College of the Holy Cross,
Spring 2021
Math 375 (Probability) Daily Practice Problems
Professor Hwang.
Teaching schedule and office hours.
Last modified: January 25, 2021
Over the semester there will be nine problem sets comprising
exercises from the book, distributed separately in Moodle and
usually due Monday but occasionally on Friday. Problem sets are due
at noon sharp.
The textbook problems listed below are not to be turned in (unless
they happen to overlap with an assignment), but are the in-class
daily activities we'll be doing.
Week of February 1
| February 1 |
Section 2.3 (pp. 25-26) |
3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
| February 3 |
Section 2.4 (pp. 32-35) |
10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 |
| February 5 |
Section 2.5 (pp. 39-40) |
26, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34 |
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Section 2.6 (pp. 48-51) |
37, 42, 43, 44 |
Week of February 8
| February 8 |
Section 2.6 (pp. 48-51) |
49, 50, 60, 61, 63 (PS 1 due) |
| February 10 |
Section 2.7 (pp. 54-57) |
71, 72, 74, 77 |
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Section 2.8 (pp. 59-62) |
85, 86, 90, 92, 95, 102 |
| February 12 |
Section 2.9 (pp. 68-69) |
114, 117, 120 |
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Section 2.10 (pp. 72-75) |
124, 125, 133, 137 |
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Section 2.11 (p. 77) |
140, 141 |
Week of February 15
| February 15 |
Section 3.2 (pp. 90-91) |
1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 (PS 2 due) |
| February 17 |
Section 3.3 (pp. 97-100) |
12, 14, 15, 17, 21, 24, 27, 29, 31, 33 |
| February 19 |
Section 3.4 (pp. 110-114) |
35, 37, 39, 41, 42, 45, 49, 51, 59, 61 |
Week of February 22
| February 22 |
Section 3.5 (pp. 119-121) |
67, 69, 71, 73, 74, 75, 77, 79, 81, 85 (PS 3 due) |
| February 24 |
Section 3.6 (pp. 123-125) |
90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97 |
| February 26 |
Section 3.7 (pp. 128-130) |
102, 103, 106, 107, 109, 113, 115, 117, 119 |
Week of March 1
| March 1 |
Section 3.8 (pp. 136-138) |
121-123, 125-127, 131, 134, 135, 141 (PS 4 due) |
| March 3 |
Section 3.9 (pp. 142-143) |
145, 146, 149, 151, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160 |
| March 5 |
Midterm 1 |
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Week of March 8
| March 8 |
Section 4.2 (pp. 166-169) |
1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 17, 19 |
| March 10 |
Section 4.4 (pp. 176-178) |
39, 43, 45, 51, 53 |
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Section 4.5 (pp. 181-184) |
59, 66, 67, 73, 77 |
| March 12 |
Section 4.6 (pp. 189-194) |
81, 89, 91, 95, 97, 98, 104, 105, 106, 107 (PS 5 due) |
Week of March 15
| March 15 |
Section 4.7 (pp. 197-201) |
R117, R123, 127, 129, 131, 132, 133 |
| March 17 |
Section 4.10 (pp. 210-211) |
146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 152, 153, 154 |
| March 19 |
Section 5.2 (pp. 232-235) |
1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17 (PS 6 due) |
Week of March 22
| March 22 |
Section 5.3 (pp. 242-247) |
19, 21, 23, 29, 31, 33, 35 |
| March 24 |
Section 5.4 (pp. 251-255) |
43, 45, 47, 49, 53, 57, 59, 63, 69, 71 |
| March 26 |
Section 5.6 (pp. 261-264) |
73, 75, 77, 79, 85, 87 (PS 7 due) |
Week of March 29
| March 29 |
Section 5.7 (pp. 268-270) |
89, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95, 97, 99 |
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Section 5.8 (pp. 276-279) |
103, 104, 106, 108, 110, 111, 113, 116 |
| March 31 |
Midterm 2 |
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| April 2 |
Easter |
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Week of April 5
| April 5 |
Easter |
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| April 7 |
Section 5.9 (pp. 282-283) |
119, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127 |
| April 9 |
Section 5.10 (pp. 284-285) |
128, 129, 130, 131, 132 |
Week of April 12
| April 12 |
Section 5.11 (pp. 289-290) |
133, 134, 139, 140, 141, 143 (PS 8 due) |
| April 14 |
Section 6.3 (pp. 307-310) |
1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 |
| April 16 |
Section 6.4 (pp. 316-318) |
23, 25, 26, 27, 29, 35 |
Week of April 19
| April 19 |
Section 6.5 (pp. 322-325) |
37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 51, 55, 59 (PS 9 due) |
| April 21 |
Section 6.6 (pp. 330-333) |
63, 65, 67, 71 |
| April 23 |
Section 6.7 (pp. 338-340) |
73, 74, 75, 77, 79, 81, 85 |
Week of April 26
| April 26 |
Midterm 3 |
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| April 28 |
Academic Conference |
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| April 30 |
Section 7.1 (pp. 349-353) |
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Week of May 3
| May 3 |
Section 7.2 (pp. 364-370) |
9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 37
(PS 10 due) |
| May 5 |
Section 7.3 (pp. 373-377) |
43, 45, 50, 51, 53, 55, 57 |
| May 7 |
Section 7.4 (pp. 25-26) |
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Expectations for written work
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General Guidelines: Briefly, treat each written
assignment like a job application.
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No late assignments will be accepted for any reason. If an
unforeseen emergency prevents you from completing an assignment,
please notify me immediately.
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Work problems in order, explain your reasoning so that a reader
can follow your argument on its own, and clearly indicate which
problem is which. Part of your goal is to practice communicating
quantitatively in writing.
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Scan and upload your work to Moodle. Please do not wait until
the last minute.
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Academic Integrity: You are welcome to work
with classmates on the problem sets.
However:
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The written work you submit for grading must be written up
in your own words.
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You must acknowledge by name any classmates
you worked with by writing “I worked with...” at
the top of your assignment.