Maricopa Community Colleges  MAT055AA   19946-19965 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 04/26/94
MAT055AA 19946-19965 LEC 1 Credit(s) 1 Period(s)
Basic Arithmetic/Whole Numbers
Fundamental operations with whole numbers and appropriate applications. Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
MAT055AA   19946-19965 Basic Arithmetic/Whole Numbers
1. Read and write the number symbols and number words of whole numbers. (I)
2. Add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers. (I)
3. Calculate expressions involving more than one operation, using the order of operation rule with whole numbers. (I)
4. Round off whole numbers. (I)
5. Estimate sums, differences, products, and quotients of whole numbers. (I)
6. Solve word problems involving the arithmetic of whole numbers. (I)
7. Identify by name the commutative and associative laws of addition and multiplication. (I)
8. Evaluate arithmetic expressions involving exponents and simple roots. (I)
9. Write whole numbers in expanded notion using exponents. (I)
10. Write a whole number as a product of primes or declare the whole number prime. (I)
11. Use a hand held calculator to perform calculations with more than one operation. (I)
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MAT055AA   19946-19965 Basic Arithmetic/Whole Numbers
    I. Whole numbers
        A. Wreading and writing
        B. Place value
        C. Skills
          1. Addition
          2. Subtraction
          3. Multiplication
          4. Division
          5. Order of operation rule
        D. Applications
          1. Rounding off
          2. Estimation
          3. Word problems
          4. Laws of arithmatic
          5. Exponents and roots
          6. Expanded notion
          7. Prime factorization
        E. Using the calculor
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