Math 109 Journal
| Mon Sep 1 | Introduction to the course, Fallacies |
| Wed Sep 3 | Logic, argument, premise, conclusion, proposition, conjunction, disjunction, conditional proposition, logical reasoning |
| Fri Sep 5 | Double negation, how to use "and" and "or" in a search, conditional propositions and converse, inverse, contrapositive |
| Mon Sep 8 | Sets- Showing the relations given in a proposition in a Venn Diagram |
| Wed Sep 10 | Analyzing arguments, inductive arguments, deductive arguments, validity, soundness, using Venn diagrams to prove or disprove validity. |
| Fri Sep 12 | Disney's "Donald in Mathmagic Land", solutions to some homework problems |
| Mon Sep 15 | Exam 1, Problem solving: Power of units, review of basic arithmetic |
| Wed Sep 17 | Conversion factor, converting units, exercises from section 2A (problems printed on sheet) |
| Fri Sep 19 | Currency exchange, International system of units (SI), US Customary System of units (USCS), conversions between them, Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) |
| Mon Sep 22 | Units of energy and power, problems with energy and power, population density, and BAC |
| Wed Sep 24 | A quiz on 2C, Percentages -absolute change, relative change, the distinction of "of" and "more" or "less" than. |
| Fri Sep 26 | Went over homework 6 which is on section 2B, scientific notation and approximations |
| Mon Sep 29 | Presentation by Teresa:
Taking control of your finances Distinction of "of" and "more than" and "less than" and calculations with them, Scientific notation, Approximations using scientific notation |
| Wed Oct 1 | Exam II (first half), Putting numbers in perspective through estimation, comparison, and scaling |
| Fri Oct 3 | Index numbers: CPI and other index numbers, rate of inflation |
| Mon Oct 6 | How numbers deceive: Simpson's paradox, A polygraph test and percentage of falsely accused people, Political math: Same numbers different interpretations about tax cuts. |
| Wed Oct 8 | Simple vs compound interest, multiple compounding in a year, APY (annual percentage yield) |
| Fri Oct 10 | Presentation by Yifei:
Math and Music, more on APY, Finding the principal when APR, time, and the desired accumulated amount are given. |
| Mon Oct 13 | Review for midterm exam |
| Wed Oct 15 | Midterm Exam |
| Fri Oct 17 | Savings -regular payments, how much to invest regularly for a set goal. |
| Mon Oct 20 | HAPPY FALL BREAK! |
| Wed Oct 22 | Savings and loans |
| Fri Oct 24 | Loans: Choosing a payment option, Savings: A comfortable retirement, Voting (because speaker of the day did not attend class.) |
| Mon Oct 27 | More on voting (sections 12A ,B ) |
| Wed Oct 29 | Tax calculations |
| Fri Oct 31 | Presentation by David:
Golden ratio Statistics: Definitions of population, sample, population parameter, sample statistics |
| Mon Nov 3 | Statistical tables and graphs, frequency, relative frequency, cumulative frequency, pie chart, bar graph, histogram, line charts, time series |
| Wed Nov 5 | Presentation by Janice:
Math in Poetry Examples of Statistics from real life; Bureau of Labor Statistics - American
Time Use Survey Correlation graphs Correlation does not equal Causation! |
| Fri Nov 7 | Some review for the exam on Monday, Characteristics of data: mean, median, mode, outlier, shape of a graph |
| Mon Nov10 | Exam 3, Characteristics of a graph: Unimodal, bimodal, uniform: Symmetric, left-skewed, right-skewed |
| Wed Nov 12 | Variation, five-number summary, box-plot, standard deviation, range rule of thumb |
| Fri Nov 14 | Normal distribution (6C) |
| Mon Nov 17 | Statistical inference (6D) |
| Wed Nov 19 | A homework question, basics of geometry, Flatland : The Movie |
| Fri Nov 21 | Presentation by Maggy:
Math and Art Review for the exam (also went over homework 16) |
| Mon Nov 24 | Exam 4, Perimeter, Area, Volume - how they change. |
| Mon Dec 1 | More on Fundamentals of Geometry -examples about perimeter, area, volume |
| Wed Dec 3 | Review for the final - solved examples from earlier sections |
| Fri Dec 5 | Presentation by Tori:
Polling Presentation by Conor: Fractals Continue to review for the final |
| Mon Dec 8 | Presentation by Bob:
Traveling Salesman Problem Continue to review for the final |
| Wed Dec 10 | Presentation by Rashan:
Network Analysis Presentation by Kathy: Scheduling Problems Presentation by Duquan: Math and Sports Evaluations |
| Fri Dec 12 |
Presentation by Jimmy:
Apportionment Continue to review for the final |
| Mon Dec 15- Sat Dec 20 | FINAL EXAMS - GOOD LUCK and HAVE A HAPPY BREAK! |
