MATH 097 - Foundations for Elementary Statistics1 Credit: (0.5 lecture, 0.5 lab, 0 clinical) 1 Contact Hours: [Prerequisite: Math Level 3 and Counselor/Instructor Permission][Co-requisite: MATH 190 ]
An overview of the prerequisite skills and concepts needed for successful completion of MATH 190 Elementary Statistics. Intended for students who are concurrently enrolled in MATH 190 Elementary Statistics, at Montcalm Community College. Topics include student skills needed to successfully study mathematics, number sense, operations on numbers, sets, equations and inequalities, graphing points and lines in two dimensions, reading tables and graphs, and approximating area. Concepts will be taught through a lecture (demonstration) and lab (individual and groupwork) model. Students will review basics of the above concepts independently and through lecture, then practice these concepts with the instructor’s guidance.
OFFERED: fall and spring semesters
Course Goals/ Objectives/ Competencies:
Goal 1: Express and understand numbers in multiple representations.
- Round and order decimals.
- Represent decimals and intervals on a number line.
- Convert between fractions, decimals, and percents.
Goal 2: Perform calculations on numbers.
- Perform arithmetic operations on integers and real numbers.
- Implement the order of operations in expressions and formulas.
Goal 3: Interpret and perform calculations with “sets.”
- Interpret Venn diagrams.
- Use set notation.
- Find the complement, union, and intersection of sets.
Goal 4: Use equations and inequalities to represent scenarios in context.
- Evaluate algebraic expressions.
- Solve linear equations in one variable.
Goal 5: Graph points and lines in two dimensions.
- Plot an ordered pair (x, y) in a rectangular coordinate plane.
- Interpret the slope of a line and translate between tables, equations, graphs, and contextual linear scenarios.
- Find the distance between points in a rectangular coordinate plane.
Goal 6: Interpret information represented as tables, graphs, and areas.
- Extract information from tables and graphs.
- Given the total area under a curve, line, or histogram, approximate the area of a shaded region.
Goal 7: Demonstrate skills necessary to successfully complete a math class.
- Develop academic responsibility and self-regulation.
- Identify when to ask for assistance and when to persist in utilizing problem solving strategies.
- Perform a self-assessment of understanding.
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