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Posted: 06/21/07


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MAT  095 – Learning Support Mathematics I

 

Course Description

Introduces elementary arithmetic needed for advancement to the level of basic mathematics.  Topics include:  standard notation, addition and subtraction of whole numbers, multiplication and division of whole numbers, rounding and estimating whole numbers, solving equations, applications and problem solving, exponential notation and order of operations, factorizations, divisibility, and least common multiples.


 

Competency Areas

Hours

Standard Notation and Place Value

Class

5

Addition and Subtraction of whole numbers

D. Lab*

0

Multiplication and Division of whole numbers

P. Lab/O.B.I.*

0

Rounding and Estimating whole numbers

Credit

5 I.C.

Solve Equations

 

 

Applications and Problem Solving 

 

 

Exponential Notation and Order of Operations

 

 

Factorizations

 

 

Divisibility

 

 

Least Common Multiples

 

 

 

 

 

*D. Lab may be substituted, as needed, for class hours on a 2 to 1 basis and P. Lab on a 3 to 1 basis.

 

Prerequisite:

Entrance arithmetic score in accordance with approved DTAE admission score levels

Corequisite:

None

 

Course Guide

 

Competency

After completing this section, the student will be able to:

Hours

Class

D.Lab

P.Lab/

O.B.I.


 

 

 

 

STANDARD NOTATION AND PLACE VALUE

5

0

0

 

Give the meaning of digits in standard notation.

 

 

 

 

Convert between standard notation and expanded notation.

 

 

 

 

Convert between standard notation and word names.

 

 

 

 

Use less than or greater than to write a true sentence.

 

 

 

 

Recognize place value.

 

 

 

ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION OF WHOLE NUMBERS

5

0

0

 

Add whole numbers.

 

 

 

 

Use addition in finding perimeter.

 

 

 

 

Convert between addition sentences and subtraction sentences.

 

 

 

 

Subtract whole numbers

 

 

 

MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION OF WHOLE NUMBERS

5

0

0

 

Multiply whole numbers.

 

 

 

 

Use multiplication in finding area.

 

 

 

 

Convert between division sentences and multiplication sentences.

 

 

 

 

Divide whole numbers.

 

 

 

ROUNDING AND ESTIMATING WHOLE NUMBERS

3

0

0

 

Round to the nearest ten, hundred, or thousand

 

 

 

 

Estimate sums, differences, and products by rounding

 

 

 

SOLVE EQUATIONS

6

0

0

 

Solve simple equations by trial.

 

 

 

 

Solve equations like x + a = b and a ∙ x = b.

 

 

 

APPLICATIONS AND PROBLEM SOLVING

6

0

0

 

Solve applied problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division of whole numbers.

 

 

 

EXPONENTIAL NOTATION AND ORDER OF OPERATIONS

5

0

0

 

Write exponential notation for products such as 4 ∙ 4 ∙ 4.

 

 

 

 

Evaluate exponential notation.

 

 

 

 

Simplify expressions using the rules for order of operations.

 

 

 

 

Remove parentheses within parentheses.

 

 

 

FACTORIZATIONS

5

0

0

 

Determine whether one number is a factor of another, and find the factors of a number.

 

 

 

 

Find some multiples of a number, and determine whether a number is divisible by another.

 

 

 

 

Given a number from 1 to 100 , tell whether it is prime, composite, or neither.

 

 

 

 

Find the prime factorization of a composite number.

 

 

 

DIVISIBILITY

5

0

0

 

Determine whether a number is divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10.

 

 

 

LEAST COMMON MULTIPLES

5

0

0

 

Find the LCM of two or more numbers.

 

 

 

 

Suggested Resources

 

Bittinger, M. and Beecher, J.  (2004).  Developmental Mathematics, 6th Edition.  New York: Addison Wesley Longman

 

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