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Course Syllabus

MATH 0700 Pre-Algebra

  • Division: Natural Science and Math
  • Department: Mathematics
  • Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 3; Lecture: 4; Lab: 0
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Corequisites: None
  • Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
  • Semester Approved: Fall 2022
  • Five-Year Review Semester: Summer 2027
  • End Semester: Summer 2028
  • Optimum Class Size: 20
  • Maximum Class Size: 32

Course Description

Pre-Algebra students will strengthen their skills related to calculations and applications involving whole numbers, integers, fractions, decimals, and percentages. Additional topics include order of operations, algebraic expressions, solutions of equations, ratios, proportions, perimeter, and area.

Math 0700 is part of the developmental math sequence at Snow College and is designed to prepare students for more rigorous college-level math courses.

Justification

This course is for those students who are currently unprepared for college level mathematics work. This course is designed to prepare students for MATH 0800 or MATH 0850.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate an ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide with whole numbers, fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals.
  2. Demonstrate an ability find the prime factorization for a whole number and determine if it is a prime number, a composite number, or neither.
  3. Demonstrate an ability to calculate angle measures, perimeter, area, and volume for various geometric shapes.
  4. Demonstrate an ability to set up and solve a variety of problems using ratios, proportions, and percentages.
  5. Demonstrate an ability to solve basic linear equations using the properties of equality.

Course Content

This course will include the study of:
· Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with whole numbers, fractions, and decimal numbers

· Prime numbers and prime factorization

· Fractions and mixed numbers

· Ratios and Proportions

· Understanding and solving percent problems

· Solving Equations

· Angles, triangles, length and perimeter

Individual instructors are encouraged to include at least one assignment (other than story problems from the book) such as projects, readings, or presentations where the students can see how the concept applies to their lives.