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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
      Zoom (virtual) section

      Online section -- Canvas

Important Dates
Exam #1 Excel  -- Wednesday, March 7th key/key/review
Exam #2 Excel  -- Wednesday, April 18th key/key/review
Final Exam Excel -- Wednesday, May 2nd key/key/review
 

see the syllabus for a more detailed calendar
 

Email List

via Canvas

 

Announcements:

Math Office: AA 352
NOVA Math office: 703-845-6220
My NOVA email: bmccall@nvcc.edu
Office Hours: before/after class or by appt
MyLab Course Code: MCCALL39723
                                   


 

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
Excel Easy
Excel 2016+
Microsoft Excel Video Training

Against All Odds: Inside Statistics
Statistical Reasoning
Probability and Statistics
Statistics 2
Statistical Reasoning II
Statistics & Probability
Learn Statistics
Online Statistics Book

Video Play List: Excel Basics for Quantitative Reasoning


For the section that is online only, these assignments are optional for extra credit. Assigned homework and projects are in MML and Canvas. These assignments do apply to the virtual (Zoom) section.

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

 
Quizzes

Quiz #1 -- key
Quiz #2 Data -- key/key
Quiz #3 Data -- key/key
Quiz #4 -- key/key
Quiz #5 Data -- key/key
Quiz #6 Data -- key/key
Quiz #7 -- key
Quiz #8 Data -- key/key
Quiz #9 -- key/key
Quiz #10 Data -- key/key

 

Projects

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

 

Notes and Examples From Class

1/31 N 2/7 N E
2/14 N E 2/21 N E
2/28 N E  
  3/21 N E
3/28 N E 4/4 N E
4/11 N
4/25 N E  
   


Calculator Guides:

Complex Numbers in TI
Math of Finance

 

Answer Keys


 

Links!

PDF Graph Paper
PhET Simulations
EdReady
Pathuku

MTH 154 Spring 2019
Fall 2020
Spring 2021

 

 
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