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Columbus
State Community College Mathematics for the
Liberal Arts, Math 116
Course Description (from the University): A survey of modern
mathematical topics relevant to everyday life, intended for students who
are not majoring in the physical sciences. This course applies critical
thinking and problem solving skills to topics such as elementary graph
theory, the mathematics of voting and apportionment, and probability.
Not open to students
with credit for Math 130, Math 148, or above.
Syllabus -- in Word format
Homeworks
Important Dates
Exam I -- Thursday, April 19th review guide
Exam II -- Thursday, May 17th
Final Exam -- Tuesday, June 5th
preliminary review guide/updated final
review
*final exam linked here is only the instructor's portion
Quizzes will be given every Tuesday starting Week 2|
Homework will be due every Thursday starting Week 2
see the syllabus for a more detailed
calendar
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Announcements:
Math Adjunct Office # DH 431
My CSCC voicemail # 287-8647
My CSCC email: bmccall2@cscc.edu
Practice exam? for Exam 1; See
problems #3, 5-9 Note that if the wording sounds a little off,
it's because of the textbook on which these problems were based.
Homeworks/Suggested
Exercises
All homeworks are due on Thursdays starting Week 2, except during an
exam week (Weeks 4 & 8)
Suggested Exercises:
Chapter 1: 1-25 odd (Sections 1.1-1.3, starts pg. 30), 27-43 odd, 47, 55,
59, 63
Chapter 2: 1-15 odd, 19, 20, 52, 55 (Sections 2.1-2.3 starts pg. 72)
Chapter 4: 1-15 odd, 52, 19-31 odd, 33-39 odd, 42, 43-49 odd, 55, 57
Chapter 5: 1-13 odd, 15-65 odd
Chapter 6: 1-35 odd, 37-49 odd
Chapter 7: 1-35 odd
Chapter 15: 1-33 odd, 39-61 odd
Chapter 10: 1-17 odd, 19-53 odd
To be Graded:
Homework #1: pg. 30-32 #4, 13, 19, 29, 31, 35, 42
Voting Worksheet, get a list of
possible candidates from Politics1
Homework #2: pg. 72-75 #3, 7, 11, 21, 23, 29, 41, 44, 45, 61
Homework #3: pg.150 #1, 6, 9, 11, 16, 20, 25, 29
Homework #4: pg. 153 #33, 38, 41, 45, 49
Homework #5: pg. 185 #1, 4, 5, 8, 15, 18, 21, 24, 26, 27, 30, 36, 37
Homework #6: pg. 190 #41, 43, 51, 63, 64; pg 221 #1, 4, 6, 9, 13, 16, 19,
21, 25, 29, 32, 35
Homework #7: pg. 225 #37, 41, 44, 48, 50; pg.260 #2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 17,
19
Homework #8: pg, 262 #22, 23, 25, 27, 31, 33, 35
Homework #9: pg. 531 #3, 5, 9, 12, 17, 21, 22, 31, 39, 41, 44, 49, 56, 59,
62
Bonus Homework: pg 364 #1, 4, 7, 11, 15, 18, 19, 24, 25, 27, 30, 35, 37,
45, 48, 53
Answer
Keys
Quiz #1 -- key
Quiz #2 -- key
Quiz #3 -- key
Quiz #4 -- key
Quiz #5 -- key
Quiz #6 -- key
Quiz #7 -- key
Quiz #8 -- key
Quiz #9 -- key
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