MA 101 Spring 2009

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Course Assignments [Back to TOP]
 

Writing assignments for hand-in: [Back to TOP]
WR1: Problem Solving Activity 1.7 #2-8 on p. 17-18 of the Manual, due Thursday, 1-29
WR2: Xmania Counting, due Tuesday, 2-17
WR3: Complete the number grid puzzles, due Thursday, 2-19
WR4: Use the number grid and base pieces to add and subtract in Xmania, due Thursday, 2-19
WR5: Conversions handout, due Tuesday, 2-24
WR6: Complete the Addition and Multiplication Table for Xmania, due Thursday, 3-19
WR7: Closure and Properties, on p. 93 ff.  of the Manual, Ch 3 Exercises and Problems - 2, 4, 10, 30, 38, due Thursday, 3-19
WR8: Operations on Integers, due Tuesday, 3-31
WR9: Ch 3 Exercises and Problems on p. 93 ff.of the Manual,  - 12ab, 34, and these two problems, due Thursday, 4-2.
WR10: Addition and Multiplication Algorithms for Whole Numbers, due Tuesday, 4-7
WR11: Mental Math and Equal Additions, due Thursday, 4-9.
WR12: Division of Whole Numbers, due Tuesday, April 14.

Web Resources: [Back to TOP]
Integer Addition with colored chips
Integer Subtraction with colored chips
Three Multiplication Algorithms Compared

Regular textbook and reading assignments [Back to TOP] 

Class Date Assignment  
Tuesday, 1-13 Read: Syllabus , preface to Student Activity Manual (Manual)
TIP: Read Section 1.5 of Student Reference Handbook (Handbook)
Do: Manual, Ch 1 Exercises and Problems, p. 29ff --  5, 30, 32 and strategy for Poison

5. Find the next three terms 4, 8, 12, 16, __ , ___ , ___

30. Suppose you are playing Poison and there are 6 tiles left on the table. If it is your turn, how many tiles should you take?

32. Suppose you are playing What's My Number? Here is a list of the guesses and information obtained for each guess. What's the number?

Guess Correct Digits Correct Places
123 1 0
234 1 0
345 1 1
456 0 0
567 1 1
678 1 0
789 1 0
Thursday, 1-15 Read:  the essays Tips for Solving Mathematics Problems and Why Is It Important to Learn to Solve Mathematics Problems? which appears in the Manual at the end of Activity 1.7 or view and print it HERE.
Do: Work problems 2-5 on this handout on solving problems (not for hand-in.)
Tuesday, 1-20 Read again:  the essays Tips for Solving Mathematics Problems and Why Is It Important to Learn to Solve Mathematics Problems? which appears in the Manual at the end of Activity 1.7 or view and print it HERE.
Do: Work problem 1 on this handout on solving problems (not for hand-in) and finish the solution to problem 2 about the Mathematical Census Taker
Thursday, 1-22 Read again:  the essays Tips for Solving Mathematics Problems and Why Is It Important to Learn to Solve Mathematics Problems? which appears in the Manual at the end of Activity 1.7 or view and print it HERE.

You can play an online problem similar to the Die Hard problem on the Cyberchase Web Site.
Go to http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games.html, click on SEE ALL GAMES, and click on the game "Pour to Score"  (Or go directly to the game HERE.)
Do: Manual, Ch 1 Exercises and Problems, p. 29ff --  7-9, 11, 12. Also do this:
We can express 5 using the numbers 3 and 8 and subtraction.
Use only 8, 3, subtraction and parentheses to make the numbers 1, 2, 4, 6, and 7.
Tuesday, 1-27 Do: Manual, Ch 1 Exercises and Problems, p. 31 --  17 (not for hand-in)
Type up your answers to Activity 1.7 #2-8 on p. 17-18 of the Manual. You can write any math symbols or diagrams by hand.)
Thursday, 1-29 Read: Handbook Chapter 2
Tuesday, 2-3 Looked at Activity 2.1 in the Manual.
Do: Manual, Ch 2 Exercises and Problems, p. 57 ff.   --  3, 4, 5, 14, 45, 46 (not for hand-in)
Thursday, 2-5 Looked at Activity 2.3 and 2.4 in the Manual. Introduced Xmania.

Cut out Xmania base pieces and Xmania Number Cards and put these pieces in sandwich bags.
Do: Manual, Ch 2 Exercises and Problems, p. 57 ff.   -- 6, 7, 15, 39, 48 (not for hand-in)
Tuesday, 2-10 Handouts:  XmaniaRevisited and this Place Value Mat for organizing collections of blocks
Do: Complete the handout on Modeling Xmanian Numbers and propose a better numeration system for Xmanians.
Thursday, 2-12 Handouts:  Xmania Number Cards AO through BO

Do: Complete the Xmania Number Grid up to DD and look to see if there are any patterns. Also complete Xmania Counting.
Tuesday, 2-17

Do: Finish completing the Xmania Number Grid.
Without the number grid, complete the number grid puzzles.
Use the number grid and base pieces to add and subtract.
We spoke of the idea of "Making a Hand" in Xmania. See some curricula where this is used now on Earth:
Kindergarten: Teen Total Cards
Grade 1: Tens and Ones, Tickets and Books and Make-a-Ten Cards (Green, Blue, Purple)
Grade 2: Secret Code Cards and Make-a-Ten Cards (Green, Blue, Purple)
Thursday, 2-19 Complete Conversions handout for Tuesday.

Test 2 on Thursday, Feb. 26. To prepare for this, study these expectations.
 
Tuesday, 2-24 Test 2 will be through the Math Test Center, KT G18
Walk-in testing during test center hours on Thursday or Friday, Feb. 25-26, 2009.
 To prepare for this, study these expectations..
You have unlimited time, within the constraints of the
You will need a photo ID, your green pieces, place value mat and your calculator
Thursday, 2-26
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Median:83 88  
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Tuesday, 3-03 Handout:  sets
Read:  Handbook, 3.4, 3.9, 3.13
Do: Manual,  Activity 3.1 -- 1-11 (not for hand-in)
Thursday, 3-05 Handout:  sets II
Enjoy Spring Break! Read 3.1-3.9, 3.11 from Handbook.
Tuesday, 3-17 Do: For practice: Manual, Ch 3 Exercises and Problems, p. 93 ff.   --  1, 3, 27, 37 (not for hand-in)
For hand-in: Manual, Ch 3 Exercises and Problems, p. 93 ff.   --  2, 4, 10, 30, 38 and complete the Addition and Multiplication Table for Xmania  Format: Word document or PDF
Thursday, 3-19 Handout: Approaches to Subtraction
Tuesday: QUIZ 3 on Sets, Closure, and Properties
Tuesday, 3-24 Handout: A Complete Model for Operations on Integers
QUIZ 3 on Sets, Closure, and Properties is moved to Thursday, March 26 in the Math Test Center, KT G18. As with the first exam, walk-in testing is during test center hours on Thursday or Friday.

Do: Prepare for QUIZ 4 Tuesday on Activity 3.3 and models of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. For practice (not for hand-in), see Manual, Ch 3 Exercises and Problems, p. 93 ff.   -7-9, 11, 14a
Complete Operations on Integers for hand-in.  Also prepare the answers to the questions to Activity 3.4 and 3.5 for class discussion (not for hand-in.)
Thursday, 3-26 No Class Meeting.

Take QUIZ 3 in the Math Test Center, KT G18. As with the first exam, walk-in testing is during test center hours on Thursday or Friday. (See the hours.)  Must come one hour before they close.

Do the following:
  • Prepare for QUIZ 4 Tuesday, 3-31 on Activity 3.3 and models of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
  • Read A Complete Model for Operations on Integers and complete Operations on Integers for hand-in on Tuesday, 3-31
  • Also prepare the answers to the questions to Activity 3.4 and 3.5 for class discussion (not for hand-in.) for Tuesday, 3-31
Tuesday, 3-31 Do: Ch 3 Exercises and Problems on p. 93 ff. of the Manual,  - 12ab, 34, and these two problems, due Thursday, 4-2. Note: here are the correct answers to 31 in the back of the book.
Prepare for QUIZ 4 Thursday on Activity 3.3 and models of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Thursday, 4-2 Curriculum Samples: Adding Integers
                                Lattice Multiplication and Partial Products 
Handout: Grid paper
Do for Tuesday 4-7:  Addition and Multiplication Algorithms for Whole Numbers 

Prepare for QUIZ 5 Tuesday on integer models for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division and the scratch algorithm.
Tuesday, 4-7 Do:  Subtraction Algorithms for Whole Numbers  and
       Addition and Multiplication Algorithms for Whole Numbers
Thursday, 4-9 Discussed QUIZ 5.
Test 2 will be in the test center next week (Thursday, April 16 and Friday, April 17).
Here is a REVIEW for the test.
Help Session on Thursday, April 16 during our regularly scheduled class time. Attendance is optional.
For Tuesday, April 14: Complete  Division of Whole Numbers for hand-in and
prepare for QUIZ 6 on addition, multiplication, and subtraction algorithms.
Tuesday, 4-14 We took QUIZ 6 on algorithms and discussed it.
We started Chapter 4 and began Activity 4.2 in class.

For Tuesday, 4-22: Come to class with Activity 4.2 completed (pages 103 and 104)
Thursday, 4-16 Test 2 must be done in the Test Center. Here is a REVIEW for the test.
 
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Tuesday, 4-21 Handout: Factors
               Divisibility with Multi-Base Pieces
Do: Ch 4 Exercises and Problems on p. 127 ff. of the Manual,  - 1-6, 8-11, 23, 25, 29, 39

Note: The Final Exam (Comprehensive) is Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Thursday, 4-23 Do: Ch 4 Exercises and Problems on p. 127 ff. of the Manual,  - 7, 12, 15, 16, 24, 36 -39, 41, 55, 63 (not for hand in)

Tuesday: QUIZ 7 on Primes, Number of Factors, Prime Factorization, and Divisibility

Note: The Final Exam (Comprehensive) is Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, 4-28 Click HERE for a review for the final exam
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

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