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COMPUTATIONAL PROBLEM SOLVING WORKSHOP SYLLABUS



SESSION 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .INTRODUCTION
 General Problem Solving Background
 Problem Classes
 Problem Categories
 Chart Generation
 Standard Format
 HOMEWORK 1 

SESSION 2 . . . . . . . . . . . CLASS I - RATE EQUATION PROBLEMS 
 Rate X Time = Wage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .problem 1 
 Rate X Value = Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .problem 2 
 Rate X Compound Time = Wage. . . . . . . . . . . . . .problem 3
 HOMEWORK 2

SESSION 3
 Multi-entry Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .problem 4
 Compound Rates and Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .problem 5
 Two Equation problems - Multiply and Add . . . . . . .problem 6 
 Two Equation problems - Subtract and divide. . . . . .problem 7 
 Sequential Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .problem 8 
 Two Step Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .problem 9
 HOMEWORK 3

SESSION 4
 Two Dimensional Charts - Together problems . . . . . problem 10
 Two Dimensional Charts - Complex Unknown . . . . . . problem 11
 Incomplete Two Dimensional Charts. . . . . . . . . . problem 12
 Incomplete Two Dimensional Charts
                        - Complex Unknown . . . . . . problem 13
 HOMEWORK 4

SESSION 5. . . . . . . . . . . . CLASS II - RELATIONAL EQUATIONS
 Simple Factor Relational Equations . . . . . . . . . problem 14
 Factor Relational Equations. . . . . . . . . . . . . problem 15
 Factor and Term Relational Equations . . . . . . . . problem 16
 HOMEWORK 5

SESSION 6
 Quotient Row Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . problem 17
 Negative Term Relational Equations . . . . . . . . . problem 18
 Non-unity Factor and Term Relational Equation. . . . problem 19
 Fractional Factor Relational Equations . . . . . . . problem 20
 HOMEWORK 6

SESSION 7
 Multiple Entry Relational Equations. . . . . . . . . problem 21 
 Multiple Entry Relational Equations - Extended . . . problem 22 
 Multiple Entry Relational Equations Non-unity Factor problem 23  
 HOMEWORK 7
 
SESSION 8
 Ratio Factor Relational Equations. . . . . . . . . . problem 24  
 Extended Ratio Factor Relational Equations . . . . . problem 25  
 Number, Factor and Term relational Equations . . . . problem 26  
 HOMEWORK 8
 
SESSION 9
 Multiplicative Row Equations - Factor Only . . . . . problem 27  
 Multiplicative Row Equations - Factor and Term . . . problem 28  
 Multiplicative Row Equations - Factor and Negative 
      Term. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . problem 29  
 Auxiliary Column Charts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . problem 30  
 HOMEWORK 9
 
SESSION 10 . . . . . . . . CLASS III - RELATIONAL RATE EQUATIONS
 Factor Relational Rate Equations . . . . . . . . . . problem 31
 Relational Rate Equations - Together problems. . . . problem 32
 Term Relational Rate Equations . . . . . . . . . . . problem 33
 HOMEWORK 10
 
SESSION 11
 Relational Rate Equations -
      Incomplete Two Dimensional Charts . . . . . . . problem 34
 Fractional Factor Rate Equations . . . . . . . . . . problem 35
 Auxiliary Column Relational Rate Charts. . . . . . . problem 36
 HOMEWORK 11 (graduate)

SESSION 12
 Doubly Relational Rate Equations . . . . . . . . . . problem 37
 Two Variable Relational Rate Equations . . . . . . . problem 38
 HOMEWORK 12 (graduate)

SESSION 13 . . . . . . . . . .CLASS IV - MULTIPLE CHART PROBELMS
 Two Variable - Two Chart Rate problems . . . . . . . problem 39 
 Two Variable - Two Chart Relational problems . . . . problem 40 
 Two Variable - Two Chart Incomplete Relational 
      problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . problem 41  
 HOMEWORK 13 (graduate)

SESSION 14
 Two Variable Relational Relational problems. . . . . problem 42 
 Relational Relational problems with Addition . . . . problem 43 
 Relational Relational problems with Differences. . . problem 44 
 HOMEWORK 14 (graduate)
 
SESSION 15
 Relational Relational problems -
     Inconsistent Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . problem 45 
 Relational Relational problems - 
     Difference of Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . problem 46 
 Relational Relational problems - 
     Difference of Volumes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . problem 47 
 HOMEWORK 15 (graduate)