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Basic Mathematics Spring 2006 Math 187A 1 April 3 May 10 2 Units Meeting Times: Monday & Wednesday 6:10 8:00 PM Room: HS PC4 Instructor: Bic Ha Olson Phone: 541-4660 Ext. 368 Email: Olson@ltcc.edu Office: A 204 LTCC Math homepage: http://www.ltcc.edu/depts/math/ Office Hours: Monday: 5:10 6:10 @ HS PC 4 Until May 10, 2006 Tuesday: 3:30 5:00 PM @ Office: A204 Wednesday: 5:10 6:10 @ HS PC 4 Until May 10, 2006 Thursday: 4:00 5:30 PM @ Office: A204
Required Text: Basic College Mathematics by Tobey & Slater, Fifth 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 class is a six-week course covering:
Whole Numbers (Chapter 1) Fractions (Chapter 2) Introduction to Decimals (Part of Chapter 3)
As a courtesy to everyone in class, please turn off all cell phones.
In this class, it is your responsibility to drop the class in order to avoid an unwanted grade. You must go to Admissions & Records. For Math 187A: Friday, April 14, 2006 is the last day to drop with no record. Friday, April 28, 2006 is the last day to withdraw with a W grade.
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.
Calculators are not allowed for this class.
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.
Methods of Evaluation:
Homework is due every Wednesday. The assignment must be completed and turned in at the beginning of class. Please be neat and show your work for each homework problem. Each section that is incomplete receives partial credit. Homework that is turned in late but within one week of the due date will receive half credit. Homework turned in after this receives no credit. Homework is 10% of the class grade.
Two Quizzes are given in this course. They are given at the beginning of class before the lecture. Please be on time. All students are to take the quiz on the same day. If you miss a quiz, there is a penalty of one letter grade. No quiz can be made up after 3 school days. Each quiz counts for 25% of the class grade for the course.
The Final Exam is given on the last day of class. All students must take the exam by May 10. If a student does not receive a passing grade in Math 187A, that student will not be allowed to continue on to Math 187B. The final exam counts for 40% of the class grade for the course. Grades are based on the following scale.
A 90% - 100% B 80% - 89% C 70% - 79% D 60% - 69% F Below 60%
Student Outcomes
At the end of this class, a
successful student will be able to: Homework problems that say Odd, means do all the Odd problems. EOO means do Every Other Odd problem.
Tentative Lecture Schedule Math 187A (April 3 May 10) Date Topic Section Homework
April 3 Introduction, Syllabus, Understanding Whole Numbers 1.1 #1 53 EOO Addition of Whole Numbers 1.2 Read & Do SOME Problems Subtraction of Whole Numbers 1.3 Read & Do SOME Problems Multiplication of Whole Numbers 1.4 #1 77 EOO, #83 - 89 Odd
April 5 Finish 1.4 Division of Whole Numbers 1.5 #1 81 EOO. Exponents & Order of Operations 1.6 #16 All, 10105 Multiples of 5. Turn in Homework #1 Section 1.1 & 1.4
April 10 Rounding and Estimation 1.7 #14 All, 580, Multiples of 5, #8588 All. Applied Problems 1.8 #1 11 Odd, 15 - 23 EOO April 12 Understanding Fractions 2.1 #1 5 All, 15 47 EOO Simplifying Fractions 2.2 #1 6 All, 7 87 EOO Review for Quiz 1 Turn in Homework #2 Sections 1.5 1.8
April 17 Quiz 1 (Sections 1.1 - 1.8) Improper Fractions & Mixed Numbers 2.3 #1 4 All, 5 85 Multiples of 5
April 19 Multiplication of Fractions & Mixed Numbers 2.4 #1 15 Odd, and 20 50 Multiples of 5, 51 - 55 Odd Division of Fractions & Mixed Numbers 2.5 #3 75 EOO The Least Common Denominator 2.6 #3 79 EOO Turn in
Homework #3 Sections 2.1 2.3 EOO means do Every Other Odd problem.
Continued Tentative Lecture Schedule Math 187A (April 3 May 10)
Date Lecture Topic Section HW April 24 Addition & Subtraction of Fractions 2.7 #5 57 EOO Combining Mixed Numbers & Order of Operations 2.8 #1 69 EOO Applied Problems involving Fractions 2.9 #3 9 Odd, 13 - 21 EOO
April 26 Finish 2.9 Decimal Notation 3.1 #1 5 All, 11 - 65 EOO Comparing, Ordering & Rounding Decimals 3.2 #1 19 Odd, 21 - 27, and Review Quiz 2 Odd 41 69 EOO Turn in Homework #4 Sections 2.4 2.7
May 1 Quiz 2 (Sections 2.1 2.8) Finish 3.2 Addition & Subtraction of Decimals 3.3 #3 15 Odd, 17 61 EOO
May 3 Finish 3.3 Multiplying Decimals 3.4 #1 4 All, 7 31 EOO, 43 55 EOO Begin Review for Final Exam Turn in Homework #5 Sections 2.8, 2.9, 3.1
May 8 Review for Final Exam (Suggested Chapter 1 Review Problems, Pages 98 103, #5 105, Multiples of 5) (Suggested Chapter 1 Test, Pages 104 105, all problems) (Suggested Chapter 2 Review Problems, Pages 191 194, #1 79 EOO) (Suggested Chapter 2 Test, Pages 195 196, all problems)
May 10, Wednesday, Final Exam for Math 187A - 1 (Chapters 1 & 2, Sections 3.1 - 3.4) Turn in Homework #6 Sections 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 on May 10, the day of the Final Exam.
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