Math 110E, Spring 2008

Assignments, Tests and Quizzes

E-mail Paul Howard

• May 5, Section 8.1, problems 1, 3, 7, 21, 23 and 24. These are to be handed in on Thursday, May 8.
• Quiz 1 scheduled for Thursday (5/8) will be a take home quiz to be handed out on Thursday and returned on Monday (5/12).
• Note that a paragraph was missing from the handout from Monday labeled "General Information". The paragraph is
  Very important notice: This course is ONLY for students intending to major in Elementary Education or Special Education-Elementary. If you are uncertain whether or not you should be taking this class, talk to your instructor or an advisor in your program.
  The correction has been made in the online version of the handourt.
• May 6, Section 8.2, problems 5, 6 and 7 These are not hand-in problems.
• The hours for the Math Tutoring Center (Room 220 Pray-Harrold) have been set for the Spring semester. They are 9 am to 4 pm, Monday through Thursday.
• Here are links to the three Excel help files.
  • Using formulas in Excel.
  • Bar Graphs in Excel.
  • Financial formulas in Excel.
• May 8
  • Section 8.3, page 468, the odd numbered problems from 1 to 17 and 21 and 23 These are not to hand in.
  • Hand in problem: The Excel file Energy Consumption gives one years energy consumption for a sample of 50 households in the South. Data are in millions of BTUs. Using a spread sheet create a frequency table for the data using groups of width 10, starting with 40-49. Then use the frequency table (and the spread sheet) construct a histogram of the data. Make sure that the histogram is properly labeled.
• May 12, Section 9.1, page 505, problems 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 19, 31 and 35
• May 13, Section 9.2, page 515, the odd numbered problems from 1 through 9 (not to hand in)
• Quiz 2 is Thursday (5/15). It covers sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 and 9.1.
• May 15, Section 9.2, page 515, problems 11, 15, 17 and 23 (not to hand in)
• May 19
  • Section 9.3, page 524, problems 9 and 11 (not to hand in)
  • There is a hand in problem due Thursday, May 22. It is available here Simulation Problem. A copy of the Excel speadsheet used in class to demonstrate a similar problem is available here Simulation Demonstration. Note that in the simulation it is assumed that the coin is fair.
• May 20, Section 9.4, page 530, problems 1, 3, 5, 13, 15, 17, 19, 27, 29, 37 and 47 (These are not to hand in.)
• Test 1 is Thursday (5/22). It covers sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3.
• May 27, no assignment
• May 29, Section 9.5, page 543, problems 3, 7, 9, 13, 15 and 19 Hand in problems 13, 15 and 19 on Tuesday (6/3).
• Quiz 3 is a take home quiz due Monday (6/2). A copy is available here Quiz 3.
• June 2, Section 9.6, page 554, problems 1, 3, 5 and 11
• June 3, Section 9.6, page 554, problems 13, 15, 19, 23, 25 and 31
• June 5, Section 10.1, page 584, problmes 3 through 7, 11, 13 and 15
• Test 2 is Tuesday (6/10). It covers sections 9.4, 9.5, 9.6 and 10.1. Questions will be similar to homework problems that have been assigned.
• June 12
  • Section 10.1, page 584, problems 30, 33 and 41
  • Section 10.3, page 613, problems 1, 3, 5, 7, 13, 14, 17 and 18
• June 17, Section 10.3, page 613, problems 19, 23, 29, 31, 35, 42 and 47
• Quiz 4 is Thursday (6/19). It covers sections 10.1 and 10.3.
• June 19, Section 10.4, problems 1, 3, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 37 and 38
• The Final Exam is Tuesday, June 24. Note:
  • There will be two parts to the final:
    • The cumulative part covering up through the material covered on Test 2 (Sections 8.1 through 8.3 and 9.1 through 9.6). Questions on this part will be similar to questions on Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz 3, Test 1 or Test 2. This part will be about 70% of the final.
    • The part covering the material after Test 2. This will be about 30% of the final.
  • You may bring one 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of notes to use on the final.