Math 1025, Fall '11 (114)

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Week 1

Wednesday, Aug 24 — First day of class
§1.1, No. S1 → S9; 1, 3, 6, 9, 16, 17; 19, 23, 27, 34; LA 29. (LA = "look at")
Friday, Aug 26
§1.2, No. S1 → S10; 2, 5, 9; 11, 15, 17, 22, 25
§1.3, No. S1 → S10

Week 2

Monday, Aug 29
§1.4, No. S1 → S10; 1, 5, 11 → 13, 27, 29; 32, 35, 41, 49.
§1.5, No. S1 → S8; 1, 2, 7, 11; 15, 20, 25.
Wednesday, Aug 31
§1.6, No. 1 → 5, 8, 11.
Thursday, Sept 1
◊ Thursday Recitations: Quiz today.
☞ The Chapter Review Exercises, pg 50, are quite useful for studying for quizzes & tests.
Friday, Sept 2
§2.1, No. S1 → S10; 1, 3, 7, 8, 12; 13, 16aef, 21, 23, 25, 35.
§2.2, No. S1 → S10; 3, 4, 7, 8, 17; 21, 27, 31, 33.

Week 3

Monday, Sept 5
☀ No classes — Labor Day
Tuesday, Sept 6
◊ Tuesday Recitations: Quiz today.
Wednesday, Sept 7
§2.3, No. S1 → S10; 1 → 9(odd); 11, 13, 15, 21.
◊ Homework 1 is due Fri, 9/9/11, in lecture. See AsULearn.
Friday, Sept 9
§2.4, No. S1 → S10; 1, 5 → 9, 13, 17, 19, 21; 25, 27, 34, 39, 49.

Week 4

Monday, Sept 12
§2.5, No. 1 → 11; 13, 15, 23.
☞ Again, the Chapter Review Exercises, pg 97, are very useful for studying for quizzes & tests.
Wednesday, Sept 14
§3.1, No. S1 → S10; 1, 2, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17; 19 → 25, 37.
Thursday, Sept 15
◊ No morning classes — Convocation
Friday, Sept 9
§3.2, No. S1 → S10; 1, 2, 5, 9, 11, 13, 19; 21, 25, 30.
◊ Prepare your one-sheet page of notes for the test.

Week 5

Monday, Sept 19 — Arrr...
◊ Test this week in recitation.
¤ Estimate the population of the US for the next 5 years using the CIA's data.
§4.1, No. S1 → S4; 1 → 9 (odd), 15, 17; 18, 21, 25, 31, 39, 47, 53, 56, 57.
Wednesday, Sept 21
§4.2, No. S1 → S10; 1, 5, 7, 11, 13, 21 → 25 (odd); 31, 33, 41.
§4.3, No. 1 → 13 (odd); 23, 25, 35, 37, 45.
Friday, Sept 23
◊ Group project: Arctic Sea Ice Extent — Project reports must be uploaded to AsULearn by Sep 30, 5:00 pm.
§4.4, No. 1 → 13 (odd); 17, 21.
¤ Financial Math Homework Exercises:
1. What are the monthly payments on a 6 year loan of $24,050 for a 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid with a downpayment of $2,450?
2. If a person pays an extra $50 per month with their monthly payments on a 10 year loan of $200,000 at 5.25%, how many months early will they pay off the loan?
3. Assuming a 10% downpayment, what is the total amount a person can pay for a house if their maximum monthly payment is $1,500?
4. If the monthly payments are $214.58 on a $20,000 loan over 10 years, what is the annual interest rate?
5. If monthly payments of $176.37 are made on a 5 year loan at 2.25% APR, what was the amount borrowed?

Week 6

Monday, Sept 26 — Kennedy-Nixon debate: the first televised presidential debate was on Sept 26, 1960.
§5.1, No. S1 → S10; 1, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17; 19, 23, 31, 35 → 43 (odd), 51, 55.
¤ Challenge Problem.
1. Put the following four Class 4 numbers in order
\[ A = 2^{2^{2^{82}}}, \quad B = 2^{2^{2^{83}}}, \qquad C = 3^{3^{3^{51}}}, \quad D = 3^{3^{3^{52}}} \]
Wednesday, Sept 28
§5.2, No S1 → S10; 1, 3, 7, 11, 13; 23, 31, 35, 37, 41, 51, 56.
§5.3, No S1 → S10; 3, 4, 7, 10, 15; 20, 23,35, 37, 39.
¤ Richter (1958) measured the "Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake" as 8.3. The Aug 23, 2011, Virginia earthquake measured 5.8 on the Richter scale. How much more powerful was the Great San Francisco earthquake:
1. than the Virginia earthquake?
2. than the Loma Prieta/San Francisco earthquake (1989) measured at 6.9?
Friday, Sept 30
◊ Arctic Sea Ice Extent group project reports are due today.
§5.4, No S1 → S10; 3, 5; 9, 12, 13, 14, 17, 23.

Week 7

Monday, Oct 3
§6.1, No S1 → S10; 1, 2, 3, 5, 11, 19, 21; 27, 28, 33, 40, 51.
Wednesday, Oct 5
§6.2, No S1 → S10; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 17, 21, 25; 27, 28, 31.
§6.3, No S1 → S4; 1, 3, 9, 13, 15, 19, 20; 24, 29, 37.
Friday, Oct 7
§6.4, No S1 → S8; 1, 3, 7; 13, 19, 21, 23, 24, 27.

Week 8

Monday, Oct 10 ☴ ☵ Columbus Day
§6.5, No S1 → S10; 1, 4, 7, 11, 13; 17, 20, 25, 37.
Wednesday, Oct 12
☞ The Chapter Summaries & Review Exercises are very useful for studying for quizzes & tests.
- Chapter 4: pg 167
- Chapter 5: pg 215
- Chapter 6: pg 265
Friday, Oct 14
◊ No classes — Fall break
◊ A good time to prepare your one-sheet page of notes for the test next week.
¤ “Hey! Let's be careful out there!” — Sgt Esterhaus

Week 9

Monday, Oct 17
§7.1, No 1, 6 → 9; 11, 15, 24, 27, 28.
§7.2, No 1, 7, 9; 12, 19, 23, 24.

Wednesday, Oct 19
§7.3, No 1, 5; 23, 25, 27, 28, 31, 32, 34, 38.

¤ Find a function that models the motion of a chair on a double ferris wheel.

Week 10

Monday, Oct 24
§7.5, No 1 → 9, 15, 19, 23; 25, 29, 33, 38, 39, 44.
§7.6, No 1 → 7 odd, 11, 15, 17, 29; 33, 36, 39, 43, 45.
Wednesday, Oct 26
§8.1, No 1 → 13 odd, 25; 31, 33, 37, 41, 45, 47.
§8.2, No 1 → 15 odd; 17, 21, 23, 29, 31, 43.
Friday, Oct 28
¤ Work day — no formal class
1. Write your report for the Double Ferris Wheel project (See AsULearn).

Week 11

Monday, Oct 31
§8.3, No 1 → 15 odd; 19, 21, 25, 35.
Wednesday, Nov 2
§8.4, No 1 → 9 odd; 11, 17, 20, 24, 29, 33, 42, 44, 46, 49, 53, 54.
Friday, Nov 4
§8.4, No 47, 50, 51, 52 (graph both), 55.

Week 12 ∇ Daylight Saving Time ends.

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Week 14

Week 15

Monday, Nov 28
§11.2, No 1 → 9; 11, 13, 17, 22, 28, 33.
§11.3, No 1 → 11; 13, 15, 17 → 19.
Wednesday, Nov 30
§11.3, No 23, 25, 29, 41, 45.
Friday, Dec 2
§11.4, No S1 → S9; 1 → 13 oddl 16, 21, 25, 29.

Week 16

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