Midterm 1 Review
Math 1030-005
The following are the topics you need to know for Midterm 1
• Sets and Venn Diagrams
– Definition of a set
– Set Notation (i.e. The set of Rational Numbers: Q, The set of Natural Numbers: N)
– Definition of a Venn Diagram
– Set relationships and Venn Diagrams
- Subsets, Disjoint Sets, Intersecting Sets
• Units and Unit Conversions
– Definition of the units of a quantity
– Identify units given in a problem
– Reading units (i.e. miles/hour read as ”miles per hour”, f t ∗ f t = f t2 read as ”feet
squared”)
– Unit Conversions
- Conversion factors and equivalence to ”multiplying by 1”
- Multiple unit conversions (i.e. converting miles/hour to kilometers/minute,
converting f t2 to m2 )
– Standardized Units
- Standard units of length, time, mass, and volume for Metric and USCS Systems
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- Prefix notation used with the Metric System (i.e. 1000m = 1km, 1cm = 100
m)
– Temperature Conversions
– Energy and Energy Conversions (i.e. converting kw ∗ h to joules, definition of a watt)
• Percentages
– Percentages as fractions and decimals
– Absolute and Relative Change
– ”Of vs. More Than”
- P % more than the reference value is (100 + P )% of the reference value
- P % less than the reference value is (100 − P )% of the reference value
• Scientific Notation and Scaling
– Writing numbers in scientific notation
– Estimates using scientific notation
– Scaling
- Scaling ratio
- Scaled and Actual distances
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