MATH 107 Finite Mathematics - Summer 2008
Instructor: Dr. Ewa Kubicka
Office: NS 219 Phone: 852-6021
e-mail: ewa@louisville.edu
Office Hours: TWR 1:35 to 2:30;
Lecture Time: MTWRF 2:40 PM to 4:10 PM Place: NS LL30
This course satisfies the quantitative reasoning general education requirement
Prerequisites: Math 102 or two years of high school algebra Remember, prerequisite means that you have this material at your fingertips, there will be no review of it. If you did not receive a grade of B or higher in these courses, you probably need to review that material BEFORE this class.
Text: Finite Mathematics, by Barnett & Ziegler, 11-th edn., 2002 Prentice Hall
Material: This is a first course in finite mathematics, taken mainly by students majoring in business, but also by students wishing to fulfill the quantitative reasoning (math) general education requirement. The material consists of: Systems of linear equations, Gauss-Jordan elimination, matrix operations (addition, multiplication, inverses, matrix equations), linear inequalities, set operations (union, intersection, complement), finite probability (conditional probability, Bayes rule), Markov chains (regular chains, absorbing states); basically Chapters 4,part of 5, Chapter 7, Chapter 8 and possibly some of chapter 11 in the current text.
Extra Resourses: With the book comes a CD with extra problems & tests for practice. The same material is available online. You need to use Internet Explorer. You also neet the course ID: kubicka40628.
Lecture Notes:
Emphasis: You will learn how to perform mathematical operations on matrices, how to deal with linear equations and inequalities, as well as the basics of probability. Much of the course will be devoted to solving "Word Problems", that is given an applied, "real world" problem, you will learn how to formulate a mathematical model, then use the techniques mentioned above to obtain a numerical result and finally you will learn how to interpret this result in the context of the original problem. You are allowed to use a calculator on all quizzes and exams (but even correct answers without explanations will receive no credit.
Student Responsibilities:
1. Read the book before class
2. Write down questions
3. Attend ALL lectures AND recitations
4. Be on time
5. Stay for entire class
6. Check with other students if you had to miss a class
7. Do all the assigned homework
8. Read, prepare, solve problems for about 6 to 9 hours every week
9. If you have special needs (disability, participation in athletic activity, etc.) let us know immediately, to make arrangements.
Grading: Grades for this course will be based upon total points earned from two tests: midterm and the cumulative final exam (consisting of two parts) and four quizzes.
Quizzes (4 X 25) 100
Midtern Exam 150
Final Exam 150
Out of 400 points , 390 is required for A+, 360 is required for A, 350 is required for A-, 340 is required for B+, 320 is required for B, 310 is required for B-, 300 is required for C+, 280 is required for C, 270 is required for C-, 260 is required for D+, 240 is required for D, and 230 is required for D-.
You must show all your work to get full credit on a test . Little partial credit will be awarded for an unjustified, correct numerical answer.
Approximate Schedule.
This is based on the textbook: Finite Mathematics 11 -th. Barnett, Ziegler, Byleen
Date |
Section |
Suggested problems: odd in given range |
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6/3 (T) |
4.1 |
3,7,11,15,17-29,43, 51-57 |
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6/4 (W) |
4.2 |
7-19,33-55 |
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6/5 (R) |
4.3 |
9,11,19,25-49, 63-69 |
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6/6 (F) |
4.4, Q1 |
1-17,23-43, 51, 61 |
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6/9 (M) |
4.5 |
9-17, 23, 35, 39-43, 57, 59, 65, 67 |
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6/10 (T) |
4.6 |
3, 5-21, 23-29 |
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6/11 (W) |
4.7 |
1-5, 13, 17,19,23-31 |
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6/12 (R) |
5.1, 5.2, Q2 |
1-17,25, 29, 33, 37, 39-43 ||1-7,13-25, 39, 41 |
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6/13 (F) |
5.3 |
5,9-23,29-41 |
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6/16 (M) |
Review |
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6/17 (T) |
Midterm TEST |
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6/18 (W) |
7.2; 7.3 |
3-57, 87-93 || 5-9,13-31,35-41, 49-59 |
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6/19 (R) |
7.4 Last day to withdraw |
3-41, 51-55, 61-69 |
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6/20 (F) |
8.1, Q3 |
3-31, 37-59, 77-81, 91, 95 |
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6/23 (M) |
8.2 |
1-5, 11-15, 19-33, 41-49, 53-59, 71,75, 77, 81 |
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6/24 (T) |
8.3 |
1-23, 29-39, 59, 61 |
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6/25 (W) |
8.4 |
1-31, 35-45, 49-53 |
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6/26 (R) |
8.5 |
1-11, 15-23, 27-31, 35-41 |
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6/27 (F) |
9.1, Q4 |
1,9,13,29-36, 43, 45, 57, 61 |
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6/30 (M) |
9.2 |
7-21,29,39,43 |
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7/1 (T) |
9.3 |
5-17, 23, 25-31, 35-39 |
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7/2 (W) |
Review |
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7/3 (R) |
FINAL EXAM (comprehensive) |
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Changes: Any changes to this syllabus will be announced in class.