Course Content

Essentials Math 20/30
Mrs. MacKenzie – Room 236
September 2009- January 2010
 
Chapter 1 -     Basic Concepts   (25%)

 
•    Basic operations    
•    Fractions & percents
•    Powers & roots
•    Formula’s
•    Part, base & rate
•    Prime factorization divisibility
•    Area & Volume
•    Order of Operations
•    Rounding Numbers

Chapter 2 -    Signed Numbers & Powers of 10       (10%)
 
•    Operations with signed numbers
•    Signed fractions
•    Scientific notation
•    Powers of 10
•    Engineering notation

 
Chapter 5 -    Polynomials    - Intro to Algebra    (10%)
 
•    Fundamental Operations
•    Operations with Monomials & Polynomials
•    Algebraic Expressions

 
Chapter 6 – Equations & Formulas   (10%)
 
•    Equations with variables, parentheses & fractions
•    Translating words to symbols
•    Equations & formulas
•    Substituting data
•    Reciprocal formulas
•    Applications with equations

 
Chapter 12 -     Geometry    (10%)
 

•    Angles & Polygons
•    Triangles
•    Radian measure
•    Cylinders
•    Quadrilaterals
•    Circles
•    Prisms
•    Spheres, pyramids & cones


Chapter 13 – Right Triangle Trigonometry   (5%)                
 
•    Trigonometric Ratios
•    Solving Right triangles
•    Finding Angles & Sides

Course Timeline (approximate schedule)

Chapter 1 –     Sept. –Oct. 16th     
Chapter 2 –     Oct. 16th – 30th      
Chapter 5 –     Nov. 2nd -13th    
Chapter 6 –     Nov.16th – 27th    
Chapter 12 -    Nov. 30th – Dec.18th        
Chapter 13 -    Jan. 4th- 15th
Review –    Jan. 18th - 22nd      
Final Exam-    Jan. 25th – 28th