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Section 101

Section 102

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Section 101

Section 102

Detailed Course Syllabus and Homework Assignments With Links

					Text Assignment	HW Assignment
Week	Class	Date	Day		Due Before Class	Due Next Class
1	1	1/19	W	Syllabus & Motivation		Write Paragraph: Q1
	2	1/21	F	Mini-lecture: Radical Equations Pre-test		Write Paragraph: Q2
	3	1/24	M	Ch 1: Problem Solving	p. 3--16, 20--31	Choose 3 word problems from Section 1.1 that you didn’t solve in class. Solve the problem by breaking it down into Polya’s 4 steps and include a diagram that could be used to help elementary students get started on the problem.
2	4	1/26	W	Presentation Instructions 2.1/9.1 Classifying Numbers	p. 43--52	2.1A: 1, 2 9.1B: 1, 3 Write down 3 numbers in each of the following categories. Full credit only if you write numbers that aren’t the same numbers used by anyone else in the class! · natural numbers · integers that aren’t natural · rational numbers that aren’t integers · irrational numbers
	5	1/28	F	2.2 Whole Numbers and Numeration 2.1 Activity Quiz Slns	p. 59--67	2.2A: 1, 5, 6 2.2B: 1, 2, 5
	6	1/31	M	2.3 The Hindu-Arabic System 2.3 Activity Quiz Slns	p. 70--78
3	7	2/2	W	2.3 Continued Presentation Example: ‘Oneths ’		2.3A: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 2.3B: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
	8	2/4	F	3.1 Addition and Subtraction 3.1 Activity Quiz	p. 109--118
	9	2/7	M	Ch 3.1 Presentations		3.1A: 7, 13 3.1B: 1,3, 4,11,13,14
4	10	2/9	W	3.2 Multiplication and Division 3.2 Activity Quiz 1 3.2 Activity Quiz 2	p. 123--132	3.2B 1,2,3,6,8
	11	2/11	F	3.2 Division Ch 3.2 Presentations		3.2A: 12, 13 3.2B: 12, 15
	12	2/14	M	4.1 Mental Math and Estimation	p. 157--166	4.1A: 2, 4 4.1B: 2,4,5abc Make up and work your own problems for Example 4.3 abc. (Use the indicated method and write out intermediate ‘mental’ steps.)
5	13	2/16	W	4.1 Range Estimation and Rounding Ch 4.1 Presentations		4.1A: 9i(abc), 10, 12 4.1B: 9ii(abc), 10, 12
	14	2/18	F	4.2 Written Algorithms for Whole-Number Ops Exam 1 Review Exam 1 Review Solutions	p. 171--183	4.2A #1, 12, 20, 33 4.2A #4, 5, 24, 29, 30 Will not be collected.
	15	2/21	M	Ch 4.2 Presentations
6	16	2/23	W	Q&A for Exam 1
	17	2/25	F	Exam 1
	18	2/28	M	5.1 Primes, Composites, Tests for Divisibility	p. 205--213	5.1A: 4, 12, 13, 2 5.1B: 5, 10, 2
7	19	3/2	W	Ch 5.1 Presentations		Write Paragraph: Q3
	20	3/4	F	5.2 Counting Factors, GCF, and LCM 5.2 Activity Example 5.2 Activity	p. 219--227	5.2A: 3, 6ab, 7, 8, 10, 12 For #6 and #8ii, solve using the set intersection method.
	21	3/7	M	Ch 5.2 Presentations
8	22	3/9	W	6.1 The Sets of Fractions 6.1 Activity	p. 239--249
	23	3/11	F	Ch 6.1 Presentations		6.1A (1,2,3,5,6,12,26,27) 6.1B (2,3,5,10,14,27)
		3/14	M	SPRING BREAK
9		3/16	W	SPRING BREAK
		3/18	F	SPRING BREAK
	24	3/21	M	6.2 Fractions: Addition and Subtraction	p. 255--261	6.2A: 3,5,6ab,7,8ab,20 6.2B: 3, 7, 8ab
10	25	3/23	W	Ch 6.2 Presentations		6.2A: 17, 18 6.2B: 17, 19
	26	3/25	F	6.3 Fractions: Multiplication and Division	p. 266--275	6.3A: #1,7,10,13b,30
	27	3/28	M	Ch 6.3 Presentations		Exam 2 Review
11	28	3/30	W	Exam 2 Q&A Exam 2 Review Exam 2 Review Solutions
	29	4/1	F	Exam 2
	30	4/4	M	7.1 Decimals 7.1 Activity #1	p. 287--293	7.1A: 1a, 2, 3, 4ac, 5, 8, 11, 17 7.1B: 2, 8, 11, 17
12	31	4/6	W	Ch 7.1 Presentations 7.1 Activity #2 Presentations: LH		Complete 7.1 Activity #2
	32	4/8	F	7.2 Operations with Decimals 7.2 Activity	p. 297--305	7.2A (1,2,5,13,15a,19abc,29)
	33	4/11	M	Ch 7.2 Presentations
13	34	4/13	W	7.3 Ratios and Proportion 7.3 Activity	p. 310--315	Homework 7.3 Extended
	35	4/15	F	7.4 Percent 7.4 Activity	p. 320--329	7.3A (1,4,6,13,14,33) 7.3B (5, 17, 18) Bonus Point: 7.3B (19,25)
	36	4/18	M	Ch 7 Presentations		7.4A: 1, 2a, 7, 9, 17, 20, 21 Bonus Point: 7.4B (17,20) Bonus Point: 7.4B (1,3)
14	37	4/20	W	8.1 Addition and Subtraction Activity 8.1 Activity 8.1B	p. 343--353	8.1A (3,6,11)
	38	4/22	F	8.2 Multiplication, Division, and Order	p. 357--368	8.2A (1,2,3)
	39	4/25	M	Ch 8 Presentations Exam III Review-2010 Exam III Review -2011
15	40	4/27	W	Ch 9 Classifying Numbers Activity 9.1	p. 381-411	9pt1A: 1, 3, 7, 9 9pt2A: 2, 24
	41	4/29	F	Ch 9 Presentations		Complete Exam III Review
	42	5/2	M	Q&A for Exam 3 Exam III Review Slns-2010 Exam III Review Slns -2011
16	43	5/4	W	Exam 3
	44	5/6	F	Q&A for Final

The final is on Wednesday, May 11.

8:00 a.m. —10:00a.m. for Section 101

10:30 a.m. —12:30p.m. for Section 102