Great Ideas in Math

Syllabus, Fall 2009

graphical schedule below

This is a tentative plan to help you in scheduling your time. Revisions will be discussed and announced in class. Each date refers to the section discussed in class that day, and contains the assignment due the next class period.

Date Section Assignment
F 8/21 1.1 – 1.2 p.13 #1-7
M 8/24 1.3 p.20 #1-10
W 8/26 1.4 p.34 #2,4,6(noncongruent triangles),7,14 (up to 1 page, handwritten, your own words; include source)
F 8/28 1.5 p.42 #1,4,5
M 8/31 1.5 p.42 #2,6,9,10
W 9/2 1.6 p.56 #2,3,4,8,9
F 9/4 1.7 p.64 #1b,c,d,2,4,5b,7a,b
M 9/7 Labor Day
W 9/9 1.8 p.74 #1,4a,b,7,8,9; look over web page review
F 9/11 Review
M 9/14 Test 1 Chapter 1
W 9/16 2.1, 2.2 p.83 #1a,d,e,2
F 9/18 2.3 p.92 #1a,e,2a,d,f,3,5,6e,f,g,7a
M 9/21 2.4 p.101 #1,2,3
W 9/23 2.5 p.106 #1b,d,g,2,3,4b,d,e,h,k,m
F 9/25 2.6 p.114 #1b,d,2a,b,3
M 9/28 2.6, 2.7 p.114 #2c,d,5,6
p.122 #1a,d, 2a,d, 3a,d
W 9/30 2.7 p.122 #1b,c,2b,c,3b,c,4a,b,d
F 10/2 2.8 p.126 #2,3; web page review
M 10/5 Review
W 10/7 Test 2 Chapter 2
F 10/9 Fall Break
M 10/12 3.1, 3.2 p.137 #3,4,7,8,10
W 10/14 3.3 p.146 #1,2,3,4
F 10/16 3.4 p.153 #1,2,3,4
M 10/19 3.5 p.158 #1,3,4,5
W 10/21 3.6 p.165 #2,3 (Use the SUM program as "appropriate technology")
F 10/23 3.7 p.173 #1,3,4,7
M 10/26 3.8, 3.9 p.180 #1b,2a; Read §3.9; web page review
W 10/28 Review
F 10/30 Review
M 11/2 Test 3 Chapter 3
W 11/4 5.1, 5.2 p.280 #1a,c,d,g,2,3a
F 11/6 5.2 p.280 #1b,e,f,h,3b,c,d,e,4,5,6
M 11/9 5.3 p.285 #1,2,4,6,7a,b,d,8,9,10
W 11/11 5.4 p.292 #1,3,6,9,10
F 11/13 5.4-5.5 p.292 #1,3,6,9,10
M 11/16 5.5 p.296 #1,2,4,5,6,7
W 11/18 5.6 p.302 #1,2,3,4,7; web page review
F 11/20 Review
M 11/23 Test 4 Chapter 5
W 11/25 Thanksgiving
F 11/27 Thanksgiving
M 11/30 6.2 p.311 give reasons in proof of Lemma 1;
p.314 review proof, give reasons
W 12/2 6.6 p.324 #1-7; Answer steps 0-4 in proof of MIU Theorem web page review
F 12/4 Review, Eval
M 12/7 2 – 4 pm Final Exam, Chapters 1,2,3,5,6(part)

syllabus fall 2009


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