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Oct 03, 2024
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2024-2025 WWCC College Catalog
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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
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