MATH 003

Arithmetic

3.0 hours lecture per week.
Associate Degree Non-Applicable.
Provides a review of the basic skills of arithmetic. Designed as a transitional course for students who have either not taken a mathematics course for a considerable period of time or who have been in a tutorial program. This course is organized in a regular classroom setting to prepare students for a pre-algebra course.

Student Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Perform the fundamental operations on:

· whole numbers

· fractions and mixed numbers

· decimals

· percents

· integers

2. Apply the fundamental operations to:

· perform the order of operations

· evaluate expressions with exponents

· calculate averages

· find the prime factorization

3. Analyze and solve word problems