C A Spengel Spring 2006
email: ca.spengel@csun.edu
Math
Office: 677-2721
Office Hours: MW 20:15-21:00 @ SH276 & TTh 20:15-21:00 @ JR221 (& other
times by appointment.)
General notices for all students,
regarding success in coursework and drops: Here…
Notice of Department
requirements for Math 310 students: Here…
Interesting Readings (see these while they’re still
available!):
Lockhart’s Lament
(You’ve GOT to read this!)
WHAT
A DIFFERENCE GETTING SOLID ON THE BASICS MAKES!
♥ LINKS to OTHER (external)
USEFUL/HELPFUL/FUN WEBSITES BELOW:
GENERAL GEOMETRY
RELIABLE Geometry Website and
Constructions Page
Is Geometry Hard? Read this
WEBSITE LISTS Mathematics Interactive
Websites http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/
FUN
with geometry!!!! HERE
Amazing site with all sorts of
information, pictures and MORE!!!
This site is reliable: http://www.mathleague.com/help/geometry/geometry.htm
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives Link here
“Platonic Solids” page of
one of the coolest math sites: Link here for Fun!
Euclidean CONSTRUCTIONs: Class & Homework
Selected Constructions
An elaborate CONSTRUCTION … beyond the
altitude of a triangle: The
heptadecagon
MEASURE
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Practice with metric prefixes (try the right column!) at
about.com
MEASURE– International
System of Units: NIST
Link here BIPM: Link to BIPM (
English version) (French)
…and government facts &
propaganda: NIST encourages use of metric system
here
and civilian propaganda: USMA (This site wants you to pay
to encourage use of metric system)
Dictionary of Units of
MEASURE Dictionary
link here (Want
to know what a plethron is?)
Areas and Volumes and FUN
stuff by Keith Enevoldson
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STATISTICS
Discussion of topics in
elementary descriptive STATISTICS at www.purplemath.com
♥ LINKS to class materials
and information pages of this site, BELOW:
STATISTICS & PROBABILITY:
Probability and Statistics Test #1 Sample & Answers Another
test #1 solutions
“Simple
Probability” Review Qs and Answers §7.1
& 7.2 Answers & PN-1 through PN-6
“Descriptive
Statistics” Self Test + Answers §8.1
& 8.2 Answers & DSB1-9 Answers
Answers to
Practice Final Sections A
& B <<<<<<<< Practice Final Answers
Some more challenging
probability problems for those who want
more.
Another Sample Test+Answers
BASIC
GEOMETRY:
Before you buy a COMPASS! ß read this!
How the eye can be fooled… see for yourself: Curry’s
Paradox Here & Here
!
Terms review
list Geometry Figure Quiz And a fun exercise: Taxi Driver practice
NEED HELP?
GREAT Geometry Website and Constructions Page
ANSWERS
- P F §§
DEF G H1 H2 <<<<<<< Practice
Final Answers
Sample Test & Answers 2nd
Sample Test & Answers (ignore #9&10) 3rd Sample Test & Answers
Geometry
study and review materials:
Congruence 101… Geometry Quiz #2 Answers
Geometry Terms GB1-2 GB3 + More NETS to ID PolyPractice (Taxi Driver )
Geometry
Figure Quiz & SELF TEST chapters 9 &
10
Geometry
Sample Test & Answers
2nd
Sample Test & Answers - ignore #9&10!
NEW: Circle Terms
THE FOLLOWING WILL BE
INCLUDED WITH MEASUREMENT
Similarity Worksheet & Answers
A proof of the
Pythagorean Theorem
MEASUREMENT
Notes Chapter 11 – Length Area Pyth. Surface Area Volume (may not be
posted yet!
Measure Self Test and Answers A
Sample Test & Answers More
challenging Test & Answers
Surface Area & Volume ‘Quiz’ Answers
ANSWERS -PF Measure §§ C I J K L <<<<<<<<<<
Practice Final Answers
TRANSFORMATIONS & MISC:
Transformation
Geometry Reader’s Digest Notes AND
SEE
ISOMETRIES HERE!
Exercises, completed with
comments
OLD: Old, more extensive notes
Old notes, completed, with
Notations + extra exercises at end
Old, more extensive notes
on Dilations
Self Test Practice Test & Answers ANOTHER Quiz
Transform Geometry PF §§
M N <<<<<<<<<<
Practice Final Answers
It’s
never too early to start studying for the FINAL: Practice Final Solutions see link at top…
Los
Angeles Council of Teachers of Mathematics HOME PAGE Take a look now;
conference in MARCH.
YOUR ALEKS COURSE CODE IS:
LT4RK WEDDV
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A. Spengel, Mathematics Department, California State University, Northridge
91330 USA
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arboretum.
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e n g e l Mathematics Department,
California State University, Northridge 91330 USA
Sol ions to class worksheets, reviews, tests,
etc. ► ...
Old Sample FINAL Quetions and Answers addendum Here (27 pages, 2Mb pdf
file} SUBJECT TO CHANGE!
An actual OLD test and geo_qz_ans.pdf OLD:
Sample Arithmetic
Quiz & Answers: Questions
Here Answers
Here
