MTH 101 Quantitative Literacy Semester 122  (Spring 2013) Instructor: Karen E. Donnelly  · Her Homepage · Her Schedule · Course Syllabus

Assignment Calendar

Final Project Guidelines and Schedule

Tentative Test Schedule

Test 1: Friday Feb 8^th Practice Test Questions

Test 2: Friday March 8^th Practice Test Questions

Test 3: Friday April 26^th Practice Test Questions

Final Exam Wednesday May 8^th 2:00 p.m. Final Exam Review Guide

Power Point Slides

f Chapter 1	Unit 1 A Power Point Unit 1 B Power Point	Unit 1 A Handouts Unit 1 B Handouts
	Unit 1 C Power Point	Unit 1 C Handouts
	Unit 1 D Power Point	Unit 1 D Handouts
Chapter 2	Unit 2 A Power Point Unit 2 B Power Point	Unit 2 A Handouts Unit 2 B Handouts
Chapter 3	Unit 3 A Power Point	Unit 3 A Handouts
Chapter 8 Chapter 4 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 11	Unit 3 B Power Point Unit 8 A Power Point Unit 8 B Power Point Unit 4 B Power Point Unit 4 C Power Point Unit 6 A Power Point Unit 6 B Power Point Unit 6 C Power Point Unit 6 D Power Point Unit 7 A Power Point Unit 7 B Power Point Unit 7 C Power Point Unit 11 A Power Point	Unit 3 B Handouts Unit 8 A Handouts Unit 8 B Handouts Unit 4 B Handouts Unit 4 C Handouts Unit 6 A Handouts Unit 6 B Handouts Unit 6 C Handouts Unit 6 D Handouts Unit 7 A Handouts Unit 7 B Handouts Unit 7 C Handouts Unit 11 A Handouts

Useful Links for this Course

• Companion web site for class text
• Cut the Knot

• Shodor Foundation Web Site with Interactive Activities
• Mathematical Archives
• Geometry Center for
• The Math Forum Home Page Computation and Visualization o
• Connected Curriculum Project at Duke
• PBS Teacher Source (includes math classroom activities)
• PRISM -- New Site for Middle School Science/Math activities linked to Ind Standards
• Merlot.org classroom activities for higher ed mathematics
• History of Mathematics
• Women Mathematicians-Chronological Index
• Chance Database
• The Mathematics of the Fibonacci series
• The Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden section
• The Golden Mean
• Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics
• Quotes compiled by Mark Woodard
• The Pi Pages
• Repeating Famous Experiments – Hands on activities
• Teachers.net Lesson Plans

Libraries and Large Reference Sites

• Library of Congress
• Links to all federal govt agencies and departments.
• Gateway and search for many federal govt sites

Government and Political Sites

• Federal govt statistics.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• National Center for Educational Statistics
• U.S. Government Printing Office
• National Transportation Safety Board
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• U.S. National Debt Clock
• Chart of Growth of National Debt
• World Population Clock
• Chart of Growth of Populations
• Exit polls
• U.S. Census Bureau (and Census 2010)

Newspapers and Media

• USA Today
• New York Times
• Washington Post
• Time-Warner (Time Magazines)
• National Public Radio
• CNN
• American Demographics Magazine
• Gallup Poll

Unit Conversion Links

• Unit Conversions Worksheet
• OANDA.com, The Currency Site
• BAC Report -- National Highway and Transportation Safety Association tells how to compute BAL
• Blood Alcohol Content Calculator - The Police Notebook
• BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL (BAL) -- Gives definition of BAL
• Online Conversion - Convert anything to anything else
• FareShare Conversion Tables for Food
• Indiana Farm Land Values

Music and Fractal Music Links

• Play a Piano : Interactive Keyboard

Population Links

• Modeling Population Growth
• Population Clock http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
• National Debt Clock http://www.usdebtclock.org/

Exponential Growth and Decay

· Radioactive Materials at Chernobyl

· List of Radioactive Half-lives (Wikipedia)

· United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Fact-sheet on plutonium

Logic and Set Theory Links

• Venn Diagrams and Probability
•  From Professor McFarland's , U. of Wisconsin -- Whitewater Finite Mathematics Course on line notes:
• Venn Diagram Self-Test with active javascript images
• PCs and Macs Venn Diagram
• County and Western Songs Venn Diagrams

Characterizing Data

U.S. Household Income

Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Numbers Links

• The Mathematics of the Fibonacci series
• The Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden section

• The Golden Number