Math Quizzes for Elem. Ed. Math I - Fall '99, Exercises of Elementary Mathematics

A series of math quizzes for the elem. Ed. Math i course offered by prof. S. Brick during the fall '99 semester. The quizzes cover various topics including set theory, number systems, and arithmetic operations. Students are required to print their names, show their work, and justify their answers.

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Prof. S. Brick Math 201
Fall ’99 section 2
Math for Elementary Teachers, I; Quiz 0
1. Print your name. You must print it legibly. Also mention your year in
school and your (probable) major.
2. Why are you taking this course ? Will you be taking other math or statistics
courses ?
3. When, where and from whom did you last take a math course ?
4. How many hours per week do you plan to put into this class ? What will
you do if you start having difficulties with the material ?
5. Do you have math anxiety ? If so, what do you plan on doing about it ?
6. What do you hope to learn from this course ?
7. What grade do you honestly expect to get from this class ? Why ?
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Fall ’99 section 2

Math for Elementary Teachers, I;Quiz 0

  1. Print your name. You must print it legibly. Also mention your year in school and your (probable) major.
  2. Why are you taking this course? Will you be taking other math or statistics courses?
  3. When, where and from whom did you last take a math course?
  4. How many hours per week do you plan to put into this class? What will you do if you start having difficulties with the material?
  5. Do you have math anxiety? If so, what do you plan on doing about it?
  6. What do you hope to learn from this course?
  7. What grade do you honestly expect to get from this class? Why?

Fall ’99 Elem. Ed. Math I;Quiz 1 section 2

  1. Print your name:

Show your work and justify your answers

  1. Find the 437th odd integer.
  2. Without adding all the terms up by hand, compute the sum 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 +... + 80
  3. The statement “the next term in the sequence 1,3,5,7,... is 9” is an example of what type of reasoning?

Fall ’99 Elem. Ed. Math I;Quiz 3 section 2

  1. Print your name:

Show your work and justify your answers

  1. Consider the sets A = {x | x = k^2 , where k is an integer and 1 ≤ k ≤ 5 } and B = {k | k is an integer and 1 ≤ k ≤ 5 }. Find A − B.
  2. Does (A − B) ∪ C = (A ∪ C) − (B ∪ C)? Why or why not?
  3. Draw a Venn diagram showing two nonempty sets A and B for which A ∩ B = A.

Fall ’99 Elem. Ed. Math I;Quiz 4 section 2

  1. Print your name:

Show your work and justify your answers

  1. Write the number 47 in base 3 and express 3201 5 as an ordinary (base 10) number.
  2. Draw the numberline model that illustrates 3 + 4 = 7 and the comparison model that illustrates 5 − 3 = 2
  3. State the associativity law for addition.

Fall ’99 Elem. Ed. Math I;Quiz 6 section 2

  1. Print your name:

Show your work and justify your answers

  1. Which is larger, a = 3^57 or b = 26 · (3^54 )? Explain your reasoning.
  2. A field trip is planned for a school with 1245 students. Each bus holds a maximum of 29 students. How many buses are needed?
  3. Draw and label a geometric figure that illustrates the distributive law (of multiplication with respect to addition).

Fall ’99 Elem. Ed. Math I;Quiz 7 section 2

  1. Print your name:

Show your work and justify your answers

  1. For what possible digits “b” is the number 75435b2 divisible by 3? divisible by 4?
  2. Explain how to construct the Sieve of Eratosthenes and what it is used for.
  3. Using the Euclidean algorithm, find the G.C.D. of 126 and 408

Fall ’99 Elem. Ed. Math I;Quiz 9 section 2

  1. Print your name:
  2. Draw and subdivide a geometric figure in order to illustrate 1/3. Then draw a second one showing how the first one is modified to illustrate the fact that 1/3 = 2/6.
  3. Two classes take the same exam. In the first class 21 out of 30 pass, while in the second class 20 out of 28 pass. Which class did better?
  4. Use the Euclidean algorithm to reduce the fraction 78/354 to simplest form.