Math V38 Start Page, Fall 2008
Introduction and Announcements
Welcome to the start page for Math V38 (Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers) at Ventura College. Michael Bowen (email) will be teaching this course during the fall 2008 semester.
Important note: This web page is not a substitute for attending class; regular attendance is an expectation of this course. Modifications to homework assignments, and other important news announced in class, may not appear on this page for several days. You are still responsible for all assignments and in-class announcements even if they do not appear here! If you wish to verify information on this page, please contact the instructor.
Textbook Information
This text is required:
- Author: G. L. Musser, W. F. Burger, B. E. Peterson
- Title: Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: A Contemporary Approach, Seventh Edition
- ISBN-10: 0471662933
- ISBN-13: 9780471662938
- VC bookstore price before tax: New $???.??; Used $??.?? (includes access to Web resources)
Holidays
Classes at Ventura College will meet Monday through Friday each week of the semester, excepting only the dates listed below.
- Monday 1 Sep 2008 (Labor Day)
- Monday 10 Nov 2008 (Veterans Day)
- Thursday and Friday 27–28 Nov 2008
Final Examination
Date/time: Tuesday 16 December 2008, 7:30 p.m. (this is 30 minutes LATER than our usual meeting time)
Be sure that your big party to celebrate the end of finals occurs after the appropriate date. Requests for administration of early or late finals that require the instructor to reschedule his work or make a special trip to campus are subject to a deduction of points, regardless of the reason for the request.
Grading Status
Check whether final grades are posted yet for your course.
Current Assignments
- THESE ARE THE CORRECTED ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE 7TH EDITION OF THE TEXTBOOK !!
- These are listed in reverse chronological order.
- Note: "E/PS A" stands for "Exercise/Problem Set A"; "E/PS B" stands for "Exercise/Problem Set B".
- Exercises and problems from Set A in each section have answers in the back of the book. Exercises and problems from Set B do not have answers in the back of the book.
- Note: Please do "E.C." (extra credit) problems on a separate sheet of paper from the regular assignment. These are due by the date of the exam that covers the assigned section.
| Due Date | § | Title | Problems | E.C. |
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| 16 Dec 2008 |
Final Exam on Chapters 7, 8, and 9 Review at 7:00; exam starts at 7:30 |
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| 16 Dec 2008 | 9.2 | The Real Numbers |
E/PS A: 1; 2; 3; 5; 6; 7; 9; 11; 15; 16; 17; 23 E/PS B: (No assignment) |
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| 9.3 | Functions and Their Graphs |
E/PS A: 2; 4; 5; 6; 8; 9; 12; 17; 18; 20; 21 E/PS B: (No assignment) |
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| 2 Dec 2008 |
Oral Presentations Due! Download the guidelines for your presentations (handed out in class on 25 November) |
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| 2 Dec 2008 | 8.1 | Addition and Subtraction of Integers |
E/PS A: 5; 6; 9; 15; 16; 19 E/PS B: (No assignment) |
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| 8.2 | Multiplication, Division, and Order |
E/PS A: 1; 12; 14 E/PS B: (No assignment) |
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| 9.1 | The Rational Numbers |
E/PS A: 5 (use the formula in the yellow box on page 376 instead of finding LCDs); 14; 15; 16 E/PS B: 13 |
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| 25 Nov 2008 | 7.4 | Percent |
E/PS A: 6 (some answers in the back of the book are wrong); 7, 8 (part b should read "Find 3 1/2% of 78); 9; 10; and any four of the word problems selected from 11 through 41 E/PS B: (No assignment) |
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| 18 Nov 2008 | 7.1 | Decimals |
E/PS A: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 14; 16; 17 E/PS B: (No assignment) |
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| 7.2 | Operations with Decimals |
E/PS A: 2 (without a calculator); 3 (write down the numbers you actually multiplied, followed by the answer the calculator gave you; then show how you inserted the decimal); 5; 10; 11; 12; 15; 16; 17 E/PS B: (No assignment) |
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| 7.3 | Ratio and Proportion |
E/PS A: 1; 3; 4; 6; 7; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19 E/PS B: (No assignment) |
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| 11 Nov 2008 | Third Exam on Chapters 5 and 6 |
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| 4 Nov 2008 | 6.1 | The Set of Fractions |
E/PS A: 6; 7; 8; 10; 11; 19; 20 E/PS B: (No assignment) |
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| 6.2 | Fractions: Addition and Subtraction |
E/PS A: 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 15; 16; 17 E/PS B: (No assignment) |
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| 6.3 | Fractions: Multiplication and Division |
E/PS A: 7; 9; 12; 15; 20; 22 E/PS B: (No assignment) |
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| 28 Oct 2008 | 5.1 | Primes, Composites, and Tests for Divisibility |
E/PS A: 3; 4; 8; 9; 11; 12 E/PS B: 8 |
E/PS B: 29 |
| 5.2 | Counting Factors, Greatest Common Factor, and Least Common Multiple |
E/PS A: 4; 6; 7 part (i) only; 12 E/PS B: (No assignment) |
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| 21 Oct 2008 |
Class is canceled for tonight (21 October)—see you on the 28th! Assignment (in lieu of class): Decide on the topic for your oral presentation, and email it to me by midnight on the 21st using the "email" link at the top of this page. Please note that Yahoo accounts don't work well with the college district's email system; please try a Gmail or Hotmail account instead. |
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| 14 Oct 2008 | Second Exam on Chapters 3 and 4 |
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| 7 Oct 2008 | 4.1 | Mental Math, Estimation, and Calculators |
E/PS A: 6; 7; 8; 10; 11; 16 E/PS B: (No assignment) |
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| 4.2 | Written Algorithms for Whole-Number Operations |
E/PS A: 5; 6; 8; 12; 13; 15; 17 E/PS B: (No assignment) |
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| 4.3 | Algorithms in Other Bases |
E/PS A: 1–9 ALL E/PS B: (No assignment) |
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| 30 Sep 2008 | 3.2 | Multiplication and Division |
E/PS A: 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 11; 12; 14 E/PS B: (No assignment) |
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| 3.3 | Ordering and Exponents |
E/PS A: 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 10 E/PS B: (No assignment) |
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| 23 Sep 2008 | 3.1 | Addition and Subtraction |
E/PS A: 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14 E/PS B: (No assignment) |
E/PS A: 16; 17 |
| 16 Sep 2008 | First Exam on Chapters 1 and 2 |
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| 2.4 | Relations and Functions | Finish homework from last week's assignment | — | |
| 9 Sep 2008 | 2.3 | The Hindu-Arabic System |
E/PS A: 1; 2; 6 (eManipulative is optional); 10 (sketch is optional); 12 (all parts); 13; 17; 18; 22 E/PS B: 5; 10; 11 (justify the true/false answers); 16 |
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| 2.4 | Relations and Functions |
E/PS A: 1; 2a; 2b; 2d; 3; 6; 7; 8; 10; 12; 18; 20; 21 E/PS B: 15 |
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| 2 Sep 2008 | Read section 2.2 and try your best on the problems, but don't worry too much if you can't get them all; please start the 2.2 problems on a separate sheet of paper from the end of 2.1. |
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| 2.1 | Sets As a Basis for Whole Numbers |
E/PS A: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 7; 8; 9; 15; 18; 19; 21; 22; 31 E/PS B: (No assignment) |
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| 2.2 | Whole Numbers and Numeration |
E/PS A: 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12 E/PS B: 1; 8; 9; 10; 11; 13 |
E/PS B: 15; 17 | |
| 26 Aug 2008 | Please read the bulleted information just above this table before beginning your homework. |
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| 1.1 | The Problem-Solving Process and Strategies |
E/PS A: 1; 2; 4; 6; 16; 18; 20; 23 E/PS B: 1; 3; 14; 16; 23 |
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| 1.2 | Three Additional Strategies |
E/PS A: 1; 4; 6; 8; 12; 14; 16 E/PS B: 1; 4; 10; 12; 18; 20 |
E/PS A: 18 | |
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Future Assignments (tentative): The instructor may make changes to this list from time to time.
Students must not rely on printed versions of this list; instead, they should check the live online version periodically for possible updates.
Students who work ahead and complete one or more assignments in advance are taking a risk that the assignment(s) may change before the due date, in which case the advice in the preceding sentence is particularly applicable.
In any case, students are responsible for completing the assignments as finalized in the Current Assignments section above, and should not expect to earn extra credit for completing tentatively assigned exercises that are later modified or removed from this list.
- (Due dates have been designated for all remaining assignments; please see above)
- Course Handouts and Study Aids:
- The documents listed below are available for viewing or download. Please read the following bullets carefully before selecting any documents.
- To view documents in PDF format, we suggest that you first download and install the Adobe® Acrobat Reader™ on your computer if you have not done so previously. This free software is a de facto standard Web document viewer that will enable you to access content at this and many other websites. Alternatively, you may also use other software products capable of displaying or printing PDF format files (several such products are available for download, some at no cost). We recommend that you select this version of any document that you need to print on paper (for example, to replace a lost copy).
- Documents in HTML format are best for on-screen reading. Although these can usually be printed, they are not specifically designed to be printer-friently. Thus, the formatting may be odd in some cases, depending on the combination of software and printer, and text may spill over the margins onto two or more pages.
- Documents in DOC format were created using Microsoft® Word. If this software is installed on your computer, we suggest that you use it to view these documents. If you do not have this software, you can still view Word documents if you first download the Word Viewer. This is free software from Microsoft that will permit you to open (but not modify) documents created using any of the most recent versions of MS Word.
- Documents in PPT format are PowerPoint® presentations. If this software is installed on your computer, we suggest that you use it to view these documents. After your document opens in PowerPoint, press the F5 button to view the slide show in full-screen mode. If you do not have this software, you can still view PowerPoint documents if you first download the PowerPoint Viewer. This is free software from Microsoft that will permit you to open (but not modify) documents created using any of the most recent versions of MS PowerPoint.
- Handouts links
- Course Information: (HTML) | (PDF)
- Tips for Success: (HTML) | (PDF)
- Standards of Student Conduct and Classroom Rules (HTML) | (PDF)
- Syllabus Worksheet: (DOC) | (PDF)
- Instructor's Schedule (PDF; not really a handout; this is a copy of the printed schedule that appears on the instructor's office door)
- Study aids links
- Multiplication Tables: (DOC) | (PDF)
- Divisibility Rules: (DOC) | (PDF)
- Sieve of Eratosthenes (PDF) with directions (finds prime numbers) (HTML)
- Powers of Ten Tutorial (off-site; requires Java™ Runtime Environment [free download] to be installed and enabled on your computer): (HTML)
- Translating English Phrases Into Algebraic Expressions: (DOC) | (PDF)
- Multilingual Vocabulary for Mathematics (possibly helpful for students whose first language is not English): (HTML)
- Basic Algebra Review: (DOC) | (PDF)
- Basic Geometry Review: (PPT) | (PDF)
- Transformations of Functions (may require downloading and installation of free software to view all portions; see the page itself for details): (HTML)
