BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Of the City University of New York


DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE



SYLLABUS: MTH21 – SURVEY OF MATHEMATICS 1 [3 credits, meets 3 hours per week]


PREREQUISITE: MTH04 or equivalent; corequisite ENG02 and/or RDL02, if required


TEXT: “Mathematical Palette” by R. Stanzkow and R. Bradshaw, third edition, Brooks/Cole publishing, 2004



Numbers – Old and New (2 weeks) Suggested homework


1.1 Ancient Systems of Numeration Page 14, problems 11, 13, 17, 19, 32 (a), (b)

Egyptian and Roman systems. Other

systems optional.

1.2 Hindu – Arabic System and Fractions Page 21, problems 1, 2, 3, 7-17 (odd), 21, 23

1.3 Numeration Systems with Other Bases Page 28, problems 1, 2, 4, 5, 7-17 (odd), 19, 21, 23, 33, 34, 35

Sets and Counting (2 weeks)


3.1 Sets: Finite and Infinite Pages 119-121, problems 1-10 (all), 11, 25,

27

3.4 Introduction to Counting Pages 143-145, problems 9-21 (odd), 25, 29,

31, 33, 43, 45

Probability (3 weeks)


4.1 Intuitive Concepts of Probability Pages 160-161, problems 1-6 (all) 13, 15,

17, 19

4.2 Calculating Probabilities Pages 169-171, problems 5, 7, 11, 15, 17,

23, 25

4.3 Probability and Odds Page 175, problems 1, 2, 7-15 (odd)

4.6 Expected Value Pages 200-201, problems 1-4 (all), 9, 11, 13


Modeling with Algebra (4 weeks)


6.1 Linear Models Pages 290-293, problems 1-5 (all), 13, 15,

23, 25, 33

6.2 Quadratic Models Pages 301-303, problems 1-4(all), 5-15(odd)

10.6 Linear Programming Pages 580-584, problems 1-5 (all), 7-19

(odd), 25, 27, 29

Finance Matters (3 weeks)


9.1 Percents Pages 489-491, problems 1-5 (all), 11-23

(odd), 27, 29

9.2 Simple Interest Pages 495-496, problems 7, 13, 19, 21, 23,

25, 29

9.3 Compound Interest Pages 503-504, problems 9, 11, 15-27 (odd),

29, 31

9.4 Annuities Pages 508-509, problems 1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 17,

19, 21, 25

C. O’S. / Fall 2004