Homework: Spring 2008, Math 300 (Finotti)

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General Guidelines 

**On homework, quizzes, and exams, solutions need to be well written and explained in order to obtain credit, answers only are not accepted. 

**The purpose of the homework sets are for you to work through the understanding of the material and see what it is you do and do not understand so that you can fine tune your understanding from there -- please keep this viewpoint in mind when working through problems. 

**Educational research shows that studying and learning in peer groups often leads to better comprehension of the material.  Get to know your classmates and form study groups. 

**The other side of the coin is that just as beneficial to your learning is time spent grappling with the material alone.  Always do your final homework writeups on your own, and feel free to reach for help when you need it.  This helps you to know what it is that you really do or don't understand

**If you are suspected of plagerism (think solution manual), you will get a zero for the homework set, and will be reported to University authorities.

*Please look at the following interesting graph of material retention vs. time lapse from first exposure until review (retention curve) and the subsequent tips for textbook reading

Keep this in mind when writing up your homework solutions -- it IS as important for learning math to practice explaining your solutions as it is finding them!  Mathematics is a language.

Homework Set #

 Due Date

Homework Assigment



 

 1
Monday
1/14

Write up proofs for exercises 1 & 3 on page 8.  Include an argument for why the contrapositive of a statement is always logically equivalent to the statement itself  (please, try to write it up without "truth tables" - hint:  assume the original statement is true, why then must the contrapositive also be true?  Next, assume the original statement is false, and explain why the contrapositive must also be false as a result).


Don't forget to read the homework writeup guidelines in the syllabus before writing up your homework!

 2

 W, 1/16
  Boardwork:  Prove 2, and 4-7 on page 8.    These problems will be the basis of our boardwork on Wednesday, 1/16.
3
 F, 1/18
   Write up solutions for 9,11,12,13 on page 13
4
 W 1/23
   Boardwork day:  do 8 (leave out set reflections),14,15,16
5
 M 1/28
   Problems 22 (a only), 24 (a only), 25, 26.
6
 W 1/30
   Boardwork day:  28 a,c,d (page 17), 29, 31, 32, 35 (pgs 20/21)
7
 F 2/1
   Problems 30, 33, 36, 37
8
 W 2/6
   Boardwork day: 1,2(c,d), 3
9
   M 2/11
   Problems 4 (a,b,c), 5 (a,b,c,d)
10
 W 2/13
   Boardwork day:  6,8,9,10
(The first exam is Friday 2/15!)
Exam 1
  F 2/15
   Exam covers all of chapters 1 & 2 (excluding set reflection, which we did not cover)
11
 W 2/20
   Boardwork day:  1,2,3 page 33
12
 M 2/25
   Problems 4b, 5b, 6, 7 page 33
13
 W 2/27
   Boardwork:  8 page 38
14
 F 2/29
   Problems 9,10 page 38
15
 M 3/3
   Problems 1,3,5
16
 F 3/7
   Boardwork:  7,9,11,12 page 46
17
 M 3/10
   Problem 15,17a, page 49/50
18
   W 3/12
   Boardwork:  16,17b,18,19
19
 W 3/26
   Boardwork:  36, 37, 40 (pg 53/54)  46, 47ab, (pg 56)
20
 M 3/30
   Problems 41 (pg53/54) , 48,  49, 50, 52 (pg56)
21
 M 4/7
   Problems 1, 2, 4, 5 (pg 60)
22
 W 4/9
   Boardwork:  8 (pg 60), 11, 12,  25 (pgs 64/65)
23
 W 4/16
   Boardwork:  15, 26, 27 (pgs 64/56), 30, 31, 32 (pg 66)
24
 M 4/21
   Problems: 33, 35, 36, (pg 66) 44, 47 (pgs 68/69)
25
 W 4/23
   (last!!) Boardwork: 1(b,e,f), 2,3,5
Final Review
 Exam
is
May 2
   Additional Suggested Exercises: 6,9 (pg 79)

  Final Review Office Hours:  2pm-4pm on 4/30 and  5/1