ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS - MTH099 Spring 2022
Course

This course serves as a preparatory course for Business Mathematics I. It is intended for students who have very limited knowledge of mathematics. It concentrates upon basic mathematical notions and operations – fractions, percentage, using negative numbers etc. The content of the course will be adapted to concrete needs of students.
Here is the course outline:
1. Lesson 1
Feb 23
Introduction, course organization Sets, numbers, intervals Sets operations, basic arithmetic operations and their order |
2. Lesson 2
Mar 2
Numbers, Basic arithmetic operations and their order, Intervals, Number line, Fractions, Absolute Values, equations, inequalities |
3. Lesson 3
Mar 9
Fractions; Simple proportion; Percentages, percentage change; Interest Rate problems; Word problems |
4. Lesson 4
Mar 16
Exponent and Radical properties; Fractions; Fractions properties; Scientific Notation; Word problems |
5. Lesson 5
Mar 23
Mid-term Exam; Functions; basic type of functions; Linear functions; word problems |
6. Lesson 6
Apr 6
Agenda Sets, numbers, intervals Sets operations, basic arithmetic operations and their order Functions; basic type of functions Linear functions, Quadratic functions Quadratic Equations Word Problems |
7. Lesson 7
Apr 13
Quadratic equations; Word Problems Linear equation word problems - system of linear equations |
8. Lesson 8
Apr 20
Short test No. 6 Quadratic Equations and Inequalities, Factoring; Equations - Word Problems. |
9. Lesson 9
Apr 27
Practicing for Final Exam |
10. Lesson 10
May 28
Quadratic equations and inequalities, review of the curricula |
11. Lesson 11
Jun 4
Final Exam |