Math 210
Practical Mathematics

Text: Technical Mathematics, 6th edition, Paul Calter and Michael Calter, Wiley, 2011
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 Addition and Subtraction
1.3 Multiplication
1.4 Division
1.5 Powers and Roots
1.6 Combined Operations
13-20, 25 - 28, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 44, 46
9, 12-18
5, 9, 10, 17, 18, 20 - 25
5, 11, 15, 17, 20, 21 - 26, 28
9, 10, 16, 25, 28, 36, 40, 48 - 50, 57, 59 - 61, 63 - 65, 67, 70, 75
1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37, 40

2 1.8 Units of Measurement
1.9 Percentage
6.1 Straight Lines and Angles
6.2 Triangles
3, 6, 9, 12, 14, 18, 21, 24, 27, 31, 32, 34, 41, 42, 46, 48, 50
2-16 (even), 21, 23, 26, 30, 34, 36, 42, 44, 46, 47, 51, 54, 58, 60, 63
1-6
1, 3 - 5, 8, 9 - 14, 16 - 18, 20, 22, 23, 27

3 6.3 Quadrilaterals
6.4 The Circle
6.5 Polyhedra
6.6 Cylinder, Cone and Sphere
1a, c, 2b, c, e, 3-9
1, 4, 5, 7, 10 - 12, 14, 16, 19, 20, 23, 25, 30
1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 13, 17, 20, 27, 29, 30
1a, b, 3, 5, 9, 11, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24a, 28

4 Chapter 1 Review
Chapter 6 Review
Test 1
7.1 The Trig Functions
7.2 Solving a Right Triangle
1 - 12, 16, 17, 19, 22 - 26, 29, 30, 32, 33, 37 - 41, 43, 47 - 50, 52, 62, 63, 65 - 69, 74
1, 2, 4 - 9, 13, 14, 16 - 24, 26
Chapters 1 and 6
1a, c, 2a, c, 3a, m, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14,15, 16a, d
1, 3, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 18, 19

5 7.3 Applications of Right Triangles
7.4 Angles in Standard Position
8.1 Trig Functions of Any Angle
8.2 Finding the Angle
1 - 3, 6, 7, 11 - 13, 15, 18, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28, 30, 31, 35
1 - 3
2, 4, 6
1 - 5, 6, 9 - 11, 13, 14, 16 - 18, 22 - 29, 33

6 8.3 Law of Sines
8.4 Law of Cosines
8.5 Applications
1a, 1b, 2, 6, 7a, b, 10 - 12
1a, 1b, 2, 3, 7a, b, 8, 10, 11
1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 23, 27, 28

7 Chapter 7 Review
Chapter 8 Review
Test 2
7.5 Introduction to Vectors
4 - 12, 16, 17, 25, 27, 29
1 - 4, 6 - 18, 34 - 39, 44
Chapter 7 Sections 1 - 4, and Chapter 8 Sections 1 - 5
1,2, 6, 7, 11, 14, 16

8 7.6 Applications of Vectors
8.6 Nonperpendicular Vectors
14.1 Radian Measure
14.2 Arc Length
8-13
2 - 4, 7, 9 - 13, 15 - 17, 19, 22, 24 - 26
1 - 46 column 1, 52, 73, 74, 79
1 - 3, 6, 7, 10 - 12, 15, 16, 18, 21, 24, 25, 31, 34

9 14.3 Uniform Circular Motion
15.1 The Sine Curve
15.2 Graphing the Sine Curve
15.4 The Cosine Curve
1, 4, 5, 7 - 9, 11 - 20
2, 3, 6, 7, 19 - 22
1-4
1 - 3, 6, 9, 10

10 Chapter 7 Review
Chapter 8 Review
Chapter 14 Review
Chapter 15 Review
Test 3
17.1 Ratio and Proportion
13 - 15, 31
19 - 21, 23, 40 - 42
1 - 12, 18 - 21, 32 - 34
1 - 5
C 7 Sec 5 and 6, C 8 Sec 6, C 14, C 15 Sections 1 - 3
1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 13, 19

11 17.2 Similar Figures
17.3 Direct Variation
17.4 The Power Function
17.5 Inverse Variation
1, 4, 6, 9, 10
1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17
1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 17, 19, 20, 22, 25
1, 4, 7, 13, 17, 20, 24

12 17.6 Joint and Combination Variation
18.2 Logarithms
18.3 Properties of Logarithms
18.4 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, 23, 24 (Do not use change of base formula)
1 - 3, 6 - 8, 18, 21, 23, 24, 26 - 29

13 18.5 Logarithmic Equations
Chapter 17 Review
Chapter 18 Review
Test 4
Review For Final
1 - 18 even, 19, 20, 22 - 26
1, 2, 4 - 7, 14, 16, 18 - 20, 22, 25, 29, 30, 37
1 - 16, 21, 25, 28, 35, 36, 38
Chapters 17 and 18

14 Final Exam

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