QATAR UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF MATH, STAT AND PHYSICS
MATH PROGRAM

Math 104: Basic Geometry and Measures

Course Syllabus
Course Information
Course Title General Math Basic Geometry and Measures
Course Number Math 104
Credit Hours: 3 hours
Prerequisites None
Contact Hours Class meetings: 4 hrs per week, Lab: 0 hours per week.
Lecture days and Mon. & Wed. 11:00 to 12:15
time Tuesday 8-8.50
Class Room D212
Semester Spring 2013
Semester Start Date Feb., 10th , 2013
Last day of classes May., 23th , 2013
Final Exam Day
Number of weeks 15 weeks
Reference
 Geometry, Glencoe 2010.By Carter, Cuevas, Day, Malloy.
 Basic Geometry, George D. Birkhoff , Ralph Beatley, (AMS
Chelsea Publishing)
 ClassZone - Geometry Concepts and Skills

Faculty Information
Instructor Modi Alnasr
Department Mathematics, Statistics and Physics
Office Location SB209
Office phone 4403- 4612
Office Hours Mon.& Wed 8:00 to 9:00
E-mail modialnasr@qu.edu.qa

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Course Discription
Math104 , Basic Geometry and Measures, begins with Concepts of length, mass and capacity,
estimating and making measurements using standard metric units .It includes ,also, topics about
the rectangular coordinate, angles classification of triangles , polygons and areas, circles, solids
and trigonometry, tangent, sine, cosine and their inverses.

The course will use lectures, text book, collaborative and individual work, and discussions.
Students’ evaluation will be based on quizzes, assignments and exams (first, mid and final).

SYLLABUS ITEMS
 Measures:
(§0-1, §0-2 :P4 P7)
Concepts of length, mass and capacity, and estimating and making measurements using
standard metric units. Relative sizes of units such as millimeters, centimeters, meters and
kilometers, and conversions between them. Compound measures, such as speed and
density.

 Points, Lines, and Planes:

(§1-1:5 12, §3-3:187 196, §3-4:198 205 )
Points, lines, rays, line segments, planes and describe their relationships, including collinear
points and coplanar points and lines. Computing lengths, coordinates, midpoints,
differences, and sums of line segments. Congruent line segments. Representation of a point
on the coordinate plane.

 Angles:
(§1-4:36 44, §1-5:46 55, §3-1:173 178, §3-2:179 186, §3-5:207 214)
Measure and draw angles using a protractor. Classification of angles as acute, right, or
obtuse. Adjacent, vertical, complementary, and supplementary angles. Perpendicular lines,
parallel lines, skew lines. Slope of a line.
 Triangles:
(§4-1, §4-2, §4-3, §4-4, §4-5, §4-6, §4-7:264 272,
§5-1:324 334, §5-2:335 343, §7-3:478 489)
Classification of triangles as acute, right, equilateral, isosceles. Congruent triangles and
their corresponding parts when rotated and reflected. Pythagorean Theorem. Similar
triangles.

 Polygons and Areas:

(§1-6:56 66, §6-1, §6-2, §6-3, §6-4, §6-5, §6-6:403 457 )
Convex, concave, regular polygons, Perimeters and areas of parallelograms, triangles, and
trapezoids.

 Circles:
(§10-1, §10-2, §10-3, §10-4, §10-5, §10-6, §10-7, §10-8:697 763 )
Equations of circles. Radii and diameters of a circle. Semicircles, chords, and central
angles. Circumference and area of a circle. Area of a sector and length of an arc.

 Solids:

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(§1-7: 67 82 )
Sphere, right circular cylinders and cones, and prisms and pyramids. Surface areas and
volumes of spheres, prisms and cylinders pyramids.

 Trigonometry:
(§8-3, §8-4, §8-5: 558 587 )
Tangent, sine, and cosine and their inverses. Application problems using right triangle
trigonometry

Course Objectives
1. To introduce the notion of measures and develop the ability to use them to solve
some practical problems.

2. To introduce the notions of angles, points, lines, planes, triangles, circles,

different types of solids.

3. To provide skills to solve some geometric problems involving lengths of sides,

sizes of angles, volumes and surface areas, among others.

4. To introduce of notion of trigonometry

Student Learning Outcomes(SLOs):

Upon successful completion of Math 104, the student should be
able to:

1. Recognize the concept of measures.

2. To identify and classify angles, triangles, and polygons.
3. To identify different types of solids and computing their surface areas and
volumes.
4. Analyze lines. (Find distance, slope, midpoint, and identify parallel and
perpendicular lines.
5. To identify and use parts of a circle.
6. To find measures of angles, arcs, arc lengths, and chords.
7. To find perimeter and area of polygons and circles.
8. To solve geometric problems involving lengths of sides, sizes of angles,
perimeters, and areas of triangles, circles and some polygons and apply

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concepts of congruence and similarity to solving these problems.

9. To identify similar triangles.
10. Solve simple application problems using right triangle trigonometry

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Learning Resources & Media

 Class meetings with expected participation and discussion.

 Assignments and quizzes.
 Extensive use of blackboard to present most of the class material- class notes,
assignments, syllabus, assignments, exams solutions, etc.
 Office hours:
-three hours in the math staff room female campus or by appointment
 Computer: Each student will need access to the internet to complete homework
assignments and print off notes.

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Assessment Policy and Tools
This course will be assessed by exams, assignments, quizzes, active participation during
lectures:
Assessment Type Day Date Time Weight
First Exam Saturday 23 March 11-1 25 %
Second Exam Saturday 4 May 11- 1 20 %
Final Exam 2 June 40 %
Quizzes & Assignment Class time 15 %
Sum 100%

Assessment Policy

Grades for the course will be assigned as follows:

A B+ B C+ C D+ D F

90-100 85-89.9 85-89 75-79.9 70-74.9 64-69.9 60-64.9 59.9-0

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Exams, Assignments and Quizzes Instructions

 All exams are closed book and notes
 All exams are unified; exam grading is also unified
Exams  Work independently
 You should expect different types of questions: multiple choice, True
or False and essay questions

Final exam The final exam is comprehensive (covers all the material).
Incomplete Incomplete exams need excuse (illness or any other unfortunate
exams consequence, certified).
Students presentations are expected from the student.
Presentation
Quizzes 3 – 5 quizzes each consists of two or three written questions
Students will be required to work either independently, or in groups, to
In-Class
complete assignments during class time. These assignments are to make sure
Assignments they understand the main concepts before we proceed.
First and second: will be coordinated with all Math 104 students
Exams Date and
Time Final: scheduled by the university
Prohibited; and in case of cheating the student will be subject to
punishment according to the university regulations.
Cheating The instructor has the right to fail the coursework or deduct marks
where plagiarism is detected
Cell Phones Keep them out of sight and turned off. No cell phones during exams.
 assignments should be worked independently. Exchanging ideas are
permitted orally but don't require any kind of copying.
Assignments  assignment should be submitted in organized way and any late
assignments may be assessed and corrected but the grade will be zero

Attendance AND Withdrawal

Compulsory. According to the university policy: “if the student misses
Attendance more than 25% of the classes –excused and unexcused- he will not allowed
to take the final exam and will fail the course with a final grade of “F”.
Students are expected to be punctual (every 3 late class arrivals will be
Late Arrival counted as 1 class absence) in class attendance.
Withdrawal The last day to withdraw a course with a grade “W” is Thursday
15/11/2011.

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Taking Notes: Writing and Watching

It is important to take notes during class. It is particularly important to make detailed notes as
problems similar to those you'll be doing for homework are worked in class. That way, you
can refer to your notes for help if you forget how to complete a solution to a homework
problem. It is also important to watch, without taking notes, as a problem is worked from
start to finish. That way, you'll be certain that you know and understand all steps necessary
for a complete solution. You should take notes for all problems introduced during the
classroom discussion, use these notes to do your homework before the next class meeting,
and then watch, without taking notes, as solutions to homework problems are presented at the
beginning of the next class meeting.

Often I will utilize whiteboard pens of different colors. For example, when solving an
equation, I will often use one color to write the equation and another color to do the "same
thing" to both sides of the equation. In this manner, the necessary steps in a problem's
solution are emphasized. Therefore, you may find it helpful to use at least two colors when
taking notes. That way, if you mimic my use of color, you will quickly remember and more
fully understand the steps utilized in a solution when you later use your notes to do your
homework or study for an exam.

Class meetings ( lectures):
Office hours:
feel free to ask any question related to the material
presented in the class during the class time.
I encourage you to ask or discuss any ambiguity in the
ideas or exercises in the predetermined office hours
or by appointment or via the blackboard

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Plagiarism and cheating

If you are caught cheating on a test or on the final examination, you will receive a score of
zero points for that examination and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken.
Plagiarism includes the following examples and it applies to all student assignments or submitted
work:
 Use of the work, ideas, images or words of someone else without his/her
permission.
 Use of someone else's wording, name, phrase, sentence, paragraph or essay
without using quotation marks.
 Misrepresentation of the sources that were used.

Success Checklist

If you are not doing as well as you'd like in the course, ask yourself the following
questions:

"Am I getting to class on time?"

"Am I attending every class meeting?"

"Am I taking notes for one problem and then watching, without taking notes, as a similar
problem is explained?"

"Am I completing my homework before the next class meeting?"

"If I am not able to complete my homework before the next class meeting, am I getting
extra help (from the instructor, a classmate, a tutor, Student Success Center, etc.)?"

"Am I reading the text sections to be covered at the next class meeting before attending
that meeting?"

“Am I spending at least 3 hours outside of class (doing homework, reading the text,
studying class notes, getting help from the instructor or a tutor) for every hour spent inside
the classroom?”

“Am I using materials from the previous course to help refresh my knowledge?”

If the answer to any of these questions is "no", your performance should improve as you
change each "no" to a "yes"!

NOTE: Save all materials from this course (text, class notes, homework, tests, test
solutions) for use in the next course

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 Important Dates for Undergradute Program

Date Day Event Semester

24/01/2013 Thursday Last day to apply for re-enrollment Spring 2013

07/02/2013 Thursday Last day to apply for an incomplete grade Fall 2012

10/02/2013 Sunday First day of classes Spring 2013

14/02/2013 Thursday End of Registration, add and drop Spring 2013

21/02/2013 Thursday Last day to change of an incomplete grade Fall 2012

11/04/2013 Thursday Last day to withdraw from a course Spring 2013

14/04/2013 Sunday Start of early Registration Summer & Fall 2013

25/04/2013 Thursday Last day to withdraw from semester Spring 2013

23/05/2013 Thursday Last day of classes Spring 2013

26/05/2013 Sunday Start of Final Exams Spring 2013

06/06/2013 Thursday End of Final Exams Spring 2013