3 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture Credit By ExaminationLower DivisionData from last updated 8/18/2025
Fall 2025
Designed for prospective elementary school teachers. Problem solving. Numerical reasoning including self-generated and conventional algorithms. Whole and fractional number systems, elementary number theory. (Not available for credit toward graduation in the College of Science.)
Learning Outcomes1To model and perform arithmetic operations in bases other than base ten.
2To convert numbers to scientific notation and perform arithmetic operations in scientific notation.
3To perform operations with signed numbers.
4To use properties of addition and multiplication to facilitate arithmetic.
5To determine when two fractions are equivalent, decimals and percents.
6To use divisibility rules to determine greatest common factors to decide whether numbers are prime.
Prerequisites
One of
Score of 045 or higher on the ALEKS Math Assessment
Score of 21 or higher on the ACT Math
Score of 530 or higher on the SATR Math
Score of 500 or higher on the SAT Mathematics
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