Math OER

Math 105 Class Information Class times: Mon/Wed 2:00 pm to 3:50 pm Study Session times: Mon/Wed 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm Saturdys 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm Office Hours by appointment 4 credits, 4 lecture hours per week about 8 hours homework per week CRN 35386

Instructor Information David Van Slyke website: http://mathoer.net Zoom room: https://lanecc.zoom.us/my/vanslyked work email: vanslyked@lanecc.edu work cell phone: (541) 357-7551 office: Building 16 Room 261 (Please communicate with me using the above cell phone or LCC email. Please do not use my LCC office phone or moodle's messages.)

Course Summary

Course Description

Math 105 includes a review of basic Math 20 topics and greatly expands their real-life usefulness in problem solving, using data, and applications involving finance and probability.

You will be required to learn and use specific techniques and processes that may be different from what you have used in the past, and develop your ability to communicate mathematically by showing all work in a neat and organized manner.

Students are encouraged to use study groups for all types of homework. A study group can be classmates, or working with friends or family members. Studying in-person is best. Doing homework together on speaker-phone or computer voice chat is also usuallly better than working alone.

Official Course Description: MTH 105 is survey of mathematical topics and applications of those topics for non-science majors including probability, statistics, finance and exponential modeling problem solving. Math 105, 106, and 107 are a three course sequence but may be taken in any order, with a prerequisite of Math 095, Math 098, or equivalent course completed with a grade of C− or better within the past two years, or placement by the College's Math Placement Process.

Other Issues Regarding Stuff in Class

You are welcome to use a cell phone calculator, except on the final exam (when cell phone use is not allowed).

Class times are informal discussions, not formal lectures. You may leave and return quietly without permission. When you have something to contribute, raising your hand might help me guide the flow of conversation and ensure all students have a chance to talk—or it might not be important to do. When speaking without raising your hand, please be polite and socially aware.

Although it has never been an issue in my many years of math teaching, please know that LCC instructors are Mandatory Reporters who cannot extend confidentiality to threats of imminent harm or death to one's self or others.

Grading

You must be present each week so I can see your face. If you cannot attend at least one of the week's classes or study sessions, then submit a link to a video of you doing homework or something like that. This expectation is for politeness and friendliness as a student to your classmates, as well as my attempt to prevent anyone from falling behind.

Our class uses a combination of numeric and achievement based grading. We do not use the unreliable Moodle gradebook.

The numeric part of grading requires earning your letter grade with thresholds to meet or exceed with your weekly quiz completion, final exam score, twice-weekly homeworks completed on time, and weekly discussions. A "discussion" can be either completing the weekly discussion forum on time, or spending at least half an hour in a study group that week.

The weekly quiz has three problems, and happens at the end of Wednesday's class. You must get two of the three problems right (with small leniency for careless errors) for that quiz to be considered "complete".

Letter Grade	Complete Quizzes	Final Exam	Homeworks Completed	Discussions
A	9	85%	20	10
B	8	75%	18	9
C	7	70%	16	8
D	6	65%	14	7
F	below 6	below 65%	below 14	below 7

The achievement part of grading lowers the requirement for complete quizzes by one-eigth per achievement. For example, a student earning 24 of the 54 achievements would only need an 6 complete quizzes to earn an A. This allows you to compensate for missing class by participating more outside of class.

The seven colors of achievements correspond to the seven aspects of being a mather: participation in discussions is red, devouring math is orange, exploring math is yellow, analyzing real-life issues is green, using resources is blue, taking a test is purple, and time management is brown. The requirement for weekly homeworks completed on time is decreased by two, and the requirement for and discussion forums completed on time is decreased by one, for each color in which you earn three or more achievements.

Achievements also use class participation to determine if your letter grade receives a + or −. You earn a − if you do not complete at least 14 achievements. You get a + if you complete 30 or more achievements.

Students who checking items off a list might enjoy a page that simply lists all of the achievements.

A grade of Incomplete is only for a student who has successfully completed 75% of the work before the end of the term, and can reasonably be expected to finish the work. Incompletes are used only in cases when serious illness or other emergency prevents a student from completing the course. See LCC's incomplete policy.

Time and Materials Needed

Our class has a lot of homework. Expect to spend 6 to 10 hours each week doing homework if you have an average math foundation from the previous class.

Please schedule different blocks of time for appetizer and real homework, as explained in the study skills page.

Please bring to class paper, a pencil, a highlighter, and a notebook.

You will need a scientific calculator that can do exponents, parenthesis, and a π key. The official class guidelines recommend a Sharp D.A.L. 500 calculator. This model is most popular. Some students instead use a Casio that is also inexpensive and also gets good reviews.

Our textbook is the PDF book Math in Society by David Lippman of Pierce College. The author has put many accompanying videos on YouTube.

You will, of course, need a computer and internet to use this website, the textbook, and other online resources, as well as to turn in assignments online.

Together our class times, study sessions, this class website, textbook, and other resources linked from the class website provide many different ways of understanding each math topic. Find the resources that work best for you!

One of your key tasks is to condense your class notes, thoughts, homework, and favorite example problems into an improved set of notes that you are useful when studying for the final exam. Preparing these notes carefully is invaluable!

Key Resources

LaneCC provides dumploads of resources to help students succeed. You can click on the image to the right to see my own compilation of student resources. Also see the tutoring section in the study skills page.

It is often valuable to visit an Early Outreach Specialist who is trained to connect students to whatever resources can help. The one who normally works most closely with Math 20 students is Katherine Kaylegian (e-mail).

Study Sessions

Instead of quiet office hours we have chatty study sessions!

These can serve several different purposes.

You do not need to bring questions to study sessions. It can be nice to simply study quietly while knowing that help is available from the instructor or classmates. That help can look like a few things:

• You can ask for hints. Someone can "scaffold" your thinking by providing a small hint to help your brain see connections. Often you can do the important thinking and learning quickly if you stand on the right foundation.
• You can ask for a sounding board. Someone can listen as you try to explain something out loud. This is a great way to help learn math. Connecting our brain to our ears often triggers an insight.
• You can ask for step-by-step answers. Someone can solve a problem in a different way from how the online notes solved it, which is sometimes very helpful.
• You can ask for double-checking. Someone can confirm when an example problem in your notes is correct. Sometimes you you want your own notes to include a problem solved a certain way, and written how you prefer, but are not certain you got it right.

MRC

The free tutoring provided by the Math Resource Center currently happens remotely.

First, make a reservation for a 30-minute appointment using the website WC Online. This is quicker if you use the pull-down menu to select the topic in which you want tutoring.

Second, five minutes early before your appointment go to a Zoom meeting room named Study Annex Tutoring, where a front desk person will greet you and assign you to a "breakout room" in Zoom. The front desk person can also help you get Zoom working with text chat, audio, and/or video to best suit your needs and what tools you have available at home.

Third, your tutor joins you in the breakout room. Enjoy your live tutoring!

Math Resource Center online hours are Monday through Friday 9:00am to 4:30pm, and also 5:00pm to 8:00pm on Tuesday through Thursday. The Math Resource Center is considering offering some weekend hours. Please let them know if that would help your schedule.

CAR

Lane Community College is dedicated to providing inclusive learning environments. The Center for Accessible Resources coordinates all academic accomodations for students. If you anticipate or experience academic barriers due to a disability, to request assistance or accommodations, contact CAR at 541-463-5150 or accessibleresources@lanecc.edu.

SHeD

The LCC Student Help Desk (nicknamed the SHeD) provides technology loans and support to students. It can be reached at 541-463-3333.

Emergency Phone Numbers

• Security: Campus Extension 5555 (or 541-463-5555)
• Student Health Clinic: Campus Extension 5665 (or 541-463-5665)
• Counseling Non-Emergency: Campus Extension 8888 (or 541-463-8888)
• Ambulance or Sheriff: Campus dial 9-911 (or 911)

Procedures for Bad Weather

Distance learning is more immune to weather issues, but we should still know the routines...

Sign up for LaneAlert to receive e-mails or texts about weather closures! Log into mylane. In the Home tab, locate the box labeled Personal Information. Select the Lane Alert Emergency Notification link. Select which notifications you would like to receive. Scroll down to the very bottom of the page and click Save Changes.

You can also listen to KLCC (FM 89.7) or KUGN (AM 590 or FM 97.9) for campus closure information. You can also check the websites of LCC and FlashAlert.

If class is canceled or you are absent, please read ahead using the class website to familiarize yourself with the upcoming topics and assignments. Then we can more quickly cover the missed material.

LCC's website has more about its weather closure policies.

By LCC policy, missing all classes and assignments during the first week causes you to be dropped from the class.

The deadline for a tuition refund is 11:59 pm on the Sunday at the end of the first week of the class.

The deadline for schedule changes, dropping classes, grading option changes, etc. is February 26th.

The Winter term holidays are Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Week 3, Monday, January 18th) and Presidents Day (Week 7, Monday, February 15th).

Our final exam has a scheduled time Monday during finals' week, starting at 2pm (our normal class start time) and lasting for 110 minutes. This may or many not be useful to us.

You can add this calendar to your own calendar app using this ICAL address.

Please note that LCC policy allows students with three or more finals on the same day to reschedule one of them. Sometimes final exams may be taken early because of medical or other concerns.

Whenever you get stuck use a good first way to get help is with our class Get Help Forum.

But LCC has a lot of other resources, including lots of free tutoring!

During Winter term the Math Resource Center will be offering online tutoring using Zoom.

This is part of the Lane Support Hub and uses that hub's Zoom room.

The Math 105 tutors with whom you can reserve a half-hour appointment using MyWCOnline are named Kristen, Paula, Carrie, Cullen, Greg D., Mike H., and Zachary.

Contacting TRiO is another great source of tutoring if you qualify.

You can also visit an Early Outreach Specialist to quickly learn about college resources. You will be amazed how many resources there are, and how many people are ready to say "I got your back".

Since 2016 LCC has also paid to collaborate with eTutoringOnline.org. In theory, going to this websiteshould be a free way to get tutoring during the hours when the Math Resource Center is closed. However, the current shift nationwide to distance learning has made eTutoring Online really busy. The wait times for an appointment might be unworkable. So feel free to try eTutoring Online, but be warned.

This week, in addition to getting introduced to each other and to the course, we review some topics like percents, rates, and geometry, and use them to practice solving problems. We will also talk about appreciation, depreciation, and simple interest.

In this chapter, we begin to use math as a tool. This will be a recurring theme in the course.

Whenever you get stuck use the Get Help Forum.

To Do List for Week One

1. Attend the Zoom sessions. The last 15 minutes of each Wednesday class has our weekly quiz. If you are ever absent, watch the archived videos of the lessons, ask questions, and check in by attending a study session or submitting a video of you doing math work.

2. Skim the textbook chapter about Problem Solving. Be ready to use it as a resource when doing this week's work.

3. Complete this week's activity. Work on your own as much as you can. Then review the answer key. This item will not be collected. It is just for you to make sure that you can use the math topics we are learning.

4. This week's discussion forum is for introducting ourselves. The requirement is what will usually be true: make a contribution soon, then come back and reply to two other students' posts. (Moodle should show a completion checkmark when you have done that.)

5. Complete the homework, part A and part B, before the end of the week. Keep trying each homework assignment until you get 8 out of 10 or more.

6. Perhaps go over Paula's weekly worksheet. If it is helpful, write out solutions for yourself to make sure you understand. You do not turn this in, but may contact me with specific questions if there are parts you don't get. Unfortunately, this worksheet does not have an answer key.

Week 1, Monday	review day
Week 1, Wednesday	problem solving
Study Session on Saturday	problem solving		not recorded	not recorded

References Optional Videos Achievements

We start a new chapter this week: finance. We use our review of simple interest as a foundation for studying compound interest. This sets the stage for more advanced work in finance, such as saving for retirement and installment loans.

Whenever you get stuck use the Get Help Forum.

To Do List for Week Two

1. Attend the Zoom sessions. The last 15 minutes of each Wednesday class has our weekly quiz. If you are ever absent, watch the archived videos of the lessons, ask questions, and check in by attending a study session or submitting a video of you doing math work.

2. Skim the textbook chapter about Finance. Be ready to use it as a resource when doing this week's work.

3. Complete this week's activity. Work on your own as much as you can. Then review the answer key. This item will not be collected. It is just for you to make sure that you can use the math topics we are learning.

4. This week's discussion forum is for investing anecdotes and savings account research. The requirement is what will usually be true: make a contribution soon, then come back and reply to two other students' posts. (Moodle should show a completion checkmark when you have done that.)

5. Complete the homework, part A and part B, before the end of the week. Keep trying each homework assignment until you get 8 out of 10 or more.

5b. This week we had a take-home take-home quiz

6. Perhaps go over Paula's weekly worksheet. If it is helpful, write out solutions for yourself to make sure you understand. You do not turn this in, but may contact me with specific questions if there are parts you don't get. Unfortunately, this worksheet does not have an answer key.

Week 2, Monday	simple and compound interest
Week 2, Wednesday	mortgages and annuities
Study Session on Thursday	problems from HW 2A		not recorded	not recorded
Study Session on Saturday	problems from HW 2B and quiz (It starts on page 13 of the Wed class Jamboard, the link goes right there)		not recorded	not recorded
Study Session on Monday 1/18	problems from HW 2A and 2B and quiz

Which Formula to Use? References Optional Videos Achievements

Note that Monday is the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. There is no class.

This week we continue our study of finance by moving to more advanced topics: annuities, payout annuities, and loans. (We'll omit remaining loan balance.) These topics are useful in a variety of applications, such as retirement savings, car loans, mortgages, and refinancing a loan.

Whenever you get stuck use the Get Help Forum.

To Do List for Week Three

1. Attend the Zoom sessions. The last 15 minutes of each Wednesday class has our weekly quiz. If you are ever absent, watch the archived videos of the lessons, ask questions, and check in by attending a study session or submitting a video of you doing math work.

2. Skim the textbook chapter about Finance. Be ready to use it as a resource when doing this week's work.

3. Complete this week's activity. Work on your own as much as you can. Then review the answer key. This item will not be collected. It is just for you to make sure that you can use the math topics we are learning.

4. This week's discussion forum is for for reflecting on your study skills and test preparation. The requirement is what will usually be true: make a contribution soon, then come back and reply to two other students' posts. (Moodle should show a completion checkmark when you have done that.)

5. This week does not have the usual homework. Instead, complete two practice tests and after grading your answers submit photos of your work (preferably using a shared folder in Google Drive, instructions here).

5b. During class we talked about an Example Savings Plan Spreadsheet. You can make your own copy and experiment with it as a make-up quiz (if you missed a quiz during the firs two weeks).

6. Perhaps go over Paula's weekly worksheet. If it is helpful, write out solutions for yourself to make sure you understand. You do not turn this in, but may contact me with specific questions if there are parts you don't get. Unfortunately, this worksheet does not have an answer key.

Next week we will have our first test. Begin preparing for it now! Test One covers everything we have done so far, plus "Which Equation to Use" which we will discuss next week. You will take this test during Week 4.

To Do List for Test One

Review your notes. Rewrite the most important things you have learned, helpful terms, and examples from each concept. Organize what we learned each class. Make useful notes to use on the test. The process of reviewing and rewriting is very helpful to get your brain organized and confident. Having carefully prepared notes will allow you to work efficiently during the test.

Review the activities and their answer keys, and your homework and quizzes.

Use Paula's review sheet.

Take lots of practice tests.

Share questions you have in the Get Help Forum.

Use other resources! Remember to look at the "Getting Help" section above.

Study Session on Monday 1/18	problems from HW 2A and 2B and quiz
Study Session on Monday 1/18	When is it wise to pay off a mortgage?
Wednesday	Review Day with Practice Test
Study Session on Saturday	Activity 1 #7,8 and Practice Midterm #22 two ways		not recorded	not recorded

References Achievements

This week we take our first test to conclude the problem solving and finance chapters.

Then we start a new chapter, Describing Data. This branch of statistics is known as "descriptive" because we use it to describe what we see in the world around us. This week we will look at categorical data and charts. Next week we will look at quantitative data and tables. For both types of data we will learn how to analyze and presenting data. We will also slowly build a spreadsheet of in-class examples of technology use.

Whenever you get stuck use the Get Help Forum.

To Do List for Week Four

1. Attend the Zoom sessions. The last 15 minutes of each Wednesday class has our weekly quiz. If you are ever absent, watch the archived videos of the lessons, ask questions, and check in by attending a study session or submitting a video of you doing math work.

2. Skim the textbook chapter about Describing Data. Be ready to use it as a resource when doing this week's work.

3. Complete this week's activity. Work on your own as much as you can. Then review the answer key. This item will not be collected. It is just for you to make sure that you can use the math topics we are learning.

4. This week's discussion forum is about creating a bar chart, pie chart, or Pareto chart from survey data. The requirement is different from usual. You will need to reply to two surveys, then create and comment about a frequency table and chart. (Tips for including images in Moodle forums are here. Moodle will not understand completion for this.)

5. Complete the homework, part A and part B, before the end of the week. Keep trying each homework assignment until you get 8 out of 10 or more.

6. Keep looking over your midterm. Here is the answer key if you lost that e-mail.

Monday	Jamboard from the Zoom midterm group		not recorded	not recorded
Wednesday	quickly about investment types, then start Describing Data Frequency Tables & Histograms / Mean, Median & Mode / Pareto Chart & Pie Chart

Optional Videos Achievements

This week we continue the Describing Data chapter by looking at quantitative data, frequency tables, and contingency tables. Again we focus on analyzing and presenting data. We continue to slowly build our spreadsheet of in-class examples of technology use.

Whenever you get stuck use the Get Help Forum.

To Do List for Week Five

1. Attend the Zoom sessions. The last 15 minutes of each Wednesday class has our weekly quiz. If you are ever absent, watch the archived videos of the lessons, ask questions, and check in by attending a study session or submitting a video of you doing math work.

2. Skim the textbook chapter about Describing Data. Be ready to use it as a resource when doing this week's work.

3. Complete this week's activity. Work on your own as much as you can. Then review the answer key. This item will not be collected. It is just for you to make sure that you can use the math topics we are learning.

4. This week's discussion forum is for critiquing a David Ramsey video named How to Drive Free Cars for LIFE!. Pay attention to how he presents and analyzes data. He is obviously a salesman promoting his book. What can you learn about salesmanship and describing data? (Don't get distracted by the validity of his financial advice, which we can discuss during class time.) The requirement is what will usually be true: make a contribution soon, then come back and reply to two other students' posts. (Moodle should show a completion checkmark when you have done that.)

5. Complete the homework, part A and part B, before the end of the week. Keep trying each homework assignment until you get 8 out of 10 or more.

6. Special for this week! Pick a math playground to do this week or weekend.

7. Maintain mastery of old material! Keep looking over your first midterm. Here is the answer key if you lost that e-mail. Now and then re-try the problems you missed with a new version of the practice midterm.

8. Perhaps go over Paula's weekly worksheet. If it is helpful, write out solutions for yourself to make sure you understand. You do not turn this in, but may contact me with specific questions if there are parts you don't get. Unfortunately, this worksheet does not have an answer key.

Monday	Quantitative Data in charts and tables
Monday (after class)	a few more week 4 HW problems
Wednesday	review of Describing Data so far

References Optional Videos Achievements

This week we finish the Describing Data chapter by looking at measures of variation. We also share what we did in our playgrounds. We continue to slowly build our spreadsheet of in-class examples of technology use.

Whenever you get stuck use the Get Help Forum.

To Do List for Week Six

0. Share during class about your math playground if you have not yet done so.

1. Attend the Zoom sessions. The last 15 minutes of each Wednesday class has our weekly quiz. If you are ever absent, watch the archived videos of the lessons, ask questions, and check in by attending a study session or submitting a video of you doing math work.

2. Skim the textbook chapter about Finance. Be ready to use it as a resource when doing this week's work.

3. Complete this week's activity. Work on your own as much as you can. Then review the answer key. This item will not be collected. It is just for you to make sure that you can use the math topics we are learning.

4. This week's discussion forum is simply a place to share about your math playground time. There is no expectation to reply to what classmates share, but you may. If you share during class time you do not need to do this week's discussion forum.

5. This week does not have the usual homework. Instead, complete two practice tests and after grading your answers submit photos of your work (preferably using a shared folder in Google Drive, instructions here).

6. Perhaps go over Paula's weekly worksheet. If it is helpful, write out solutions for yourself to make sure you understand. You do not turn this in, but may contact me with specific questions if there are parts you don't get. Unfortunately, this worksheet does not have an answer key.

Next week we will have our second test. Begin preparing for it now! Test Two covers everything we have done so far: problem solving, finance, and describing data.

To Do List for Test Two

Review your notes. Rewrite the most important things you have learned, helpful terms, and examples from each concept. Organize what we learned each class. Make useful notes to use on the test. The process of reviewing and rewriting is very helpful to get your brain organized and confident. Having carefully prepared notes will allow you to work efficiently during the test.

Review the activities and their answer keys, and your homework and quizzes.

Use Paula's Warm-Up, a nice Google Slides review of the Describing Data topic.

Use Paula's review sheet, which this time has an answer key.

Take lots of practice tests.

Share questions you have in the Get Help Forum.

Use other resources! Remember to look at the "Getting Help" section above.

Monday	Quantitative Data in charts and tables
Wednesday	More Standard Deviation

Optional Videos Achievements

This week is a holiday and our second test.

Whenever you get stuck use the Get Help Forum.

To Do List for Week Seven

1. Attend the Wednesday Zoom session. This is our test!

2. If you wish, explore our class library and maybe earn easy achievements.

3. Say or send a thank you to a classmate who has helped you this term.

4. Relax. You have earned a break!

Achievements

This week we start our next topic: Probability. We begin by discussing likelihood, permutations, and combinations. We also use tree diagrams. Then we deepen our exploration of probability by looking at complementary, independent, conditional, and contingent events.

We continue to slowly build our spreadsheet of in-class examples of technology use.

Our official formula page has grown to include the probability formulas.

Whenever you get stuck use the Get Help Forum.

To Do List for Week Eight

1. Attend the Zoom sessions. The last 15 minutes of each Wednesday class has our weekly quiz. If you are ever absent, watch the archived videos of the lessons, ask questions, and check in by attending a study session or submitting a video of you doing math work.

2. Skim the textbook chapter about Finance. Be ready to use it as a resource when doing this week's work.

3. Complete this week's activity. Work on your own as much as you can. Then review the answer key. This item will not be collected. It is just for you to make sure that you can use the math topics we are learning.

4. This week's discussion forum is about the difference between independent events and mutually exclusive events. Students sometimes mix the two ideas up. First, explain in your own words what independent events are, and what mutually exclusive events are. Then give four examples (two of each kind) from your life. (Avoid things like rolling dice and drawing cards!) Explain why you think your first two examples are independent, and your second two examples are mutually exclusive events? (Moodle will not judge completion for your reply.)

5. Complete the homework, part A and part B, before the end of the week. Keep trying each homework assignment until you get 8 out of 10 or more.

6. Perhaps go over Paula's weekly worksheet, which this time is only notes without any problems to attempt.

Monday	Probability vs. Odds, Outcomes vs. Events, Complete vs. Partial Permutations
Wednesday	review of Monday stuff, Combinations, Words

Optional Videos Achievements

This week we finish our exploration of probability by looking at conditional probability and expected value.

Whenever you get stuck use the Get Help Forum.

To Do List for Week Nine

1. Attend the Zoom sessions. The last 15 minutes of each Wednesday class has our weekly quiz. If you are ever absent, watch the archived videos of the lessons, ask questions, and check in by attending a study session or submitting a video of you doing math work.

2. Skim the textbook chapter about Finance. Be ready to use it as a resource when doing this week's work.

3. Complete this week's activity. Work on your own as much as you can. Then review the answer key. This item will not be collected. It is just for you to make sure that you can use the math topics we are learning.

4. This week's discussion forum is about comparing the currend pandemic with the 1918 Spanish Flu. Consider the world population in 1918 and 2019. Consider how many people caught each disease, and died from each disease. What percentage of the world population died from each disease? What else do you wonder about these or other pandemics—what would you like to know or research to gain a better perspective on the scope or magnitude of these pandemics? (Moodle will not judge completion for your reply.)

5. Complete the homework, (not ready yet) part A and part B, before the end of the week. Keep trying each homework assignment until you get 8 out of 10 or more.

6. Perhaps go over Paula's weekly worksheet. If it is helpful, write out solutions for yourself to make sure you understand. You do not turn this in, but may contact me with specific questions if there are parts you don't get. This week it does have an answer key.

7. Carefully go over Paula's final exam review. If it is helpful, write out solutions for yourself to make sure you understand. You do not turn this in, but may contact me with specific questions if there are parts you don't get. It does have an answer key.

Optional Videos Achievements