MAT 110 Basic Mathematics (3)

This is a University Core course in mathematics for non-science majors designed to master arithmetic skills and to provide training in critical thinking and problem solving skills. It covers topics including number systems, operations on numbers, application problems, prime numbers, and arithmetic using symbols, and evaluating algebraic expressions. This is a University Core Course in Mathematics taken by Freshmen. In this course, the student learns the operations in arithmetic and algebra in the context of applications to problem solving. Topics on critical thinking skills, systems of numeration, number theory, percentage, application problems on Business, installment loans, mortgage payments are covered in this course, which trains the students in analytical thinking and problem solving. This course is the first of a three-sequence study in college mathematics.