Objectives

• Understand the basis of our number system, the decimal system

•  Understand how positive and negative numbers are used

•  Apply the four basic operations of mathematics, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division

•  Understand how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions.

•  Understand how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimal fractions

•  Understand how to compare numbers by expressing ratios

•  Understand what a calculator can do

•  Solve problems using the addition, subtraction, multiplication and division functions of a calculator

•  Understand how to solve a basic algebraic equation

•  Understand the mathematical differences among length, area, and volume

•  Understand how to calculate the area of a triangle, rectangle, square, and circle

•  Understand the three basic trigonometric functions called ratios