Math 2
SPRING 2011
Instructor :Paige Greene
Office : MS 6617B
Office Hours : Monday
1:15pm-2:45 pm ---Wednesday 11-11:45 am and 1:15:-2:30 pm .
Other office hours are
often announced in class.
In Math 2 ( Finite Math) you will undertake a study of Probability and Statistics. ( Chapter 3 and 4). Then we will use matrices and probability to examine how predictions can be made using Markov chains. ( Chapter 5) TEXT: Essentials of Finite Mathematics by Robert and Brenda Brown ---This is available in your UCLA Bookstore. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
You will meet with me on Monday , Wednesday and Friday from 12-12:50 pm in MS5200 . You will also meet with your TA on Tuesday or Thursday from 12-12:50 pm according to this schedule:
Grading : You will have
weekly homework assignments (usually due on Friday ), you will have
quizzes in your discussion sections approximately every other week . Most quizzes will be announced on the table below but it is possible that we will have a "pop" quiz. You will take two midterm exams and
1 final exam. Exam I will be on Wednesday April 27 and Exam II will be on Friday May 27. | Your final grade will be computed like this:
Make up quizzes and exams will never be given. If you miss a quiz for any reason you can simply count that as one quiz that you will drop. You are required
to attend all discussion sections. | If you miss an exam for any reason, then I will compute your final grade like this :
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Check this table BEFORE each lecture to see what is going to happen , to see if you need to print any documents that I may have posted to bring to class , to see what the homework assignment is and to see if you will be having a quiz in your discussion section. Always check this table BEFORE you email me a question. |
| DATE | Lecture Topic |
Notes |
HW |
| Monday March 28 | 3.1 Probability and Odds |
Homework must be labeled with your NAME, DATE , assignment number and section number. If you have more than one paper, staple them or paper clip them before you come to class. Sloppy homework will NOT be read. Questions that require a written solution will not be given credit if you only have the numerical answer. You must show your work. Homework is due on Friday at noon. Any papers coming in after that will be late and marked off by 4 points. Any papers coming in after 12:50 will not be graded at all and therefore will receive a 0. |
HW #1 is due Friday March 1 Read 3.1 and 3.2 , then do 3.1 # 1-12, 13-16 ( see picture on page 259 to help with 13-16), 22-25 3.2 # 3-20 | Also, print this page , including the grading explanations and the homework requirements and sign it at the bottom and return to me with the 1st HW.
| Wednesday March 30 | 3.2 Counting |
You will not be allowed to use a calculator on any quiz or exam until after we take exam I. |
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| Friday April 1 | 3.3 Permutations and Factorials 3.5 Combinations |
READ your book. Your are responsible for all examples and material in your text . | HW # 2 READ 3.3 and 3.4 and 3.5 , then do 3.3 # 5-9,12,15 3.4 3,4,7,10,16-18 3.5 #1-21 due Friday March 8 |
| Monday April 4 |
Combinations Calculator : Pascals Triangle Practice 3.5 Computing Prob by counting |
Quiz in discussion section this week (at the end ) for section 3.1 | - |
| Wednesday April 6 |
Practice Prob by counting 3.5 - |
More 3.5 | - |
| Friday April 8 |
3.6 Union of Events |
HW #2 is due today ! | |
| Monday April 11 |
3.7 Disjoint Events |
Quiz in discussion section this week on 3.2 -3.4 | Read secton |
| Wednesday April 13 |
3.8 Conditional Probability |
- | HW #3 Read secton 3.6 and then do # 1-15 , read section 3.7 and then do # 1-10, 12,14,16---due Friday April 15 |
| Friday April 15 |
3.9 Intersection of Events |
- | HW # 4 Read 3.8 and do # 1,3,4,5,9-11,15-17,23,26-28--due Friday April 22 |
| Monday April 18 |
4.1 |
Partitions NO Quiz this week in discussion section :-) |
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| Wednesday April 20 |
4.2 - |
Baye's Theorem | HW #5 3.9 # 3,5,7-14,20-23 Chapter 3 review # 1-7,11,12,13,17-21,25-28 Just Added 4.1 # 2,3,4,5,7--due April 29 |
| Friday April 22 |
BIG REVIEW - |
Exam I is next week on WEDNESDAY April 27 . It will cover chapter 3 and 4.1 . | - |
| Monday April 25 |
4.3 - |
Random Variables and Probability Distributions | - |
| Wednesday April 27 |
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EXAM I | Go to Lakretz Hall room 110 12-12:50 |
| Friday April 29 |
4.4 |
Expected Value and Variance | HW #5 is due today |
| Monday May 2 |
Review 4.4 , 4.5 |
Binomial Distribution There will be a quiz in discussion section this week on 4.3 |
HW # 6: 4.2 # 3-5,7,11,12-- 4.3 # 7-10---4.4 # 3,4,5,7,8,11--due Friday May 6 |
| Wednesday May 4 |
More 4.5 |
Binomial Distribution | |
| Friday May 6 |
4.6 |
The Normal Distrubution | HW 6 DUE TODAY Any dispute or question you have regarding TEST 1 must be brought to my attention ( not TA, talk to me ) by Friday May 13. After that I will not make any changes. |
| Monday May 9 |
4.6 More about the Normal Distribution |
Quiz this week in discussion section on 4.4 | |
| Wednesday May 11 |
4.7 Normal Approximations to the Binomial Distribution |
HW # 7 --4.5 #3,5,7,8,12,13,14,17 4.6 # 1-16 ---due Friday May 13 | |
| Friday May 13 |
More about 4.7 , and review of probability distributions |
HW # 7 due today | |
| Monday May 16 |
What is a matrix ? 1.1 and 1.2 |
Quiz #5 this week on 4.5 | HW #8 4.7 # 5-12,17,18 --- Also page 361-363: # 1-12, 15,17-20,22 Due Friday May 20 |
| Wednesday May 18 |
5.1 Matrices and Probability |
HW #9 ---Read section 1.1 and 1.2 . Then do 1.1 # 27,28,31 --1.2 # 13,18,21,35,37 5.1 # 1,2,7 5.2 #5,9,10,15 Page 398-399 # 5,7,8,9---- |
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| Friday May 20 |
5.2 Markov Chain Processes |
HW #8 due today | |
| Monday May 23 |
REVIEW |
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| Wednesday May 25 |
REVIEW |
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| Friday May 27 |
EXAM II Go to Lakretz 110 |
EXAM II covers chapter 4 and 5.1, 5.2 | |
| Monday May 30 NO CLASS |
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| WED June 1 |
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| Friday June 3 |
No class today due to outside appt for Mrs. Greene |
Our Final Exam is on Tuesday June 7 , 2011 from 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM in HUMANTS A51 |