Daily Schedule -- Discrete Mathematics

MATH 131, College Algebra, is a prerequisite for Discrete Mathematics.  In order to succeed in Discrete Mathematics it is essential that students understand the concepts of College Algebra.  To help with this the first two weeks of this course will be devoted to a review of College Algebra.  The problems suggested here are from the text "Algebra and Trigonometry, fourth edition" by Larson Hostetler.  If a book is not available to you a copy of the problems may be obtained from your instructor.  The student should include in his/her notebook a large sampling of the problems worked out.  Enough problems should be worked so that the student is assured of being able to do all of the problems.  In most cases, this would be about 30 problems per day, more if necessary.

January 11

• Understand syllabus
• Know how to do the following problems
Page 23-24: 3, 5, 6, 21, 24, 34, 35, 46, 51
Page 32-33: 7, 10, 19, 26, 33, 35, 47, 53, 64
Page 42-43: 1, 3, 5, 8, 13, 16, 17, 20, 26, 33, 39, 42, 43, 47, 50, 71, 78
Page 52-53: 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 17, 18, 20, 26
Page 70-71: 1, 3, 4, 13, 15, 25, 31, 32
Page 92-93: 1, 3, 4, 6, 39, 41, 45, 47, 49
Page 102-103: 1, 3, 6, 8, 31, 37, 40, 53, 54, 59, 62
Page 113-114: 7, 8, 12, 16, 23, 29, 39, 41
Page 128-129: 10, 11, 12, 19, 25, 31, 35, 39, 43, 53, 59, 71, 89
Page 139-140: 1, 3, 5, 11, 14, 16, 27, 31, 35, 39, 66, 69, 79, 87

• Know how to do the following problems
Page 149-150:  1, 4, 6, 18, 19, 22, 24, 29, 31, 39, 47, 56, 64
Page 160-161:  2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 27, 33, 49, 53, 63, 71
Page 171-172:  2, 4, 6, 9, 13, 19, 21, 27, 35, 39, 46, 51, 56
Page 191-192:  1, 3, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26
Page 205-206:  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 15, 17, 21, 25, 27, 28, 29
Page 218-219:  1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21
Page 232-233:  1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 17, 19, 23
Page 244-245:  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 33, 37, 41

• Know how to do the following problems
Page 263-264:  1, 3, 5, 7, 13, 15, 17, 23, 31, 32, 34, 37, 39, 41
Page 277-288:  1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 27, 35, 40, 47, 51, 55
Page 289-290:  1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 17, 18, 23, 25, 27, 33, 37
Page 298-299:  5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 29, 31
Page 339-340:  1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23

• Know how to do the following problems
Page 348-349:  1, 3, 5, 7, 13, 17, 23, 27
Page 402-403:  11, 13, 15, 17, 21, 25, 37
Page 413-414:  1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 55, 59
Page 421-422:  3, 5, 7, 9, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 31, 33, 37, 41, 43, 47, 50, 53, 65
Page 431-432:  1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 19, 21, 25
Page 671-672:  1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 19, 21, 41, 45, 49
Page 683-684:  1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 19, 23, 29, 39, 41
 

• January 25
• Continued review of College Algebra
• January 30
• Section 1
• Problems: Page 19-20: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15
• February 1
• Section 1 continued
• Problems: Page 20-21: 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 27, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35
• February 6
• Section 2
• February 8
• Major Examination I -- over College Algebra and Section 1 in text
• February 13
• Review of Examination I.  Problems:  For each problem missed on the examination do five similar problems (or what ever it takes to understand how to do the problem.)
• February 15
• Section 2.  Structure and Proof: Basic Terminology
• February 20
• Section 2 continued.  Problems: Page 34: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15
• February 22
• Section 3.  Implementation and Contrapositive:  Problems: Page 49 to 50: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 25, 30, 31, 32.
• February 27
• Section 3 continued.
• March 1
• Review for mid-term Examination
• March 6
• Mid-Term Examination
• March 8
• Review of Mid-term examination.
• March 20
• Section 4 -- Prime numbers
• March 22
• Section 4 -- Indirect proofs
• March 27
• Indirect Proofs continued
• March 29
• Section 9 -- Quantified statements and their negations
• April 3
• Section 9 continued
• April 5
• Section 12 -- Principle of Mathematical Inductions
• April 10
• Section 12 continued
• April 12
• Review for examination
• April 17
• Major Examination III
• April 19
• April 24
• April 26
• May 1
• May 3
• Review for final examination
• Graduating seniors must make arrangements to take final examination.
• May 8 -- Final Examination, 1:00pm to 2:50pm