Course Goals
To provide needed just-in-time mathematical support for students who have not met the prerequisite for course. There will be an emphasis on reading, problem solving, and writing skills throughout the course as they are needed in the practice of statistics.
Core Course Topics
Numbers and the Number Line
Plot points and intervals on the number line
Represent an inequality as an interval on the number line
Find the distance between two points on the number line
Find the midpoint between two points on the number line
Round decimals
Order decimal numbers
Convert numbers between scientific and standard notation
Convert between fractions, decimals, and percents
Operations on Numbers
Perform signed numbers arithmetic
Calculate powers of a numbers using technology
Calculate the square root of a number (using technology)
Use summation notation
Use order of operations in expressions and formulas
Sets
Use set notation
Use Venn diagrams
Find the complement of a set
Find the union and the intersection of two sets
Equations and Inequalities
Evaluate algebraic expressions
Solve a linear equation in one variable
Graphing Points and Lines in the Cartesian Coordinate System
Plot ordered pairs (x, y) in the rectangular coordinates system
Understand the slope as the change in y associated with a 1-unit change in x.
Find the slope of a line given two points or the graph
Identify and interpret slope as a rate of change
Write the equation of the line in slope-intercept form
Given the equation of the line, draw the graph of the line
Using the equation of the line, find the y-value associated with a given x-value.
Find a vertical distance between a point and a line
Reading Tables and Graphs and Approximating Areas
Extract information from tables and graphs
Given the total area under a curve or a histogram, approximate the area of a shaded region.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: