MATH 1333, Mathematics for Measurement

Course objectives

  1. Increase/improve students' quantitative literacy. 
  2. Understand the innate variation in measured values and the various standard mathematical ways to communicate that variation.
  3. Understand the complexities involved with using measured numbers in computations and be able to compute and communicate the resulting variability in the computed values.
  4. Provide students with an opportunity to experience connections between geometry and algebra to increase their flexibility in problem-solving.
    Topics:
    · Variation in measurement  
    · Right-triangle trigonometry
    · Mathematical modeling with linear and exponential models

Last updated July 28, 2004 . Questions or comments?