MATD 0330

Basic Math Skills

Summer 2012

Synonym:04919                                   Section: 027

Campus: Cypress Creek           Room # 2207                Time: M/W  6:00-8:30 PM

Instructor: Jon Linam

Office Hours: M/W  8:35 – 9:05  PM        Other hours by appointment.     Office: Rm 2204.4

Phone Number: 218-4156

E-mail: linam@austincc.edu

Course Description: Basic Math Skills is the beginning Developmental Math course at Austin Community College. It is designed to give students the tools they will need in order to be successful in an algebra based curriculum. Students who successfully exit this course will understand operations on fractions, signed numbers operations, evaluating expressions, and solving equations. Successful students will also acquire fundamental skills in developing an organized approach in solving application problems.

Text:Prealgebra: 4^th Editionby Blair, Tobey, Slater, Pearson publishers

                        Any one of the following:

                        Student Edition (without MyMathLab) ISBN 0-32-156793-5

                        Student Edition with MyMathLab  ISBN 0-32-1562150-1

                        Student 3-hole punched with MyMathLab  ISBN 0-32-166303-9

                        Be aware that the purchase of MyMathLab is purely at your option.  MyMathLab is not required.

In the event that you have difficulty with promptly obtaining a textbook, you can access the first two chapters of the text (including exercises) online at http://www.austincc.edu/mthdept2/text/

You will need the following:                               Login Name: accmath0330             password: accmath0330

Grade Composition                              Homework  . . 8%

                                                                                Quizzes . . . .    6%

                                                                                Exam 1 . . . . . 16%

                                                                                Exam 2 . . . . . 16%

                                                                                Exam 3 . . . . . 16%

                                                                                Exam 4 . . . . . 16%

                                                                                Final Exam . .  22%

Grade Awarded                       Minimum                              Letter Grade

                                                      Percentile Grade

                                                                   90                                               A

                                                                   80                                               B

                                                                   70                                               C

                                                                   60                                               D

                                                                   <60                                             F

MATD 0330:  Homework Assignments for the Blair text.

Student Learning Outcomes:  Upon successful completion of this course, a student will be able to do at least 70% of the following:

              I.Concepts and skills associated with whole numbers

                             1.write the standard form of a whole number

                             2.round whole numbers and use rounding to estimate values involving whole number arithmetic

                             3.perform the four basic arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) on whole numbers

                             4.solve application problems involving the four basic operations on whole numbers

                             5.identify the order relation between two whole numbers

                             6.simplify exponential expressions with whole number exponents

                             7.use the order of operations to simplify expressions involving whole numbers, whole number exponents, grouping symbols, and the four basic arithmetic operations

                             8.prime factor whole numbers

                             9.find the least common multiple of two or more whole numbers

             II.Concepts and skills associated with fractions

                             1.perform the four basic arithmetic operations on fractions

                             2.solve application problems involving the four basic operations on fractions

                             3.simplify fractions to lowest terms

                             4.convert between mixed numbers and improper fractions

                             5.use the order of operations to simplify expressions involving fractions, whole number exponents, grouping symbols, and the four basic arithmetic operations

                             6.identify the order relation between two fractions

            III.Concepts and skills associated with decimals

                             1.write the standard form of a decimal

                             2.round decimals and use rounding to estimate values involving decimal arithmetic

                             3.perform the four basic arithmetic operations on decimals

                             4.solve application problems involving the four basic operations on decimals

                             5.convert between fractions and decimals

                             6.use the order of operations to simplify expressions involving decimals, whole number exponents, grouping symbols, and the four basic arithmetic operations

                             7.identify the order relation between two decimals or between a decimal and a fraction

            IV.Concepts and skills associated with integers and rational numbers

                             1.perform the four basic arithmetic operations on rational numbers

                             2.use the order of operations to simplify expressions involving rational numbers, whole number exponents, grouping symbols, and the four basic arithmetic operations

                             3.solve application problems involving the four basic operations on rational numbers

                             4.identify the order relation between two rational numbers

             V.Concepts and skills associated with ratios, proportions and percents

                             1.convert between fractions and percents and between decimals and percents

                             2.solve percent equations

                             3.find the missing number in a proportion

                             4.solve ratio and proportion application problems

                             5.solve application problems involving percents

            VI.Concepts and skills involving linear equations in one variable

                             1.solve linear equations in one variable involving integers, decimals and fractions

                             2.solve application problems that yield linear equations

           VII.Concepts and skills associated with polynomials

                             1.identify terms of a polynomial, and classify polynomials by number of terms

                             2.use the exponent laws to simplify algebraic expressions involving whole number exponents

                             3.use the order of operations to evaluate variable expressions and formulas

                             4.combine like terms

                             5.add and subtract polynomials

                             6.multiply monomials by polynomials

          VIII.Use statistics to collect and interpret data

                             1.determine the mean, median, and mode

                             2.interpret graphs (pictographs, circle graphs, bar graphs and line graphs) and analyze data

            IX.Concepts and skills associated with geometry

1.             know the appropriate vocabulary and facts about angles, triangles, rectangles, squares, and circles

2.             find perimeters of rectilinear figures

3.             use standard formulas to find perimeters and areas of triangles, rectangles, squares and circles

4.             find complementary and supplementary angles

5.             find angles associated with parallel lines cut by a transversal