Class Homework and Announcements
Date Homework Announcements
Monday, May 18
  • Read pages 3-10 (As always with the readings, complete the in-class activities we didn't do in class).
  • Starting on page 10, do Homework Activities 1-7, 1-12, 1-13.
  • Read pages 14-28. (Do all the Fathom activities that you didn't get done in class.)
  • Starting on page 30, do 2-13, 2-17.
  • Welcome to Math 120. I look forward to a great 4 weeks!
  • CLASS STARTS AT 9:15 FROM NOW ON!
  • Put the Fathom data files that are on the Student CD in the back of your book on your laptop or a USB flash drive.
  • STUDYING TIP: First do the appropriate reading and complete the in-class activities that we didn't do in class. Then study your class notes. Finally, do the homework problems. When you get to class each day, write the numbers of problems to discuss on the board.
  • May 19
  • Read pages 118 - 131 (Complete all in-class activities we didn't do in class.)
  • Starting on page 133, do Activities 7-8, 7-11, 7-12, 7-16, 7-17, 7-20, 7-21
  • No new announcements.
  • May 20
  • Read pages 140 - 152 (Complete all in-class activities we didn't do in class.)
  • Starting on page 152, do Activities 8-9, 8-11, 8-12, 8-16, 8-17, 8-18, 8-22, 8-24
  • No new announcements.
  • May 21
  • Read pages 160 to top of 164 (NOT Activity 9-2).
  • Read pages 167 - middle of 169 (Not Activity 9-4).
  • read pages 184 - top of 190 (Not Activity 10-3).
  • Starting on page 176, do Activities 9-10 (For IQR), 9-12a, 9-13 (Ignore SD), 9-20 (a-g), 9-23
  • Starting on page 198, do 10-6, 10-15, 10-19, 10-20, 10-21, 10-22
  • No new announcements.
  • May 22
  • Read pages 164 - 166.
  • Read pages 169 - 176.
  • Starting on page 176, do Activities 9-7, 9-8, 9-11, 9-14, 9-21, 9-22, 9-25
  • Here is the baseball data for today's lab.
  • May 26
  • Read pages 537-548 (Do the activities that we didn't do in class.)
  • Starting on page 549, do Activities 26-8, 26-10, 26-12, 26-14
  • Read pages 558-571 (Do the activities that we didn't do in class.)
  • Starting on page 571, do Activities 27-8, 27-9, 27-10, 27-11, 27-12, 27-16, 27-22
  • No new announcements.
  • May 27
  • Do the homework assigned yesterday.
  • Read pages 580-above the orange box on page 584.
  • Read pages 586-589.
  • Starting on page 596, do Activities 28-5 (a-d), 28-6, 28-11(a-f), 28-24(a-d)
  • No new announcements.
  • May 28
  • Redo Activity 28-24(a-d)
  • Read pages 209-222.
  • Starting on page 223, do Activities 11-6 (use a tree diagram for b), 11-7, 11-10, 11-11, 11-12, 11-17
  • Problem A: A bag contains 4 marbles: 2 red, 1 blue, and 1 green. Draw two marbles from the bag (without replacement). (a) Make a tree diagram that shows the possible outcomes for this experiment. (b) Find the probabliity distribtuion for the variable "number of red marbles drawn." (c) What is the expected value for the number of red marbles drawn? (d) What's the probability that at most 1 red marble is drawn? (e) What's that probability that at least 1 red marble is drawn? (f) What's the probability that more than one marble is drawn? (g) What's the probability that less than 1 red marble is drawn?
  • Problem B: Draw letters (without replacement) from the word "HELP" until you get two consonants. (a) Make a tree diagram that shows the possible outcomes for this experiment. (b) What is the size of the sample space? Are all outcomes equally likely?
  • Suppose the sample space for a variable X is 1,2,3,4,5. Morevoer, suppose the probabilities that X=1,2,3,4,5 are .1,.2,.1,.3 and ?, respectively. Find ?. Also, find the expected value of X.
  • No new announcements.
  • May 29
  • Read pages 233-247.
  • Starting on page 247, do Activities 12-5, 12-6, 12-7, 12-8, 12-9, 12-10, 12-11, 12-12, 12-14, 12-15, 12-16
  • Your SAT project is due at the beginning of class on Monday.
  • June 1
  • Read pages 33-39
  • starting on page 44, do Activities 3-6, 3-7, 3-8, 3-9, 3-10, 3-16
  • Read pages 52-65.
  • Starting on page 66, do Activities 4-7, 4-9, 4-11, 4-13, 4-16, 4-17, 4-18
  • No new anouncements.
  • June 2
  • Read pages 276-291
  • starting on page 292, do Activities 14-7, 14-8, 14-9, 14-10, 14-11
  • No new anouncements.
  • June 3
  • I decided not to add more problems. Make sure you have done the ones assigned yesterday.
  • No new anouncements.
  • June 4
  • Read pages 297-305.
  • Do problems 4-6 on class handout.
  • Starting on page 306, do Activities 15-6, 15-7, 15-8, 15-9, 15-10, 15-12, 15-15, 15-20.
  • No new anouncements.
  • June 8
  • Read pages 315-329.
  • Starting on page 330, do Activities 16-7, 16-8, 16-12, 16-13, 16-14, 16-18, 16-21 (A great problem!)
  • Read pages 375-389.
  • Starting on page 389, do Activities 19-8, 19-13, 19-14 (Use Fathom to get the standard deviation), 19-17, 19-18, 19-20
  • No new anouncements.
  • June 9
  • Read pages 337-352.
  • Starting on page 352, do Activities 17-6, 17-7, 17-11, 17-12, 17-17
  • No new announcements.
  • June 10
  • Read pages 396-405
  • Finish the "Which is Bigger" handout.
  • Starting on page 406, do Activities 20-8, 20-9 (in part d, the standard deviation from Activity 20-1 is S = 20.27), 20-10
  • Your report is due at 5 pm on Thursday.