Quantitative Reasoning

Quantitative Reasoning

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Quantitative Reasoning

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MAT102

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Quantitative Reasoning

Quantitative Reasoning teaches you the practical application of calculations in everyday life. These can include decision-making, saving money, estimating, understanding media reports, among others. Our Quantitative Reasoning online course will make math approachable for you, whether you are planning to be a mathematician, engineer, or 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.

ACE Approved 2022

Outcomes

After completing this course students will be able to:

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 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

Identify domain, and range of functions

Show behavior of graphs

Solve problems based on rates of change

Apply composition, transformation, and inverse operations to the functions

Sketch the graphs of linear functions

Apply linear models to data

Sketch the graphs of exponential, and logarithmic functions

Solve problems based on exponential and logarithmic equations

Apply exponential models to data

Solve ranked choice voting problems

Interpret winners based on different types of voting

Apply apportionment paradoxes to election results

Predict presidents in electoral college problems

TOPIC LESSON TOPIC SUBTOPICS OBJECTIVES
1 Numbers in Everyday Life
  • Numbers
  • Addition
  • Subtraction
  • Multiplication
  • Division
  • Fractions
  • Reducing and expanding fractions
  • Adding and multiplying fractions
  • Fractions and decimal numbers
  • Percents
  • Solve problems based on various operations on numbers, fractions, decimals, and percents
2 Solving Everyday Problems
  • Comparisons
  • Times more/ % increase
  • Ratios
  • Rates
  • Unit conversion problems
  • Unit conversion examples
  • Apply the unit conversion rules to solve the problems based on unit conversions
3 Problem Solving with Shapes
  • Perimeter
  • Area
  • Volume
  • Estimating in 1, 2, and 3 dimensions
  • Angles
  • Solve problems based on perimeter, area, and volume of various shapes
  • Apply estimation techniques in 1, 2, and 3 dimensions
4 Basic Algebra
  • Equations with an unknown value
  • Solving for x
  • Creating equations with x
  • Solving for x mentally
  • Rate and comparison problems with x
  • Solve equations with an unknown value
  • Construct and solve equations involving x
  • Solve problems based on rate and comparison involving x
5 Everyday Math Examples
  • Personal finance
  • Health
  • Utilities and phone
  • Electricity
  • Investing: stocks and bonds
  • Apply mathematics to everyday problems based on personal finances, health, utilities, and investments
6 Tables, Graphs, and Functions
  • Introduction to functions
  • Function examples
  • Linear functions
  • Linear function examples
  • Graphing via slope and intercept
  • Piecewise linear functions
  • Interpret tables and graphs for linear functions and piecewise linear functions
  • Sketch the graph using slope and intercept
7 Spreadsheets
  • Tables and spreadsheets
  • Spreadsheets and formulas
  • Exploring with formulas
  • Spreadsheets and graphing
  • Bar charts
  • Spreadsheets and bar charts
  • Spreadsheets and pie charts
  • Midterm
  • Utilize various formulas in the spreadsheet
  • Construct bar charts and pie charts in spreadsheet
  • Prepare for and take the Midterm Exam
8 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
  • Take the Midterm Exam
  • 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
9 Statistics
  • Averages
  • Median
  • Spread
  • Estimates/Margins of error
  • Margin of error examples
  • Comparing averages of two subpopulations
  • Solve problems involving averages, median, spread, and margins of error
  • Compare between averages of two subpopulations
10 Probability
  • Counting
  • Probability
  • Odds and percent chance
  • Adding and multiplying probabilities
  • Expected values
  • Solve problems using counting methods
  • Apply addition and multiplication rules of probabilities
  • Solve expected value problems
11 Functions
  • Functions and function notation
  • Domain and range
  • Rates of change and behavior of graphs
  • Composition of functions
  • Transformation of functions
  • Absolute value functions
  • Inverse functions
  • Identify domain, and range of functions
  • Show behavior of graphs
  • Solve problems based on rates of change
  • Apply composition, transformation, and inverse operations to the functions
12 Linear Functions
  • Linear functions
  • graphs of linear functions
  • modeling with linear functions
  • fitting linear models to data
  • Sketch the graphs of linear functions
  • Apply linear models to data
13 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
  • Sketch the graphs of exponential, and logarithmic functions
  • Solve problems based on exponential and logarithmic equations
  • Apply exponential models to data
14 Voting and Apportionment
  • Voting
  • Ranked choice voting
  • Fair division
  • Apportionment
  • Apportionment in politics
  • Apportionment paradoxes
  • U.S. Electoral College
  • Fiscal Policy
  • Solve ranked choice voting problems
  • Interpret winners based on different types of voting
  • Apply apportionment paradoxes to election results
  • Predict presidents in electoral college problems
15 Final Exam
  • Final Exam
  • Prepare for and take the final exam


There are no prerequisites to take Quantitative Reasoning.



The required eTextbook for this course is included with your course purchase at no additional cost.

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StraighterLine provides a percentage score and letter grade for each course. A passing percentage is 70% or higher.

If you have chosen a Partner College to award credit for this course, your final grade will be based upon that college's grading scale. Only passing scores will be considered by Partner Colleges for an award of credit. There are a total of 1000 points in the course:

TOPIC ASSESSMENT POINTS AVAILABLE
1 Chapter 1 40
2 Chapter 2 40
3 Chapter 3 40
4 Chapter 4 40
5 Chapter 5 40
6 Chapter 6 40
7 Chapter 7 40
7 Midterm Exam 140
8 Chapter 8 40
9 Chapter 9 40
10 Chapter 10 40
11 Chapter 11 40
12 Chapter 12 40
13 Chapter 13 40
14 Chapter 14 40
15 Final Exam 300
Total 1000

Final Proctored Exam

The final exam is developed to assess the knowledge you learned taking this course. All students are required to take an online proctored final exam in order complete the course and be eligible for transfer credit.

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