| Lecture | Date | Section | Topic | Homework |
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| 1 | 5/17 | Numeracy | Eratosthenes Measures the Earth The Longitude Problem Dimensional Analysis |
Dimensional anaylsis problems |
| 2 | 5/18 | The Pythagorean Theorem Natural Numbers and Modular Equivalence Divisibility Tests |
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| 3 | 5/19 | Applications of Modular Arithmetic Calendars & Clocks Check Digit Schemes |
Modular arithmetic problems | |
| 4 | 5/20 | Prime Numbers Irrational Numbers Decimal Number System & Scientific Notation |
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| 5 | 5/23 | Some Important Numbers Significant Digits & Estimation Logarithmic Scales |
Scientific notation problems | |
| 6 | 5/24 | Voting | Preference Schedules Plurality Method Borda Count Method |
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| 7 | 5/25 | Instand Run-off Voting Method of Pairwise Comparisons Arrow's Impossibility Theorem |
Voting theory problems | |
| 8 | 5/26 | Apportionment | The Apportionment Problem Hamilton's Method Alambama and other Paradoxes |
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| 9 | 5/27 | Midterm 1 |
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| 10 | 5/30 | Methods of Adams, Jefferson, and Webster Hill's Method |
Apportionment problems | |
| 11 | 5/31 | Growth | Percentage Growth Exponential Growth (The Rule of 70) Compound Interest |
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| 12 | 6/1 | Scaling: Areas, Volumes, and Fractals Pascal's Triangle The Binomial Theorem |
Growth problems | |
| 13 | 6/2 | Probability | Fundamental Counting Principle Permutations & Combinations |
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| 14 | 6/3 | Probability Spaces Complimentary Events Tree Diagrams |
Probability problems | |
| 15 | 6/6 | Weighted Averages Expected Value |
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| 16 | 6/7 | Statistics | Collecting Data: Sampling Mean, Median, and Mode Histograms |
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| 17 | 6/8 | Midterm 2 |
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| 18 | 6/9 | Normal Distributions z-Values 68-95-99.7 Rule |
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| 19 | 6/10 | (Un)fair Coin Principle Statistical Inference |
Statistics problems | |
| 20 | 6/13 | Being a Critical Consumer of Statistics | ||
| 21 | 6/14 | TBA |