Learning Outcomes

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The textbook content is aligned to the following learning outcomes.

Chapter 1: General Problem Solving

  • Review topics needed for success in General Problem Solving
  • Apply percent and proportional relationships to problems involving rates and money
  • Design a pathway for solving complex multi-step problems

Chapter 2: Growth Models

  • Review topics needed for success in Growth Models
  • Make calculations and predictions using recursive and explicit equations for both linear and exponential growth
  • Identify appropriate model (linear, exponential, or logistic) for a given scenario

Chapter 3: Finance

  • Review topics needed for success in Finance
  • Calculate taxes as well as the interest rate, initial deposit, and total balance of both simple and compound interest situations
  • Use a spreadsheet to calculate pertinent variables using financial mathematics formulas
  • Analyze and model a real-life scenario, using financial math and technology skills

Chapter 4: Set Theory and Logic

  • Review topics needed for success in Set Theory and Logic
  • Identify logical fallacies
  • Create truth tables to interpret statements and conditionals
  • Use proper set notation and Venn diagrams to depict set relations and operations
  • Evaluate arguments using logical inference, truth tables, and Venn diagrams

Chapter 5: Probability

  • Review topics needed for success in Probability
  • Calculate the probability of individual and overlapping events in a variety of problems
  • Solve counting problems by using permutation and combination equations
  • Calculate the probability of events in problems involving combinations and permutations
  • Calculate expected value
  • Research a real-life scenario and analyze it using counting and probability techniques

Chapter 6: Statistics

  • Review topics needed for success in Statistics
  • Identify the various aspects of data collection
  • Examine the methods for sampling and experimentation and how bias can affect the results
  • Create and analyze different types of graphs to represent a specific data set
  • Summarize a set of numerical data by reporting various measurements

Chapter 7: Voting Theory

  • Review topics needed for success in Voting Theory
  • Determine the winner of a race utilizing various types of voting methods
  • Evaluate the fairness of the approval voting method