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Basic
Mathematics
Winter 2003
Math
181 D-1
Jan. 6 Feb. 12
1 Unit Math 181 E-1
Feb. 17 Mar. 26
1 Unit Meeting Times: Monday & Wednesday 3:00 3:50 PM Room: E106 Instructor: Bic Ha Olson
Phone:
541-4660 Ext. 368 Email: Olson@ltcc.edu Office: A 204 Office Hours: Monday:
11:00 11:30 AM @ Office: A204
Tuesday: 9:00 10:00 @ Office: A204 Wednesday: 4:00 5:00 PM @ Gateway Math Center
Thursday: 9:00
10:00 @ Office: A204
or By Appointment The
best way to contact me is to call my office.
If I am not in, please leave me a message because I check my voicemail
regularly. Required Text: Basic College Mathematics by Tobey & Slater, Fourth Edition. Course Description: The purpose of this course is to teach students the skills in basic arithmetic and to enable them to apply these skills in the manipulation and application of basic arithmetic problems. This is a short course covering the last two modules of the Math 181 A-E sequence. Each class is one unit and covers a different topic: Math 181 D Percentages, Ratios and Proportions (Sections 4.2, 4.3, 8.1 & Chapter 5) Math 181 E Introduction to Algebra (Sections 9.1 9.4 & 10.1 10.5) Students with disabilities must identify themselves to me within the first two weeks of class. Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: Students requiring accommodations for a certain disability that may affect class performance are requested to schedule with a staff member at the DRC to discuss this during the first week of the quarter so that appropriate arrangements can be made. *
Course materials available in alternate format.
How to
succeed in a Math class: 1. Come to every class meeting. 2. Arrive early, get yourself settled and be ready when class starts. Sit where you wont be distracted and take notes. 3. Read each section before it is discussed in class. 4. Do all the homework 5. Do some math every day. 6. Start preparing for exams at least one week in advance. 7. Ask questions, especially if you dont understand a concept. 8. Take advantage of tutors and office hours. 9. Study in groups and do your homework with a classmate. The Gateway Math Center has free tutoring for all registered students. Please Log In and Out so that the facility gets the funds it needs. Method of
Evaluation: Homework must be completed and turned in at the beginning of class on the day it is due. Please be neat and show your work for each homework problem. Each section that is incomplete or turned in late will receive half credit. Homework is 5% of the class grade. Quizzes are given at the half way point of each course. The quiz counts for 25% of the class grade for the course. All students are to take the quiz on the same day. If you miss a quiz, there is a 10% penalty per day for make-up quizzes. Exams are given at the end of each course. All students must take the exam by the last day of class. If a student does not receive a passing grade in a course, that student will not be allowed to continue on to the next course. The exam counts for 70% of the class grade for that course. Each course receives a separate grade. Grades are based on the following scale.
A
90% - 100%
B
80% - 89%
C
70% - 79%
D
60% - 69% Homework problems that say Odd, means do all the Odd problems. EOO means do Every Other Odd problem. Tentative Lecture Schedule Math 181 D-1 Date Topic
Section
Homework
Jan. 6 Introduction, Ratios, 4.1 Read this section
Proportion
4.2
#1 45 Odd
HW 1 Section 4.2 is due Wednesday, Jan. 8 Jan. 8 Solving Proportions 4.3 #1 55 Multiples of 5 Understanding Percent 5.1 #1 15 Odd, 19 83 EOO
Jan. 13 Changing between percents, decimals and fractions 5.2 #1 19 Odd, 23 91 EOO HW 2 Sections 4.3, 5.1 are due Wednesday, Jan. 15 Jan. 15 Solving percents using an equation 5.3A #1 41 Odd Jan. 20
Martin Luther King Birthday, NO CLASSES HW 3 Sections 5.2,
5.3A is due Wednesday, Jan. 22 Jan. 22 Solving percents using a proportion 5.3B #1 23 Odd, 25 41 EOO Jan. 27 Solving applied percent problems 5.4 #1 39 Odd HW 4 Section 5.3B is
due Wednesday, Jan. 29 Jan. 29 Finish Section 5.4, Quiz (Sections 5.1 5.3AB)
Feb. 3 Solving commission, percent of increase or decrease, and interest problems 5.5 #1 33 Odd HW 5 Sections 5.4,
5.5 are due Wednesday, Feb. 5 Feb. 5 Circle Graphs 8.1 #1 35 Odd Feb. 10 Review for Math 181 D Exam Pages 359 - 361 Review problems #1 85 Multiples of 5 Pages 362 - 363 Chapter 5 Test, All problems, Pages 546 - 547 # 1 15 Odd. HW 6
Section 8.1 and these Review & Chapter test sets of problems are due Wednesday,
Feb.
12, the day of the Exam. Wednesday,
Feb. 12, Exam for Math 181 D (Chapter 5
& Section 8.1) Homework problems that say Odd, means do all the Odd problems. EOO means do Every Other Odd problem. Congratulations! Youve made it to the last module. Tentative Lecture Schedule Math 181 E-1 Date
Topic
Section
HW
Feb. 17 Presidents Day Holiday, NO CLASSES Feb. 19
Introduction, Addition of signed numbers
9.1
#1 21 Odd, 23 63 EOO HW 1 Section 9.1 is
due Monday, Feb. 24 Feb. 24 Subtraction of signed numbers 9.2 #1 43 Odd, 47 59 EOO Feb. 26
Multiplication and Division of signed numbers
9.3
#1 29 Odd, 31 55 EOO HW 2 Sections 9.2,
9.3 are due Monday, Mar. 3 Mar. 3 Order of Operations with signed numbers 9.4 #1 45 Odd Mar. 5 Variables and Like terms 10.1 #1 37 Odd HW 3 Sections 9.4,
10.1 are due Monday, Mar. 10 Mar. 10
Quiz ( Sections 9.1 9.4, 10.1) The distributive property 10.2 #1 15 Odd, 17 37 EOO Mar. 12 Solving equations using the addition property 10.3 #1 47 Odd
HW
4 Sections 10.2, 10.3 are due Monday, Mar. 17 Mar. 17 Solving equations using the Division or
Multiplication properties
10.4
#1 37 Odd Mar. 19 Solving equations using two properties 10.5 #1 41 Odd HW 5 Sections 10.4,
10.5 are due Monday, Mar. 24 Mar. 24 Review for Module E Exam Pages 598 600, Review problems #1 55 Multiples of 5, Pages 602 603, Chapter 9 Test #1 30 All. Pages 659 660, Review problems # 1 49 EOO, Page 662, Chapter 10 Test #1 16 All. HW 6 These
Review & Chapter test sets of problems are due Wednesday, Jan. 29, the
day of the Exam. Wednesday,
Mar. 26, Exam for Math 181 E (Sections 9.1 9.4 & 10.1 10.5) |