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Quantitative Reasoning
MAT102 | 3 Credits
Qualitative Reasoning teaches you how to use math in everyday situations—like making decisions, saving money, estimating things, or making sense of news stories. You’ll build confidence with numbers so you can feel more at ease using math in daily life.
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About Quantitative Reasoning
What You’ll Learn
Our Quantitative Reasoning online course will make math approachable for you, whether you plan to be a mathematician, engineer, or are looking to enter a different profession. After completing the class, you will have gained confidence in your mathematical abilities and feel comfortable navigating math in your daily life.
- Solve problems based on various operations on numbers, fractions, decimals, and percents
- Apply the unit conversion rules to solve the problems based on unit conversions
- Solve problems based on perimeter, area, and volume of various shapes
- Apply estimation techniques in 1, 2, and 3 dimensions
- Solve equations with an unknown value
- Construct and solve equations involving x
- Solve problems based on rate and comparison involving x
- Apply mathematics to everyday problems based on personal finances, health, utilities, and investments
- Interpret tables and graphs for linear functions and piecewise linear functions
- Sketch the graph using slope and intercept
- Utilize various formulas in the spreadsheet
- Construct bar charts and pie charts in a spreadsheet
- Interpret true-false statements, and if-then statements
- Solve problems based on logical operators AND/OR/NOT, sets, and Venn diagrams
- Interpret the statements using logical deduction and logical induction
- Solve problems involving averages, median, spread, and margins of error
- Compare between averages of two subpopulations
- Solve problems using counting methods
- Apply addition and multiplication rules of probabilities
- Solve expected value problems
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Quantitative Reasoning teaches you the practical application of calculations in everyday life. These can include decision-making, saving money, estimating, and understanding media reports, among others.
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26-day Average Course Completion
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Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites to take this course.
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Course Checkpoints
Numbers in Everyday Life
- Numbers
- Addition
- Subtraction
- Multiplication
- Division
- Fractions
- Reducing and expanding fractions
- Adding and multiplying fractions
- Fractions and decimal numbers
- Percents
Solving Everyday Problems
- Comparisons
- Times more/ % increase
- Ratios
- Rates
- Unit conversion problems
- Unit conversion examples
Problem Solving with Shapes
- Perimeter
- Area
- Volume
- Estimating in 1, 2, and 3 dimensions
- Angles
Basic Algebra
- Equations with an unknown value
- Solving for x
- Creating equations with x
- Solving for x mentally
- Rate and comparison problems with x
Everyday Math Examples
- Personal finance
- Health
- Utilities and phone
- Electricity
- Investing: stocks and bonds
Tables, Graphs, and Functions
- Introduction to functions
- Function examples
- Linear functions
- Linear function examples
- Graphing via slope and intercept
- Piecewise linear functions
Spreadsheets
- Tables and spreadsheets
- Spreadsheets and formulas
- Exploring with formulas
- Spreadsheets and graphing
- Bar charts
- Spreadsheets and bar charts
- Spreadsheets and pie charts
Logic and Sets
- True/false statements
- If-then statements
- Logical deduction
- If-then statements whose reverse is correct
- Common logical deduction mistakes
- Logic: AND/OR
- AND/OR/NOT logic examples
- Common applications of logic
- Logical induction
- Sets and Venn diagrams
Statistics
- Averages
- Median
- Spread
- Estimates/Margins of error
- Margin of error examples
- Comparing averages of two subpopulations
Probability
- Counting
- Probability
- Odds and percent chance
- Adding and multiplying probabilities
- Expected values
Functions
- Functions and function notation
- Domain and range
- Rates of change and behavior and graphs
- Composition of functions
- Transformation of functions
- Absolute value functions
- Inverse functions
Linear Functions
- Linear functions
- Graphs of linear functions
- Modeling with linear functions
- Fitting linear models to data
Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
- Exponential functions
- Graphs of exponential functions
- Logarithmic functions
- Graphs of logarithmic functions
- Logarithmic properties
- Exponential and logarithmic equations
- Exponential and logarithmic models
- Fitting exponential models to data
Voting and Apportionment
- Voting
- Ranked choice voting
- Fair division
- Apportionment
- Apportionment in politics
- Apportionment paradoxes
- U.S. Electoral College
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- 14 Chapters
- 1 Midterm Exam
- 1 Final Exam
This course has an open-book Final Exam. Scientific and/or graphing calculators are allowed throughout the course.
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- Basic computer skills
- Scientific or graphing calculator
- Any required course materials
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Quantitative Reasoning: A Strong Start to Your STEM Career
Quantitative Reasoning helps you develop the critical thinking and problem-solving skills you need to make sense of numbers. Whether you pursue careers in business, data analysis, finance, or technology, this course empowers you to interpret information and approach complex problems with confidence.
Why it matters:
- New jobs for mathematicians and statisticians are projected to grow 11% between 2023 - 2032 — that’s 3x higher than the average.
- Want a deeper understanding of mathematics? College Algebra helps you move from concrete numbers to abstract reasoning skills.
How this course sets you up for success:
Data Scientist, Actuary, Statistician, Operations Research Analyst, Quantitative Analyst, Mathematical Modeler, Cryptographer, Financial Analyst, Market Research Analyst, Software Engineer
How this course sets you up for success:
Quantitative Reasoning equips you with practical skills to analyze data and evaluate information. These critical thinking and analytical abilities are highly valued by employers across industries.
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