Syllabus: MTH 143 Finite Mathematics
Fall 2012, Sections 001/002
Instructor: Mrs. Perry
Class Times & Place: Section 001: MWF 9-9:50, Math 212
Section 002: MWF 11-11:50, Math 212
Office: Math 323 (In the hall across from office #314)
Office Hours: MWF 10-10:50; MW 12-1; TR 11-12;
TR 3:30-5 (AARC)
E-mail address: [email protected]
Office Phone: 936.468.1728
Website: http://d2L.sfasu.edu
Required Materials
Book:
Calculator:
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Mathematical Applications for the Management, Life, and Social Sciences, 10 edition by Harshbarger Reynolds
A scientific calculator is required. Graphing calculators are allowed, but not required.
Course Description
Mathematical functions and graphs, linear systems of equations, matrices, linear programming, mathematics of finance, and
applications.
Student Learning Outcomes
At the end of MTH 143, a student who has studied and learned the material should be able to:
1. Use linear functions and quadratic functions in business applications.
2. Use matrices to solve systems of linear equations.
3. Use matrices to solve linear programming problems.
4. Use exponential functions and logarithmic functions and to solve equations using these functions.
5. Solve simple interest and compound interest problems including annuities.
This is a general education core curriculum course and no specific program learning outcomes for the major in mathematics are
addressed in this course.
General Exemplary Educational Objectives
1. To apply arithmetic, algebraic, geometric, higher-order thinking, and statistical methods to modeling and solving real-world
situations.
2. To represent and evaluate basic mathematical information verbally, numerically, graphically, and symbolically.
3. To expand mathematical reasoning skills and formal logic to develop convincing mathematical arguments.
4. To use appropriate technology to enhance mathematical thinking and understanding and to solve mathematical problems and
judge the reasonableness of the results.
5. To interpret mathematical models such as formulas, graphs, tables and schematics, and draw inferences from them.
6. To recognize the limitations of mathematical and statistical models.
7. To develop the view that mathematics is an evolving discipline, interrelated with human culture, and understand its connections
to other disciplines.
Final Grade Components
75%
25%
100%
Tests (3 @ 25% each)
Comprehensive Final Exam
Final Course Grade
Supplemental Instruction (SI)
Percy Owen
Grading Scale
90% - 100%
80% - 90%
70% - 80%
60% - 70%
0% - 60%
Test Dates
A
B
C
D
F
#1: Friday, Sep 28
#2: Monday, Oct 22
#3: Monday, Nov 12
Final: Mon, Dec 10, 8-10, Sec 001
Mon, Dec 10, 10:30-12:30, Sec 002
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:00 pm in room N in the AARC
General Policies and Information
You earn your grade by communicating your understanding of the material through the homework and tests. Clearly
communicating mathematics will be essential in this course.
I will send e-mails to the entire class during the semester. Check your SFA e-mail account frequently.
To contact me, you may drop by my office or e-mail me. I will do my best to reply quickly.
Students are expected to respect the learning environment of their fellow students. Towards this end, use of mobile
phones, mp3 players, PDAs, etc., is forbidden during class.
Testing, Grading, and Make-up Policies
If you miss a test and have a valid excuse, I will replace your missed test grade by your final exam grade. However, your
final may only replace one other score.
You must bring and display either your SFASU Student ID or a valid driver’s license before you will be permitted to take each
test and the final exam. I must be able to recognize you from the photo on the ID.
Since you have a full semester to arrange any travel plans, they are not an excuse for missing the final.
You may get help on work that is assigned to be done outside of class, unless otherwise instructed, but I expect any work
that you turn in to reflect your understanding of the material. On in-class graded work, I expect you to only use your brains,
pencil, paper, and, sometimes, a calculator.
Tips for a Successful math class
Measure success as understanding and being able to do new problems, not as having completed the assignment.
Try to understand definitions and solving approaches. See if you can find examples that work and examples that don’t.
Take the time to read the book and review your notes before and after class.
Practice homework problems until you can do it without referring to examples or help from your notes.
Practice explaining big ideas and problem solving procedures in your own words, using complete sentences.
Have someone check your work after you have finished it to help eliminate mistakes that you do not know you are making.
Treat mistakes as a learning experience.
Realize that math is hard. Some parts are harder for some people than others. Mathematicians frequently find it hard to
learn new things sometimes and make mistakes on things we already know. We have just learned to go back and refresh
the basics, and keep working, even it takes hours, days, weeks, or years.
Some people take longer to understand things than others. Evaluate how you study and seek to study smarter, not
necessarily longer. If you are still stuck, get some help. The AARC and I are here for you!
University Policies
Academic Integrity (A-9.1) Academic integrity is a responsibility of all university faculty and students. Faculty members
promote academic integrity in multiple ways including instruction on the components of academic honesty, as well as
abiding by university policy on penalties for cheating and plagiarism.
Definition of Academic Dishonesty Academic dishonesty includes both cheating and plagiarism. Cheating includes but is not
limited to (1) using or attempting to use unauthorized materials to aid in achieving a better grade on a component of a
class; (2) the falsification or invention of any information, including citations, on an assigned exercise; and/or (3) helping or
attempting to help another in an act of cheating or plagiarism. Plagiarism is presenting the words or ideas of another
person as if they were your own. Examples of plagiarism are (1) submitting an assignment as if it were one's own work
when, in fact, it is at least partly the work of another; (2) submitting a work that has been purchased or otherwise obtained
from an Internet source or another source; and (3) incorporating the words or ideas of an author into one's paper without
giving the author due credit. Please read the complete policy at http://www.sfasu.edu/policies/academic_integrity.asp
Withheld Grades Semester Grades Policy (A-54) Ordinarily, at the discretion of the instructor of record and with the
approval of the academic chair/director, a grade of WH will be assigned only if the student cannot complete the course
work because of unavoidable circumstances. Students must complete the work within one calendar year from the end of
the semester in which they receive a WH, or the grade automatically becomes an F. If students register for the same course
in future terms the WH will automatically become an F and will be counted as a repeated course for the purpose of
computing the grade point average.
The circumstances precipitating the request must have occurred after the last day in which a student could withdraw from
a course. Students requesting a WH must be passing the course with a minimum projected grade of C.
Students with Disabilities To obtain disability related accommodations, alternate formats and/or auxiliary aids, students
with disabilities must contact the Office of Disability Services (ODS), Human Services Building, and Room 325, 468-3004 /
468-1004 (TDD) as early as possible in the semester. Once verified, ODS will notify the course instructor and outline the
accommodation and/or auxiliary aids to be provided. Failure to request services in a timely manner may delay your
accommodations. For additional information, go to http://www.sfasu.edu/disabilityservices/.
Acceptable Student Behavior
Classroom behavior should not interfere with the instructor’s ability to conduct the class or the ability of other students to
learn from the instructional program (see the Student Conduct Code, policy D-34.1). Unacceptable or disruptive
behavior will not be tolerated. Students who disrupt the learning environment may be asked to leave class and may be
subject to judicial, academic or other penalties. This prohibition applies to all instructional forums, including electronic,
classroom, labs, discussion groups, field trips, etc. The instructor shall have full discretion over what behavior is
appropriate/inappropriate in the classroom. Students who do not attend class regularly or who perform poorly on class
projects/exams may be referred to the Early Alert Program. This program provides students with recommendations for
resources or other assistance that is available to help SFA students succeed.
Week
27-Aug
3-Sep
10-Sep
17-Sep
24-Sep
Topics
0.3 Integral Exponents
0.4 Radicals and Rational Exponents
Pages
19
27
Exercises for Extra Practice
1-55 odd, 59, 61
1-7 odd, 11-17 odd, 21-33 odd, 35-41 odd,
43,53,55
Labor Day
0.5 Operations with Algebraic Expressions
0.6 Factoring
0.7 Algebraic Fractions
34
39
45
1.1 Solutions of Linear Equations and…
1.2 Functions
1.3 Linear Functions
63
73
85
1.5 Sol’ns of Systems of Linear Equations
1.6 Applications of Functions in Business
Review/Catch Up
104
112
19, 23-29 odd, 39, 47,61, 69-75 odd
1-45odd, 59, 65
1,3,5,9,13-19odd,23,29,35,37,39,
43, 45
1-7odd,17,19,29,31,43,45,47,48,55,59
3,4,5,7,13,17,21,27,29,51,53,55
1,5,7,17,19,23,27,29,35,39,
41-47odd,55,61,63
9,21,23,29,31,33,37-43odd,47,49
1,7,9,17,19,35,37,45,49
134
143
1,2,3,7-31odd,45-49,51,56,62
1,3,7,9,11,31-39odd
151
194
206
242
245
1,3,5,11,13,25-31odd
15,17,23,29,31,33
3,5,6,8,23,43,44
5-15odd,25-31odd,53,59,61,62
13,15
265
275
293
336
348
358
1-9odd,17,19,25,27,29
5-11odd,15,25,27,31,39
3-21odd,25-35odd,45,47
1,3,5,11,29-37odd
1-7odd,15,17,35,39,49,57
25,27,29,35-43odd,55,57,59
376
5-17odd,33-41odd,47,51
389
399
5-21odd,29,35,37,41,43,61-65,67,69
7-15odd,19,23-31odd,37,39
410
1-11odd,19-27odd,31,37
1-Oct
Exam 1 Friday, 9/28
2.1 Quadratic Equations
2.2 Quadratic Functions: Parabolas
8-Oct
2.3 Business Apps Using Quadratic
3.1 Matrices
3.2 Multiplication of Matrices
15-Oct
22-Oct
29-Oct
5-Nov
12-Nov
19-Nov
26-Nov
3-Dec
3.3 Gauss-Jordan Elimination
3.5 Apps of Matrices
Review/Catch Up
Exam 2: Monday, 10/22
4.1 Linear Inequalities in 2 Variables
4.2 Linear Programming
4.3 The Simplex Method
5.1 Exponent Functions
5.2 Logarithmic Functions
5.3 Sol’ns of Exponent Equations
Review/Catch Up
Exam 3: Monday, 11/12
6.1 Simple Interest; Sequences
6.2 Comp. Interest; Geometric Sequences
6.3 Future Values of Annuities
Thanksgiving
6.4 Present Values of Annuities
Final Exam Review/Catch Up
Final Exam Review
10-Dec
Finals: 8-10 Mon, Dec 10 (Sec 1)
10:30-12:30 Mon, Dec 10 (Sec 2)