Course

Objective:

Learning Outcomes:

• develop skills in interpreting and solving word problems using whole numbers
• demonstrate skill in working with proper fractions, improper fractions, and mixed numbers to achieve the correct form required to solve specific problems
• demonstrate the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers with fractions
• develop skills in solving word problems involving fractions
• develop skills in reducing fractions to their simplest form
• convert numbers with fractions into decimal numbers
• demonstrate skills in performing addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of decimal numbers
• determine the correct location of the decimal point when multiplying and dividing decimals
• interpret and solve word problems that involve decimal numbers
• understand the basic concepts of positive and negative numbers
• demonstrate the ability to perform mathematical operations with integers
• further develop skills in interpreting and solving word problems
• understand the basic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of rational numbers
• convert between rational numbers and numbers written in scientific or engineering notation
• develop skills in solving problems with values expressed in scientific or engineering notation and using the laws of exponents
• calculate square roots and recognize numbers that are perfect squares
• identify what various units of measure represent
• determine appropriate conversion factors
• demonstrate the ability to convert between different units of measurement
• develop the understanding of the order of operations used in algebraic expressions
• develop the skills in applying the algebraic properties of addition and multiplication
• demonstrate the skills needed to simplify algebraic expressions
• express relationships in algebraic form
• translate words into equations and set up problems involving equations
• demonstrate the skills for solving problems expressed in algebraic form
• demonstrate the skills needed to set up and solve problems involving ratios
• understand the use of proportions to show the relationship between two ratios
• set up and solve problems using direct and inverse proportions
• use basic skills to calculate percentages and to convert to or from percentages
• demonstrate skills in using percentages to express values and to solve word problems.
• demonstrate skill in the basic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, including regrouping

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