MATH 803

Monday, 7-14-08 to Friday, 8-1-08
Class met from 9:00-12:00 in
Yost 300

Our class picture will be posted below!

Paul Zachlin

Department of Mathematics

M 7-14-08

T 7-15-08

W 7-16-08

θ 7-17-08

F 7-19-08

Welcome in Clapp Auditorium

Expected Value - Chocolate Kisses in a Bag

Random Chord problem

 

Statistics given in the Newspaper: Bob Herbert - A Dubious Milestone

Solutions to Random Chord problem

Fair Play at carnival games

Mathematics of Choice, p86 2-6.

 

Solutions to Mathematics of Choice, p86 2-6.

Expected Value

Number of Subsets of a set with n elements

Bayes Theorem

Monty Hall Problem

Odd Man Out problems

Solutions to
Odd Man Out problems

Conditional Probability

M 7-21-08

T 7-22-08

W 7-23-08

θ 7-24-08

F 7-25-08

Permutations and Combinations

Sitting Around the Table

Coloring a Cube with 3 Colors

 

 

Solution to Coloring a Cube with 3 Colors

Data Analysis: Guess the Questions on Your Back

Introduction to Fathom

Pocket Pennies activity

Cryptography

Word Patterns

Polynomials and Combinatorics

Factoring

Binomial Coefficients

 

M 7-28-08

T 7-29-08

W 7-30-08

θ 7-31-08

F 8-1-08

Counting Word Patterns

Cryptogram patterns

Using Small Examples to Solve Larger Problems

 

Discussion of Word Patterns

Mathematical Puzzling Ch. 15 Counting: One

Pascal’s Triangle

Interpretations of the numbers in Pascal’s Triangle

Fathom

Area vs Perimeter

Number of sixes when 7 dice rolled

The Binomial Distribution

Geometric Distribution

Pick 3 numbers - Clickers in class

Analysis of
Pick 3 numbers

Court Case: People v. Collins

Special dice game with 4 dice

Game Theory