Math 210
Practical Mathematics

Text: Technical Mathematics, 5th edition, Paul Calter and Michael Calter, Wiley, 2007
Prerequisites: Credit in Math 105 or Math 107.
Special Notes: A TI83, TI83+, or TI84 graphing calculator is required.
All answers for this course are to be reported using the rules for significant figures and/or exact numbers.
WeekSection/Topic Assignment

1 1.1 Real Numbers
1.2 Approximate Numbers
1.3 Operations with Exact Num.
1.4 Approximate Numbers
1.5 Powers and Roots
1.6 Combined Operations
10-19, 22, 25, 27, 29, 30, 33, 35, 36, 38
9, 12-18
1, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18
1, 9, 13, 22, 23-30
4, 6, 8-10, 12, 14, 16, 20, 22, 28, 32, 37, 41, 45, 46, 49, 51, 53, 56, 60, 62, 67, 70
1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37, 40

2 1.8 Units of Measurement
1.9 Percentage
5.1 Straight Lines and Angles
5.2 Triangles
3, 6, 9, 12, 14, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30-32, 34, 35, 38, 41, 42, 46, 48, 50, 62, 65, 68
2-16 even, 19, 21, 23, 26, 27, 30, 34, 36, 39, 42, 44, 46, 47, 51, 54, 58, 60, 63, 66
1-6
9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24

3 5.3 Quadrilaterals
5.4 The Circle
5.5 Volume and Areas of Solids
1a, 1c, 2a, 2c, 2e, 3-9
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 13, 16, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24
1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 19, 23, 27

4 Review
Test 1
6.1 The Trig. Functions
6.2 Sol. Of Right Triangles

Chapters 1 & 5
1a, 1d, 2a, 2c, 3a, 3m, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 16
3, 8, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21

5 6.3 Applications of the Right Triangles
7.1 Trig Funct. of Any Angle
7.2 Finding the Angle
10, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 27, 28, 31
1, 4-6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 23, 24, 26, 28-45, 47-52, 55, 58, 61, 67, 68, 70, 73, 74, 77
1-3, 5-8, 12, 13, 16

6 7.3 Law of Sines
7.4 Law of Cosines
7.5 Applications
1a, 1b, 2, 6, 7a, 7b, 8-12
1a, 1b, 2, 3, 7a, 8, 10, 11
1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 23

7 Review
Test 2
6.4 Introduction to Vectors

Chapter 6 Sections 1-3 & Chapter 7 Sections 1-5
1, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16

8 6.5 Applications of Vectors
7.6 Nonperpendicular Vectors
13.1 Radian Measure
13.2 Arc Length
8-13
1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 16, 19, 22, 24, 25, 26
1-58 column 1, 67, 70, 73, 74
2, 5, 9, 11, 14, 15, 18, 20-23, 26, 28, 31, 34

9 13.3 Uniform Circular Motion
14.1 The Sine Curve
14.2 Graphing the Sine Curve
14.3 The Cosine Curve
1, 4, 5, 7-17
1-3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 14, 17
1-4
1-3, 5, 9, 10

10 Review
Test 3
16.1 Ratio and Proportion

C 6 Sec 4 & 5, C7 Sec 6, C 13, C14 Sections 1-3
1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 19

11 16.2 Similar Figures
16.3 Direct Variation
16.4 The Power Function
16.5 Inverse Variation
1, 4, 6, 9, 10
1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17
1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15, 17, 19, 20, 22, 25
1, 4, 7, 13, 17, 20, 24

12 16.6 Joint and Combination Variation
17.2 Logarithms
17.3 Properties of Logarithms
17.4 Exponential Equations
1, 4, 7, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 26, 27
1-12, 13-46 column 1
1, 5, 9, 12, 13, 17, 20, 22, 24 (Do not use change of base formula)
1-3, 6-8, 18, 21, 23, 24, 26-29

13 17.5 Logarithmic Equations
Review
Test 4
Review for Final
1-18 even, 19, 20, 22-26, 35

Chapters 16 & 17

14 Final Exam

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