Departmental Outline for MATH 2030
Principles of Mathematics
Description: Designed for teachers at the elementary and middle school level; topics included are numerical systems, sets and relations, primes and divisors, binary operations and properties, rational numbers and real numbers.
Prerequisite: Grade of C or higher in MATH 1101 or MATH 1111.
Calculator: Students may have a scientific calculator. It is up to each instructor as to how much the students can use a calculator on tests.
Texts: (Required) Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: A Conceptual Approach, 5th Edition by Albert B. Bennett & Ted L. Nelson, WCB McGraw Hill, 2001 and Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: An Activity Approach,5th Edition by Albert B. Bennett & Ted L. Nelson, WCB McGraw Hill, 2001
Syllabus
Chapter 1
Sections 1.1 - 1.3 Problem solving
Chapter 2
Sections 2.1 - 2.3 Sets, functions, and reasoning
Chapter 3
Sections 3.1 - 3.4 Whole numbers
Chapter 4
Sections 4.1 - 4.2 Number theory
Chapter 5
Sections 5.1 - 5.3 Integers and fractions
Chapter 6
Sections 6.1 - 6.4 Decimals: rational and irrational numbers
Chapter 7
Sections 7.1 - 7.3 Statistics
At least one lab will be done from each chapter. Labs may be done in a variety of ways including individually, in groups or as a basis for special projects.