Math 081 Course Outline

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The Community College of Baltimore County
Catonsville Campus

Department of Mathematics

Division of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

MATH081      0 credit (3 billable hours)       BASIC MATHEMATICS is a fourteen-week course meeting three hours a week.  This course includes fractions, decimals, ratios, rate, proportions, percents, basic statistics, U. S. and Metric units of measurement, perimeter, area, volume, real numbers and basic equations.  A strong emphasis on applications will be placed on each topic. 

Pre-requisite:     Satisfactory score on the placement exam and Reading Level 1 (RDNG 051).

Scientific calculator required.

Text:     Basic College Mathematics by Charles McKeague, 2nd Edition

Following is a list of sections that must be covered and will be included on the Midterm and Final Exams.  Other sections may be covered as review or instruction at the instructor’s discretion.

Topics

Section

Obj

Topics

Problems

Weeks

Fractions

2.3

a

Multiplication with fractions

1-54, 65-70

2.5

 

2.4

a

Division with fractions

1-28

 

 

 

b

Order of operations

29-48

 

 

 

c

Applications

49-64

 

 

2.5

a

 Addition & subtraction w/ same denominators

1-16

 

 

 

b

Add & subtract w/unlike denominators

17-58

 

 

 

c

Applications

69-78

 

 

2.6

a

Change mixed numbers to improper fractions

1-12

 

 

 

b

Change improper fractions to mixed numbers

13-24

 

 

2.7

a

Multiply mixed numbers

1-16

 

 

 

b

Divide mixed numbers

17-30

 

 

 

c

Applications

35-46

 

 

2.8

a

Addition and subtraction with mixed numbers

1-44

 

 

 

b

Subtraction with borrowing

45-66

 

 

 

c

Applications

67-72

 

Decimals

3.2

a

Addition and subtraction with decimals

1-48

1.0

 

 

b

Applications

53-58,61-68

 

 

3.3

a

Multiplication with decimals

1-48

 

 

 

b

Applications

49-60

 

 

3.4

a

Division with decimals

1-44

 

 

 

b

Applications

53-56,

 

Ratio and

4.1

a

Express ratios as fractions in lowest terms

1-8,19-24

1.0

Proportion

4.2

a

Express rates as ratios

1-12

 

 

 

b

Use ratios to write a unit price

13-26

 

 

4.4

b

Use the means/extremes property to solve a proportion

9-20,25-44

 

Percents

5.1

a

Change percents to fractions

1-8

1.5

 

 

b

Change percents to decimals

9-20

 

 

 

c

Change decimals to percent

21-36

 

 

 

d

Change percents to fraction in lowest terms

37-52

 

 

 

e

Change fractions to percent

53-70

 

 

5.2

a

Solve three types of percent problems

1-44

 

 

 

b

Solve percent problems involving food labels

45-48

 

 

5.3

a

General applications of percent

1-20

 

 

5.4

a

Application involving sales tax

1-8,15-17

 

 

 

b

Application involving commission

9-14,18-20

 

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Ch 2-5

 

MIDTERM ( Test #2) --- 25% of course grade

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0.5

Statistics

6.1

a

Find the mean & range

1-10,17,19,20

1.0

 

 

b

Find the median

11-14,18,19,20

 

 

 

c

Find the mode

15,16,18,20

 

 

6.2

a

Tables and bar charts

1-14

 

 

6.3

ab

Line graphs & construction of graphs

1-4

 

 

6.4

a

Read pie charts

1-6

 

Measurement

7.1

a

Length: US  Measurement

1-14

1.5

US and Metric

 

b

Length: Metric Measurement

15-28

 

 

7.2

a

Capacity: US Measurement (omit area & volume problems)

33-44

 

 

 

b

Capacity: Metric Measurement

47-54

 

 

7.3

a

Weight: US Measurement

1-14

 

 

 

b

Weight: Metric Measurement

15-30

 

Geometry

8.1

a

Find the perimeter of a polygon (omit composites)

1-8,17,18,23,24,27,28

1.0

 

 

b

Find the circumference of a circle

15,16,19-22,25,26

 

 

8.2

a

Find the area of a polygon (omit composites)

1-6,17-20,23-26

 

 

 

b

Find the area of a circle (omit composites)

11,12,29,30

 

 

8.4

a

Find the volume of a rectangular solid (omit composites)

1,2

 

 

 

b

Find the volume of a cylinder(omit composites)

7-10

 

 

 

c

Find the volume of a cone(omit composites)

15,16

 

 

 

d

Find the volume of a sphere(omit composites)

11,12

 

Intro to

9.2

b

Add positive and negative numbers using a rule

15-86

1.5

Algebra

9.3

a

Subtraction with negative numbers

1-56

 

 

9.4

a

Multiplication of positive & negative numbers

1-32

 

 

 

b

Order of operations with signed numbers

33-56

 

 

9.5

a

Division with positive & negative numbers

1-20

 

 

 

b

Order of operations with signed numbers

21-46

 

 

9.6

c

Using the distributive property, then simplify

29-44

 

Solving

10.1

b

Combine Like Terms

13-44

2.5

Equations

10.2

a

Identify the solution to an equation

1-10

 

 

 

b

Use the addition property to solve equations

11-26

 

 

10.3

a

Use the multiplication property to solve equations

1-40

 

 

10.5

a

Translate English phrases into algebraic expressions

1-10

 

 

 

b

Set-up and solve number problems

11-20

 

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Ch 6-10

 

FINAL EXAM ( TEST # 4) ---25% of course grade

 

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