| Lecture | Date | Section | Topic | Homework |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1/18 | Geometry | Measuring the Earth | |
| 2 | 1/20 | The Longitude Problem | ||
| 3 | 1/23 | The Pythagorean Theorem | ||
| 4 | 1/25 | Dimensions and Scaling | On Being the Right Size | |
| 5 | 1/27 | Numbers | Units, Ratios, and Percentages | |
| 6 | 1/30 | Primes and Irrationals | ||
| 7 | 2/01 | Infinity | ||
| 8 | 2/03 | Modular Equivalence and Remainders | ||
| 9 | 2/06 | Tests for Divisibility | ||
| 10 | 2/08 | Check Digit Schemes | Modular arithmetic problems | |
| 11 | 2/10 | Ancient & Modern Methods for Writing Numbers | ||
| 12 | 2/13 | Orders of Magnitude | ||
| 13 | 2/15 | Logarithmic Scales | Scientific notation problems | |
| 14 | 2/17 | Logarithmic Scales - con'd | ||
| 15 | 2/20 | Apportionment | Hamilton's Method | |
| 16 | 2/22 | Alabama and Other Paradoxes | ||
| 17 | 2/24 | Midterm 1 | ||
| 18 | 2/27 | Methods of Adams, Jefferson, and Webster | ||
| 19 | 2/29 | Using a Computer to do Apportionment | Apportionment Homework | |
| 20 | 3/02 | Huntington-Hill Method | ||
| 21 | 3/05 | Growth | Percentage & Exponential Growth | |
| 22 | 3/07 | Compound Interest | ||
| 23 | 3/09 | Geometric Series and Annuities | ||
| 24 | 3/19 | Geometric Means and Average Growth | ||
| 25 | 3/21 | Pascal's Triangle and the Binomial Theorem | Percentage Growth Homework | |
| 26 | 3/23 | Probability | Fundamental Counting Principle | |
| 27 | 3/26 | Permutations & Combinations | ||
| 28 | 3/28 | Probability Rules & Notation | ||
| 29 | 3/30 | Counterintuitive Examples | ||
| 30 | 4/02 | Weighted Averages & Expected Value | ||
| 31 | 4/04 | Properties of Expected Value, Variance | ||
| 32 | 4/06 | Law of Large Numbers | ||
| 33 | 4/09 | Betting Strategies: Can You Beat the System? | ||
| 34 | 4/11 | Midterm 2 | ||
| 35 | 4/13 | Statistics | Sampling and Measures of Central Tendency | |
| 36 | 4/16 | Normal Distributions & z-Values | ||
| 37 | 4/18 | 68-95-99.7 Rule | ||
| 38 | 4/20 | (Un)Fair Coin Principle | ||
| 39 | 4/23 | Statistical Inference | ||
| 40 | 4/25 | Correlation | ||
| 41 | 4/27 | Being a Critical Consumer of Statistics | ||
| 42 | 4/30 | Review |