Math 107B, Spring 2009 -- Calendar

Week	Date	Day	Classroom Events
January
1	26	Mon	Syllabus A little on exponents Complete Survey on SacCT
	28	Wed	Definition of Rational Numbers Parts of the whole model
	30	Fri	Equivalent Fractions Comparing Fractions using POTW and algebraically
February
2	2	Mon	Cross-Multiply and Numbers Between
	4	Wed	Finding numbers between Announcement: There will be no class on Wednesday, February 11.
	6	Fri	Cuisenaire Rods I (not due)
3	9	Mon	Addition and Subtraction Negatives and Mixed Numbers
	11	Wed	Class Cancelled
	13	Fri	Negative, Mixed and Improper
4	16	Mon	Discuss worksheet Word Problems Fraction Bar and Division
	18	Wed	Area Model Definition of Multiplication in Q
	20	Fri	Word Problems
5	23	Mon	Understanding Multiplication (not due)
	25	Wed	Review
	27	Fri	Exam 1
March
6	2	Mon	Exponents (not due) Negative exponents
	4	Wed	Cuisenaire Rods 2 (not due)
	6	Fri	Division of fractions using repeated subtraction and definition Invert and Multiply Word Problems
7	9	Mon	Division Exploration
	11	Wed	Go over Division Exploration worksheet Definition of Decimals, Converting to Fractions Multiplying by Powers of Ten
	13	Fri	Adding zeros Comparing fractions Converting fractions to decimals
8	16	Mon	When can a fraction be represented as a terminating decimal? Announcement: Problem #5 has been postponed to next week's homework.
	18	Wed	When can a fraction be represented as a repeating decimal? What do rational numbers look like when converted to decimals.
	20	Fri	Converting repeating decimals to fractions Decimal Operations (not due)
9	23	Mon	Operations with decimals -- why the algorithms work
	25	Wed	Intro to percents (not due) Definition of percents
	27	Fri	Percents
	30	Mon	BREAK
April
	1	Wed	BREAK
	3	Fri	BREAK
10	6	Mon	Discuss percents worksheet Page one of Wednesday's worksheet
	8	Wed	Prime Factorization and more... (not due)
	10	Fri	Proving certain numbers are irrational
11	13	Mon	Review
	15	Wed	Exam 2
	17	Fri	Square roots and other roots
12	20	Mon	Quadrilaterals on Dot Paper (not due) Introduction to area
	22	Wed	More discussion on definition of area Area 1 (not due)
	24	Fri	Area 2 Pick's Theorem (replaces number 2 in homework)
13	27	Mon	Area Formulas, Discussion of base and height Area of regular polygons (not due)
13	29	Wed	Area of a Circle
May
13 (cont.)	1	Fri	More on Area... (not due)
14	4	Mon	Pythagorean Theory Distance Formula
	6	Wed	Angles and Triangles
	8	Fri	Class Cancelled
15	11	Mon	Exploration of Shapes
	13	Wed	Similar Figures (not due)
	15	Fri
Finals Week	18	Mon
	20	Wed
	22	Fri	Final Exam 10:15-12:15