MATHEMATICS I

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Lecture Contents Remarks
Course Code MAT101
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Course Numbers, significant digits, rounding
Title off significant
Mathematics I digits, scientific notation of
numbers, converting numbers from scientific notation to decimal notation,
multiplication and division of scientific numbers
Credit Hours 3
2 Percentages: computing percentage of a quantity, expressing one quantity as a
Prerequisites by Course(s)
percentage and quantity
of another High School Mathematics
Topics
3 Percentages: calculating percent increase and decrease of a quantity, converting
Semester the fraction of the whole into a percentage
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Course Ratios and Proportions: meaning of ratio, increase and decrease of a quantity by
Instructors
a given ratio, word problems on ratio
Course Instructors’ Email
5 Ratios and Proportions: definition of proportion, direct proportion, indirect
Office Hours
proportion, continued proportion
Recommended
6 Book constant, linear,College
Polynomials: Algebra
quadratic, andand Trigonometry
cubic withmonomial,
polynomials, Applications by Terry H. Wesner
binomial, trinomial
Reference
7 Books of Equations: equation,solution,
Solutions
Algebra for College Students by Margaret L. Lial
solution set, linear equations and
their solutions  College Algebra by Jarome E. Kaufmann
8 Solutions of Equations: solving quadratic equations by factorization and
quadratic formula, solving real world problems by J. Abramson
 Precalculus
9 Graphs: cartesian coordinate system, graphs of linear equations
Course Upon successful completion of the course, the students should be
10 Learning
Graphs:Objectives
graphs of quadratic equations
able to:
11 Matrices: types of matrices, operations of matrices, determinants of 2×2 and 3×3
matrices  Compute percentages.
12 Matrices: inverses of 2×2 and 3×3 matrices
Solve problems of proportions.
13 Matrices: solving system of linearequations with matrices,
Graph polynomial Gauss-Jordan method
equations.
14 Applications of matrices in real life
 Find sums of arithmetic and geometric series.
15 Revision for mid-term exam  Work with trigonometric ratios.
16 Revision for mid-term exam
Mid-Term Exam
17 Arithmetic sequences: common difference, formula for the nth term, finding
number of terms in a sequence
18 Arithmetic series: sum of first n terms of an arithmetic series
19 Applications of arithmetic sequences and series
20 Geometric sequences: common ratio, formula for the nth term, finding number
of terms in a sequence
21 Geometric series: sum of first n terms of a geometric series, sum of infinite terms
of a geometric series
22 Applications of geometric sequences and series
23 Counting Principles: addition and multiplication principles
24 Permutations and combinations
25 Binomial Theorem: finding coefficients of binomial expansions, finding terms of
binomial expansions
26 Angles: angle in standard position, degree and radian measures of angles,
converting between degrees and radians
27 Trigonometry: trigonometric ratios of a right triangle, finding trigonometric
ratios and angles of a right triangle
28 Trigonometry: Pythagorean identities
29 Complex Numbers: standard form of a complex number, addition, subtraction,
multiplication, and division of complex Page
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30 Complex Numbers: Cartesian and polar representation of complex numbers
31 Revision for final-term exam
32 Revision for final-term exam