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(Math 118)

MATH 99-101

MATH 125

Discrete (MATH 111)

CALC 161


 

 

VIDEOTAPES for
DISCRETE (MATH 111)

 

When checking out videotapes for Math 111, it is important that you ask the librarian for the videotapes labeled Mathematics All Around, by Pirnot, 2nd Edition.  Simply request the tape for the chapter that you are currently studying.  The following information may prove helpful to you.


 

Video Tape #

Video Segment #

Chapter/ Section #

Chapter/Section Title

 

 

 

 

Tape Time: 24:43

1

Set Theory: Using Mathematics to Classify Objects

1

1

1.1

Problem Solving

1

2

1.2

The Language of Sets

1

2

1.3

Comparing Sets

1

2

1.4

Set Operations

1

2

1.5

Survey Problems

 

 

2

Logic: The Study of What’s True or False or Somewhere in Between

1

3

2.1

Statements, Connectives, and Quantifiers

1

3

2.2

Truth Tables

1

3

2.3

The Conditional and Biconditional

1

3

2.4

Verifying Arguments

 

 

3

Graph Theory: The Mathematics of Relationships

2

4

3.1

Graph, Puzzles and Map Coloring

2

4

3.2

Traveling Salesperson Problem

 

 

4

Legislative Apportionment: How Do We Measure Fairness?

 

5

4.1

Understanding Apportionment

 

 

5

Voting: Using Mathematics to Make Choices

2

5

5.1

Voting Methods

 

 

6

Consumer Mathematics: The Mathematics of Everyday Life

3

6

6.1

Interest

3

6

6.2

Consumer Loans

3

6

6.4

Amortization

 

 

7

Data: How Do We Know What is True?

3

7

7.1

Surveys and Survey Biases

3

7

7.2

Determining the Accuracy of Surveys

 

 

8

Descriptive Statistics: What a Data Set Tells Us

4

8

8.1

Organizing and Visualizing Data

4

8

8.2

Measures of Central Tendency

4

8

8.3

Measures of Dispersion

4

8

8.4

The Normal Distribution

 

 

9

Counting: Just How Many are There?

4

9

9.1

Introduction to Counting Methods

4

9

9.2

The Fundamental Counting Principle

4

9

9.3

Permutations and Combinations

 

 

10

Probability: What are the Chances?

5

10

10.1

The Basics of Probability Theory

5

10

10.4

Expected Value

5

11

10.2

Complements and Unions of Events

 

11

10.3

Conditional Probability

 

 

11

Algebraic Models: How Do We Approximate Reality?

6

12

11.1

Linear Equations

6

12

11.2

Modeling with Linear Equations

6

12

11.4

Exponential Equations and Growth

6

13

11.3

Modeling with Quadratic Equations

 

 

12

Geometry: Ancient and Modern Mathematics Embrace

6

14

12.3

Perimeter and Area

6

14

12.4

Volume and Surface Area