Math 5001 Fall 08 assignments of weeks 5 to 8:

Week 5:

Due Monday 9/15: Read section 3.4. Do but don’t hand in the practice problems of section 3.4. Write two helpful comments on your peer’s paper (you may write this right on their paper -- be sure to write visibly). For example, “Your picture really showed clearly how...” or “Could you give a little more detail here? I kind of see what you are saying but ...” In class, hand your peer’s paper with your comments on it back to your peer. Hand in: Problems 14 and 15 on page 107.

Due Wednesday 9/17 : Read section 3.5. Do but don’t hand in the practice problems of section 3.5. Also do but don’t hand in problems 6 and 7 on pages 106, 107. Hand in: your revised solution to problem 24a, page 95, together with your original solution that has the peer comments on it. Your revised solution should be on a new piece of paper. Also hand in: Problem 7 on page 107.

Due Friday 9/19 : Re-read section 3.5 if you need to and finish the practice problems in that section if you haven’t yet. Read the chapter 3 summary and study items. Hand in: Problem 4 on page 121 (remember: no calculators! Think about how to make the calculation easy to do.) Optional: if you would like to, you may revise problem 15 on page 107 (Think through carefully! In general, when you compare two fractions you can’t just take the denominators into account, can you? Consider a variety of examples! Use your writing to help you think about fractions at a higher, more general level.)

Week 6:

Due Monday 9/22 : Read section 4.1. Do but don’t hand in the practice problems for that section. Hand in: Problem 10 on page 121 and, counts as one problem: Problems 1c and 2a on page 137.

Due Wednesday 9/24 : Read section 4.2. Do but don’t hand in practice problems 1 through 5 of section 4.2. To help Whitney and Matt grade more efficiently, we’ve decided to have you hand in homework only twice a week, on Mondays and Fridays. Part of Friday’s homework will be posted on Monday, the remainder on Wednesday.

Due Friday 9/26 : QUIZ on sections 3.3, 3.4, and 3.5. Do but don’t hand in the remaining practice problems of section 4.2. Hand in: Problem 3 c on page 189 except describe the strategies in words and describe at least two strategies (writing equations with parentheses is optional), and also describe several ways to use a make-a-ten strategy to solve 17 – 9 = ?, drawing on our work in class on Monday 9/22; also hand in Problem 11 a, b on page 149.

Week 7:

Due Monday 9/29 : Read section 4.6. Do but don’t hand in the practice problems for that section and also Problem 1 a, b on page 188. Hand in: Problem 9 a, b, c on page 190.

Due Wednesday 10/1 : Read section 4.3. Do but don’t hand in the practice problems for that section and also Problems 1, 2, and 3 on page 160 (problem 3 should refer to page 153, not page 124).

Due Friday 10/3 : Read the chapter 4 summary and study items at the end of the chapter (omitting section 4.5 for now). Also read section 5.1. Do but don’t hand in: problems 17, 18 on page 162 and problem 2 on page 203. Hand in: Problem 11 on page 161 and problem 19 on page 162.

Week 8:

Due Monday 10/6 : Read section 5.2. Do but don’t hand in the practice problems from section 5.1 and 5.2. Hand in: Problem 5 on page 203 and problem 3 on page 207. MATH 7001 students only: extra problem set 2 due.

Due Wednesday 10/8 : Read section 5.3. Do but don’t hand in the practice problems from section 5.3. QUIZ on sections 4.1 (not including addition and subtraction of negative numbers), 4.2, 4.3, 4.6. To organize your studying, it may help to use the chapter summary and study items at the end of chapter 4.

Due Friday 10/10 : Read section 5.4. Do but don’t hand in the practice problems from section 5.4. Hand in: Problem 1 on page 222 and problem 7 on page 225.