Dr. Sarah's Math 1010 Web Page - Fall 2002

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    		     WORK DUE at the beginning of class or lab unless otherwise noted! For homework, prepare to turn in work that meets the criterion in Presenting Homework and Writing Assignments
    Dec 14 - Sat
    • Final exam will occur from 9-11:30am in 210 for 11am class.
      Calculator mandatory and one 8.5 by 11 sheet with writing on both sides allowed.
      Details will be given in class Mon the 9th and Tues the 10th.
      Take-home portion
    Dec 13 - Fri
    • Final exam will occur from 9-11:30am in 210 for 9:30am class.
      Calculator mandatory and one 8.5 by 11 sheet with writing on both sides allowed.
      Details will be given in class Mon the 9th and Tues the 10th.
      Take-home portion

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    Dec 11 - Wed
    1. Final Drafts of the following writing assignments DUE at 5pm:
      a) Ben Franklin as a printed report. Ben Franklin's Will - Web Readings   Ben Franklin's Will - Part 2 - Major Writing Assignment   Image of Excel chart     Word Document containing only the Excel chart
      b) Mathematician worksheet as an attachment onto WebCT (.doc or if not a Word document than .rtf (rich text format). What is a Mathematician segment, web references and the worksheet checklist.
      c) You must turn in your original drafts and graded checklists.
      d) The paper reference handout for your mathematician must also be turned in.      .
    2. Extra Credit Opportunities due at 5pm
    3. WebCT quizzes 6-9 due at 11:55pm

    December 9 - Mon
    1. Bring your stock market packet, Ben Franklin draft, mathematician worksheet draft, and all notes from the mathematician segment and the geometry segment to lab.

    December 6 - Fri
    1. Worksheet from Monday's lab due by 5pm

    December 5 - Thur
    1. Review Shape of the Universe readings.

    December 2 - Mon
    1. Read Heart of Math p. 288-319
    2. Bring your stock packet to lab.
    3. WebCT quiz 8 on persective drawing, Homer 3D, Heart of Math reading, geometry of the earth questions 1-7, 2D universes lab and class activities from before Thanksgiving will be available.

    November 26 - Tues
    November 25 - Mon
    1. Geometry of the Earth and Universe Report due at the beginning of lab. No lates allowed.
    2. Bring 1 ball per group (that you won't mind drawing on) to lab - the ball and should be between 6 inches and a foot in diameter, and it should be round, smooth and the type of ball that has already been completely inflated in the store (so that it does not have a lot of give).
    3. If you have masking tape, bring that too. If you have a marker, bring that too.

    November 22 - Fri
    • 2D Universes Lab Due by 5pm (will count as a numerical lab grade)

    November 21 - Thur
    • 11/19 Worksheets and suggestions for improvement due

    November 19 - Tues
    1. Readings and 11/14 Worksheets and suggestions for improvement due
    2. Presentations and Worksheets on Mary Ellen Rudin, Frank Morgan, and Ingrid Daubechies

    November 14 - Thur
    1. Readings and 11/12 Worksheets and suggestions for improvement due
    2. Presentations and Worksheets on Paul Erdos and David Blackwell

    November 12 - Tues
    1. Readings and 11/7 Worksheets and suggestions for improvement due
    2. Presentations and Worksheets on Georg Cantor and Srinivasa Ramanujan

    November 11 - Mon
    1. Test 2 revisions and grades assignment (see papers attached to your test) for an extra +5/100 DUE at 6pm

    November 7 - Thur
    1. Readings and 11/5 Worksheets and suggestions for improvement due
    2. Presentations and Worksheets on Sophie Germain and Carl Friedrich Gauss

    November 5 - Tues
    1. Readings
    2. Presentations and Worksheets on Thomas Fuller and Maria Agnesi

    Nov 4 - Mon
    1. Skim Fifty-Five Culteral Reasons Why Too Few Women Win at Mathematics by Patricia C. Kenschaft from Winning Women into Mathematics, 1990, p. 11-15.
    2. This reading, stats on women and minorities in mathematics (from class), and Andrew Wiles and Carolyn Gordon and their mathematics will be on WebCT quiz 6.
    3. Bring your stock packet to lab.

    Oct 31 - Thur
    1. Re-read the What is a Mathematician segment and paper reference handouts, the web references for your mathematician, and the worksheet and presentation checklists and PowerPoint guidelines and bring the paper handouts to class.
    2. If you have a pair of scissors and/or a drum, then bring them to class.

    Oct 29 - Tues
    • If you have a pair of scissors, then bring them to class on Tuesday and Thursday

    Oct 28 - Mon
    1. Read through the What is a Mathematician segment and paper reference handouts, the web references for your mathematician, and the worksheet and presentation checklists and PowerPoint guidelines.

    Oct 24 - Thur
    1. WebCT quizzes 4 and 5 retakes due before class.
    2. Test 2 on Stats   Study Guide   Test 1 Instructions

    Oct 21 - Mon
    1. Read Heart of Math p. 601-610
    2. How Do You Know p. 209 #12
    3. Bring your calendar to lab, especially if you must miss any class in the next month and think about who you might want to work with on the next major project (groups of 2).
    4. Statistics Detective Lab (which we'll do in lab) will be due at the end of lab.

    Oct 16 - Wed
    Oct 14 - Mon
    1. How Do You Know p. 186 # 14
    2. Skim How Do You Know p. 190-201 (You will need to understand the ideas before lab.)
    3. Take 1st try of quiz 5
    4. Finish Regression Worksheet from Thursday's class
    5. Quiz 3 retakes DUE at 11:55pm

    Oct 11 - Fri
    1. Test 1 revisions and grades assignment DUE at 5pm for an extra +4.6/100 = +3/65.
    2. Mean Median and Mode Lab from Monday DUE at 5pm

    Oct 10 - Thur
    1. Read Heart of Math p. 593-595
    2. How do you know p. 185 #6 (try numerous examples of small data sets of 3 or 4 points to try and see which measure of center would be best in each case and why the others fail to be good measures of center)
    3. Do 2 histograms (1 for each gender) for the timed MRT class data each having 3 classes of width 1 each [ 0 less than or equal to score < 1, 1 less than or equal to score < 2, and 2 less than or equal to score < 3]
    4. Take try 1 of WebCT quiz 4

    Oct 7 - Mon
    Oct 4 - Fri
    Oct 3 - Thur
    • Read Heart of Math p. 583-589, and 47-50.

    Oct 1 - Tues
    • Real life rates - Either go to a bank, begin collecting information that you receive in the mail, or search on the web to find real interest rates on...
              savings,                                                 checking & money market accounts,
              cds (certificate of deposit),                     credit card rates,
              student loan rates,                                   house loan rates
              and car loan rates.
      Write up or print out your findings.

    Sep 30 - Mon
    1. Math 1010 Data Collection Sheet. Fill in the ** questions for homework (Gender .. Major) - we will do the rest in lab.
    2. Read the web reading on Quantitative Literacy
    3. Read Heart of Mathematics p. 540-541 (How to Get Rich Quick as a Stock Whiz)
    4. If you have them, bring a stopwatch and/or pinecones to lab.

    Sep 26 - Thur
    1. Quiz 2 retakes DUE at the beginning of class.
    2. Test 1 on Finance. Review Sheet Also review past web reading hws on what mathematics is.     Review Sheet answers.     Test 1 Instructions

    Sep 25 - Wed
    Sep 23 - Mon
    1. hw for lab on the 23rd (stock and Homer's paycheck)
    2. Study for quiz 2. Review all of your class notes and homework. Review simple interest, lump sum, periodic payment and loan payment formulas and philosophy of formulation. Be able to match a problem to the correct formula, and also match a problem to the correct answer using only common sense (units of the answer and comparison with other problems). You may bring a "cheat sheet" with you.
    3. You will need your printing card - bring this to lab.

    Sep 19 - Thur
    Sept 17 - Tues
    1. What would have happened if I had waited until today to buy the condo? Assume that the price of the condo stayed the same (which it wouldn't have!) What is the monthly payment if we use today's mortage rate of approximately 6.125%. How much would I pay in total? How much of that would be interest? (I obtained this rate at Bank of America Page by choosing Conventinal Fixed and looking at the 30 year rate.)
    2. If I can afford to save $100 per month for a $50,000 car, in an account compounding monthly at 8%, then how long will it take for me to save up? Setup the formula for the problem but do not solve. If I told you that the answer was approximately 18.38 years would that make sense? Show work to explain why.
    3. What will my monthly payment be if I take out a car loan at 8% compounded monthly for $50,000 for 18.38 years?
    4. Web based problems need to use Internet Explorer . Be sure to show work for EVERY entry on the same piece of paper as the rest of your homework: Web Problem 1     Web Problem 2 Be sure that you explain how each calculation is completed. Also note that row 0 of the table at the bottom is not supposed to be filled in - fill in rows 1 and 2.

    Sep 16 - Mon
    1. Read What is Math
    2. Finish up through Option 2: Take out a smaller loan part of Dr. Sarah's Condo (just before the lab work with Excel section).
    3. Review lump sum, periodic payment and loan payment formulas, and calculation of interest and total put in.
    4. Quiz 1 Retakes DUE at 11:55pm

    Sep 13 - Fri
    Sept 12 - Thur
    1. Read p. ix - xii in Heart of Mathematics (11 class see WebCT main page after Monday for a link to the readings).
    2. Read Creative Inquiry Lessons for Life
    3. p. 90-91 How Do You Know? 8, 10
    4. Read p. 93-95 in How Do You Know?

    Sep 10 - Tues
    1. Jane and Joan sheet
    2. Put in $37 each month for 2 years, at 12.99% compounded monthly. Compare this with putting in $37 and leaving it there for 2 years, at 12.99% compounded monthly. What is the total amount that you will end up with in each case? How much of that is interest ($) in each case?

    Sep 9 - Mon
    • For the WebCT quiz, make sure that you know how to get into WebCT and study the syllabus, Dr. Sarah's Office Hours link, practice problems from p. 60-71, Wile E. Coyote, the history of interest, AND the following 2 posters: the poster with the orange fruit on it (located outside my door), and the "Mathematics is Power" poster (inside my office). You will need to stop by my office hours to read the posters and introduce yourself.

    Sept 3 - Tues
    1. Read the Writing Assignment Criterion and the Wile E solution which are accessible as links off of the main web page     http://www.mathsci.appstate.edu/~sjg/class/1010
    2. Read p. 77-78 in How Do You Know?
    3. p. 90 1 and 2 How Do You Know? to turn in (see Presenting Homework and Writing Assignments which is located at the end of the syllabus).
    4. Complete Lab 1 by 11pm (This assignment will count as a lab project).

    Aug 29 - Thur
    1. Get a scientific calculator (with y^x, x^y, or ^) and a looseleaf notebook,
    2. Get the How Do You Know? book from the Mat 1010 section of the bookstore.
    3. If you are in the 9:30 class, also obtain the Heart of Math book by showing your syllabus upstairs in the IDS section of the bookstore.
    4. Bring your calculator and the How Do You Know? book to classes and labs until otherwise notified.
    5. Read the syllabus carefully, if you haven't done so already.
    6. p. 69-71 #1, 6, 9, 17, 20, 21 How Do You Know? to turn in (see Presenting Homework and Writing Assignments which is located at the end of the syllabus).