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UNIT 1 - Due Tuesday 1/22/2013 (Late submission of UNIT 1 work accepted without penalty)

READ: Problem Solving and Statements, Negations, and Quantified Statements

Complete Homework #1

Discussions for Unit 1 - Problem Solving and Section 3.1

Textbook Resources: Section 1 of Logic Chapter (Pages 2-8 of Custom Text) or Section 3.1 of Thinking Mathematically - 4th Ed, Pages108 - 114


UNIT 2- Due Tuesday 1/29/2013

READ: Compound Statements & Connectives and Truth Tables for Negation, Conjuction, & Disjunction

Complete Homework #2

Discussions for Unit 2 - 3.2 and 3.3

Textbook Resources: Section 2 & 3 of Logic Chapter (Pages 9-35 of Custom Text) or Sections 3.2 and 3.3 of Thinking Mathematically - 4th Ed, Pages.115-141


UNIT 3 - DUE Tuesday 2/5/2013

READ: Truth Tables for Conditional & Biconditional and Equivalent Statements & De Morgan's Laws

Complete Homework #3

Discussions for Unit 3 - 3.4 & 3.5

Textbook Resources: Sections 4 & 5 of Logic Chapter (Pages 35-60 of Custom Text) or Sections 3.4 and 3.5 of Thinking Mathematically - 4th Ed, Pages.141-166


UNIT 4 - DUE Tuesday 2/12/2013

READ: Arguments & Truth Tables and Euler Diagrams Applied to False Advertising

Complete Homework #4

Discussions for Unit 4 - 3.6 & 3.7

Textbook Resources: Sections 6 & 7 of Logic Chapter (Pages 60-82 of Custom Text) or Sections 3.6 and 3.7 of Thinking Mathematically - 4th Ed, Pages.166-188


Logic Test - Due Tuesday 2/19/2013

Take this test using the Quiz tool available at Course Connect Page


UNIT 5 - DUE Tuesday 2/26/2013

READ: Fundamental Counting Principle and Permutations

Complete Homework #5

Discussions for Unit 5 - 11.1 and 11.2

Textbook Resources: Sections 1 & 2 of Counting Methods & Probability Chapter (Pages 204-216 of Custom Text) or Sections 11.1 and 11.2 of Thinking Mathematically - 4th Ed, Pages 608-620


UNIT 6 - DUE Tuesday 3/5/2013

READ: Combinations and Fundamentals of Probability

Complete Homework #6

Discussions for Unit 6 - 11.3 & 11.4

Textbook Resources: Sections 3 & 4 of Counting Methods & Probability Chapter (Pages 216-231 of Custom Text) or Sections 11.3 and 11.4 of Thinking Mathematically - 4th Ed, Pages 620-635


UNIT 7 - DUE Tuesday 3/12/2013

READ: Probability Using Counting Methods and Events Involving Not/Or & Odds

Complete Homework #7

Discussions for Unit 7 - 11.5 & 11.6

Textbook Resources: Sections 5 & 6 of Counting Methods & Probability Chapter (Pages 231-248 of Custom Text) or Sections 11.5 and 11.6 of Thinking Mathematically - 4th Ed, Pages 635-652


UNIT 8 - DUE Tuesday 3/26/2013

READ: Events Involving And & Conditional Probability and Expected Value

Complete Homework #8

Discussions for Unit 8 - 11.7 and 11.8

Textbook Resources: Sections 7 & 8 of Counting Methods & Probability Chapter (Pages 249-266 of Custom Text) or Sections 11.7 and 11.8 of Thinking Mathematically - 4th Ed, Pages 653-670


Probability Test - Due Tuesday 4/2/2013

Take this test using the Quiz tool available at Course Connect Page


UNIT 9 - DUE Tuesday 4/9/2013

READ: Sampling, Frequency Distributions, Graphs and Measurements of Central Tendency

Complete Homework #9

Discussions for Unit 9 - 12.1 & 12.2

Textbook Resources: Sections 1 & 2 of Statistics (Pages 278-302 of Custom Text) or Sections 12.1 and 12.2 of Thinking Mathematically - 4th Ed, Pages 680-704


UNIT 10 - DUE Tuesday 4/16/2013

READ: Measures of Dispersion and The Normal Distribution

Complete Homework #10

Discussions for Unit 10 - 12.1 & 12.2

Textbook Resources: Sections 3 & 4 of Statistics (Pages 303-328 of Custom Text) or Sections 12.3 and 12.4 of Thinking Mathematically - 4th Ed, Pages 705-730


Statistics Test - Due Friday 4/19/2013

Take this test using the Quiz tool available at Course Connect Page


UNIT 11 - DUE Tuesday 4/23/2013

READ: Simple Interest, Compound Interest, and Annuities

Complete Homework #11

Discussions for Unit 11 - Interest and Annuities

Textbook Resources: Sections 2,3 & 4 of Consumer Mathematics and Financial Management (Pages 146-172 of Custom Text) or Sections 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4 of Thinking Mathematically - 4th Ed, Pages 454-480


UNIT 12 - DUE Tuesday 4/30/2013

READ: Finance Unit on Loans and Loan Payments

Complete Homework #12

Discussions for Unit 12 - Loans and Loan Payments

Textbook Resources: Section 6 (only) of Consumer Mathematics and Financial Management (Pages 183-191 of Custom Text) or Section 8.6 (only) of Thinking Mathematically - 4th Ed, Pages 491-499


Finance Online Test - Due Friday 5/3/2013 

Take this test using the Quiz tool available at Course Connect Page



FINAL EXAM - Thursday, May 9th, 3:00-5:00PM in ROOM S2956 of LSC- Take this at LSC or at an approved proctored location. The Final will be cumulative and consist of questions similar to those indicated as a "Final Exam Question" in each of your notes files.