BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Of the City University of New York


DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE



SYLLABUS: MTH12 – INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL THOUGHT

[3 CREDITS, 3 HOURS]


PREREQUISITE: MTH03 or equivalent; corequisite ENG02 and/or RDL02, if required


TEXT: “Fundamentals of Mathematics” by William M. Setek Jr, and M. A. Gallo, 11th edition, Pearson, 2009


SETS

2.1, 2.2 Introduction, Notation and Description p. 77, 1 – 12

2.3 Subsets p. 82, 1 – 11

2.4 Set Operations p. 87, 1 – 8

2.5 Pictures of Sets (Venn Diagrams) p. 97, 1 – 7, 12

2.6 An Application of Sets and Venn Diagrams p. 101, 1 – 19 odd


LOGIC

3.1, 3.2 Introduction, Statements and Symbols p. 126, 1 – 9 odd

3.4 Truth Tables p. 143, 1 – 17

3.5 Conditional and Biconditional p. 155, 1 – 29 odd

3.6 De Morgan’s Law and Equivalent Statements p. 160, 1 – 21 odd

3.7 The Conditional p. 191, 1 – 26

3.10 Valid Arguments and Venn Diagrams

PROBABILITY

4.1, 4.2 Introduction, Definition of Probability p. 215, 1 - 7

4.3 Sample Spaces p. 224, 1 – 7

4.4 Tree Diagrams p. 227, 1 – 5

4.7 Counting, Ordered Arrangements, and Permutations p. 258, 1 – 11, 15 – 19

4.8 Combinations p. 265, 1 – 13

4.9 More Probability p. 269, 1 – 13 odd


STATISTICS


5.1, 5.2 Introduction, Measures of Central Tendency p. 287, 1 – 19 odd

5.3 Measures of Dispersion p. 297, 1 – 13 odd

5.6 The Normal Curve p. 327, 1 – 13 odd


CONSUMER MATHEMATICS


12.4 Markups and Markdowns p. 727, 1 – 13 odd

12.5 Simple Interest p. 732, 1 – 19 odd

12.6 Compound Interest p. 738, 1 – 29 odd

12.8 Life Insurance p. 739, 1 – 13 odd

12.9 Installment Buying p. 756, 1 – 15 odd

12.10 Mortgages p. 761, 1 – 19 odd

RK, AW/2009