MATH131

To generate an appreciation of the quantitative tools that help to present and explain issues arising in the media and students' daily lives.

To heighten communication skills, both written and oral, of mathematical ideas so that students can express quantitative evidence in support of an argument or purpose of a work.

To increase the ability to explain information presented in mathematical forms such as equations, graphs, diagrams, tables, and paragraphs and to convert relevant information between the forms.

To strengthen the ability to make judgments and draw appropriate conclusions based on the quantitative analysis of data, while recognizing the limits of this analysis.

To enhance mathematical competence in performing appropriate calculations and communicating results in the specific areas of modeling, personal finance, basic statistics, and geometry.

Number Sense

1. Solve problems involving rates and dimensional analysis

2. Write numbers in scientific notation

3. Solve application problems involving percentages

Financial Literacy

1. Solve application problems involving interest, annuities, and loans

2. Solve problems involving tax

Probability

1. Count the possible outcomes for events

2. Calculate probabilities

3. Find expected values

4. Distinguish between independent and dependent events

Statistics

1. Find descriptive statistics

2. Display data

3. Analyze statistical studies and sampling methods

4. Solve problems involving the normal distribution

Geometry

1. Solve problems involving perimeter, area, surface area, and volume.

2. Solve problems involving similar figures

3. Solve problems involving right triangles

Voting Methods

1. Determine the results of a vote using voting rules

2. Determine how to allocate resources or goods using a given apportionment