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Episode One -
Part 1

  • Introduction
  • Venn diagrams (Resource management)
  • Exponent rules (Compound interest and the Rule of Seventy)

Episode Two -
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  • Logic (Understanding the English language)
  • Factoring (Solving for unknowns in area problems)
  • Rational expressions (Solving for unknowns in area problems)

Episode Three -
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  • Logical fallacies (Spotting bad arguments)
  • Tessellations (Home improvement projects with tile)

Episode Four -
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  • Probability and counting (Lottery likelihoods)
  • Unit conversion (Finding equivalent amounts in different units)
  • Radical expressions (Finding average growth rates)

Episode Five -
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  • Expected value (Average winnings when playing the lottery)
  • Finding polynomials through a point (Modeling real data)
  • Slope of a line (Calculating average rates of change)

Episode Six -
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  • Surface area (Home improvement projects with paint)
  • Complex numbers (Video-game design)
  • Inequalities (Optimization problems with constraints)

Episode Seven -
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  • Graphs of data (Misleading tables and graphs)
  • Volume (Home improvement projects with concrete)
  • Quadratic formula (Solving non-factorable quadratic equations)

Episode Eight -
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  • Similar and congruent triangles (Hard-to-measure distances)
  • Different-base numerals (Understanding your computer)
  • Piecewise functions (Modeling non-continuous situations)

Episode Nine -
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  • Normal distributions (Statistical models)
  • Divisibility theorems (Developing a number sense)
  • Number of polynomial solutions and end behavior (Modeling volume)

Episode Ten -
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  • Consumer mathematics (Paying off credit card debt)
  • Circles and Pythagorean theorem (Finding yourself on a map)
  • Exponential and logarithmic functions (Solving the boiling-water myth)

Episode Eleven -
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  • Amortized loans (Monthly mortgage payments)
  • Least common multiple and greatest common divisor (Using fractions)
  • Systems of two linear equations (Two equations, two unknowns)

Episode Twelve -
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Part 3

  • More on credit-card debt (The actual price of financed items)
  • Matrix multiplication (Resource management)
  • Systems of three linear equations (Three equations, three unknowns)

Episode Thirteen -
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Part 3

  • Matrix multiplication (Complicated probabilities)
  • Matrix multiplication (Tracking populations by age group)
  • Population models (Unrestricted and restricted growth models)

Episode Fourteen -
Part 1

  • Annuities (Investment strategies)
  • Fair division (Estate settlements)
  • Wrap-up

 

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