AMATH 105 - Intro to Quantitative Problem Solving for Trades

Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 5
The course series integrates critical thinking, problem solving and reasoning to match with math skills and critical thinking/problem-solving skills utilized in the workplace. Courses include guided and independent practical problem-solving, contextualized small-group classroom activities and open-ended projects. A prescribed problem-solving structure is followed in real-life math applications aligned to curriculum in professional technical programs. Formerly: OCSUP 105.
Course Outcomes:

Use various math skills described in the course topics shown below:
- Develop and organize problem solutions in writing
- Interpret given information
- Create a plan for solving a problem
- Predict a quantitative outcome
- Translate given information into mathematical language and solve for an unknown quantity, both with and without a calculator
- Propose a reasonable level of precision for calculations and results
- Review a problem solution and justify the result

Course Topics:
The following math skills are used:

addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rounding, estimating, and order of operations for whole numbers, signed numbers, fractions, and decimals
ratios and proportions
percents
unit coversion within and between English and metric unit systems
direct measurement calculations either conceptually or with measuring tools
perimeter, area, and volume of various geometric shapes
common mathematical formulas

Course Attribute(s): PT Computation/Mathematics