NATIONAL BOARD FOR TECHNICAL

EDUCATION (NBTE)

COURSE MATERIAL

FOR

Course Code & Title: MTH 111 LOGIC AND

LINEAR ALGEBRA

Programme: NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN

COMPUTER SCIENCE

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COURSE WRITERS/DEVELOPMENT TEAM ................................................................................. iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS................................................................................................................. iv
COURSE STUDY GUIDE ............................................................................................................... v
i. Course Information ...................................................................................... v
ii. Course Introduction and Description .......................................................... v
iii. Course Prerequisites .................................................................................... v
iv. Course Learning Resources ........................................................................ vi
v. Course Outcomes ........................................................................................ vi
vi. Activities to Meet the Course Objective ..................................................... vii
vii. Time (To Complete Course) ....................................................................... vii
viii. Grading Criteria and Scale ......................................................................... vii
ix. Grading Scale ............................................................................................ viii
x. Feedback ................................................................................................... viii
COURSE STRUCTURE AND OUTLINE .......................................................................................... 1
COURSE OUTLINE ....................................................................................................................... 2
STUDY MODULE 1:............................................................................................................ 3
Study Session 1 ................................................................................................................... 3
Study Session 2 ................................................................................................................... 7
Study Session 3 ................................................................................................................. 12

STUDY MODULE 2........................................................................................................... 17

Study Session 1 ................................................................................................................. 17
Study Session 2 ................................................................................................................. 21
Study Session 3 ................................................................................................................. 26

STUDY MODULE 3:.......................................................................................................... 29

Study Session 1 ................................................................................................................. 29
Study Session 2 ................................................................................................................. 35
Study Session 3 ................................................................................................................. 40
Study Session 4 ................................................................................................................. 43

STUDY MODULE 4:.......................................................................................................... 48

Study Session 1 ................................................................................................................. 48
Study Session 2 ................................................................................................................. 54
Study Session 3 ................................................................................................................. 62

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 COURSE STUDY GUIDE
i. Course Information
Course Code: MTH111
Course Title: Logic and Linear Algebra
Credit Units: 2 Credit Units
Year of Study: One
Semester: First

ii. Course Introduction and Description

Logic is one of the most interesting and important topics you will ever study. Logic teaches
us how to recognize good and bad arguments. Evaluating arguments is a skill common to
Mathematics, physics, psychology, and any other intellectual field. Logic help us to construct
good arguments, evaluate reasons, and know when they should, and should not, be
convincing. In recent years, Linear algebra has become an important mathematical
background needed by mathematicians, engineers, computer scientists, physicists,
economists, and statisticians, among others. This shows the wide applications of the topic.
During this course, you will be thought the meaning of negation, conjunction, disjunction,
implication, bi-implication, and tautology, universal and existential quantifier. Different types
truth tables will be exposed to you. Details explanation on permutation and combination will
be provided. You will learn binomial expansion, algebraic operation of matrixes and
determinant.

This course will provide you with basic knowledge of logic and linear algebra and will assist
you in writing computer programs.

iii. Course Prerequisites

You are required to have the following to be qualified for this course.
1. Five credits in SSCE certificate
2. Basic Computer Operations proficiency
3. Online interaction proficiency
4. Web 2.0 and Social media interactive skill.

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 iv. Course Learning Resources
 Bruce Ikenaga, 2020, Logical Connectives,
https://sites.millersville.edu/bikenaga/math-proof/logical-connectives/logical-
connectives.pdf
 ] Bruce Ikenaga, 2020, Truth Tables, Tautologies and Logical
Equivalence,,https://sites.millersville.edu/bikenaga/math-proof/truth-tables/truth-
tables.html
 P. Keef and D. Guichard, n.d., Introduction to Higher Mathematics, Quantifiers,
https://www.whitman.edu/mathematics/higher_math_online/section01.02.html
 The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, n.d., Business Mathematics and
Logical Reasoning, Chapter 5 Basic Concepts of Permutations and Combinations,
https://ca-foundation.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Chapter-5-Basic-Concepts-of-
Permutations-and-Combinations.pdf
 Maths is Fun, n.d., Mathematical Induction,
https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/mathematical-induction.html
 Onlinemaths4all, n.d., Pascal’s Triangle and the Binomial Theorem,
https://www.onlinemath4all.com/pascal-triangle-and-the-binomial-theorem.html
 Mathcentre, 2009, Pascal’s Triangle and the Binomial
Theorem,http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk/resources/uploaded/mc-ty-pascal-2009-1.pdf
 Global Online Maths, n.d., Binomial Theorem: Proof by Mathematical Induction,
https://medium.com/mathadam/binomial-theorem-proof-by-mathematical-induction-
1c0e9265b054
 [2] Interactive Mathematics, 2020, The Binomial Theorem,
https://www.intmath.com/series-binomial-theorem/4-binomial-
theorem.php#:~:text=%20The%20Binomial%20Theorem%20%20
 Mark Kudlowski, n.d., The Binomial Series for Rational Powers,
http://mkhometuition.co.uk/index_files/A2-
50_Binomial_Series_Rational.pdf#:~:text=THE%20BINOMIAL%20SERIES%20FO
R%20
 Expii, 2019, Properties of Matrix Addition, https://www.expii.com/t/properties-of-
matrix-addition-5142
 Interactive Mathematics, 2018, Multiplication of
Matrices,https://www.intmath.com/matrices-determinants/4-multiplying-matrices.php
 Byjus, n.d., Determinant of a Matrix, https://byjus.com/jee/determinants/#multiplication-of-
two-determinants
 ChiliMath, 2020, The Formula of the Determinant of 3x3 matrix
https://www.chilimath.com/lessons/advanced-algebra/determinant-3x3-matrix/
 Byjus, n.d., Minors and Cofactors, https://byjus.com/jee/minors-and-cofactors/

v. Course Objectives
This course shall among others ensure that you:
1. Discuss the concept of logic and abstract thinking

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 2. Understand the concept of permutations and combination
3. Illustrate Binomial expansion of algebraic expression
4. Understand the algebraic operations of matrixes and determinants

vi. Activities to Meet the Course Objective

The course material is written in a simple and concise way that will help you understand this
course and encourage you to understand it very well. Logic is a very interesting topic that you
will enjoy studying it. For you, appropriate sites and standard references have been given. In
this class, there will be a lot of chatting and online networking through WhatsApp, Facebook
and Instagram. Individual and group assignments will take place. No late assignment from
you will be entertained or acknowledged and thus, with your report, be very serious.
Completion and prompt submission of tasks can also act as part of the evaluation. You are
supposed to read carefully and grasp this course material very well. On your cell phones, you
are also supposed to have software applications such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram,
a working email address and a phone number so that you can talk, connect and exchange
ideas with each other. Please do not hesitate to use my email addresses, phone numbers and
social media sites to contact me. Please do not hesitate to use my email addresses, phone
numbers and social media sites to contact me. Thank you and bless God.

vii. Time (To Complete Course)

The length of tutoring is 13 weeks and you are required to put in at least 2 hours of weekly
study time.

viii. Grading Criteria and Scale

Grading Criteria
Grades will be based on the following:
Individual assignments/test (CA 1,2 etc.) 20%
Group assignments (GCA 1, 2 etc.) 10%
Discussions/Quizzes/Out of class engagements etc. 10%
Semester Examination 60%
TOTAL 100%

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 ix. Grading Scale
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B = 𝟔𝟎 − 𝟔𝟗
C = 𝟓𝟎 − 𝟓𝟗
D = 𝟒𝟎 − 𝟒𝟗
F = 𝟎 − 𝟑𝟗

x. Feedback
Courseware based:
1. Self-assessment questions and answers

Tutor based:
1. Discussion Forum tutor input
2. Graded Continuous assessments

Student based:
1. Online programmed assessment

i. LINKS TO OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES

http://oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/tipsprovides tips for selecting open source, or for procuring
free or open software.
https://schoolforge.net/ are good places to find, create, and publish open software.
SourceForge, for one, has millions of downloads each day.
Numerous open or open educational resource databases and search engines exist. Some
examples include:

 https://oedb.org/: over 10,000 free courses from universities as well as reviews of

colleges and rankings of college degree programmes
 https://www.oercommons.org/: over 40,000 open educational resources from
elementary school through to higher education; many of the elementary, middle, and
high school resources are aligned to the Common Core State Standards

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 http://www.opencontent.org/: a blog, definition, and game of open source as well as a
friendly search engine for open educational resources from MIT, Stanford, and other
universities with subject and description listings
 https://academicearth.org/: over 1,500 video lectures from MIT, Stanford, Berkeley,
Harvard, Princeton, and Yale
 https://openeducationalresources.pbworks.com/w/page/27045418/Finding%20OERs:
Joint Information Systems Committee works on behalf of UK higher education and is
involved in many open resources and open projects including digitising British
newspapers from 1620-190

Please Contact NBTE for the Complete Courseware

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