This course will help students develop and refine job-related math skills. The course will focus on arithmetic operations, problem-solving techniques, estimation of answers, measurement skills, algebra, geometry, data handling, and statistics. Mathematics is made relevant by teaching problem solving through real life applications. Topics to be covered include insurance, wages and commissions, checking and savings accounts, loans, taxes, buying a home and car, and budgeting. Students will investigate numbers expressing the likelihood of the occurrence of specific events.
Statistics is the mathematics of the collection, organization, and interpretation of numerical data.
Students will analyze data using means, variances, and standard deviations. Algebra II Suggested topics to be covered include finite graphs, matrices, sequence and recurrence relations, applications of algorithms, and representing and solving problems using linear programming. Previously acquired math concepts and techniques will be reinforced through constant use. Trigonometry is a main topic with time spent on defining, graphing, identities, formulas, Laws of Sine and Cosine, and applications. Analytic geometry is also covered with discussion of linear, quadratic, Cubic ect, equations and graphs, polynomials and their roots.