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095 - Fundamental Mathematical Skills

Prerequisites: 
Remedial status as determined by the University
Frequency: 
Fall (I)
Student Body: 
Intended for students fulfilling the remediation requirements in mathematics.
Credits: 
3. Does not count for degree credit.
Recent Texts: 
Basic College Math 5e. , by Tobey and Slater.
Course Coordinator: 
David Camacho
Background and Goals: 
Math 95 covers the fundamental mathematics necessary both as survival skills in daily life and as tool for success in college. Includes arithmetic procedures and their applications. Intended for students fulfilling the remediation requirements in mathematics.
Alternatives: 
n/a
Subsequent Courses: 
the course prepares the student for Math 101.
Course Content: 

Topic covered will include:

  • Review of arithmetic skills, properties of real numbers
  • Algebraic expressions, absolute value, simplification and evaluation
  • Solving linear equations for a variable, abstracting an algebraic expression or equation from words, linear inequalities
  • Cartesian coordinate system. Plotting points, graphing y = mx + b.
  • Word problems involving simple interest, discounts, distance-rate-time,
    geometric formulas for areas and perimeters of triangles,
    quadrilaterals and circles. Unit conversion, lengths and volumes,
    American system.
  • Factoring trinomials and factoring by grouping.
  • Quadratic equations. Solving by factoring and by the quadratic formula.