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Practical Mathematics

COURSE OVERVIEW:

This course covers the mathematical skills needed to study technical subjects. It includes work on prime numbers, fractions, decimals, ratios and proportions, percents, simple graphs, simple equations, signed numbers, powers, scientific notation, calculators, and formulas.

A comprehensive set of pretests allows you to skip any topics you have already mastered. All unit pretests, unit posttests, and multiple unit tests generate new questions each time the test is taken, providing both unlimited practice material and valid evaluation results regardless of the number of times you use them.

PREREQUISITES:

Basic arithmetic

COURSE LENGTH:

This course contains 29 lesson units and 5 tests.

UNIT-BY-UNIT TOPICAL OUTLINE:

Unit 1 - The order of operations

Unit 2 - Using a calculator

Unit 3 - Factors and prime numbers

Unit 4 - Equivalent fractions

Unit 5 - Multiplying fractions

Unit 6 - Improper fractions and mixed numbers

Unit 7 - Dividing fractions

Test 1 - Test covering units 1 through 7

Unit 8 - Adding fractions

Unit 9 - Subtracting fractions and mixed numbers

Unit 10 - Adding and subtracting decimals

Unit 11 - Multiplying decimals

Unit 12 - Decimal division

Unit 13 - Ratios and proportions

Unit 14 - Solving a proportion

Test 2 - Test covering units 8 through 14

Unit 15 - Percent notation

Unit 16 - Percent/decimal conversions

Unit 17 - Finding a percentage

Unit 18 - Finding rates and bases

Unit 19 - Percentage problems

Test 3 - Test covering units 15 through 19

Unit 20 - Graphing

Unit 21 - Checking the solution to an equation

Unit 22 - Solving simple equations

Unit 23 - Adding and subtracting signed numbers

Unit 24 - Multiplying and dividing signed numbers

Test 4 - Test covering units 20 through 24

Unit 25 - Powers of 10 and laws of exponents

Unit 26 - Scientific notation

Unit 27 - Scientific calculators

Unit 28 - Substitution in a formula

Unit 29 - Solving a formula

Test 5- Test covering units 25 through 29

 

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