MATH 150 - World of Mathematics


Tentative Schedule

LectureDayDateTopicReading
1M9/1Course introduction; Intro to problem solving --
2W3In class "pretest" --
3F5Intro to financial math; Simple interest 3.2
4M8Compound interest I (solving for F and P) 3.3
 W10Serve Day -- No Class!--
5F12Compound interest II (solving for time; inflation) 3.3
6M15Regular (ongoing) savings plans 3.4
7W17Savings plans, cont.; Multi-step problem solving --
8F19Introduction to Loans ("Add-on" loans) --
9M22Loans continued (Amortized loans) 3.5
10W24Loans (cont.): Amortization schedules 3.5
11F26Home Loans (reduction strategies) --
12M29 Review for exam--
13W10/1Exam: Financial mathematics--
14F3Introduction to spreadsheets (mathematical models) --
15M6Spreadsheets II: Building savings plan models--
16W8Spreadsheets III: Building loan models--
17F10Spreadsheets IV: Solving for time, charting interest vs. principal --
 M13Mid-Semester Holiday -- No Class!--
18W15Spreadsheets V: Building amortization schedules --
19F17Spreadsheets VI: Review --
20M20Exam: Spreadsheets --
21W22Project #1 Introduction: Creating Your Personal Financial Plan --
23F24Probability (Introduction) 4.1
24M27Probability: events involving "and" / "or" 4.3,4
25W29Probability: events involving "not" 4.1,6
26F31Counting methods I (basic counting law) 4.5
27M11/3Probability problems using counting 4.6
28W5Expected value (Introduction) 4.7
29F7Expected value (cont.) 4.7
30M10Review for exam --
31W12Exam: Probability--
32F14Intro to Math of Statistics (Project #2 introduced) --
33M17Organizing and presenting data I (Spreadsheet applications) 5.1
34W19Organizing and presenting data II (Spreadsheet applications) 5.1
35F21"Typical" and "central" values (averages) 5.2
36M24Measures of spread: variation and standard deviation 5.3
37W26Exam: Statistics --
 F28Happy Thanksgiving -- No Class!! --
38M12/1Project presentations --
39W3Project presentations --
40F5Project presentations --
41M8Project presentations --
42W10Project Presentations --
43F12Review for Final Exam --
 TBDTBDTBD Final Exam --


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