General Education Mathematics Class Notes

You should print out the Class Notes and complete them as you watch the videos. For in-person classes, you will be provided a copy of the Class Notes and we will complete them together.

Name of Section

Section of Pirnot Mathematics All Around Us, 6th edition

Problem Solving: Strategies and Principles
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1.1

Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
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1.2
Estimation
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1.3
The Language of Sets
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2.1
Comparing Sets
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2.2
Set Operations
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2.3
Survey Problems
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Extra video examples available under Assorted Handouts and Tutorials (Go back to Math 138 page for link.)
2.4
Logic: Statements, Connectives, and Quantifiers (A few parts in example 2 were since deleted. Example 11 was deleted.)
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3.1
Logic: Truth Tables (The three-valued logic information and problem have since been deleted.)
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Extra video examples available under Assorted Handouts and Tutorials (Go back to Math 138 page for link.)
3.2
Logic: The Conditional and Biconditional
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3.3
Logic: Verifying Arguments
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3.4
Logic: Using Euler Diagrams to Verify Syllogisms
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3.5
Counting: Introduction to Counting Methods
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12.1
Counting: The Fundamental Counting Principle
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12.2
Counting: Permutations and Combinations
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12.3
Probability: The Basics of Probability Theory
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13.1

Probability: Complements and the Union of Events
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13.2
Probability: Conditional Probability and Intersections of Events
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13.3
Probability: Expected Value
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13.4
Consumer Math: Percents, and Taxes
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8.1
Consumer Math: Simple and Compound Interest
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8.2

Consumer Math: Consumer Loans

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8.3

Chapter 7 Regression: Linear, Quadratic, and Exponential

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7.2-7.4