Math 170, Spring 2008

Assignments, Tests and Quizzes

E-mail Paul Howard

• May 5, Section 1.1, problems 1.1 through 1.20 the odd numbered problems These are not hand-in problems.
• May 6 None of these are hand-in problems.
  • Section 1.2, page 17, problems 1.27, 1.29, 1.37, 1.39 and 1.43
  • Section 2.1, page 42, problems 2.1, 2.7, 2.9 and 2.11
• Note: The hours for the Math Tutoring Center (Room 220 Pray-Harrold) 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 2.2, page 52, problems 2.24, 2.25, 2.27, 2.29 and 2.31 Use Excel or another spread sheet program to do problems 2.25, 2.27 and 2.29 and hand in (problems 2.25, 2.27 and 2.29) on Monday (5/12). You may email your solutions to me or hand in printed output.
• The countif function in Excel can be used to create a frequence table from data. It's use is demonstrated in the file Frequency Distribution Demo.
• May 12, Section 2.3, page 66, problems 2.43, 2.55, 2.57, 2.59, 2.64, 2.70 and 2.71. Hand in 2.55 on Thursday. Use Excel and hand in on Thursday.
• May 13
  • Section 2.4, page 77, problems 2.87, 2.89, 2.91 and 2.95
  • Section 3.1, page 102, problems 3.2, 3.3, 3.5, 3.9, 3.11 and 3.25
• Quiz 1 is Thursday (5/15). It covers sections 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3.
• May 19
  • Section 3.2, page 116, problems 3.47, 3.51, 3.53, 3.55 and 3.63
  • Section 3.3, page 132, problems 3.93, 3.95, 3.97 and 3.103
  Hand in problems 3.93 and 3.95 from section 3.3. Due Thursday (5/22).
• May 20, Section 3.4, page 144, problems 3.120, 3.121, 3.127, 3.131 and 3.137
• Quiz 2 is Thursday (5/22). It covers sections 2.4, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3.
• May 22, Section 14.2, page 713, problems 14.43, 14.45, 14.51 and 14.53 Hand in 14.51 and 14.53 on Thursday (5/29). Problems 14.51 and 14.53 will be hard without Excel or a hand held calculator. We discussed in class how this might be done using Excel and a demonstation file is available here Linear Regression Demo
• May 27, Section 4.1. page 163, problems 4.7 and 4.11 through 4.14 These are not to hand in.
• There is a test on Thursday (5/29). It covers Secions 1.1, 1.2, 2.1 through 2.4, 3.1 through 3.4 and 14.2. You may use one 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of notes on the test.
• June 2, Section 4.3, page 180, problems 4.55 through 4.60
• June 3
  • Section 5.1, page 240, problems 5.7, 5.8 and 5.9 Hand in 5.8 on Monday (6/9).
  • Section 5.2, page 246, problems 5.21, 5.22 and 5.23 None of these are to hand in.
• June 5
  • Section 6.1, page 287, problems 6.3, 6.5, 6.9, 6.11 and 6.19
  • Section 6.2, page 296, problems 6.31, 6.37, 6.39, 6.41, 6.43, 6.47, 6.49, 6.50, 6.53 and 6.55 Hand in 6.50 on Tuesday (6/10).
• June 9, Section 6.3, problems 6.67, 6.69, 6.70, 6.73 and 6.84 Hand in 6.70 and 6.84 on Thursday (6/12).
• June 10
  • Section 7.1, page 334, problems 7.3 and 7.5
  • Section 7.2, page 340, problems 7.31 through 7.34
• Quiz 3 is Thursday (6/12). It covers sections 4.1, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1 and 6.2. You may use one 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of notes on the quiz.
• June 12, Section 7.3, page 349, problems 7.55, 7.57 and 7.58
• June 17
  • Section 8.2, page 372, the odd numbered problems from 8.25 to 8.33
  • Section 8.3, page 379, problems 8.53, 8.55, 8.61 and 8.65
• Quiz 4 is Thursday (6/19). It covers sections 6.3 and 7.1 through 7.3.
• June 19, Section 8.4, page 389, problems 8.73, 8.76, 8.79, 8.85, 8.91 and 8.92
• The Final Exam is Tuesday, June 24. There will be two parts to the final
  • The cumulative part covering up through the material covered on the midterm exam. Questions on this part will be similar to questions on Quiz 1, Quiz 2 or the midterm exam. This part will be about 40% of the final exam.
  • The part covering the material since the midterm exam (Sections 4.1, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.2, 8.3 and 8.4). This will be about 60% of the final exam.
  • You may bring one sheet of notes to use during the exam. In addition you may use tables II and IV in the book.