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COURSE SYLLABUS for

 MTH 01 - Fundamental Concepts and Skills in Arithmetic and Algebra (0 Credit/3 hours)  

Corequisite:  RDL 01 if required; CUNY Part I score less than 12
Textbook: Developmental Mathematics, 4th edition  by  Johnson, Willis, and Hughes 
Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.   (ISBN 0-201-35665-1)  

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    Section Topics of the Textbook  Suggested Exercises               
1.1    Basic Definitions p. 4/1-23 (odd)
1.2    Reading and Writing Whole Numbers p. 7/1-25 (odd)
1.3    Rounding off Whole Numbers p. 9/1-13 (odd)
1.4    Addition of Whole Numbers p. 11/5-33 (odd)
1.5   Subtraction of Whole Numbers p. 14/1-25 (odd)
1.6    Multiplication of Whole Numbers  p. 19/11,19,31,45,47
1.7    Powers of Whole Numbers p. 21/1-23 (odd)
1.8    Powers of Ten p. 22/1-19 (odd)
1.9    Division of Whole Numbers p. 28/1-39 (odd)
1.10  Square Roots p. 29/1-29 (odd)
1.11  Order of Operations p. 32/1-29 (odd)
1.12  Average p. 34/1-15 (odd)
1.13  Perimeter and Area p. 36/1-11 (odd); p. 37/1,3,5,7
 
2.1    The Meaning of Fractions p. 48/3-11 (odd)
2.3    Changing an Improper Fraction to a Mixed Number p. 51/1-17 (odd)
2.4    Changing an Mixed Number to an Improper Fraction p. 52/1-19 (odd)
2.5    Equivalent Fractions p. 54/1-13 (odd)
2.6    Prime Factorization p. 56/1-13 (odd)
2.7A  Reducing Fractions to Lowest Terms p. 59/1-25 (odd)
2.2   Multiplication of Fractions p. 48/1-15 (odd)
2.7B  Shortening Multiplication of Fractions p. 60/1-17 (odd)
2.8    Adding and Subtracting Like Fractions p. 62/1-15 (odd)
2.9    Lowest Common Denominator (LCD) p. 64/1-11 (odd)
2.10  Adding and Subtracting Unlike Fractions p. 67/1-37 (odd)
2.11  Adding Mixed Numbers p. 69/1-31 (odd)
2.12  Subtracting Mixed Numbers p. 71/1-23 (odd)
2.13  Multiplying Mixed Numbers p. 72/1-21 (odd)
2.14  Division of Fractions p. 74/3-39 (odd)
2.18  Comparing Fractions p. 81/1-15 (odd)
 
3.1    Reading and Writing Decimal Numbers p. 91/1-19 (odd)
3.2    Rounding off Decimals  p. 94/1-17 (odd)
3.3    Adding Decimals p. 96/1-11 (odd)
3.4    Subtracting Decimals p. 97/1-11 (odd)
3.5    Multiplication of Decimals  p. 99/1-13 (odd)
3.6A Dividing a Decimal by a Whole Number p. 101/1-21 (odd)
3.6B Dividing a Decimal by a Decimal p. 103/1-27 (odd)
3.7    Multiplying and Dividing Decimal by Power of Ten p. 106/1-15 (odd)
3.10  Changing a Fraction to a Decimal p. 112/1-15 (odd)
3.11A Changing a Decimal to a Fraction p. 113/1-15 (odd)
3.13  Comparing Decimals p. 118/1-7 (odd)
4.1    Ratio and Rate Problems p.127/3,7,11,19,25,27,31
4.2    Proportion Problems p. 133/3-21 (odd)
4.3   Word Problems using Proportions p. 136/1-15 (odd)
4.4A  Changing a Decimal to a Percent p. 138/1-9 (odd)
4.4B  Changing a Percent to a Decimal p. 139/1-19 (odd)
4.4C  Changing a Fraction to a Percent p. 139/1-17 (odd)
4.4D  Changing a Percent to a Fraction p. 140/5-29 (odd)
4.5     Finding a Fractional Part of a Number p. 143/1-25 (odd)
4.6    Percent Problems p. 146/1-13 (odd)
4.7   Word Problems using Percent p. 150/1-11 (odd)
5.1     Bar Graphs p. 159/1-9 (odd)
5.3    Line Graphs p. 165/9-17 (odd)
5.4     Circle Graphs p. 168/1-11 (odd)

 

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