MATH 098
Introduction to Mathematical Thinking
4 Undergraduate credits
Effective
January 11, 2010
– Present
Graduation requirements this course fulfills
This course prepares students for college-level mathematics. Within a comprehensive conceptual framework, it refreshes students on fundamental arithmetic, and focuses on the numerical, algebraic, geometric and verbal representations of functions and algebraic equations. Important topics of this course include rates of change, linear equations and functions, exponential and logarithmic functions and equations, quadratic equations and functions, and their applications.
Special information
Learning outcomes
General
- Perform operations on polynomial, rational, and radical expressions.
- Factor polynomials using a variety of methods
- Translate between graphical, tabular, verbal, and symbolic representations of functions and relations
- Analyze graphs of a variety of functions
- Solve a variety of equations and linear inequalities.
- Solve systems of equations using algebraic and graphical methods.
- Use numerical, symbolic, and graphical methods to model, solve, and interpret the results of application problems.
- Determine if a relation is a function and use function notation appropriately.
Summer 2020
Section | Title | Instructor | ||
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01 | Introduction to Mathematical Thinking | Staff, Staff | Books | Course details |
02 | Introduction to Mathematical Thinking | Staff, Staff | Books | Course details |
Fall 2020
Section | Title | Instructor | ||
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01 | Introduction to Mathematical Thinking | Deressa, Kejela Teshome | Books | Course details |
02 | Introduction to Mathematical Thinking | Larson, Neil Maynard | Books | Course details |
03 | Introduction to Mathematical Thinking | Rud, Linda Christine Ander | Books | Course details |
05 | Introduction to Mathematical Thinking | Staff, Staff | Books | Course details |
06 | Introduction to Mathematical Thinking | Staff, Staff | Books | Course details |
50 | Introduction to Mathematical Thinking | Anderson, Laurel Lee | Books | Course details |
Spring 2021
Section | Title | Instructor | ||
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01 | Introduction to Mathematical Thinking | Anderson, Laurel Lee | Books | Course details |
02 | Introduction to Mathematical Thinking | Larson, Neil Maynard | Books | Course details |
03 | Introduction to Mathematical Thinking | Rud, Linda Christine Ander | Books | Course details |