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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
CSKLS 368B | Title:
GENERAL ARITHMETIC PT. 2 |
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| Full Title:
General Arithmetic, Part 2 |
| Last Reviewed:1/27/2020 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 2.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 2.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 35.00 |
| Minimum | 2.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 4 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 1.00 | | Contact DHR | 17.50 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 70.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 122.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Non-Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Catalog Description:
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This course covers ratio and proportion, percentage, and measurement. Includes application of arithmetic skills for problem-solving, as well as methods for interpreting word problems, graphs, charts, and tables. Computer-assisted lab assignments reinforce the lecture.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion or Current Enrollment in CSKL 368.1 ( or CSKLS 368.1 or CSKLS 368A)
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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This course covers ratio and proportion, percentage, and measurement. Includes application of arithmetic skills for problem-solving, as well as methods for interpreting word problems, graphs, charts, and tables. Computer-assisted lab assignments reinforce the lecture.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Course Completion or Current Enrollment in CSKL 368.1 ( or CSKLS 368.1 or CSKLS 368A)
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Not Certificate/Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Represent a number in its equivalent decimal, fraction, and percent
form;
2. Use rounding, estimating, and logic to solve and verify answers for
problems involving proportions, percents, and measurement;
3. Define vocabulary and use basic concepts relating to percent, incuding
taxes, commission, discount, interest, percent increase/decrease;
4. Define vocabulary and use basic concepts relating to measurement in
both English (U.S.) and metric systems;
5. Use dimensional analysis to convert measurements within the English
(U.S.) system and between English (U.S.) and metric systems;
6. Interpret word problems involving proportions, percents, and/or
measurement and set up appropriate math algorithms to solve them;
7. Interpret data from graphs, charts, and tables;
8. Apply arithmetic and problem-solving skills to college classes, the
workplace, and daily life situations;
9. Apply test-taking and study techniques, as well as knowledge of SRJC
math support services, to college math classes.
Topics and Scope
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I. Course orientation
A. Math pathway
B. Self-assessment and goal-setting
C. Study techniques
D. Support services, including:
1. Math Lab
2. Tutorial Center
3. Student consultation hours
4. Counseling
II. Ratio and proportion
A. Setting up ratios and proportions
B. Solving proportions
C. Word problems using proportions
III. Percents
A. Definition of percent
B. Changing decimals to percents; percents to decimals; fractions to
percents; percents to fractions
C. Solving percent problems using proportion method
D. Word problems
1. Taxes (sales, income, Social Security)
2. Business related (commission, discount, mark-up/mark-down,
percent increase/decrease)
3. Interest (simple and compound)
IV. Measurement
A. English (U.S.) system
1. Equivalents
2. Using dimensional analysis for conversions
B. Metric system
1. Terminology
2. Using powers of 10 for conversions
C. Conversions between English (U.S.) and metric systems, using
dimensional analysis
D. Interpreting word problems using measurement
V. Graphs, charts, and tables
VI. Applications of arithmetic and problem-solving skills to real life
situations will be integrated throughout the course.
Assignments:
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1. Approximately 10-15 homework assignments
2. Approximately 10-15 quizzes
3. 2 unit tests
4. Final exam
5. 1-2 projects involving graphs, charts, tables, and/or word problems
6. Lab: 10-15 Lab assignments
7. Course notebook with organized class notes and lab worksheets
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
30 - 40% |
| Homework problems, Lab assignments, projects | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
40 - 60% |
| Multiple choice, Completion, Short answer. | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
10 - 20% |
| Attendance and participation; course notebook | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Fundamentals of Mathematics, 6th edition. Steffensen, Arnold; Johnson, L.
Murphy; and Hamm, D. Michael. Alliance Press: 2004.
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