EASTERN UNIVERSITY
Mathematics Department
Math 103
Mathematical Ideas
Fall, 2009
Instructor: Mark A. Herman
Telephone: 610-225-5059
e-mail: mherman@eastern.edu
Office: McInnis 243
Office hours: T & R: 9:00 a.m. to 9:50 a.m.
M - F: 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
(Do not hesitate to come to my office at other times as well.)
Teaching Schedule: M,W,&F: 9:00 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. (Math 103)
M,W,&F: 12:00 n. to 12:50 p.m. (Math 150)
T & R: 10:00 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. (CSC 150)
T & R: 11:30 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. (CSC 150)
Prerequisite: None
Textbook: Mathematical Ideas, 11th edition, by Miller, Heeren, and
Hornsby, New York, NY: Pearson Education/Addison Wesley, 2008
Calculator: Scientific or graphing
Policies: Students with documented learning disabilities are encouraged to work with
the Cushing Center for Counseling and Academic Support (610-341-5837) to
submit a written request for accommodations specific to this course. To
receive accommodations, the instructor must receive a written request from
CCCAS at the beginning of the course, or as soon as the disability is
diagnosed. Students must update accommodations requests with CCCAS
prior to each academic session.
All college policies pertaining to academic dishonesty, drop/add
procedures, grade appeal, etcetera, will apply in this class.
Consult the handbook or ask me if you have any questions about
these policies.
Attendance: You are strongly encouraged to attend every scheduled class. You
may not miss any of the quizzes or the final exam without prior
approval of the instructor. You will be permitted up to three (3)
class absences without an acceptable reason without a grade
penalty. If you are absent four (4) or more times without an
acceptable reason, ALL of the grades for the absent days will
revert to zeros.
Participation: You will be expected to do the reading assignments as instructed
(careful reading is the most important thing you will do in this
class), participate in class discussions, do the assigned problems
in class or outside of class as necessary, and ask questions when
you have them.
Grading: Your letter grade will be awarded on the basis of a 10
point scale (e.g. 69.5% to 72.4% is a “C-“; 72.5% to 76.4% is a
“C”; 76.5% to 79.4% is a “C+”). 50% of your grade will be your
quiz average. 30% of your grade will be from homeworks. 20% of
your grade will be your final exam.
Objectives: By the end of this course, the student should:
1) be exposed to an interesting and varied survey of mathematical
topics.
2) develop an increased appreciation of mathematics and how it is
used in the world around us.
3) be able to solve problems using computational skills, concept
development, and problem solving ability in the areas of set
theory, logic, basic algebra, consumer mathematics, and
number systems, sets, and theory.
Schedule: Wednesday 8/26/09 First class
Monday 9/7/09 Labor Day (no class)
Friday 9/18/09 First quiz
Friday 10/9/09 Second quiz
Friday 10/16/09 Fall Free Day (no class)
Wednesday 11/4/09 Third quiz
W & F 11/25&27/09 Thanksgiving vacation (no classes)
Wednesday 12/2/09 Fourth quiz
Friday 12/4/09 Last class
Wednesday 12/9/09 Final exam (9:00 to 11:00 a.m.)
Chapter 1 Read §1.1 Do #1 & 3 (like e.g. 1), 15 & 17 (like e.g. 2),
31 & 33 (like e.g. 3)
Read §1.2 Do #1 & 3 (like e.g. 1), 11 & 13 (like e.g. 2),
43 & 45 (like e.g. 3)
Read §1.3 Do #13 (like e.g. 1), 15 (like e.g. 4),
11 (like e.g. 7)
Read §1.4 Do #43 (like e.g. 1), 49 (like e.g. 2)
Chapter 2 Read §2.1 Do #9 & 13 (like e.g. 1), 69 & 71 (like e.g. 2),
41 & 43 (like e.g. 3), 21 & 29 (like e.g. 4),
75, 77, & 81 (like e.g. 5 & 6)
#11, 25, 31-39 odd, 59-67 odd, 73
Read §2.2 Do #49 & 51 (like e.g. 1), 7 & 9 (like e.g. 2),
15 & 17 (like e.g. 3), 43 & 45 (like e.g. 5)
#11, 13, 19, 21, 25, 31, 33, 53
Read §2.3 Do #7 & 10 (like e.g. 1), 9 & 11 (like e.g. 2),
15 & 19 (like e.g. 3), 31 & 32 (like e.g. 4),
23 & 33 (like e.g. 5), 63 & 65 (like e.g. 6),
71 & 73 (like e.g. 7)
#75 & 77 (like e.g. 9), 83 & 85 (like e.g. 10),
81 & 82 (like e.g. 11), 97 & 99 (like e.g. 12),
129 & 131 (like e.g. 13), 109 & 110 (like e.g. 14)
#13, 17, 21, 25, 27, 67, 69
Read §2.4 Do #1 & 3 (like e.g. 1), 5 & 9 (like e.g. 2),
19 & 21 (like e.g. 3), 31 (like e.g. 4)
Chapter 3 Read §3.1 Do #15 & 17 (like e.g. 1), 23 & 24 (like e.g. 2),
33 & 36 (like e.g. 3), 39 & 41 (like e.g. 4),
25 & 27 (like e.g. 5), 65 & 67 (like e.g. 6)
#1, 3, 5, 19, 21, 29, 31, 34, 35, 43, 45, 49, 51
Read §3.2 Do #7 & 9 (like e.g. 1), 21 & 23 (like e.g. 3),
31 & 33 (like e.g. 4), 73 & 75 (like e.g. 5),
47 & 49 (like e.g. 6 & 7), 57 & 59 (like e.g. 8)
#11, 13, 25, 27, 35, 37, 39
#41, 51, 53, 60, 63, 65, 74
Read §3.3 to page 122 (Circuits)
Do #41 & 43 (like e.g. 1), 21 & 23 (like e.g. 2),
55 & 57 (like e.g. 3), 69 & 71 (like e.g. 4),
75 & 77 (like e.g. 5)
#1, 3, 5, 24, 25, 27, 29, 33, 35, 45
#47, 59, 63, 70, 73, 76, 79, 81, 83
Read §3.4 Do #1 & 3 (like e.g. 1), 11 & 14 (like e.g. 2),
19 & 21 (like e.g. 3), 45 & 48 (like e.g. 5)
#5, 7, 12, 13, 23, 25, 27, 47, 49
Chapter 4 Read §4.1 Do #1 & 3 (like e.g. 1), 5 & 7 (like e.g. 2),
31 & 33 (like e.g. 3), 35 & 37 (like e.g. 4),
15 & 17 (like e.g. 5), 19 & 21 (like e.g. 6)
Read §4.2 Do #1 & 3 (like e.g. 2), 9 & 11 (like e.g. 3),
15 & 19 (like e.g. 4 & 6), 17 & 23 (like e.g. 5 & 7),
27 & 29 (like e.g. 8), 35 & 37 (like e.g. 9)
#5, 7, 13
Base 2 (conversions only)
Worksheet
Chapter 5 Read §5.1 Do #19 & 21 (like e.g. 1 & 4), 13 & 15 (like e.g. 2),
33 & 35 (like e.g. 5), 83 & 86 (like e.g. 6),
72 (like e.g. 7)
#17, 23, 37, 63, 65, 66
Read §5.2
Read §5.3 Do #11 & 13 (like e.g. 1 & 3), 15 & 16 (like e.g. 2),
21 & 22 (like e.g. 4), 23 & 25 (like e.g. 5),
35 & 36 (like e.g. 6)
#40 & 41 (like e.g. 7), 43 & 45 (like e.g. 80,
65 & 69 (like e.g. 9), 67 & 70 (like e.g. 10)
#17, 19, 27, 31, 33, 37, 39
Chapter 6 Read §6.2 Do #7 & 9 (like e.g. 1), 11 & 15 (like e.g. 2),
19 & 20 (like e.g. 3), 23 & 25 (like e.g. 4),
#29, 33, 37, & 41 (like e.g. 5), 45 & 47 (like e.g. 6),
77 (like e.g. 7), 85 & 94 (like e.g. 8)
#1-4, 13, 17, 21, 27, 31, 35
#39, 43, 49-55 odd, 69-75 odd
Read §6.3 Do #5 & 7 (like e.g. 1), 19 & 23 (like e.g. 2),
27 & 29 (like e.g. 3), 31 & 33 (like e.g. 4),
59 & 61 (like e.g. 5), 65 (like e.g. 6),
89 & 91 (like e.g. 7), 83 & 85 (like e.g. 8)
#1, 3, 9, 11, 13, 17, 21, 25, 35, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43
Read §6.5 Do #11 & 13 (like e.g. 1), 15 & 17 (like e.g. 2),
33 & 35 (like e.g. 3), 39 & 41 (like e.g. 6),
47 & 49 (like e.g. 7)
#64 & 65 (like e.g. 8), 67 & 68 (like e.g. 9),
69 & 70 (like e.g. 10), 73 & 77 (like e.g. 12)
#1-9 odd, 19, 21, 25, 29, 31
#37, 43, 45, 51, 53, 57, 63
Chapter 7 Read §7.1 Do #9 & 11 (like e.g. 1), 17 & 19 (like e.g. 2),
37 & 39 (like e.g. 3), 43 & 45 (like e.g. 4)
#51 & 53 (like e.g. 5), 61 & 63 (like e.g. 6),
75 (like e.g. 7)
#3, 4, 7, 13, 15, 21-33 odd
#41, 47, 50, 55, 57, 65, 67, 69, 77
Read §7.2 Do #27 (like e.g. 1), 33 & 35 (like e.g. 3),
39 (like e.g. 4), 47 (like e.g. 5),
52 (like e.g. 6), 67 & 68 (like e.g. 7)
#1, 3, 5, 9-25 odd, 29, 31
Read §7.3 Do #1 & 3 (like e.g. 1), 45 & 47 (like e.g. 2),
19 & 20 (like e.g. 3), 21 & 23 (like e.g. 4),
43 & 44 (like e.g. 5)
#63 & 64 (like e.g. 6), 69 & 73 (like e.g. 7),
79 (like e.g. 8), 71 & 80 (like e.g. 9),
85 (like e.g. 10), 81 (like e.g. 11)
#2, 4-9, 13, 15, 17, 31, 33, 41
Chapter 14 §14.1 (do not read)
Do #1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 19, 21, 23
#39, 41, 42, 43, 45
Extension (do not read)
Do p. 873 #1, 3, 4, 5, 6