, 28, 29ab	5.5	Normal Distribution Standard Normal Curve	Free tutoring is available for Math 1530 - Morgan Univ. Center, Room 114
Oct. 1	6.1: 1, 11, 13, 15 6.2: 29, 31, 37, 39, 41, 45, 48	6.1 & 6.2	Normally Distributed Variables
Oct. 3	6.2: 51, 55, 59 6.3: 67, 69, 71	6.3	Normal Probability Plots Sampling Distributions
Oct. 5	6.4: 93, 95 Chapter 6 Review: 7, 17, 19, 21 7.1: 1, 3, 6	6.4. 7.1	Central Limit Theorem
Oct. 8	7.2: 21, 23, 25, 31 7.3: 47, 49, 51, 53ab, 55ab	7.2 & 7.3	Random Rectangles
Oct. 10	Chapter 7 Review: 5, 7, 15		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. 12	No Class - I will be out of town for a conference.		Review on your own.
Oct. 15-16	Fall Break - No Class
Oct. 17	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 first table.	Bring your HOMEWORK to turn in!
Oct. 19			Go over Exam 2	Chapter 8 Notes
Oct. 22			Section 8.1, 8.2	"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. 24	No Class - Jaime Escalante Talk			Jaime Escalante will speak at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 24 in the Concert Hall of the Music/Mass Communication building.
Oct. 26	8.1: 3, 5, 7 8.2: 13, 25, 32, 42	8.1, 8.2	Section 8.3	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. 26.
Oct. 29	8.3: 52, 59, 63, 65	8.3	Section 8.4
Oct. 31	8.4: 73, 74, 79, 85, 93, 94 Chapter 8 Review: 7, 9, 13, 17, 18	8.4	Section 9.1 Chapter 9 Notes
Nov. 2	9.1: 5, 7	9.1	Section 9.2 & 9.3
Nov. 5	9.2: 21, 23, 24, 31, 33 9.3: 47, 49, 53, 57, 61, 63	9.2 & 9.3	Section 9.4
Nov. 7	9.4: 80, 83, 89, 92, 97, 99	9.4	Section 9.5	Last Day for a "W" with instructor approval is Nov. 8, 2007.
Nov. 9	No Class - I will be out of town for a conference.
Nov. 12	Veteran's Day - No Class
Nov. 14	9.5: 123, 126, 127 Chapter 9 Review: 13, 15, 16	9.5	Section 4.1
Nov. 16	4.1: 3, 5, 7, 13, 15	4.1	Section 4.2 Chapter 4 Notes
Nov. 19	4.2: 51, 53, 57		Section 11.1 Chapter 11 Notes
Nov. 21	11.1: 11, 13, 18, 23		Review Tests 1 & 2
Nov. 22-23	Thanksgiving Break- No Class
Nov. 26			Section 11.2
Nov. 28	11.2: 50, 55, 59		Review for Test 3	Review Problems for Test 3 With changes and Answers Flow Chart for z or t
Nov. 30	Test 3 - Bring your HOMEWORK to turn in!
Dec. 3			Review Tests 1 & 2	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. 5			Go over Test 3 & Review for Final
Dec. 10 10:30-12:30	Final Exam - Bring your HOMEWORK to turn in for Bonus Credit of 10 pts.		Final Exam MWF class which meets at 2:30	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