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Spring 2023
Oct 10, 2024
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MA 15555 - Quantitative Reasoning
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will cover important mathematical ideas, including proportion, weighted averages, linear models, exponential models, basic probability and statistics, and some algebra, by using concrete real-world problems. It will not be a prerequisite for any other mathematics course. CTL: Quantitative Reasoning
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours

Syllabus Available
Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional
Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture, Recitation
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Offered By: College of Science
Department: Mathematics

Course Attributes:
Core Transfer Library, Lower Division, GTC-Quantitative Reasoning, UC-Quantitative Reasoning

May be offered at any of the following campuses:     
      West Lafayette
      SW Anderson
      SW Columbus
      SW Indianapolis Intl Airport
      SW Kokomo
      SW Subaru Manufacturing Campus
      SW New Albany
      SW Richmond
      SW South Bend
      SW Vincennes

Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn proportion and how to apply it to unit conversions, percentage, sales tax and discounts, and inflation. 2. Learn weighted averages and how they apply to the consumer price index and other examples. 3. Learn paradoxes involving weighted averages. 4. Learn linear models and how they apply to electricity bills, income taxes, and climate change. 5. Learn exponential growth and how it applies to compound interest and other financial issues. 6. Learn basic probability theory and how it applies to insurance and games of chance. 7. Learn how algebra is related to the other things learned.


Prerequisites:
ALEKS Math Assessment 045 or SATR Math 530 or SAT Mathematics 500 or ACT Math 21

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