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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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Akersoft, Inc. P.O. Box 80469 Atlanta, GA 30366-0469 (800) 736-9408 akersoft@ix.netcom.com