vcc.ca
MATH 0660: Fundamentals of Mathematics 6A
Effective date
September 2023
Department
ABE Fundamentals
School
Arts and Sciences
Description
MATH 0660 introduces students to skills, concepts, vocabulary, and problem-solving strategies for working with ratio, proportion, and percent. Topics include solving proportions and understanding the relationships between decimal fractions, common fractions, and percent. This course is the sixth of six levels of Basic Education Mathematics and will prepare students to meet personal, career, or further academic goals.
Math 0660 and 0665 meet the required outcomes for ALF Mathematics Level 6 in the BC ABE Articulation Handbook 2022/2023 Edition: https://www.bctransferguide.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/abeguide2223.pdf
Credits
0.0
Year of study
Below Grade 10 Equivalency
Prerequisites
Department approval required.
Corequisites
None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Evaluate expressions using fractions, decimals and percent
- Represent proportion as a statement of equivalence between two ratios
- Write the relationship between two numbers or quantities as a rate
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Practicum, Self-Paced, Individual Learning: 156
Total Hours: 156
Total Hours: 156
Instructional Strategies
This course will be taught in a self-paced, individualized format along with group instruction and problem-solving activities.
Grading System
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Passing grade
S
Evaluation Plan
|
Type |
Percentage |
Assessment activity |
|
Other |
100 |
In this mastery-based curriculum, students focus on one skill at a time and move on after they demonstrate a high level of competence in that skill. |
Course topics
- Ratios, rates, and proportions
- Reading, writing and finding percents
- Converting between decimal fractions, common fractions, and percents
Learning resources
Adult Literacy Fundamentals - Mathematics: Book 6A
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/. - To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.