Math 266 - Spring 2013
Mathematics for Elementary Education

Schedule Monday and Wednesdays
1:00-2:30PM
Class Location Rudolph 102
Instructor Blake Thornton, blake@math.wustl.edu
Office Hours 2:30-3:30 MW or by appointment (or just stop in)
Textbook Mathematics for Elementary Teachers by Musser, Burger and Peterson

Grades

Presentations

Each day in class you will give presentations on the problems we have been solving. Each presentation should take approximately 8-15 minutes and should be a solved problem from the homework. Your presentation should include:

Schedule and Handouts

Meeting Date Notes, Handouts Homework Presenters
1 Mon Jan 14 Chapter 1: Problem Solving
Problem Solving Handout
Problem Solving Solutions 		Due 1/23:
1.1B: 5,6,9,11,12,15
Jan 14 Handout: 4,6,7,8 		 
2 Wed Jan 16 Chapter 2: Sets
Sets by Alyssa Perez 		Not Due
2.1A: 5,7,10,13,35
Due 1/30:
2.1B: 5,8,12,18,33 		Corrine
Max
  Mon Jan 21 No Class
3 Wed Jan 23 2.1: Sets
Coffee Venn 		  Laura
Casey
4 Mon Jan 28 2.2: Number Systems
2.3: Bases
Bases and Exploding Dots 		Not Due
2.2A: 7-13
2.3A: 1-3, 13-17,26
Due 2/6:
2.2B: 7-11, 21
2.3B: 16,17,23
Exploding Dots: 43, 45, 47 		Hannah
Petra
5 Wed Jan 30 3.1: Addition and Subtraction Not Due
3.1A: 3, 15
3.2A: 5, 6,17
Due 2/6
3.1B: 3,13 		Samantha
6 Mon Feb 4 3.2: Multiplication and Division
Division Worksheet 		Not Due:
3.2A: 12,14
Due 2/13
3.2B: 11,14,15,16 		Devon
Amanda
7 Wed Feb 6 Division Problems
3.3: Exponents
Estimation Exercises 1
Estimation Exercises 2
Exploding Dots 		Not Due
3.3A: 4,8,9,13,20
Due 2/13:
3.3B: 4,8,13,16,20
4.1B: 30,32,40 		Laura
8 Mon Feb 11 4.2: Arithmetic Algorithms Not Due:
4.2A: 4,14,22,23,42,43
4.3A: 4,6,9,14
Due 2/20
4.2B: 23,36,43
4.3B: 4,10,13,22 		Corine
Joelle
Joseph
9 Wed Feb 13 5.1: Number Theory
Prime Numbers 		Not Due
5.1A: 2,6,11,18,19,27,31,39
Due 2/20:
5.1B: 22,24,26,27,32,35, 		None
10 Mon Feb 18 RSA Encryption    
11 Wed Feb 20 Modular Arithmetic From: Modular Arithmetic
Not Due: 1-10
Due 2/27: 11-14 		Devon, Amanda
12 Mon Feb 25 Modular Arithmetic (Washington Math Circle)
Die Hard and GCD (Youtube)
Greatest Common Divisor 		Not Due
5.2A: 19,20
Due 3/20
5.2A: 23, 25,28
5.2B: 6,19,20,31 		Petra
13 Wed Feb 27 UCLA Math Circle - GCD
Counting Steps in Euclidean Algorithm
Notes for Exam1 		Due 3/20:
Counting Steps: Page 5 		Joseph
Hannah
Casey
14 Mon Mar 4 Exam Review    
15 Wed Mar 6 Midterm Exam
Exam 1 Solutions
  Mon Mar 11 Spring Break!
  Wed Mar 13 Spring Break!
16 Mon Mar 18 Fractions and Hotel Infinity Due 3/27:
6.1B: 17,25
Infinity: 1-4 on last page 		 
17 Wed Mar 20 Fractions Note Due 6.2A: 14, 16
6.3A: 3,13,14,15,16,20
Due 3/27:
6.2A: 27
6.2B: 28, 30
6.3B: 3,11,14,34
18 Mon Mar 25 Decimals Due 4/3:
7.1B: 1,2,6,17
7.2B: 5,6,7,9,14,22,26 		Corine, Laura
19 Wed Mar 27 Decimals Due 4/3:
Dot Handout: 16,17,18,19 		Devon, Amanda
20 Mon Apr 1 Ratios and Percents Due 4/10
7.3B: 1,5,9,20,27
7.4B: 10, 11, 16, 30, 33,38,43 		Petra, Joseph
21 Wed Apr 3 Integers and Negatives Due 4/10:
8.1A: 21
8.1B: 18
 Hannah, Joelle
22 Mon Apr 8 Real numbers, X Machines Not Due:
8.2B: 13, 15, 16, 20
Due 4/17
8.2B: 29, 35
9.1B: 40
9.2A: 14, 15
9.2B: 12, 13, 14, 27, 33 		Casey, Samantha
23 Wed Apr 10 Irrational Numbers Due 4/17
Irrationals: 7-10
24 Mon Apr 15 Irrationals and Functions Not Due
9.3B: 13, 14, 22,24 		Joelle, Corine
25 Wed Apr 17 Irrationals and Functions Laura
26 Mon Apr 22 Pythagorean Theorem
27 Wed Apr 24 Last day of class Exam Review
Wed May 8, 1-3PM
Mon May 6, 10-12PM
Cupples 1, Room 6 (Basement) 		Final Exam
Office Hours for Final: 5/2: 1-2PM, 5/3: 2-3PM