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Northern Virginia Community College

Math Reasoning, MTH 154

 

Course Description (from the College):

This course presents topics in sets, logic, numeration systems, geometric systems and elementary computer concepts.  The general purpose of this course is to give the students an appreciation for the uses of mathematics in the contemporary world and to develop the ability by the student to solve certain problems in a logical manner.

 

Syllabus -- in Word format

 

Important Dates
Exam #1 Excel I/II -- Monday, February 25th key/key/review
Exam #2 Excel I/II -- Monday, April 15th key/key/review
Final Exam Excel I/II -- Wednesday, May 6th 12 p.m. (noon) key/key/review
 

see the syllabus for a more detailed calendar
 

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Announcements:

Math Office: AA 352
NOVA Math office: 703-845-6220
My NOVA email: bmccall@nvcc.edu
Office Hours: W 2-4:30, M 2-? by appointment
MyLab Course Code: MCCALL07013


 

Notes & Playlist Links

Graphing and Identifying Nonlinear Equations
Solving Problems with Linear and Nonlinear Equations
Scatterplots and Correlation
Linear Regression and Correlation
Nonlinear Regression
Venn Diagrams and Sets
Tables and Tree Diagrams
Probability Through Experiments and Simulations
Counting Rules: Combinations and Permutations
Symbolic Notation for Statistics
Graphing Quantitative Data
Interpreting Graphs
Bad Graphs
Numerical Summaries of Data: Mean, Median and Mode
Shapes of Distributions
Percentiles (using Data)
Empirical Rule and Percentiles

Against All Odds: Inside Statistics
Statistical Reasoning
Probability and Statistics
Statistics 2
Statistical Reasoning II


Homeworks

Homework #1 -- Data #1
Homework #2 -- Data #2
Homework #3
Homework #4 -- Data#4
Homework #5 -- Data#5
Homework #6
Homework #7 -- Data#7

 

 

Projects

Project #1 -- Data
Project #2
Project #3 -- Excel
Project #4
Project #5 -- Excel
Project #6
Project #7

 

Notes and Examples From Class

1/14 1/16
  1/23 N E
1/28 N E 1/30
2/4 N E 2/6 N E
2/11 N E 2/13 N E
2/18 N E  
  2/27 N E
3/4 N E 3/6 N E
3/18 3/20 N E
3/25 N E 3/27 N E
4/1 N E 4/3
4/8 4/10 N E
  4/17 N E
4/22 N E 4/24 N E
4/29 N E 5/1


Calculator Guides:

Complex Numbers in TI
Math of Finance

 

Answer Keys

Quiz #1 -- key
Quiz #2 -- key
Quiz #3 -- Data -- key/key
Quiz #4 -- Data -- key/key
Quiz #5 -- Data -- key/key
Quiz #6 -- key/key
Quiz #7 -- key/key
Quiz #8 -- Data -- key/key
Quiz #9 -- key/key
Quiz #10 -- Data -- key/key
Quiz #11 -- key/key
Quiz #12 -- key/key
Quiz #13 -- Data -- key/key
Quiz #14 -- key/key
Quiz #15 -- Data -- key/key

 

Links!

PDF Graph Paper
PhET Simulations
EdReady
Pathuku

MTH 151 at NOVA Fall 2017
MTH 035 at AACC
MTH 1350 at CSCC

 

 
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