Math 141 Suggested Homework List
Spring 2012

(From the 10th Edition of Tan's Finite Mathematics)

** Note: T denotes the Using Technology section (the purple-edged pages)**

  • 1.1 - As many as you need up through 20

  • 1.2 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 43, 51, 54, 55, 57, 59, 61, 65, 71, 82, 85

  • 1.2T - 7, 9

  • 1.3 - 11, 12, 13, 15, 20, 21, 23, 29, 31, 35, 37, 39, 40, 43, 45, 46, 47

  • 1.3T - 1, 3

  • 1.4 - 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12a, 14, 15, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28, 31

  • 1.4T - 1, 4, 6, 8a, 11

  • 1.5 - 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 15, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31

  • 1.5T - 1, 3, 5

  • 2.1 - 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29

  • 2.2 - 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 39, 43, 51, 53, 55, 57, 61, 63, 65, 67, 75, 76

  • 2.2T - 1, 3

  • 2.3 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 23, 27, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 45, 46

  • 2.4 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 32, 33, 37, 39a, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48

  • 2.4T - 1, 5, 8

  • 2.5 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 13, 17, 19, 21, 23, 29, 31, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 46, 49, 51, 53, 55, 56, 59, 61, 62

  • 2.5T - 1, 5, 11

  • 2.6 - 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 19, 21, 27, 37, 41, 51

  • 2.6T - 1, 7





  • 3.1 - 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 11 & 15 & 17 (*Remember that the book is shading the TRUE region*), 19, 25, 27, 28, 31, 33

  • 3.2 - 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 15, 17, 21, 26

  • 3.3 - 3&6 (find both max and min values), 7, 13, 19, 20, 21, 29, 31, 32, 33, 36, 39, 43, 45, 49, 52

  • 6.1 - 1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 59, 61, 63, 64, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76

  • 6.2 - 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 21, 25, 27, 29, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43

  • 6.3 - 1, 3 ,4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 29

  • 6.4 - 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 43, 45, 47, 49, 50, 53, 54, 57, 60, 63, 64, 67, 83, 84

  • 7.1 - 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 48, 49





  • 7.2 - 1, 3, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 46, 47, 48, 49

  • 7.3 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 21, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 34, 43, 47, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54

  • 7.4 - 1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 28

  • 7.5 - 1, 3, 4 (Use a Venn diagram and the formula - not the hint), 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 24, 25, 28, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 44, 45, 46, 48, 57, 59

  • 7.6 - 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47

  • 8.1 - 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 27, 29, 30

  • 8.2 - 1, 3, 5, 8, 13, 16, 19, 22, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 40, 41a, 45, 46, 47

  • 8.3 - 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 19, 21, 23, 31, 45

  • 8.4 - 1, 2, 3, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, 35, 39, 45, 47, 49





  • 8.5 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19

  • 8.6 - 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11

  • 5.1 - 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 21, 23, 30, 31, 33, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 51, 52, 59, 61

  • 5.2 - 1, 3, 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 21, 24, 26, 27, 31, 33

  • 5.3 - 1, 5, 7, 9, 15, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 35, 39, 41, 45, 49