Course

Objective:

Learning Outcomes:

• Demonstrate skill in the basic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, including regrouping
• 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

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