Basic Math B

Course Description

Course to introduce and strengthen fundamental skills in fractions, decimals, percentages and measurements.

Credits: 5
Languages: English and Spanish

State Standards

Course Content

Fractions - Part I Unit 6

• Identify proper, improper, and mixed number fractions
• Write equivalent fractions
• Reduce fractions to lowest terms
• Identify the greatest common factor and the least common factor
• Add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions
• Use fractions to describe real-world ratios
• Use fractions to solve problems in real-life situations

Fractions - Part II Unit 7

• Identify proper, improper, and mixed number fractions
• Rewrite mixed numbers as improper fractions
• Rewrite improper fractions as mixed numbers
• Add, subtract, multiply and divide mixed numbers
• Use mixed numbers to describe real-world situations
• Use mixed numbers to solve real-life situations

Decimals Unit 8

• Change regular fractions to decimal fractions
• Change decimal fractions to regular fractions
• Name the place value for any digit in a decimal number
• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals
• Use decimals to solve problems in real life situations

Percents Unit 9

• Change a decimal to a percent and a percent to a decimal
• Change a fraction to a percent and a percent to a fraction
• Find the percent of a number
• Find the percent one number is of another number
• Find a total number when the percent of it is given
• Use percent, ratio, and proportion to solve real-life

Measurement Unit 10

• Measure lengths
• Measure angles
• Convert units of measure
• Perform arithmetic operations on units of measure
• Use weights and measures
• Find the perimeter and area of plane figures
• Calculate volume of three-dimensional figures
• Solve practical problems involving perimeter, area, and volume