MGF 1107 - MATHEMATICS FOR LIBERAL ARTS

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Chapter 4                 Systems of Numeration
 

                                    Number System Reference Sheet

                                    4.1        Additive, Multiplicative, and Ciphered

                                    4.2        Place-Value or Positional-Value Numeration Systems
                                    Review Worksheet 4.1 and 4.2
                                    Answers 4.1 and 4.2

                                    4.3        Other Bases

                                    4.4       Computation in Other Bases ( Addition and Subtraction)

                                    Review Worksheet 4.3 and 4.4
                                    Answers 4.3 and 4.4

 

* Online Homework Due the day of the test

Unit 1 Homework Assignments

PRACTICE FOR TEST 1

 

 *****Test 1    Chapter 4

 

 

 Chapter 5               Number Theory

 

5.1     Number Theory

5.3     The Rational Numbers

                                    5.4     The Irrational Numbers and the Real Number System

                                    5.5     Real Numbers and Their Properties

                                    5.6     Rules of Exponents and Scientific Notation 

                                    5.7a   Arithmetic Sequences

                                    5.7b   Geometric Sequences

 

*On Line Homework Due the day of the test

Unit 2 Homework Assigments

PRACTICE FOR TEST 2

  

*****Test 2   Chapter 5

 

 

 Chapter 9                   Geometry

 

                                    9.5   Transformational Geometry, Symmetry, and Tessellations

                                    9.6  The Mobius Strip, Klein Bottle, and Maps

                                    9.7   Non-Euclidean Geometry and Fractal Geometry

                                                                   

 Chapter 10                Mathematical Systems

 

                                    10.1   Groups        

                                    10.2    Finite Mathematical Systems

                                    10.3  Modular Arithmetic

 

 

                                   

*On Line Homework Due the day of the test

Practice for Test 3

Extra Practice for Test 3 – Chapter 9 and 10

 

*****Test 3

 

Chapter 11              Consumer Mathematics

 

        11.1:  Percent
        11.2:  Personal Loans and Simple Interest
        11.3:  Compound Interest
        11.4:  Installment Buying
        11.5:  Buying a House with a Mortgage

 

*On Line Homework Due the day of the test

Practice for Test 4 – Chapter 11

Extra Practice for Test 4

 

 *****Test 4

Chapter 14               Graph Theory 

          14.1:  Graphs, Paths, and Circuits
          14.2:  Euler Paths and Euler Circuits
          14.3:  Hamilton Paths and Hamilton Circuits
          14.4:  Euler Paths and Euler Circuits

*On Line Homework Due the day of the test

Practice for Test 5

*Test 5  Chapter 14

 

  Chapter 15              Voting Methods

 

                                  15.1a:  Voting Methods (Plurality and Borda Count Method)

                      15.1b:  Voting Methods (Plurality with elimination and Pairwise       
                       
Comparison)
          15.3a:  Apportionment Methods
          

 

                                   

*On Line Homework Due the day of the test

Practice for Test 6

 

 

*****Test 6

 

Final exam review - problems from text

Review for the final exam