Math 130 - Arithmetical Problem Solving

• Prerequisites: Intermediate math competence (usually 3 units HS math) and suitable placement scores, or Math 100 or 101.
• Frequency: Fall (I), Winter (II)
• Student Body: Open only to students in Education and School of Human Ecology.
• Credits: 3. Does not count toward degree requirements in L&S. (q)
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• Course Coordinator: Steffen Lempp
• Background and Goals: This course emphasizes problem solving and mathematical writing. Topics will be chosen from: rational numbers; decimals; logic and set theory; place value; scientific notation; number theory; functions and relations; exponentiation; algebra.
• Alternatives: n/a
• Subsequent Courses: A student will usually take Math 131 after Math 130

Content coverage:

• Problem solving
• Sets: Venn diagrams, intersections, unions, complements; applications
• Algebraic operations: definitions, properties
• Arithmetic, place value, number bases
• Elementary propositional logic; symbols for AND, OR, NOT, implication; truth tables; quantified variables
• Fractions
• Number theory and number systems: factoring, primes, greatest common factor, least common multiple, rationals and irrationals, countability vs. the number of reals.