Math 140 Weekly Schedule – Fall 2025
Textbook: Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences by Bollinger/Coffelt
Week 1:
- Introduction to the course
- Section 1.1 – Basic Matrix Operations
- Section 1.2 – Matrix Multiplication
Week 2:
- Section 2.1 – Review of Lines
- Section 2.2 – Modeling with Linear Functions
Week 3:
- Section 2.2 – Modeling with Linear Functions
- Section 2.3 – Systems of Two Equations in Two Unknowns
- Section 2.4 – Setting Up and Solving Systems of Linear Equations
Week 4:
- Section 2.4 – Setting Up and Solving Systems of Linear Equations
- Review
- Exam I
Week 5:
- Section 3.1 – Setting Up Linear Programming Problems
- Section 3.2 – Graphing Systems of Linear Inequalities in Two Variables
- Section 3.3 – Graphical Solution of Linear Programming Problems
Week 6:
- Section 3.4 – Simplex Method
- Section 4.1 – Mathematical Experiments
- Section 4.2 – Basics of Probability
Week 7:
- Section 4.2 – Basics of Probability
- Section 4.3 – Rules of Probability
- Section 4.4 – Probability Distributions and Expected Value
Week 8:
- Review
- Exam II
Week 9:
- Section 5.1 – Relations and Functions
- Section 5.2 – Polynomial Functions
Week 10:
- Section 5.2 – Polynomial Functions
- Section 5.3 – Rational Functions
- Section 5.4 – Power and Radical Functions
Week 11:
- Section 5.5 – Piecewise-Defined Functions
- Section 5.6 – Exponential Functions
- Section 5.7 – Combining and Transforming Functions
Week 12:
- Section 5.7 – Combining and Transforming Functions
- Section 5.8 – Inverse Functions and Logarithms
Week 13:
- Section 5.8 – Inverse Functions and Logarithms
- Exam III
Week 14:
- Section 6.1 – Interest and Effective Rates
- Thanksgiving Holiday
Week 15:
- Section 6.2 – Annuities, Sinking Funds, and Amortization
- Review
Week 16:
- Review
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