Math 365 Homepage and Assignments - Fall 2009


Instructor: Constanze Liaw
Lecture: MWF 3:00-3:50 pm
Classroom: BLOC 113
Textbook (required): Billstein, Libeskind, Lott, `A problem solving approach to mathematics for elementary school teachers', 10th edition, ISBN: 0-321-65589-3

Please read thoroughly through the first day handout (click here) so you understand the policies of this course well.
Tenative syllabus (click here)
The webpages of Marcia Drost and Dr. Sherry Scarborough are great resources for this course. They contain notes, special topics as well as `week in review' on streaming video, past exams, etc.

Grade:
15% 1st midterm exam (Friday, September 25th, in class)
15% 2nd midterm exam (Friday, October 23rd, in class)
15% 3rd midterm exam (Friday, November 20th, in class)
10% graded homework (problems and due dates online)
15% quizzes (announced and/or unannounced, in class)
30% final exam (Tuesday, December 15th, 10:30 am -- 12:30 pm, location TBA)
The determination of the final letter grade will be at least as generous as the standard scale. For more info please refer to the first day handout.

Lecture Material

Logic in class on 9/9 (2100KB)
Set Theory i class on 9/18 (104KB)
Operations of Whole Numbers in class on 9/21 (117KB)
Solutions of Exam 1 (one of the student's exams!!! Note that #9 is not correct. We will talk about this in class on Wednesday.)
Variables and Equations (in class 10/7)
Functions and Relations (in class 10/9 and 10/12)
Addition and Subtraction (Section 5-1)
Multiplication and Division (Section 5-2) Make sure you understand the pattern model to explain why (-2)x(-3)=6, like we did in class.
Divisibility Properties and Tests
Note: We will not meet for class on Wednesday 11/25.
Solutions of Exam 2
Ethiopian Multiplication (external link: youtube)
Decimals and Reals (7-3 and 7-4)

Suggested homework

Section Suggested homework
1.1A # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17
1.1B # 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18
1.2A # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5a, 5b, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
1.2B # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 15, 20, 21
1.3A # 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
1.3B # 1, 4, 7, 15, 17, 19
2.1A # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 23, 25
2.1B # 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22
2.2A # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16
2.2B # 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15
2.3A # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
2.3B # 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 17, 21, 23
3.1A # 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 16, 17, 18
3.1B # 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16
3.2A # 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21
3.2B # 8, 11, 12, 19
3.3A # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29
3.3B # 2, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 27
3.4A # 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24
3.4B # 2, 3, 6, 9, 13
3.5A # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18
3.5B # 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12
4.1A # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10
4.1B # 2, 3, 6, 7, 9
4.2A # 1-10
4.2B # 1, 4, 5, 10, 11
4.3A # 1, 2, 3, 4, 6a, 7, 11, 12, 15, 18, 19, 21, 22
4.3B # 2, 3, 4, 5c, 11, 18, 20, 24, 25, 27, 28
5.1A # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 17, 19, 21
5.1B # 4, 6, 7, 18, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 29
5.2A # 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24b, 25
5.2B # 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 28, 31
5.3A # 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16
5.3B # 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14
5.4A # 1-7, 9, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20
5.4B # 1-5, 15, 16, 18
5.5A # 1-4, 7-11, 17, 18
5.5B # 1-4, 8, 9
6.1A # 3, 9, 10, 18
6.1B # 2, 3, 4, 6, 8-12, 19a, 21, 26, 27
6.2A # 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
6.2B # 1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 22
6.3A # 1-23 (don't compute all of them, just make sure you COULD do all of them), 25, 26, 28
6.3B # 9, 10, 15, 20, 21, 26, 30
7.1A # 1-6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 19, 20
7.1B # 10, 13, 16, 17, 18
7.2A # 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
7.2B # 17, 25, 27
7.3A # 1-4, 6, 8, 10-16, 20
7.3B # 3, 5, 9, 19
7.4A # 1-25
7.4B # 4, 5, 7, 10
8.1A # 1-10
8.1B # 14-18
8.2A # 1-12
8.2B # 20-22

Graded Homework

Hwk # Due Date Problems
1 9/11 page 21: # 13; page 41: # 11, 12, 16; page 54 (Mathematical connections 1-3 at the bottom of the page): # 2, 4
2 9/18 Page 76: #2 (at the bottom); Page 92: # 4, 6; Page 105: # 1, 4
3 9/25 Pages 125, 126: # 4, 7, 19, 20, Pages 140, 141: # 8, 13, 14
4 10/2 Page 158: # 15, 16, 18, Page 159: # 1, 4, 5, Page 175: # 20abef, 21, 2, 4, Page 176: # 14, 15
5 10/9 Page 175: # 20abef, Page 176: #14, Page 185: # 8, 11, 12 Page 186: #16, 18, 4, Page 187: # 1, 9
Please make sure you show all your work for full credit, even for the ones where it asks you to do something mentally you will need to explain what you are doing. Note that the first two probelms are repeated from last week's assignment. They will be graded this week.
6 10/16 Page 203: #1d, 4b
Page 204: #10ab
Page 218: #1, 2e, 8, 10
Page 236: #12, 13b
Page 241: #24
-- 10/23 No homework (exam 2)
7 10/30 Page 265: # 17, 19, 26
Page 281: # 21acegh, 30
Page 296: # 5, 6, 9
Page 311: # 2abce, 3b, 4, 6, 8, 13
Page 312: (assessment 5-4A) # 17d, 18, 19b
Page 312: (assessment 5-4B) # 13, 14
8 11/6 Page 325: # 1bc, 2ac, 4d, 5a, 8, 10, 12, 15 (Two positive integers are 'relatively prime' GCD equals 1, see page 317.), 21b
9 11/13 6.2A: # 1, 7, 12, 16, 20
6.2B: # 3, 12, 22
Ethiopian Multiplication for extra credit.
10 11/20 6-3A: # 5b, 10b, 15, 16, 20, 22c
7-1A: # 2c, 3c, 5b, 6fi, 11b
11 11/29 7-2A: # 4, 5, 15b, 16ab, 18, 19
7-3A: # 1ah, 2c, 8, 20
And extra credit (on extra sheet): Numbers 5, 10, 13 of exam 3. Please do the extra credit by yourself without the help of others.