Course Description
This course will cover mathematical concepts particularly relevant to informed and aware citizenship in modern society. Topics include functions, graphs, problem solving, finance, geometry, probability, and statistics. This course satisfies the UNR core curriculum.
Course Outcomes:
1. Students will demonstrate the ability to solve financial math problems.
2. Students will demonstrate the ability to solve exponential growth and decay problems.
3. Students will demonstrate the ability to solve basic problems in probability and statistics.
Class Notes - Spring 2017
1/23/17 - Solving Equations Review
1/25/17 - Systems of Equations; Exponent Rules; Fraction Review
2/1/17 - 1.1 Dimensional Analysis; 1.2 Geometry (Part 1)
2/2/17 - 1.2 Geometry (Part 2); 1.3 Right Angle Trigonometry
2/6/17 - 1.3 Right Angle Trigonometry (Part 2)
2/9/17 - 2.1 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions and Their Properties
2/13/17 - 2.2 Exponential Growth and Decay
2/27/17 - 3.1 Simple and Compound Interest
3/6/17 - 3.3 Simple Interest Amortized Loans
3/9/17 - Sets & Their Basic Operation; 4.2 Venn Diagrams & Cardinal Numbers (part 1)
3/13/17 - 4.2 Venn Diagrams and Cardinal Numbers (part 2)
4.3 Tree Diagrams and the Fundamental Principle of Counting
3/15/17 - 4.4 Combinations and Permutations
4/3/17 - 5.1 Definition of Probability; 5.2 Observations about Probabilities (part 1)
4/6/17 - 5.2 Observations about Probabilities (part 2); 5.3 Probabilities using Combinatorics
4/13/17 - 5.5 Conditional Probability
4/19/17 - 6.1 Frequency Distributions, Histograms and Measures of Central Tendency
4/20/17 - 6.2 Measures of Dispersion
4/26/17 - 6.3 The Normal Distribution
4/27/17 - 6.4 Applications of Normal Distribution
Class Notes - Fall 2016
8/29/16 - Solving Equations Review
8/31/16 - Systems of Equations; Exponent Rules; Fraction Review
9/7/16 - 1.1 Dimensional Analysis; 1.2 Geometry (Part 1)
9/8/16 - 1.2 Geometry (Part 2); 1.3 Right Triangle Trigonometry (Part 1)
9/14/16 - 1.3 Right Triangle Trigonometry (Part 2)
9/19/16 - 2.1 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions and Their Properties
9/21/16 - 2.2 Exponential Growth and Decay
9/22/16 - 2.2 Exponential Growth and Decay (Part 2) - Carbon Dating
10/3/16 - 3.1 Simple and Compound Interest
10/10/16 - 3.3 Simple Interest Amortized Loans
10/17/16 - 4.1 Sets & Their Basic Operation; 4.2 Venn Diagrams & Cardinal Numbers (part 1)
10/19/16 - 4.2 Venn Diagrams & Cardinal Numbers (part 2)
4.3 Tree Diagrams and the Fundamental Principle of Counting
10/20/16 - 4.4 Combinations and Permutations
11/2/16 - 5.1 Definition of Probability; 5.2 Observations about Probabilities (part 1)
11/7/16 - 5.2 Observations about Probabilities (part 2); 5.3 Probability using Combinatorics
11/14/16 - 5.5 Conditional Probability
11/17/16 - 6.1 Frequency Distributions, Histograms and Measures of Central Tendency
11/21/16 - 6.2 Measures of Dispersion