Greta Kocol - Mount Vernon Math Department
Personal Information
Summer Vacation, Yippeee!!
I will be off campus during Summer quarter. I will check my email occasionally, but not my voice mail. Hope you have an adventurous summer. See ya in the Fall.
2405 College Way
Mt. Vernon, WA 98273
Office: Ford Hall Room 211
Phone: 360-416-7917
email: gkocol@skagit.edu
Office Hours and Schedule
No office hours during summertime, Woo hoo!Fall Quarter:
8:30 AM Statistics (Math 146A) in room F216
9:30 AM Intermediate Algebra (Math 99B) in room F216
11:30 AM Statistics (Math 146B) in room F216Afternoons I'm usually busy with SVCFT negotiations.
Texts for Fall Quarter:
Intermediate Algebra (Math 99)
1.) Beginning and Intermediate Algebra, 3rd or 4th edition, K. Elayn Martin-Gay
2.) Access Code for MyMathLab (can be purchased online)
3.) A graphing calculator is also required. TI-83,TI84, TI89 will work fine.
(You may purchase the Access Code for MyMathLab and just use the online text. A hardcopy of the book is not necessary. If you prefer to have a paper copy you can purchase older editions for less online. Calculators are available to rent for $20 per quarter or you may find a good deal at a pawn shop.)
Introduction to Statistics (Math 146)
Elementary Statistics, 10th edition, Mario F. Triola
(The 8th or 9th edition of the text may be purchased online for considerable savings)A Problem to Keep You Busy:
Evening Commute:
Tommy gets picked up from the train station after work each day by his wife. By chance he finished work a bit early one day and got to the train station one hour early. Rather than calling his wife, he just started walking toward home. His wife spotted him and picked him up, turned around, and they got home 20 minutes early. If Tommy's wife left home at the usual time, how long was Tommy walking?
Mathematics Resource Links:
General
Quote for the Day
About Today's Date
Math Study Skills
Peanut Software Homepage - Free mathematics software: Plotting, Geometry, Integer Calculator that can handle millions of digits, Statistics, Games, etc.
Science and Nature Sensory Challenge - Put your senses to the test with this fun 20 question challenge.
The Math Forum
The MacTutor History of Math Archive
How to Listen to Math Lectures - In Praise of Lectures by T. W. Korner, University of Cambridge Printable Graph Paper - Rectangular, Polar, logarithmic, semi-log, etc.
Fractint Freeware Fractal Program Manipula Math with Java - These 279 interactive Java applets help you visual concepts to help provide understanding. Applets are available from Middle School through Calculus topics.
Saint Louis University Mathematics Applets
How to Write Mathematical Solutions
Archimedes - The Palimpsest - Information about the recent discovery of a manuscript of Archimedes that was written over as prayer book.
Videos of Math Lectures - Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Alabama has a variety of math videos in their libary.
Perfect Numbers Unit Converter A Dictionary of Units - Metric and US Customary Units
Census Bureau Dynamic Population Clocks - Watch the poulation of the US and the World change before your eyes.
Problem Solving
The Cartalk Puzzler - One of my favorite collections of problems from two funny guys.
The Grey Labyrinth - Some great puzzles!
Interactive Mathematics Miscellany
Mathematics Problem Solving Task Centre
Contemporary Mathematics
John Allen Paulos - Author of "A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper"
ABC Column by Paulos
The MegaPenny Project - How many pennies are in circulation? How big is a billion penny structure? How about a quadrillion?
Bureau of Engraving and Printing - Just how big is a one dollar bill?
The Empire State Building - How tall is it?
Safeco Field - How big is the stadium?
Mt. Rainier
World Trade Center
U-Haul moving van sizes
Monte Hall Applet - Simulate the Monte Hall problem over and over with the Java applet. Try using the SWITCH strategy and also the STAY strategy. What happens?
Nova interview with Andrew Wiles - This man spent over 7 years of his life devoted to proving Fermat's Last Theorem.
Fermat's Last Theorem
Lewis Carroll - or... Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Math in Everyday Life
The Artwork of MC Escher
Order in Pollock's Chaos by Richard Taylor
Jackson Pollock
Math in the Movies
Constructing the Golden Section - Three methods for constructing the golden ratio are described.
The Fibonacci Sequence
The Shroud of Turin
The Shroud of Turin - Another site
PreAlgebra
Pick a Number Mindreader
Purple Math Algebra topics
Algebra
Purple Math Algebra topics
How Big are Bacteria?
Online Algebra Text
PreCalculus
The pH Factor
Antique Radio Page - Can you find a logarithmic scale on one of those radios?
The Seattle Space Needle - How tall is it anyway?
The Decibel Scale - brought to you by coolmath
The Decibel Scale - from The Physics Classroom
The Gateway Arch - Or as more properly named... The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
The Catenary Curve - Using Geometer's sketchpad by Paul Kunkel
Watch Galloping Gertie Sway - A video clip of the old Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Calculus
Visual Calculus - A collections of modules useful for studying calculus.
Saint Louis University Calculus Applets
Calculus on Demand at Dartmouth College - A collection of applets, examples, and videos.
Exambot - A good resource for calculus problems
COW - Calculus on the web
Whistler Alley Mathematics by Paul Kunkel - Check out the sketchpad lessons for the Brachistochrone (Cycloid Curve), Catenary, and the Volume of a Torus.
Calculus graphics - The volume of the intersection of two cylinders
Eggmath - How would you find the equation for the curve of an egg?
I Love Calculus!!
The Calculus Haters Home Page
Wolframs web Integrator
Statistics
The Data and Story Library - Good place to find data sets with a brief abstract.
National Center for Health Statistics
Chance Database Welcome Page
Statistics - Annenberg Media
The DAU Stat Refresher
Mathematical Associations
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Mathematical Association of America
The American Mathematical Society