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MTSK 0750: Math 10 Skills Part 1
Effective date
January 2019
Department
College & Career Access
School
Arts and Sciences
Description
This course provides students who wish to take Pre-Calculus Math 11 or Foundations of Math 11 with a refresher in some of the foundational math skills necessary to be successful in Math 11. Topics covered in this course include: fractions, decimals, ratio & proportion, percent, basic equations, real numbers, powers, roots and scientific notation.
Since this is a skills course and not a credit course, students can be assigned any or all of the above topics depending on the results of their College and Career Access Department assessment.
Credits
0.0
Year of study
Grade 10 Equivalency
Prerequisites
Basic Education Math Level 6, or 60% on the VCC Basic Arithmetic Assessment, or successful completion of the Fundamental-Intermediate Math Assessment from either the Basic Ed or CCA departments.
Corequisites
None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Solve word problems and similar triangle exercises using ratio and proportion.
- Solve percent problems, including those involving percent increase and decrease.
- Solve algebraic equations with brackets and real numbers.
- Calculate basic order of operations questions.
- Simplify expressions involving positive and/or negative exponents.
- Convert between decimal and scientific notation in order to solve word problems.
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Practicum, Self-Paced, Individual Learning: 96
Total Hours: 96
Total Hours: 96
Instructional Strategies
Self-paced: one-to-one individualized instruction
Grading System
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Passing grade
60%
Evaluation Plan
|
Type |
Percentage |
Assessment activity |
|
Quizzes/Tests |
100 |
Unit quizzes |
Course topics
- Ratio and proportion
- Similar triangles
- Percent, including percent increase and decrease questions
- Simple algebraic equations
- Algebraic equations involving real numbers
- Algebraic word problems
- Basic order of operations expressions
- Positive and negative exponents
- Square roots
- Scientific notation
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.