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MAT 126 Complete Class Week 1 5 All Assignments and Discussion Questions
A+ Graded Course Material - Ashford
Week 1 Written Assignment
Following completion of your readings, complete exercises 35 and 37 in the Real
World Applications section on page 280 of Mathematics in Our World.
For each exercise, specify whether it involves an arithmetic sequence or a geometric
sequence and use the proper formulas where applicable. Format your math work as
shown in the Week One Assignment Guideand be concise in your reasoning. Plan the
logic necessary to complete the exercise before you begin writing. For an example of
the math required for this assignment, please review the Week One Assignment
Guide.
The assignment must include (a) all math work required to answer the problems as
well as (b) introduction and conclusion paragraphs.

Your introduction should include three to five sentences of general information about
the topic at hand. The body must contain a restatement of the problems and all math
work, including the steps and formulas used to solve the problems. Your conclusion
must comprise a summary of the problems and the reason you selected a particular
method to solve them. It would also be appropriate to include a statement as to what
you learned and how you will apply the knowledge gained in this exercise to realworld situations.
Week 1 DQ
All numbers in our real number system are the product of prime numbers. Complete
the following steps for this discussion:
List the ages of two people in your life, one older than you and one younger than you.
It would be best if the younger person was 15 years of age or younger. Find the prime
factorizations of your age and the other two persons ages. Show your work listed by
name and age. Make sure your work is clear and concise. Find the LCM and the GCF
for each set of numbers. Again, be clear and concise. Explain or show how you
arrived at your answers. In your own words, explain the meaning of your calculated
LCM and GCF for the ages you selected. Do not explain how you got the numbers;
rather explain the meaning of the numbers. Be specific to your numbers; do not give
generic definitions.
Week 1 Quiz
Upon examining the contents of 38 backpacks, it was found that 23 contained a black
pen, 27 contained a blue pen, and 21 contained a pencil, 15 contained both a black pen
and a blue pen, 12 contained both a black pen and a pencil, 18 contained both a blue
pen and a pencil, and 10 contained all three items. How many backpacks contained
none of the three writing instruments?
The process of arriving at a specific conclusion based on previously accepted general
statements is called ___________ reasoning
Which property of real numbers does the following equation demonstrate?
Perform the indicated operations: -426+(-7)

Find the number of subsets the set has. {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}

State whether the following sequence is arithmetic, geometric, or neither.
Which of the following phrases does not describe the number -?
Week 2 Written Assignment
Following completion of your weekly readings, read Are You Sure Its Fat Free? on
page 286 of Mathematics in Our World.
Gather three of your favorite packaged foods; perhaps one from each: breakfast, lunch
and dinner. Use the model explained in the Are You Sure Its Fat Free? to analyze,
through the mathematical formula explained, the fat content and protein content from
your foods. To analyze the protein content use 4 calories per gram of protein, rather
than the 9 calories for grams of fat.
The assignment must include (a) all math work required to answer the problems as
well as (b) introduction and conclusion paragraphs.
Your introduction should include three to five sentences of general information about
the topic at hand. The body must contain a restatement of the problems and all math
work, including the steps and formulas used to solve the problems. Your conclusion
must comprise a summary of the problems and the reason you selected a particular
method to solve them. It would also be appropriate to include a statement as to what
you learned and how you will apply the knowledge gained in this exercise to realworld situations.
The assignment must be formatted according the APA (6th edition) style, which
includes a title page and reference page. For information regarding APA samples and
tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center, within the Learning Resources tab on the
left navigation toolbar, in your online course.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your
assignment.
Week 2 Quiz

Find the LCM of 29 and 116

Solve the proportion. x//10
Which property of the real numbers is illustrated by the following statement?
Perform the addition on the 12-hour clock. 5 + 11
Find the value of 327 in the mod 7 system
Simplify: 5(-3x + 3)
Evaluate the formula P = 2l + 2w when l = 4 in. and w = 4 in
Joe has $10,000 to purchase a used car. If the sales tax is 7% and the fee for title and
license plates is $200, what is the maximum amount Joe can spend for a car?
Write 23 in base five
Week 2 DQ1
This Discussion should be an eye opener for most students. We will look at our food
shopping trends and how we spend our money. The outcomes should reveal some
interesting facts.
Save a cash register receipt from a shopping trip to the food market, or borrow one
from a family member or friend. The cost of four prepackaged food items that are sold
by weight and the cost of at least three fresh fruits, or vegetables need to appear on the
receipt. If you have no access to a receipt with these items, then you will need to go to
the store and write down the cost information, or find a grocery advertisement online.
Do not use liquids such as milk, juice, or soda because these are sold by volume and
not by weight. Also, do not include ingredients like flour, sugar, oil, dry beans, etc.
because these items are not prepackaged foods. Fruits and vegetables are sold by the
pound. Add up your prices per pound for the fruits and vegetables and find the
average cost per pound. (Example: If bananas are .79 per pound and apples are .59 per
pound, the average is calculated like this: (.79 + .59)// per pound on average for the
two fruits.) Locate the weight of your prepackaged food items. (For example, on a box
of Frosted Flakes it says 15 oz.) Add up all of the weights for your prepackaged items

in ounces, and then add up all of the costs for your four prepackaged items. From the
totals, find the average cost per ounce of prepackaged items.
Week 2 DQ2
This Discussion will help us learn to develop our own mathematical models, write
down the equations and then solve the equations for unknown values using algebraic
methods.
Refer back to Week One Discussion and use the names and ages of yourself and the
other two people you selected. Make sure one is older than you and one is younger
than you. In years, how old was the older person when you were born? Write an
equation that models how old in years each of you will be, when your ages add up to
150 years old. For example, if age and the eldest person was a year older than you,
you would write their age as x + 1. Then the equation would be: x + (x+1) = 150.
Explain the reasoning which helped you develop your equation. Solve for your future
ages. Are your answers reasonable, do they add up to 150? In years, how old were you
when the youngest person was born? At some point during the lives of you and the
youngest person, your age will be three times his/her age at that moment. Write an
equation which models how old in years each of you will be when you are three times
as old as the younger person. Explain the reasoning which helped you develop your
equation. Solve the equation for your ages when you are three times as old as the
youngest person. Are your answers reasonable?
Week 3 Quiz
Determine whether or not the network is traversable
Janet invested $26,000, part at 6% and part at 3%. If the total interest at the end of the
year is $1,080, how much did she invest at 6%?
The difference between the ages of two friends is 37 years. The sum of their ages is 55
years. Find the age of the older friend
Write the equation in the slope-intercept form.
4x - 10y = 11

Identify angles 2 and 7 as alternate interior, alternate exterior, corresponding, or

vertical
Adult tickets for a play cost $19 and child tickets cost $17. If there were 36 people at
a performance and the theatre collected $646 from ticket sales, how many children
attended the play?
Which quadrilateral is a trapezoid?
Determine whether or not the network is traversable
Week 3 DQ1
This Discussion will concentrate on functions and graphs. Understanding the
definitions of words is the essence of mathematics. When we understand the meaning
of words, finding a solution is much easier because we know what task the problem is
asking us to complete.
Part 1
In your own words, define the word function. Give your own example of a function
using a set of at least 4 ordered pairs. The domain will be any four integers between 0
and +10. The range will be any four integers between -12 and 5. Your example
should not be the same as those of other students or the textbook. There are
thousands of possible examples. Explain why your example models a function. This is
extremely important for your learning. Give your own example of at least four ordered
pairs that does notmodel a function. The domain will be any four integers between 0
and +10. The range will be any four integers between -12 and +5. Your example
should not be the same as those of other students or the textbook. There are
thousands of possible examples. Explain why your example does not model a
function.
Part 2
Select any two integers between -12 and +12 which will become solutions to a system
of two equations. Writetwo equations that have your two integers as solutions. Show
how you built the equations using your integers.Your solution and equations should
not be the same as those of other students or the textbook. There are infinite

possibilities. Solve your system of equations by the addition/subtraction method.

Make sure you show the necessary 5 steps. Use the example on page 426
of Mathematics in Our World as a guide.
Week 3 DQ2
This Discussion tests your ability to use a ruler and convert from Standard English
measure to Metrics. You will then apply your knowledge of the geometric
measurements of area and volume through real world problems.
Choose a room in your house. Measure the length, the width, and the height. Make
sure you use feet and inches. Most rooms are not a whole number, such as 10 feet;
they are 10 feet and 3 inches, or 9 feet 6 inches, etc.
NOTE: Do not use decimal numbers for the feet. For example, do not write 10.3 to
mean 103, because that is incorrect. Convert the measurements to all inches for step
2, and then convert back to square feet for step 3. Record your dimensions and, using
the appropriate formula, find the surface area of the room. A gallon of paint covers
about 350 square feet. How many gallons would be required to paint the room? Round
up to the nearest gallon. If a gallon of paint costs $22.95 plus 8% tax, what would be
the total cost to paint the room? One inch is equivalent to 2.54 centimeters. Convert
your English measurements to metrics. Record each dimension in centimeters. Show
your conversions. Find the volume in cubic centimeters. Be neat and precise. If each
dimension (length, width, and height) is doubled, what happens to the volume of the
room? Show your work.
Week 4 Written Assignment
Following completion of your readings, complete exercise 4 in the Projects section
on page 620 ofMathematics in Our World.
Make sure you build or generate at least five more Pythagorean Triples using one of
the many formulas available online for doing this. After building your triples, verify
each of them in the Pythagorean Theorem equation.
The assignment must include (a) all math work required to answer the problems as
well as (b) introduction and conclusion paragraphs.

Your introduction should include three to five sentences of general information about
the topic at hand. The body must contain a restatement of the problems and all math
work, including the steps and formulas used to solve the problems. Your conclusion
must comprise a summary of the problems and the reason you selected a particular
method to solve them. It would also be appropriate to include a statement as to what
you learned and how you will apply the knowledge gained in this exercise to realworld situations.
The assignment must be formatted according the APA (6th edition) style, which
includes a title page and reference page. For information regarding APA samples and
tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center, within the Learning Resources tab on the
left navigation toolbar, in your online course.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your
assignment.
Week 4 Quiz
A tie pin which sells for $200.00 has a markup rate of 30% on the selling price. Find
the amount of the markup and the cost.
Find the missing value
A single card is drawn from a deck. Find the probability of selecting a 3 or a club
A box contains five blue, eight green, and three yellow marbles. If a marble is selected
at random, what is the probability that it is yellow?
The odds against an event are 8:8. Find the probability that the event will occur.
Express 3.46 as a percent
A coat was reduced from $250 to $200. Find the percent of the reduction in price
Express 81.6% as a decimal
Week 4 DQ1

The purpose of this Discussion is to analyze a financial plan that portrays a somewhat
typical budgeting scheme. You will calculate expenses, a mortgage payment, and the
effects of interest and financing on your budget. Show your math work for every
answer and identify the answers with words.
Select the first three letters of your last name. Each letter has a numerical place value
in the alphabet. For example, D is 4, L is 12, and Z is 26. Add the three place values
together. For example, Wallace would yield WAL, which is 23+1+ Multiply your
sum by 1500. This is your yearly income for Week Four Discussion 1. Please use the
following monthly expenses: Car payment = $283.15, Car insurance = $72, Utilities
(includes water and power) = $242.77, Internet = $32, and Cell Phone = $79.95. You
also have a yearly educational bill of $7980 which includes textbooks and classes.
Calculate your monthly income. What percent of your monthly income is the car
payment? Subtract the sum of your monthly expenses. Use this value to calculate what
percent of your income is now available to spend for food, clothing, and your rent or
mortgage. Use the plan at the bottom of page 538, Mathematics in Our World
Revisited, to calculate the monthly mortgage payment established by your monthly
income. Assume you can afford a down payment equal to 25% of your yearly income.
What is the total purchase price can you afford for a home? Would this amount allow
you to purchase a home in the area where you live?
Week 4 DQ2
This Discussion allows you to demonstrate your understanding of the similarities and
differences between classical probability and empirical probability.
In your own words, describe two main differences between classical and empirical
probabilities. Gather coins you find around your home or in your pocket or purse. You
will need an even number of coins (any denomination) between 16 and 30. You do
not need more than that. Put all of the coins in a small bag or container big enough to
allow the coins to be shaken around. Shake the bag well and empty the coins onto a
table. Tally up how many heads and tails are showing. Do ten repetitions of this
experiment, and record your findings every time. State how many coins you have and
present your data in a table or chart. Consider just your first count of the tossed coins.
What is the observed probability of tossing a head? Of tossing a tail? Show the
formula you used and reduce the answer to lowest terms. Did any of your ten
repetitions come out to have exactly the same number of heads and tails? How many

times did this happen? How come the answers to the step above are not exactly and
? What kind of probability are you using in this bag of coins experiment?
Compute the average number of heads from the ten trials (add up the number of heads
and divide it by 10).
Week 5 Written Assignment
Following completion of your readings, answer the following two questions from
Chapter 12 Supplement ofMathematics in Our World.
Select one even problem from exercises 1 through 10 on page 810. Select one even
problem from exercises 11 through 22 on pages 811-812.
As you answer the questions above, identify what types of misrepresentation or
misuse have been demonstrated by referring to the bold headings in the Chapter 12
Supplement (e.g., Suspect Samples, Asking Biased Questions, Misleading Graphs,
etc.).
The assignment must include (a) all math work required to answer the problems as
well as (b) introduction and conclusion paragraphs.
Your introduction should include three to five sentences of general information about
the topic at hand. The body must contain a restatement of the problems and all math
work, including the steps and formulas used to solve the problems. Your conclusion
must comprise a summary of the problems and the reason you selected a particular
method to solve them. It would also be appropriate to include a statement as to what
you learned and how you will apply the knowledge gained in this exercise to realworld situations.
The assignment must be formatted according the APA (6th edition) style, which
includes a title page and reference page. If you would like to refer to APA samples and
tutorials, please visit the Ashford Writing Center, located in the left navigation toolbar.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your
assignment.
Week 5 Quiz

If a student's rank in a class of 400 students is 44, find the student's percentile rank
To select a _________ sample, the population is divided into disjoint subgroups
according to some characteristics like income level, and then a few individuals are
selected randomly from each of the subgroups to be in the sample
Find the area under the normal distribution curve to the right of z = 3.24
Kate scored in the 95th percentile rank on an exam. If 400 students took the exam,
how many students scored lower than Kate?
Find the median and the mean for the data set below.
5.4 2.0 6.8 3.1 2.9 4.7 2.1 5.0 1.9 3.4
For the 20 test scores shown, find the percentile rank for a score of 86.
75 63 92 74 86 50 77 82 98 65 71 89 75 66 87 59 70 83 91 73
Use a scatter plot to deternine the relationship between the x values and the y values
Fran's percentile rank on an exam in a class of 500 is 85. Kelly's class rank is 60. Who
is ranked higher?
Week 5 DQ
This Discussion will give you the opportunity to calculate or identify the three
measures of central tendency. You will be asked to select an appropriate real life
situation in which one measure would be more appropriate than the other two
measures of center.
Select a topic of interest to you and record the topic in your posting, for example:
What is the average number of hours people watch TV every week? Make sure the
question you ask will be answered with a number, rather than answers with words.
Write a hypothesis of what you expect your research to reveal. Example: Adults 21
years and over watch an average of 2.5 hours of TV per day. Sample at least fifteen
people and record their data in a simple table or chart; study the examples from
Section 12-3. You can gather your data at work, on the phone, or via some other
method. This is your Sampling Design. Which of the four sampling techniques best
describes your design? Explain in moderate detail the method you used to gather your

data. In statistics this venture is called the Methodology. Make sure you break your
sample into classes or groups, such as males/females, or ages, or time of day, etc.
Calculate the mean, median, and mode for your data as a whole. Now calculate the
mean, median, and mode of each of your classes or groups. Indicate which measure of
central tendency best describes your data and why. Then compare your results for
each class or group, and point out any interesting results or unusual outcomes between
the classes or groups. This is called a comparative analysis using our results to
explain interesting outcomes or differences (i.e., between men and women). Comment
on at least two of your classmates postings. Make sure you comment on their
hypothesis (topic), their design, and whether you agree or do not agree with their best
measure of central tendency.