• Information about the Test 1 re-do is posted below.

Syllabus

Course Objectives

Course Handouts

• Error Analysis  (Distributed in class but may be downloaded from here)
• Notes on the mean and median

Tests

• Test 1 Review Sheet
• Test 1 Re-do information -- Due Wednesday, March 12.

Projects

• Project 1 -- Due February 11
• Project 2 -- Due March 3

Homework Assignments

• Some Additional Homework Policy
• For Monday,  January 28, do Assignments 1, 2, 3, and 4 on Homework Sheet 1.  Here is a file with the answers to Assignment 1, Answers to Assignment 1.
• For Wednesday, January 30: 
  Read Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5.  Sections 4.2, 4.3, and 4.5 should be primarily review.
  Do Assignments 5, 6, 7, and 8 on Homework Sheet 2.
• For Monday, February 4:
  Do Assignment 9 on Homework Sheet 2.
  Read pages 1-7 in the Error Analysis handout distributed in class.  If you did not get a copy, you may download a copy using the following link:  Error Analysis.
  Work on Assignment 10 on Homework Sheet 3.  However, since we have not yet finished our discussion of significant digits, the turn-in problem in that assignment will not be due until Wednesday, February 6.
  The first project was assigned and will be due on February 11.
• For Wednesday, February 6:
  Read the Error Analysis handout through page 10 (to "Operations with approximate numbers").
  Do Assignment 10 on Homework Sheet 3.
• For Monday, February 11:
  Read the remainder of the Error Analysis handout.
  Do Assignment 11 on Homework Sheet 3.
  Work on Part A of Assignment 12 on Homework Sheet 3.  We have not yet finished discussing the concepts of precision and accuracy, but I would like you to try working ahead.  Part B of Assignment 12 will not be due until Wednesday, February 13.
• For Wednesday, February 13:
  Do Assignment 12 on Homework Sheet 3.
  Be sure that you have read the section of the Error Analysis handout on "Operations with Approximate Numbers", pages 10-13.
• For Wednesday, February 20:
  Do Assignment 13 on Homework Sheet 3.
  Read Sections 1.1 and 1.2 in the course text.  Beginning on Wednesday, we will be working out of the course text again, so please bring it with you to each class.
• For Monday, February 25:
  Read Sections 1.1 and 1.2 in the course text.  Also, bring your text to class.
  Do Assignment 14 on Homework Sheet 4.
  Work on Assignment 15 on Homework Sheet 4.  We have not yet discussed that material in class, so if you have problems with the material, just wait for class.
  Project 2 was distributed in class and  is due on Monday, March 3.
• For Wednesday, February 27:
  No new assignment due to Test 1.
• For Monday, March 3:
  Project 2 is due.
  Carefully read Sections 1.1 and 1.2.
  I have posted a note on the mean and the  median; please read it.  Also, print it out and bring it to Monday's class.
  Do both Assignment 16 and Assignment 17 on Homework Sheet 5.
• For Wednesday, March 5:
  Read Section 1.3.
  Do Assignment 18 on Homework Sheet 6.
• For Monday, March 10:
  The information about the re-do of Test 1 is now posted above.
  Carefully read Sections 1.3 and 1.4.
  Work on Assignment 19 on Homework Sheet 6.  The turn-in problems for Assignment 19 will not be due until Wednesday, March 12.

Graphing calculator information

•  An introduction to the graphing calculator
  This is a link to an introduction to the the TI-83 and TI-84 on a site set up by the publishers of the textbook.
• There is an online TI-83 tutorial inside MySCSU.  Go to your main "My Pipeline" page in MySCSU and click on Course Tools.   Then you will see a link to the tutorial in the column of links on the left-hand side of the My Courses page.

Links for the  text:

• Student Companion Site
  This is a link to the publisher's Student Companion Site to our course text.  Among other things it includes a link to Solutions as pdf files; these pdf files have solutions to all of the Algebraic Aerobics, all of the Check Your Understanding exercises, and solutions to the odd-numbered exercises at the end of each chapter.

• Print Free Graph Paper
• The National Curve Bank
  From its mission statement:  "The National Curve Bank is a resource for students of mathematics. We strive to provide features - for example, animation and interaction - that a printed page cannot provide. We also include geometrical, algebraic, and historical aspects of curves, the kinds of attributes that make the mathematics special and enrich classroom learning."
• Cut the Knot: Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles
  An encyclopedic collection of math games, problems, puzzles, and articles. A lot of math information for teachers, students and parents.
• Mathematician of the Day (from the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive)
• MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
  The School of Mathematical and Statistics at the University of St. Andrews has organized this archive of over 1100 biographies, with many links to related biographies and other sites, indexed alphabetically, chronologically and topically.

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Last revised: March 7, 2008