3.00 Credits
This course begins with a review of the four basic operations, with an emphasis on the hierarchical value of numbers. Topics include fractions and operations, decimals and operations, measurement, binomial and trinomial squared and cubed, the deconstruction of a cube into its parts, powers and integers, exponents, signed numbers, simple algebra with signed numbers, word problems for principle, interest, and rate, ratio, and proportion. Three semester hours.