55 Math 038
The math you need to know and practice in order to pass the MATH 038 assessment at Camosun College.
Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills in using the principles and operations of various math topics such as arithmetic, measurement, graphs, formulas, and geometry
- Apply a variety of strategies in solving math-related problems
- Apply knowledge and skills in various math topics to solve problems related to particular Trades Foundation Programs (except Professional Cook and Electrical programs)
- Use knowledge of various math topics as a basis for further study in Trades Foundation Programs
- Convert between fractions, decimals, and percent
- Add, subtract, multiply and divide rational numbers
- Solve application problems involving arithmetic, metric and imperial measurement, graphs, formulas, and geometry
- Use order of operations
- Use the common metric and imperial units for temperature, length, volume and mass
- Convert between and within metric and imperial units using tables and/or calculators
- Use formulas to solve related application problems
- Read, write, and use ratios and proportions to solve percent and other application problems
- Distinguish between significant digits, accuracy, and precision
- Use a calculator to find squares, cubes, square roots, and cubic roots of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals
- Extract and interpret information from line, bar and circle graphs
- Draw line and bar graphs
- Solve equations, formulas, and related application problems
- Use a protractor, compass and straightedge to measure angles, bisect lines,
angles and arcs, find the centre of a circle and construct a perpendicular to a line - Use the Pythagorean theorem and properties of triangles to find missing sides and angles