Non Credit Course
Offered in Lab or Lecture Format
No Prerequisite required

SYLLABUS

I. WHOLE NUMBERS

        A. Place value and word names
        B. Expanded notation and place value
        C. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
        D. Order of operations

II. PRIMES AND MULTIPLES

        A. Multiples
        B. Divisors and factors
        C. Divisibility tests: 2, 3, 5, 10
        D. Primes and composites
        E. Prime factorization
        F. Least common multiple

III. FRACTIONS AND MIXED NUMBERS

        A. Concept of a fraction
        B. Improper fractions to mixed numbers
        C. Mixed numbers to improper fractions
        D. Equivalent fractions
        E. Reducing fractions to lowest terms
        F. Multiplication with fractions and mixed numbers
        G. Division with fractions and mixed numbers
        H. Least common denominator
        I. Comparing fractions
        J. Addition with fractions and mixed numbers
        K. Subtraction with fractions and mixed numbers

IV. DECIMALS

       A. Place value and word names
       B. Expanded notation
       C. Changing decimals to fractions
       D. Changing fractions to decimals
       E. Comparing decimals
       F. Approximation by rounding
       G. Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with decimals

V. RATIO AND PROPORTION

        A. Concept of ratio and proportion
        B. Solving a proportion for the unknown

VI. PERCENT

        A. Concept of percent
        B. Changing decimals to percents
        C. Changing percents to decimals
        D. Changing fractions to percents
        E. Changing percents to fractions
        F. Finding percentage
        G. Finding rate
        H. Finding base
        I. % increase/decrease problems

VII. DENOMINATE NUMBERS AND MEASUREMENT

        A. English units
        B. Metric units
        C. Conversion of units within each system
        D. Perimeter and circumference
        E. Areas of common geometric figures
        F.     Volumes of common geometric figures

VIII. PROBLEM SOLVING

        A. Techniques for problem solving
        B. Problems involving whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percents, ratio and proportion, and measurement

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