Math 111 Homework

Homework will be assigned regularly and collected during the following class. You are encouraged to work on the homework with other students; however, copying another student's solutions is not permitted. Be sure to write up your own solutions. No late work will be accepted. If you think that you will be unable to complete an assignment on time please come see me to make alternate plans.

• 6/25: Read "Mathematics from Bones, Strings and Standing Stones" from the Crest of the Peacock, by G. G. Joseph, pages 23-27.
  From the coursepack: "Chapter 2: Ethnomathematics" taken from Ethnomathematics: Challenging Eurocentrism in Mathematics Education, by M. Ascher and R. Ascher, pages 25-44.
• 6/27: Problem Set 1
• 6/29: Problem Set 2
• 7/2: Read “Chapter 2: How to Make a Quipu”, pages 13-35 from Code of the Quipu by Ascher & Ascher found in the coursepack.
  Project 1 Due 7/3/07
• 7/4: Problem Set 3
• 7/8: Problem Set 4
• 7/10: Problem Set 5
• 7/13: Problem Set 6
• 7/17: Problem Set 7
• 7/18: Problem Set 8
• 7/20: Project 2 Due 7/23/07
• 7/23: Problem Set 9
• 7/25: Problem Set 10
• 7/27: Read the chapter assigned to you for the final project.
  Final Project Presentation due 8/2/07
• 8/1: Draft of final presentation due 7/31/07
• 8/2: Final Presentation Due

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