MATH 112: Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I
Schedule, Fall 2011

Syllabus | Schedule | Student Outcomes
This table is intended to provide a general overview of the course. Depending on which section of MATH112 you are enrolled in, you may be a week ahead of or behind the material listed here.

Decimals and percents will be tested on the final exam and not on the second midterm.

Week Material Covered
9/7 Problem solving
Handshake Problem
Introductory Survey
9/12 M/W survey results
T/R survey results
Problem solving worksheet
Solving problems with algebra, sets
9/19 Whole numbers
9/26 Number systems, algorithms (addition/subtraction)
Chapter 2 Activity 7 (folding paper)
10/3 Algorithms (multiplication, division, estimation)
10/10 No classes Monday, 10/10.
First midterm on Tuesday/Wednesday on chapters 1-3
Sample problems from another class
10/17 Multiplication and Division algorithms; Estimation
Chapter 1 Activity 1
Is 1 prime?
Sieve of Eratosthenes
10/24 Professor Burgiel in Toronto; special projects.
10/31 Divisibility and factoring
Poster presentations Wednesday, 11/2 and Thursday, 11/3. (Rubric and Grading Key)
11/7 Integers
Closure and Inverses
No classes Wednesday, 11/9.
11/14 Fractions and rational numbers
11/21 No classes Thursday, 11/24
11/28 Fractions and proportions
12/5 Second midterm on Tuesday/Wednesday on sections 3.4-6.4
12/12 Decimals and percent
No classes Thursday, 12/15
12/19 Final exams

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