Math 160 SYLLABUS

SPRING SEMESTER, 2008

WEEKS 1-6
 

Date

Section

Assignment

Topic

1/14

Section 5.1

On  MyMathLab

Sets

1/16

Section 5.2

On  MyMathLab

Introduction to Counting

1/18

Section 5.3

On  MyMathLab

Venn Diagrams

1/21

 

       Holiday

 

1/23

Section 5.4

On  MyMathLab

The Multiplication Principle

1/23-1/25

 

 QUIZ #1 (Sections 5.1-5.3)

To be taken on MyMathLab

 

1/25 & 1/28

Section 5.5

On  MyMathLab

Combinations; Permutations

1/30

Section 5.6

On  MyMathLab

More on Counting

2/1

Section 5.7

On  MyMathLab

The Binomial Theorem

2/1-2/4

 

 QUIZ #2 (Sections 5.4, 5.5)

To be taken on MyMathLab

 

2/4

Section 5.8 
Section 6.1

On  MyMathLab
READ

Partitions 
Introduction to Probability

2/5-2/7

 

 QUIZ #3 (Sections 5.6, 5.7)

To be taken on MyMathLab

 

2/6

Section 6.2 
Section 6.3

On  MyMathLab
On  MyMathLab

Outcomes; Events 
Assignment of Probabilities

2/8

Section 6.4

On  MyMathLab

Probabilities of Events

2/11

Section 6.5

On  MyMathLab

Conditional Probability; 
Independence

2/12-2/14

 

QUIZ #4 (Sections 6.2-6.4)

To be taken on MyMathLab

 

2/13 & 2/15

Section 6.6

On  MyMathLab

Tree Diagrams

2/18

Section 6.7

On  MyMathLab

Bayes Theorem

2/19-2/21

 

QUIZ #5 (Sections 6.5, 6.6)

To be taken on MyMathLab

 

2/20

 

Review for Exam #1

Review Problems posted on my webpage

2/22

 

EXAM #1

Covers Chapters 5 & 6

 


WEEKS 6-11
 

Date

Section

Assignment

Topic

2/25

Section 2.1

On  MyMathLab

Solving Systems of Linear Equations using Matrices I

2/27

Section 2.2

On  MyMathLab

Solving Systems of Linear Equations using Matrices II

2/29

Section 2.3

On  MyMathLab

Matrix Operations

3/3

Section 2.4

On  MyMathLab

The Inverse of a Matrix; Solving a System by Matrix Inversion

3/4-3/6

 

QUIZ #6 (Sections 2.1-2.3)

To be taken on MyMathLab

 

3/5

Section 2.5

On  MyMathLab

Gauss-Jordan Method 

3/7

Section 2.6

On  MyMathLab

Leontieff Input-Output Analysis

3/10

Section 3.1

On  MyMathLab

Linear Programming I

3/11-3/13

 

QUIZ #7 (Sections 2.4-2.6)

To be taken on MyMathLab

 

3/12

Section 3.2

On  MyMathLab

Linear Programming II

3/14

Section 7.1

 

Section 7.2

View Video Clip; On  MyMathLab

On  MyMathLab

Representations of Data

 

Probability Distributions

3/17 & 3/19

Section 7.3

On  MyMathLab

Binomial Distributions

3/18-3/20

 

QUIZ #8 (Sections 3.1, 3.2, 7.1, 7.2)

To be taken on MyMathLab

 

3/21

Section 7.4

On  MyMathLab

The Mean

 

 

SPRING BREAK

 

3/31

Section 7.5

On  MyMathLab

Variance

4/1-4/3

 

QUIZ #9 (Sections 7.3, 7.4)

To be taken on MyMathLab

 

4/2

 

Review for Exam #2

Review Problems posted on my webpage

4/4

 

EXAM #2

Covers 2.1-2.6; 3.1, 3.2, 7.1-7.5

 

WEEKS 12-15
 

Date

Section

Assignment

Topic

4/7, 4/9, & 4/11

Section 7.6

On  MyMathLab

The Normal Distribution

4/14 & 4/16

Section 7.7

On  MyMathLab

Normal Approximation to a Binomial Distribution

4/15-4/17

 

QUIZ #10 (Sections 7.5, 7.6)

To be taken on MyMathLab

 

4/18 & 4/21

Section 8.1

On  MyMathLab

Markov Chains I

4/22-4/24

 

QUIZ #11 (Sections 7.7, 8.1)

To be taken on MyMathLab

 

4/23 & 4/25

Section 8.2

On  MyMathLab

Markov Chains II

4/29-5/1

 

QUIZ #12 (Section  8.2)

To be taken on MyMathLab

 

4/28, 4/30, & 5/2

 

Review for Final Exam

Review Problems posted on my webpage


FINAL EXAM: Thursday; May 8, 2008     6-8 PM

                         Location to be announced.