MTH1000 Mathematics Preliminaries 1

Course Description

Prerequisites: Placement by freshmen entrance test or by approval of course coordinator. Closed to students who have passed courses higher than MTH 1000.

Student Population: Students lacking knowledge of fractions, decimals, and pre-algebra.

Goals: To build a foundation for taking required math and statistics courses. To build problem-solving skills and confidence.

Topics:

Operations on fractions and decimals
Conversions between fractions, decimals, and percents
Laws of exponents
Operations on signed numbers
Operations on polynomials
Solving simple first degree equations

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Last modified October 3, 1998
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