MATH
EXPRESS
MA
097
Catalogue
Description
This course is
designed for students who received a grade of “R” in MATH 095 but almost
passed. Instructor recommendation is
required. This course can also be taken by
other students who almost passed the placement exam. Recommendation from the Testing Office and
the Math Academic Foundations Coordinator is required. This is an intensive, one-week course which
is usually offered during an intersession.
1 non-college
credit
Goals
A. To target and correct the major deficiencies
of students who already took Basic College Mathematics (Ma 095).
B. To introduce the students to number sets.
C. To introduce the students to signed numbers.
D. To improve the students' ability to perform
operations with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
E. To introduce the students to solving basic
linear equations.
F. To increase the students' knowledge and
manipulation of ratios, proportions, and percents.
G. To improve the students' ability to solve
word problems involving perimeters and areas, and to convert one measure system
to another one.
Procedures
This course is taught
for 3 days from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. according to the following format:
A. Lecture/Discussion
B. Computer assisted drill/tutoring
Course
Content
A. Whole
Numbers
1. Place
value and names for whole numbers
2. Rounding
whole numbers
3. Operations
a. Addition,
Subtraction, Multiplication and Division
b. Properties
of Operations
c. Exponents
and Order of Operations
4. Applications
a. Solving
equations with whole numbers
b. Solving
word problems involving whole numbers
B. Integers
1. Positive
and Negative Integers
2. Operations
a. Addition,
Subtraction, Multiplication and Division
b. Properties
of Operations
c. Exponents
and Order of Operations
3. Applications
a. Solving
equations with integers
b. Solving
word problems involving integers
C. Rational Numbers
1. Definition
of Rational Numbers
a. Meaning of Fractions
b. Properties
2. Operations
a. Multiplication and Division
b. Addition and Subtraction
3. Mixed
Numbers
a. Notation
b. Multiplication/Division
c. Addition/Subtraction
d. Combination of Proper Fractions and Mixed
Numbers
4. Applications
a. Solving equations with rational numbers
b. Solving word problems with rational numbers
D. Decimals,
Ratios and Proportions
1. Definition of Decimals
2. Operations with Decimals
a. Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication,
Division and Square Roots
3. Ratios and Proportions
a. Definition
b. Properties
4. Applications
a. Solving equations with decimals, ratios and proportions
b. Solving word problems involving decimals,
ratios and proportions
E. Percent
1. Definition
a. Percents, decimals and ratios
2. Basic Percent Problems
a. Percent of a number
b. Find a number given a percent of it
c. Find a number that is a given percent of
another
3. General Applications of Percent
a. Sales tax and commissions
b. Percent of increase, decrease and discount
c. Interest
4. Applications
a. Solving word problems involving percents
F. Fractions, Decimals and Percents
1. Conversion from one representation to another
2. Ordering from smallest to largest
3. Applications
a. Solving word problems involving fractions,
decimals and/or percent
G. Applications to Measurement and Metric System
1. Perimeter, area, volume and weight
2. Converting from one system to the other
Evaluation methods
at the discretion of the Instructor
1. Exams. There will be several exams that will include
one or two chapters.
2. In order to obtain a passing grade, the
students must attain a passing average on the exams and obtain at least a score
of 19 on the NJCU Math Department Post-Test.
Bibliography
Required Text: Mathematics
- Primis Series, Aikey, Bennett,
Guillen, Putman; McGraw-Hill, 1994.
Software
Interactive
Tutorial Software, McGraw-Hill - (Electronic Learning Lab)
Numberland Software, Dr. Neal Goldberg