Grading Method: Letter
Non-Degree
Credit --- Does not transfer to CSU and Does not transfer to UC
No
Prerequisite
Catalog
Description:
This introductory arithmetic course is designed to develop number and
operation sense using whole numbers and fractions. Topics include
writing whole numbers in various forms, estimation, divisibility tests,
and applications.
Note:
Students enrolled in this course are required to participate in
individual and group activities.
Course
Objectives and Methods of Evaluation:
- Course objectives (list the major objectives
stated as student outcomes
in behaviorally measurable
terms.)
- Express whole numbers in standard,
expanded, and written
form.
- Add, subtract, multiply, divide and
calculate powers of
whole numbers and fractions using order of operations.
- Use rounding to estimate results from
operations with
whole numbers and fractions.
- Order given whole numbers and fractions
from smallest to
largest.
- Perform divisibility tests and determine
prime
factorization.
- Reduce fractions to lowest terms.
- Solve various application problems
involving whole
numbers and fractions.
- Methods
of Evaluation - Non-Degree Credit Course
- Computational
or non-computational problem-solving demonstrations, including: exam,
quizzes, homework problems, and individual and group activities.
Outline
of Subject
Matter
Approximate Time
|
Major Topic
|
12
hours
|
I. Whole
numbers
- Place value system including
expressing whole numbers
in standard, expanded, and written form
- Addition of whole numbers
- Subtraction of whole numbers
- Multiplication of whole numbers
- Division of whole numbers
- Rounding and estimation of whole
numbers
- Powers, order of operations, and
ordering of whole
numbers
- Applications of whole numbers
|
20
hours
|
II. Fractions
- Divisibility tests of whole numbers
- Prime factorization of whole numbers
- Greatest common factor of whole numbers
- Converting between mixed numbers and
improper
fractions
- Simplifying fractions
- Multiplication of fractions
- Division of fractions
- Least common multiple of whole numbers
- Powers, order of operations, and
ordering of fractions
- Addition and subtraction of fractions
- Rounding and estimation of fractions
- Applications of fractions
|
4
hours
|
III. Examinations
|
Total:
|
36
hours
|
Planned
Instructional
Activities:
Lecture,
discussion, individual and group work