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Math
K075 Prealgebra
(formerly Math K078 Basic Math Skills)
3 credit hours. This course is a DEVELOPMENTAL course, which means it
is for developing math skills that prepare you to take college level
math courses. Students in developmental math courses receive grades
with a 0 in front of the letter grade to indicate the credits are not
for graduation credit, nor is the course included in the student’s
GPA (Grade Point Average).
Students doing work below the C- level in a developmental course will
receive “NC” for “no credit” or “MP”
for making progress. (No F’s or D’s are awarded.) Students
receiving grades 0C- or below are advised to repeat the course. When
a student repeats a course at TRCC, the higher grade is the one that
counts in the GPA. A student must speak with a Three Rivers Counselor
before attempting any course for the third time.
After completing Math 075 with a C or better, students may take Math
095 Elementary Algebra Foundations
If you are having difficulty in Math 075, consider joining a series
of free math workshops offer by Marie Peloquin, director of TASC. You
may find her in her office in the Mohegan library. Ms. Peloquin’s
specialty is math-anxious students. You are welcome to join attend her
workshops the semester before you enroll in Math 075 or while you are
currently enrolled. The hours and dates of Ms Peloquin’s workshops
are posted under the MATH NEWS link on this math department’s
home page. Prerequisite: Acceptable placement score
Course description: Prealgebra focuses on basic arithmetic and pre-algebra
skills. Topics include: whole numbers, fractions, decimal numbers, proportions,
percents, perimeter, area, volume, signed numbers, algebraic expressions
and equations.
Text: Author: K. Elayn Martin-Gay
Title: Prealgebra, 4th edition, copyright 2004
Calculator: Calculators are prohibited in prealgebra.
Tutorial software: Math Pro 5 http://www.mathpro5.com
or MyMathLab at http://www.mymathlab.com
Publisher: Prentice Hall (http://vig.prenhall.com)
Companion website for the text: http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_martingay_prealg_4
General text information:
http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0131444476,00.html
and click
The Three Rivers Book Store sells the new text books bundled with the
student solutions manual, a test prep video attached to the inside back
cover and the internet based tutorial software called “Math Pro
5”. New bundles are approximately $107 and used books sell for
approximately $73. If you purchase a used book, you may want to find
one with the student solutions manual, the test prep video and an unopened
computer software code for “Math Pro 5”. An unused Math
Pro 5 code from any text, any level math, will work for prealgebra.
You may purchase MathPro5 software online for $27 at
http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0131445421,00.html
Videos lessons: The Mohegan and the Thames libraries
have video tapes of the author Ms. Martin-Gay giving 10 or 12 minute
lectures on each section in the text. You may also see short lectures
by clicking on the television icon in the math pro 5 software.
Every instructor will cover the following sections in the textbook.
It is the instructor’s prerogative to include more sections of
the textbook.
Sections 1.7, 1.8
All of chapters 2-7
Sections 8.3, 8.4
Chapter 9 as time permits
The final exam in math 095 is the same for all sections of the course.
This common final focuses on arithmetic skills – add, subtract,
multiply and divide integers, fractions and decimals – find percents,
simplify and evaluate algebraic expressions, solve algebraic equations,
and solve word problems
Sample Syllabi and homework assignments from previous semesters
:
Decker Spring 04
Sample Tests from previous semesters
Decker Test 1 fall
‘03
Decker Test 2 spring ‘04
Decker
Test 3 fall ‘03
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