Catalog Description: BASIC SKILLS (3) Natural numbers; integers; rational numbers; decimals; ratio; proportion; percent; graphs; applications. Students who have passed Math 1 may not schedule this course for credit.(This course may not be used to satisfy the basic minimum requirements for graduation in any baccalaureate degree program)

Text: Developmental Mathematics, fourth edition, Johnston, Willis, Hughes, PWS Publishing Company

CHAPTER 1  WHOLE NUMBERS
1.1  Basic Definitions
1.2  Reading and Writing Whole Numbers
1.3  Rounding Off Whole Numbers
1.4  Addition of Whole Numbers
1.5  Subtraction of Whole Numbers
1.6  Multiplication of Whole Numbers
1.7  Powers of Whole Numbers
1.8  Powers of Ten
1.9  Division of Whole Numbers
1.10 Square Roots
1.11 Order of Operations
1.12 Average
1.13 Perimeter and Area
1.14 Estimation

CHAPTER 2 FRACTIONS
2.1  The Meaning of Fraction
2.2  Multiplication of Fractions:  An Introduction
2.3  Changing an Improper Fraction to a Mixed Number
2.4  Changing a Mixed Number to an Improper Fraction
2.5  Equivalent Fractions
2.6  Prime Factorization
2.7  Reducing Fractions to Lowest Terms
2.8  Adding and Subtracting Like Fractions
2.9  Lowest Common Denominator (LCD)
2.10 Adding and Subtracting Unlike Fractions
2.11 Adding Mixed Numbers
2.12 Subtracting Mixed Numbers
2.13 Multiplying Mixed Numbers
2.14 Division of Fractions
2.15 Complex Fractions
2.16 Powers and Roots of Fractions
2.17 Combined Operations
2.18 Comparing Fractions

CHAPTER 3 DECIMAL FRACTIONS
3.1  Reading and Writing Decimal Numbers
3.2  Rounding Off Decimals
3.3  Adding Decimals
3.4  Subtracting Decimals
3.5  Multiplication of Decimals
3.6  Division of Decimals
3.7  Multiplying and Dividing Decimals by Powers of Ten
3.8  Powers and Roots of Decimals
3.9  Combined Operations
3.10 Changing a Fraction to a Decimal
3.12 Operations with Decimals and Fractions
3.13 Comparing Decimals

CHAPTER 4  Ratio, Proportion and Percent
4.1  Ratio and Rate Problems
4.2  Proportion Problems
4.3  Word Problems Using Proportions
4.4  Percent
4.5  Finding a Fractional Part of a Number
4.6  Percent Problems
4.7  Word Problems Using Percent

CHAPTER 5 GRAPHS AND STATISTICS
5.1  Bar Graphs
5.2  Pictographs
5.3  Line Graphs
5.4  Circle Graphs

CHAPTER 6  SIGNED NUMBERS
6.1  Signed Numbers
6.2  Adding Signed Numbers
6.3  Subtracting Signed Numbers
6.4  Multiplying Signed Numbers
6.5  Dividing Signed Numbers
6.6  Properties
6.7  Operations with Zero
6.8  Powers of Signed Numbers
6.9  Square Roots of Signed Numbers

CHAPTER 17  GEOMETRY
	Metric and English Measurement
	B.1 Basic Metric Units of Measurement
	B.2 Changing Units Within the Metric System
	B.3 The English System of Measurement
	B.4 Changing Units Within the English System
	B.10 Changing English System Units to Metric Units (and Vice Versa)
17.5 Perimeter
17.6 Area
17.7 Volume