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Math Skills Development II
Course Description
This individualized non-credit course serves to upgrade math skills and comprehension as a preparation for many math courses offered at Continuing Education and for many courses offered at community colleges in BC. Students are prescribed specific sections designed to upgrade math skills identified in assessment tests taken at colleges and at Continuing Education
Assignments are based on pre-tests administered by the Pathfinder Learning System. As this is a computerized learning process, students must be present at the Continuing Education Centre to access the pre- and post-tests and the library referenced learning materials.
Students needing to upgrade basic math skills in preparation for college
math assessment tests or students who have completed high school math
courses but need review or upgrading before registering in the Grade 10
and 11 Math courses at Continuing Education (Principles of Math 10, Accounting
11, Principles of Math 11, Essentials of Math 11) would benefit from this course.
Course Pre-requisites
Assessment tests taken at community colleges or at Continuing Education in Campbell River
Course Breakdown
Section One: Number Skills and Problem Solving Skills using the Correct Order of Operations
- Decimals
- Fractions
- The Metric System
- Ratios, Rates and Proportions
- Percents
- Part A -- Continuation of Order of Operations
- Exponents
- Scientific Notation
- Square Root
- Part B -- Basic Geometry and Measurement
- Angles
- Parallel lines
- Triangles
- Quadrilateral
- Perimeter, Area, and Volume
- Creating and Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
- Creating and Solving Algebraic Equations
- Operations with Polynomials
- Factoring Polynomials
- Simplifying Rational Expressions
- Graphing Skills on a Cartesian Coordinate System
- Graphing Linear Equations
- Solving Systems of Linear Equations
Assignments
Students must attain a mark of 80% on either a Pathfinder pre-test or post-test. Students will do assignments on objectives until this goal of 80% is met. Students must attain a mark of 50% on each of the three section tests.
Textbooks and Course Materials
Pathfinder library containing many different textbooks referenced by the Pathfinder Learning System computer.
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