Mathematics
HCCS - Southeast
Math 0106: Basic Mathematics Eagle Online Course
CRN 56677 – Summer II 2015
AM 317 | 9 – 10:30am | Tues and Thur
1 hour lecture course / 16 hours per semester/ 5
Textbook: none
ISBN-13:
Program ID: XL1Z-I1T7-501Y-2EV2
Instructor: Sherri Escobar
Instructor Contact Information: sherri.escobar@hccs.edu Phone: 281-620-1115
Office location and hours: By Appointment Only. Request via text to phone.
Important Dates:
Last Day for Administrative/Student Withdrawals: 8/3/15 before 4:30pm
Final Exam: 8/13/15 9am
NOTE: THIS IS A WORKING DOCUMENT. All changes will be posted in class.
Catalog Description: Topics include fundamental operations fractions and decimals, percents, ratios,
and proportions. All students who enroll in this course are expected to complete MATH 0409 in the
following consecutive semester before attempting either MATH 0312 or MATH 1332. A comprehensive
Departmental Final Exam will be given in this course.
Credits:
1 credit hour (1 Lecture).
Prerequisites: TSIA ABE Levels 3−4 TSIA Math Score 323 – 335 or TSIA Math Score 336 – 347 with
Elementary Algebra Score 0−4.
Audience:
This course is for students who require state mandated remediation.
Course Goal:
This course provides students with the basic arithmetical skills enabling them to proceed to the next level
mathematics course. It is also designed to strengthen many of the skills that an individual must demonstrate or
master in order to achieve college readiness. It is also intended for those students who are reasonably adept at
performing the simple mathematical operations needed in every day affairs, but become quite confused when
confronted with the same operations in the context of a mathematics class.
Course Student Learning Outcomes (SLO):
1. Correctly choose and apply the four basic arithmetic operations with decimals and fractions to estimate and
solve application problems.
2. Apply “Proportional Reasoning” to solve related problems including ratios, rates, proportion, and percent.
Learning outcomes:
Students will:
1.1 solve problems by estimating and rounding.
1.2 find the least common multiples of two or more whole numbers.
1.3 add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions.
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1.4 add, subtract, multiply and divide with decimals and percent.
2.1 solve problems involving ratio and proportion.
Instructional Methods:
We both want success in class! Who doesn’t!! We both want success to equate to understanding this math
as well as earning a passing grade. Some of us in this class are aiming for a specific grade of A or B. And I
commend you for your goals! So let me share with you this nugget: Depending on how much you put into
your math learning starting day 1 and continuing throughout the semester, you will get your reward – your
high grade- at the end.
To make an A in this Math 0106 class, spend 12+ hours outside of class doing math stuff. To make a B in
this Math 0106 class, spend 8+ hours outside of class doing math stuff.
Can you do it? Of Course You Can! Do you have the true desire to make an A grade? B grade? This
commitment has to come from inside you and it has to be a fierce commitment backed up by your high
attitude and positive belief.
I know you can do it!
What sort of “math stuff” could you TRACK this week to add up to 8 or 12 hours? Looking at your
EagleOnline web page and your Study Plan at MyMathTest.com you can see some math actions that lead
to understanding and learning! For example here are a few:
 Pre-reading this week’s sections and taking notes and writing down questions;
 Doing Homework;
 Reviewing Lecture Notes;
 Scheduled Time with a Tutor;
 Watch Math Videos – of professors working math problems;
 Helping a Classmate;
 Participating in a Review Session.
I enjoy teaching my classes and I am looking forward to this semester with you!
Assessments
There will be a minimum of 3 major Quizzes given in this class plus one Comprehensive Final
Examination. There is Homework assigned for each week of lecture and it is a big part of your overall
grade.
Policy on Late Assignments and Make–Up Exams: All assigned work is accepted on the due date. Late
work is not accepted. Quizzes and Exams are given only on the day scheduled and one cannot make up
either of these in the event of your absence.
Final Average: The 3 Quizzes will total 30% of your grade. Homework will be 20% of your grade. And
the remaining 50% will come from the Comprehensive Final Examination.
Therefore: 30 + 20 + 50 =100%
Grading Scale:
90–100 "A",
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80–89 "B",
70–79 "C",
60-69 or below "F"
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HCC Policy Statement: Academic Honesty
Note: As with all developmental mathematics courses at HCC, the use of a calculator during an exam is
prohibited and will be considered cheating.
A student who is academically dishonest is, by definition, not showing that the coursework has been
learned, and that student is claiming an advantage not available to other students. The instructor is
responsible for measuring each student's individual achievements and also for ensuring that all students
compete on a level playing field. Thus, in our system, the instructor has teaching, grading, and
enforcement roles. You are expected to be familiar with the University's Policy on Academic Honesty,
found in the catalog. What that means is: If you are charged with an offense, pleading ignorance of the
rules will not help you. Students are responsible for conducting themselves with honor and integrity in
fulfilling course requirements. Penalties and/or disciplinary proceedings may be initiated by College
System officials against a student accused of scholastic dishonesty. “Scholastic dishonesty”: includes, but
is not limited to, cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion.
Cheating on a test includes:
 Copying from another students’ test paper;
 Using materials not authorized by the person giving the test;
 Collaborating with another student during a test without authorization;
 Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting in whole or part the
contents of a test not yet administered;
 Bribing another person to obtain a test that is to be administered.
Plagiarism means the appropriation of another’s work and the unacknowledged incorporation of that work
in one’s own written work offered for credit.
Collusion mean the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written work offered for
credit. Possible punishments for academic dishonesty may include a grade of 0 or F in the particular
assignment, failure in the course, and/or recommendation for probation or dismissal from the College
System. (See the Student Handbook)
HCC Policy Statements
Class Attendance - It is important that you come to class! Attending class regularly is the best way to
succeed in this class. Research has shown that the single most important factor in student success is
attendance. Simply put, going to class greatly increases your ability to succeed. You are expected to be on
time at the beginning of each class period. For complete information regarding Houston Community
College’s policies on attendance, please refer to the Student Handbook. You are responsible for materials
covered during your absences. Class attendance is checked daily. Although it is your responsibility to
drop a course for nonattendance, the instructor has the authority to drop you for excessive absences.
If you are not attending class, you are not learning the information. As the information that is discussed in
class is important for your career, students may be dropped from a course after accumulating absences in
excess of six (6) hours of instruction. The six hours of class time would include any total classes missed or
for excessive tardiness or leaving class early.
You may decide NOT to come to class for whatever reason. As an adult making the decision not to attend,
you do not have to notify the instructor prior to missing a class. However, if this happens too many times,
you may suddenly find that you have “lost” the class.
Poor attendance records tend to correlate with poor grades. If you miss any class, including the first week,
you are responsible for all material missed.
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Classroom Behavior
Students should not engage in disruptive activities while on the College campus or property. It is
expected that all students conduct themselves in compliance with the academic atmosphere generated by
the endeavors of your instructor. Any deviation from this course of conduct or any other course of
conduct, which would be deemed detrimental to the academic atmosphere, will not be tolerated. Should
the problem of misconduct ever arise, any student found guilty will be requested to leave the classroom
until further notice. Especially in regards to cheating during an examination or consistently talking while
instructional delivery is in progress. You must understand that any attempt to talk to another student, look
at another student's paper, or use any notes or books during an examination will result in the immediate
forfeiture of your exam paper. A log of such behavior will be maintained and submitted to the Dean of
Instruction.
Use of Camera and/or Recording Devices
As a student active in the learning community of this course, it is your responsibility to be respectful of
the learning atmosphere in your classroom. To show respect of your fellow students and instructor,
SILENCE your phone and other electronic devices, and do not use these devices during
instructional/quiz/exam time in the classroom.
Use of recording devices, including camera phones and tape recorders, is prohibited in classrooms,
laboratories, faculty offices, and other locations where instruction, tutoring, or testing occurs. Students
with disabilities who need to use a recording device as a reasonable accommodation should contact the
Office for Students with Disabilities for information regarding reasonable accommodations.
Personal Communication Device Policy:
All personal communication devices (any device with communication capabilities including but not
limited to cell phones, blackberries, pagers, cameras, laptop computers, tablets, iPads, iPods, PDA's,
radios, headsets, portable fax machines, recorders, organizers, databanks, and electronic dictionaries or
translators) must be SILENCED or turned off during class. Such activity during class time is deemed to be
disruptive to the academic process. Personal communication devices are to not be on the student desk
during class. Usage of such devices is expressly prohibited during examinations and will be considered
cheating (see academic honesty section above).
System-Wide Policies:
1. Each instructor must cover all course topics by the end of the semester. The final
exam is comprehensive and questions on it can deal with any of the course
objectives.
2. Each student should receive a copy of the instructor’s course syllabus during the first
week of class.
3. A minimum of three in class quizzes and a comprehensive final departmental
examination must be given. All students must take the final examination.
4. The final exam must count for at least 50 percent of the final grade.
5. A System-Wide Final Examination must be passed with a score of at least 60%. No
D− grades or IP−grades are allowed.
7. The final course average will be computed using a ten point scale
(90–100 "A", 80–89 "B", 70–79 "C", 60-69 or below "F"). Note: The grades of W
or IP are no longer available instructors to assign.
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8. Neither an open book nor a take home major test or quiz may be given at the
discretion of the instructor.
9. Any review sheet(s) should be comprehensive and the student should not feel that
classroom notes, homework, and quizzes might be ignored in favor of the review
sheet for any examination.
10. No calculators are to be used on graded course work and in particular all
examinations.
Resource Materials: All course materials are available within the EagleOnline 2.0 Course Management
System.. Any student enrolled in Math 0106 at HCC has access to the Learning Resource Center (LRC)
where they may get additional help in understanding the theory or in improving their skills. The LRC is
staffed with mathematics faculty and student assistants, and offers tutorial help, videotapes and
computer assisted drills.
Suggested Methods: It is helpful to begin each class with questions related to previous material
discussed and assigned homework problems. It is recommended that allowing the students to work on
examples in class follow lectures and new material. Students should be encouraged to work the review
exercises at the end of each chapter and prompted to use the Learning Resource Center at their
respective college.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Persons needing accommodations due to a documented
disability should contact the ADA counselor for their college as soon as possible. Identify all
documented disabled students and insure them that your class will be structured to comply with their
disabilities. It is recommended that you put a clause in you course syllabus that addresses the disabled
student.
Textbook: None
Course Outline: Instructors may find it preferable to cover the course topics in the order listed below.
However, the instructor may choose to organize topics in any order, but all material must be covered.
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CONTENTS
SECTION NUMBERS
1
FRACTIONAL NOTATION: MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION
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(Approximate Time)
TOPICS
(4 hours)
This unit addresses multiples of a number, divisibility tests for 2,3,5,6,9,10; factoring an integer;
identifying prime numbers from 1 to 100; prime factorization of composite numbers; identification of
numerator and denominator; simplifying fractions; problem solving using fractional multiplication;
determining whether two fractions are equivalent; working with the reciprocal of a number; addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division of fractions and mixed numbers.
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
Multiples and Divisibility
Factorizations
Fractions and Fraction Notation
Multiplication of Fractions
Simplifying
Multiplying, Simplifying, and More with Area
Reciprocals and Division
RECOMMEND QUIZ I: COVERS SECTION 1
2
FRACTIONAL NOTATION: ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION
(0.5 hours)
(2 hours)
This unit consists of finding the LCM of two or more numbers; converting from mixed numerals to
fraction notation; converting from fractional notation to mixed numbers; addition and subtraction of
fractions; using fractions in problem solving situations.
2.1
2.2
2.3
Least Common Multiples
Addition, Order and Applications
Subtraction, Equations, and Applications
RECOMMEND QUIZ 2: COVERS SECTION 2
(0.5 hours)
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3
DECIMAL NOTATION
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(4 hours)
This unit provides coverage of writing word names for decimal notation; converting between fractions
and decimals; comparing decimal numbers; rounding and estimating decimals; addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division of decimals,. The unit concludes with by problem solving that requires an
application of decimals.
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
Decimal Notation, Order and Rounding
Addition and Subtraction of Decimals
Multiplication of Decimals
Division of Decimals
Using Fractional Notation with Decimal Notation
Estimating
Applications and Problem Solving
RECOMMEND QUIZ 3: COVERS SECTION 3
4
PERCENT NOTATION
(0.5 hours)
(6 hours)
This unit covers finding fraction notation for ratios; giving the ratio of two different measures as a rate;
determining whether two pairs of numbers are proportional; solving proportions; solving application
exercises involving ratios; writing three kinds of notation for a percent; converting between percent
notation and decimal notation; converting from fraction notation to percent notation; converting from
percent notation to fraction notation; translating percent problems to percent equations; solving basic
percent problems; translating percent problems to proportions; solving basic percent problems; solving
applied problems involving percent; solving applied problems involving percent of increase or decrease.
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
Ratio and Proportion
Percent Notation
Percent and Fraction Notation
Solving Percent Problems Using Proportions
Applications of Percent
RECOMMEND QUIZ 4: COVERS SECTION 4
(0.5 hours)
REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAMINATION: COVERS SECTIONS 1 − 4
(1 to 1.5 hours)
COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAMINATION: COVERS SECTIONS 1 − 4
(1 to 1.5 hours)