MATH 55 SYLLABUS
Spring 1996
Text: Mathematical Modeling ln the Secondary School Curriculum,
Edited by Frank Swetz and J.S. Hartzler,
National Council for Teachers of Mathematics, 1991.
(Referred to as [MM] below).
See brief outline.
Topics covered
- I. Combinatorics
- II. Probability
- III. Equations and Inequalities
- IV. The Cartesian Coordinate System
- V. Statistics
- VI. Exponential Functions
- Topics
- Growth
- Decay
- Difference Equations
- Compound Interest
- Effective Annual Yield
- Amortization
- interpolation/extrapolation
- Group Project
- Checking the Accuracy of EAY listed
- Calculator Project
- Programming Compound Interest and Population Problems
- [MM]
- Exercise 18 (Making Money: Investing in a CD)
- Exercise 19 (Population Growth in the United States)
See full outline.
This page is maintained by John Noonan, Department of Mathematics.
Comments, suggestions and questions should
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Last modified April 25, 1996.
