Math - 109 Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning

 Homework

Textbook: Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach 4e by Bennett and Briggs

Due Friday, Dec 12  at the beginning of class

Turn in:  Label your homework as Homework 19  and follow the  guidelines  for the homework.
                   1. Homework assigned by Tori on Polling: Conduct a survey on a question of your choice with a sample size of at least 10 people. 
                      Report your survey results by percentages and by a graph. Make sure to include the margin of error for a 95% confidence interval.
                      Include your question and responses in your homework.
                   2. Homework assigned by Conor on Fractals:  Draw a fractal (first read the section 10C) in the book about fractals.
                   3. Homework assigned by Bob on Traveling Salesman Problem:  Section 13B #31 in the textbook
                   4. Homework assigned by Rashan on Network Analysis:  Section 13A #1-10 in the textbook
                   5. Homework assigned by Katie on Scheduling problems:  Section 13C #31 in the textbook
                   6. Homework assigned by Duquan on Math and Sports:  Section 7A #1-10 in the textbook

Due Friday, Dec 5  at the beginning of class

Turn in:  Label your homework as Homework 18  and follow the  guidelines  for the homework.
                         1. Homework assigned by Maggie on Perspective and Symmetry: Draw a picture using perspective
                         2. Section 10A # 57,65,70,72,73,74            

Due Friday, Nov 21  at the beginning of class

Reading:  Section 10A in the textbook
No homework to be turned in. Start studying for the exam and bring your questions to class on Friday.

Reading Due Mon.  Section 6D in the textbook

Due Wednesday, Nov 19  at the beginning of class
 Read section 6C before you start the homework.
 Turn in:  Label your homework as Homework 17  and follow the  guidelines  for the homework.
                         1. Section 6C #30,32,45,48
                         2. Section 6C #7 (explain) ,38

Reading Due Wed.  Section 6B in the textbook

Due Friday, Nov 14  at the beginning of class (more will be added on Wednesday)

  Turn in:  Label your homework as Homework 16  and follow the  guidelines  for the homework.
                         1. Section 6A # 24,40,50 
                         2. Section 6B # 26,30,35

Due Friday, Nov 7  at the beginning of class

  Practice:       1. Section 5C #26,40,43,54,50
                        2.  Section 5E #28,29,30,35,36

  Turn in:  Label your homework as Homework 15  and follow the  guidelines  for the homework.
                         1. Section 5C # 43,50 
                         2. Section 5E # 29,35
                         3. Homework by Janice: Write a sonett in Iambic pentameter with some kind of rhyme scheme. 
                         4. If you haven't done yet, homework assigned by David:  Section 11C Quiz 1-10

Exam3 is on Monday. Start studying for the exam and bring your questions to class on Friday.

Due Wednesday, Nov 5  at the beginning of class

  Reading :  Sections 5A, 5D ( There will be a quiz on this section)

   Practice:       1. Section 4E #33,35,37,41,53
                         2. Section 11C#
                         3. Section 5A #11,12,13,14,15,19,23,25,27, 33, 35,37,47,47,49

  Turn in:  Label your homework as Homework 14  and follow the  guidelines  for the homework.
                         1. Section 4E #35,38,54
                         2. Section 11C #
                         3. Section 5A #16,17, 21,36,38, 48
                     

Due Friday, Oct 31  at the beginning of class

    Reading :  Sections 12A and 12B (we did not cover this section in detail, it is your homework to read it through and do the homework on it)

   Practice:      1. Section 12A # Quick Quiz 1-10, 35,37,38,39,46,47,49
                        2. Section 12B # Quick Quiz 1-10, 11,

   Turn in:  Label your homework as Homework 13  and follow the  guidelines  for the homework.
                        1. Section 12A # 36,40,42, 52 or 53
                        2. Section 12B # 12,32,45 (you need to read about approval voting in section 12B for this problem)
 

For your homework due next week start working on problems 35,38,54 in section 4E.  

Due Wednesday, Oct 29  at the beginning of class

    Reading :  Section 4C pages 246-252 (up to Total and Annual Return)
                      Section 4D pages 269-278 (up to Mortgages)
                      In both sections you can skip the derivations of the formulas but be sure to go over the examples and understand them clearly.

   Practice:      1. Section 4C # 49,51,53,55,58
                        2. Section 4D # 23,31,37,39,40,

   Turn in:  Label your homework as Homework 12  and follow the  guidelines  for the homework.
                        1. Section 4C # 50,52,54,57
                        2. Section 4D # 24,34,36,38

Due Monday, Oct 13  at the beginning of class

Exam covers all the material we have covered since the beginning of the semester but the majority of the questions will be on the part we covered after exam 2, that is chapters 3 and 4, and section 11A. (about 70%). Below I listed practice problems for those sections. This DOES NOT mean that you will have  exact same problems in the exam but if you can do these problems you should be able to do the exam problems. Start working on these problems and bring the ones you have difficulty with to class on Monday. Again, chapters 1 and 2 ARE INCLUDED in the exam. So go over your notes, homework, and exams to study for those sections.

Practice for the Exam: (only for the material after exam 2 - but chapters 1 and 2 are included in the exam too!)

Section 11A # 6,7,17,18,22,23,27

Section 4B # 1-10, 17,21,43,45,51,55,57,61,63,67,69,73,77,79,85,87

Section 4A #1-10, 37,43,51,55

Section 3E # 1-10, 11,17,21,27,28,31

Section 3D #1-10,11, 23, 29,33,44,45

Section 3B #1-10,21,23,45,49,51,57,61,71,77

Section 3A #1-10, 12,14,23,53,61,65,67,75,79,87,91,93,97,99,113

Due Friday, Oct 10  at the beginning of class

    Reading :  Read sections 4C,4D    

    Turn in:  Label your homework as Homework 11  and follow the  guidelines  for the homework.

                        1. Section 3E # 22,30,33,35,41

                        2. Section 4B # 20,48,54,62,68

Due Wednesday, Oct 8  at the beginning of class

    Reading :  Read sections 3E, 4B    

    Turn in:  Label your homework as Homework 10  and follow the  guidelines  for the homework. Read section 4A before you do the homework

                    1.  Section 3B # 42, 46, 68

                    2. Section 3D # 34, 40,46,41,59

Work on the following problems for Friday homework

               Section 3E # 22, 30, 33,35,41

Due Monday, Oct 6  at the beginning of class

    Reading :  Read sections 3C, 3D

    Turn in:  Label your homework as Homework 9  and follow the  guidelines  for the homework. Read section 4A before you do the homework

                  Teresa's assignment:  Section 4A #19,22,35,40,42

Reading due Monday Sep. 29 : Section 3B

Due Wednesday, Oct 1  at the beginning of class

    Practice:  Section 3A #23,61,65,67,85,89,91,97,99-104

    Turn in:  Label your homework as Homework 8  and follow the  guidelines  for the homework. Read section 3A before you do the homework.

                    1.  Section 3A # 22,86,90,92 ,96

Due Friday, Sep 26  at the beginning of class

    Reading:  Read section 3A

    Practice:  Section 3A Quick Quiz 1-10; 12,13,17,19,22,27-42, 57,59,61, 73,75,91

    Turn in:  Label your homework as Homework 7  and follow the  guideline  for the homework.

                     Section 3A # 14, 21,62,74,76,78                   

Due Wednesday, Sep 24 at the beginning of class (more added)

    Reading: Section 2C (Reading is part of the assignment and you will be quizzed on this.), Section 3A

    Practice: Section 2B# 1-6, 18-28, 48-52,69,70,83,75,79,99

    Turn in: Section 2B #  19,23, 50,52,56,64,68,70, 84,  76 ,80,94, 102

   Follow the rules for homework on the syllabus. Label your homework as Homework 6.

Due Friday, Sep 19 at the beginning of class (more added)

    Reading: Section 2B

    Practice:  Section 2A # 19,23,24,25,27,33, 39,43,47,53,71,75,78,80,81,83,87,93

    Turn in:  Label your homework as Homework 5.          

             1. Section  2A # 20,22,24,31,36,48, 55,76,81,86,94

Reading due Wed. Sep 17: Sections 1E and 2A

Reading due Fri. Sep 12: Sections 1E

Due Friday, Sep 12 at the beginning of class (A few more added )

Turn in: Follow the rules for homework on the syllabus. Label your homework as Homework 4.

             1. Section  1C # 48-52, 58,61, 64,67,70, 71, 78, 88,92

             2. Section 1D # 35,36,40,42,44,46,49,50,51

Reading due Wed. Sep 10: Sections 1C, 1D

Due Monday, Sep 8 at the beginning of class

    Practice: Section 1B Quick Quiz(#1-10), 11-14, 16, all odd numbered problems from 17-92 (the answers are available at the end of the book so you can check your answer for odd-numbered problems)

    Turn in: Follow the rules for homework on the syllabus. Label your homework as Homework 3.
                  1. Write out the complete  truth table for  "p and (q or r)"  -the table we started in class for searching for earthquakes in California or in China.
                  2. Section  1.B #20 , 22, 28, 35,36,50,52, 68, 84,85, 91, 100

Due Friday, Sep 5 at the beginning of class

    Practice: Section 1A problems 21-24, 31-35.  You don't need to turn these in but you should do them before you do your homework.

    Turn in: Section 1A problems 25-30, 36-42, 51. Follow the rules for homework on the syllabus. Label your homework as Homework 2.

Due Wednesday, Sep 3 at the beginning of class

1. Look at the topics that are written in boldface in the schedule for class (there is a link on the website to the schedule) and decide on 3 that attracts you the most.

2. Read the Prologue Chapter in the textbook.

3. Turn in  problems  5, 7, and 3 or 4 on page 12. Follow the rules for homework on the syllabus. Label your homework as Homework 1.

4. Read section 1A in the textbook.