Developing Mathematical Thinking

Catalog description

A course designed to develop the skills needed for non-math, non-science majors who take MATH 1332 and MATH 1342, including critical thinking and reading, explaining and justifying answers, and estimating answers and evaluating the reasonableness of answers. Topics include: fractions, decimals, percentages, probability and counting techniques, unit conversions, analyzing statistical studies and interpreting data, and using formulas and/or order of operations to solve problems for a variety of models, such as temperature, linear regression, exponential, or finance models. Students who need to prepare for MATH 1314, MATH 1324, MATH 1414, etc. should not take this course, but instead should take MATD 0370. This course is not for college level credit.