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MTH 21, A Mathematical World
Fall 2023, Section D01 - 28936
Instructor:
Cormac
O'Sullivan
We meet in CP 305 on Mon, Wed, 10:00 – 11:15.
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Class Information
and the
syllabus
Review sheets and more
Math Tutoring Lab - very helpful for any math questions.
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MTH 21 Class Calendar
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| Date | Day | Sections covered | Homework | |
| 1 | Aug 28 | Mon | Introduction, 2.1 Sets and set operations | |
| 2 | Aug 30 | Wed | 2.1 Sets and set operations, continued | |
| Sept 4 | Mon | No class | ||
| 3 | Sept 6 | Wed | 2.2 Applications of Venn diagrams | HW #1 |
| 4 | Sept 11 | Mon | 2.3 Introduction to Combinatorics | |
| 5 | Sept 13 | Wed | 2.4 Permutations and Combinations | HW #2 |
| 6 | Sept 18 | Mon | 2.5 Infinite sets | |
| 7 | Sept 20 | Wed | 4.1 Population, Sample and Data, Review for quiz | HW #3 |
| Sept 25 | Mon | No class | ||
| 8 | Sept 27 | Wed | QUIZ 1, then 4.2 Measures of Central Tendency, Percentiles | HW #4 |
| 9 | Oct 2 | Mon | 7.4 Prime numbers and perfect numbers | |
| 10 | Oct 4 | Wed | 7.5 Fibonacci numbers and the Golden Ratio | HW #5 |
| Oct 9 | Mon | No class | ||
| 11 | Oct 10 | Tue | (Monday classes) 3.1 History of probability, Review | |
| 12 | Oct 11 | Wed | QUIZ 2, then 3.2 Basic terms of probability | HW #6 |
| 13 | Oct 16 | Mon | Review for midterm | |
| 14 | Oct 18 | Wed | Midterm exam | |
| 15 | Oct 23 | Mon | 3.3 Basic rules of probability | |
| 16 | Oct 25 | Wed | 3.3 Basic rules of probability | HW #7 |
| 17 | Oct 30 | Mon | 3.4 Combinatorics and probability, Review | |
| 18 | Nov 1 | Wed | QUIZ 3, then 3.4 Combinatorics and probability | HW #8 |
| 19 | Nov 6 | Mon | 5.1 Simple interest | |
| 20 | Nov 8 | Wed |
5.2 Compound interest |
HW #9 |
| 21 | Nov 13 | Mon | 5.3 Annuities | |
| 22 | Nov 15 | Wed | 5.4 Amortized Loans | HW #10 |
| 23 | Nov 20 | Mon | 8.1 Perimeter and Area | HW #11 |
| Nov 22 | Wed | No class | ||
| 24 | Nov 27 | Mon | 8.9 Fractal Geometry, Review | |
| 25 | Nov 29 | Wed | QUIZ 4, then 12.0 Review of linear inequalities | HW #12 |
| 26 | Dec 4 | Mon | 12.1 The geometry of linear programming | |
| 27 | Dec 6 | Wed | 12.1 The geometry of linear programming | |
| 28 | Dec 11 | Mon |
Review for the final Review sheet |
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| Take a moment to fill out the Student Evaluation of Instruction survey for this course and your other courses | ||||
| Dec 20 | Wed | Final Exam from 10:00 - 11:50 | ||