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Apr 23, 2024
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MAT 075 - Union Trade Exam Preparation-Mathematics
Credits: 2
2 Lecture Hours
Description
This course is designed for students who have some background in arithmetic and basic algebra, but need a review of those concepts in preparation for the mathematics portion of a union trade entrance examination. Included are such topics as operations and properties of whole numbers, integers, fractions, decimals, percent, ratios, proportions, unit conversion, graphs and basic geometry. This course is not intended for any transfer degree program or to replace MAT 080 or MAT 090 .
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:
- Perform operations with integers, fractions, decimals and percentages.
- Solve arithmetic based application problems of the type included on a union trade entrance exam.
- Employ rounding techniques to estimate quantities.
- Utilize ratio and percent to solve application problems of the type included on a union trade entrance exam.
- Convert quantities from one unit of measurement to another.
- Solve geometric application problems of the type included on a union trade entrance exam.
- Combine like terms.
- Solve linear equations.
- Utilize formulas and literal equations to solve application problems of the type included on a union trade entrance exam.
Listed Topics
- Place value
- Estimation and rounding
- Operations with integers, including applications
- Operations with fractions, including reading a ruler and applications
- Operations with decimals, including applications
- Order of operations
- Percent, including applications
- Ratios, including applications
- Proportion, including applications
- Powers of 10
- Scientific notation
- Unit conversion
- Angles, perimeter, area, volume and circumference
- Pythagorean Theorem
- Evaluating algebraic expressions
- Combining like terms
- Solving linear equations
- Literal equations and formulas
Reference Materials
Materials as deemed appropriate by instructor.
Students who successfully complete this course acquire general knowledge, skills and abilities that align with CCAC’s definition of an educated person. Specifically, this course fulfills these General Education Goals: - Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
- Quantitative & Scientific Reasoning
Approved By: Dr. Quintin B. Bullock Date Approved: 5/17/2020
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