Welcome to MAT 142 Self-paced Hybrid

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WelcometoMAT 142Self-paced Hybrid
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Basic Course Information
Instructor and Office Hours

• Instructor
• Office
• Office Hours

• Beth Jones

• PSA 725

Tuesday and Thursday 8 am 830 am Tuesday and
Thursday 1030 am 1130 am and by appointment
There will be no office hours March 16 and March
18.  (Please note that this list is subject to
change.)
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Web Information

• Email
• Web Page

bethjones_at_asu.edu
http//www.public.asu.edu/kamman
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Deadlines

• Deadlines

• Course Withdrawal Deadline April 9 (April 11)
• Complete Withdrawal Deadline May 4

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Calculator

• Calculator

You may use any scientific or graphing calculator
you like as long as it can calculate factorials,
permutations, combinations, means and standard
deviations and has trigonometric functions.  no
calculators with computer algebra systems
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Grading
A 90 to 100
B 80 to 89.9
C 70 to 79.9
D 60 to 69.9
E below 60

• Grade Scale
• Grade Breakdown

There will be no /- grading
Midterm Exams 50 Final Exam (exam 6)
10 Homework and quizzes 40
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Exams and Final

• Midterm Exams
• Final Date and Time

Schedule exams with the instructor on Fridays
during class time. These exams are taken in the
Math Testing Center (PSA 21)
Exam 6 will be taken at the time of the scheduled
final exam if it is not taken prior to May 5.
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Book, Videos, and Homework

• Book and Homework
• Videos

Mathematics, A Practical Odyssey, MAT 142 at ASU,
Johnson/Mowry - optional
WeBWorK http//webwork.asu.edu
Moodle http//stack.asu.edu
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Homework

• WeBWorK

http//webwork.asu.edu
Homework Assignments  All homework assignments
are submitted on-line using a program called
WeBWorK.  This can be accessed directly through
the website http//webwork.asu.edu. 
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Homework

• WeBWorK

http//webwork.asu.edu
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Homework

• WeBWorK

http//webwork.asu.edu
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Homework

• WeBWorK

http//webwork.asu.edu
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Homework

• WeBWorK

http//webwork.asu.edu
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Videos

• Moodle -

http//stack.asu.edu
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Videos

• Moodle -

http//stack.asu.edu
ASU Rite ID
ASU Rite ID
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Videos

• Moodle -

http//stack.asu.edu
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Videos

• Moodle -

http//stack.asu.edu
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Time
Studying and Preparation Time  The course
requires you to spend time preparing and
completing assignments. A three-credit course
requires a minimum of 135 hours of student work.
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Course Set-up
This course is sectioned into six modules.  Each
module consists of homework assignments, quizzes,
and a test.
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Course Set-up (Modules)
Module ContentsLogic Module  4 homework
assignments and 2 quizzes covering Reasoning,
Symbolic Logic, Truth Tables, and
ConditionalsSets and Counting Module  4
homework assignments and 2 quizzes covering Sets
and Set Operations, Applications of Venn
Diagrams, Introductions to Combinatorics, and
Permutations and Combinations
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Course Set-up (Modules)
Module ContentsProbability Module 5 homework
assignments and 2 quizzes covering History of
Probability, Basic Terms of Probability, Basic
Rules of Probability, Expected Value, Conditional
ProbabilityStatistics Module  3 homework
assignments and 2 quizzes covering Population,
Sample, and Data, Measures of Central Tendency,
and Measures of Dispersion
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Course Set-up (Modules)
Module ContentsFinance Module  4 homework
assignments and 2 quizzes covering Simple
Interest, Compound Interest, Annuities, and
Amortized LoansGeometry Module  3 homework
assignments and 2 quiz covering Perimeter and
Area, Volume and Surface Area, The Greeks
(similar triangles), and Right Triangle
Trigonometry
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Course Set-up (Quizzes)
Quizzes  Quizzes will be given during the
regularly scheduled class meeting time and will
be based upon homework problems.  Quizzes will be
"open notes".  Only one attempt is permitted per
quiz.
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Course Set-up (Tests)
Tests  When all homework for a module is
completed with an average of 90 and all quizzed
for a module are taken, you may arrange with the
instructor to take the exam for the module.  It
will take a minimum of 24 hours after you have
arranged to take an exam for a test to be
available in the Testing Center for you to take. 
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Course Set-up (Tests)
Tests  Most exams will be taken in the Math
Testing Center (PSA 21).  Exams taken in the Math
Testing Center are untimed.  A test that is taken
during the scheduled final exam period is timed
(maximum of 1 hour and 50 minutes).  Only one
attempt is permitted per test.
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Course Set-up (Deadlines)
Benchmark deadlines  In order to meet University
requirements for providing academic status
reports, there is a minimum pace for this
course.  The Logic Module and the Sets and
Counting Modules must be completed (including
tests taken) by February 26. 
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Course Set-up (Deadlines)
Benchmark deadlines  In order to meet University
requirements for providing academic status
reports, there is a minimum pace for this
course.  The Probability Module and Statistics
Module must be completed (including tests taken)
by April 7 (all quizzes must be completed by
April 2). 
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Course Set-up (Deadlines)
Benchmark deadlines  In order to meet University
requirements for providing academic status
reports, there is a minimum pace for this
course.  Finally, the Finance Module and Geometry
Module must have all quizzes completed by Friday,
April 30, all homework assignments completed by
Tuesday, May 4, and tests (if taken in the
testing center) must be completed by Tuesday, May
4. 
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Course Set-up (Deadlines)
Benchmark deadlines  In order to meet University
requirements for providing academic status
reports, there is a minimum pace for this
course.  If the final two exams have not been
completed by Tuesday, May 4, then they must be
taken during the scheduled final exam period.You
are free to go at a faster pace than the minimum
pace.