Background materials for Mathematics for Modeling

An earlier version of these materials (November 2016) was provided to Lumen Learning for sharing in their platform.

 

         
   

Topic B. Solving Equations and Evaluating Expressions B pdf | .

Covers algebra in quite a lot of detail. Review.

   
   

|Topic C.  Approximate Numbers, Part I.  Communicating Precision of Approximate Numbers C pdf | .

More information about rounding. Both review and advanced.

 
   

Topic F. Using a Calculator CalculatorDoc

   

Copyright, 2001-2017, Mary Parker, Hunter Ellinger, and Lindsay Orlando. This is licensed under a Creative Commons license Details about license. . ..

Much of the material here is from Mathematics for Measurement. For that course, solutions to all Part I exercises and all answers to Part II odd-numbered exercises are available. Also available are daily handouts. Those materials will be available for Math for Modeling by the end of May 2017, and can be provided earlier. Request it from Mary Parker mparker@austincc.edu.