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Question:MATH 1332 Contemporary Math I (Math for Liberal Arts)
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Textbook: Math for Liberal Arts, Math 1332, Fall 2012
Edition.
Available only at NVC Bookstore. OR Thinking
Mathematically: 5th Ed, Blitzer; Pearson.
ISBN 0-321-64585-5
Catalog Description: This course is designated
for nonmathematics majors and nonscience majors who need three hours of
mathematics for degree requirements. The
course includes topics from logic, algebra, trigonometry, and probability.
Prerequisites: MATH 0302 with a grade of "C" or better, or
equivalent. Other prerequisites include ENGL 0300 and READ 0302.
Semester Credit Hours: (3-3-0)
Course Objectives: With emphasis on the bolded items, the student will be able
to:
- Exhibit an understanding of elementary,
intuitive set theory, including the concepts of subset, union, intersection,
and cardinal number
- Develop symbolic truth tables
- Change
numbers from base ten to other bases and vice versa
- Exhibit facility with solving problems with the
calculator, including integer problems, decimal problems, and percent problems
- Convert within the metric system and between the
metric system and the U.S. customary system
- Solve elementary linear programming problems
- Exhibit an understanding of elementary probability
- Compute the mean, median, mode and standard deviation
of a distribution
- Use the normal curve to solve elementary problems in
statistics
- Calculate simple and compound interest
- Find the sum of arithmetic and geometric series