The course provides the student with the basic math skills necessary to succeed in their post-secondary health care-related education. Students will renew fundamental math skills such as calculations with fractions, decimals, percent, ratio and proportion; order of operations; conversions between units and systems; manipulating algebraic equations; creating and interpreting graphs and basic statistics. Emphasis will be placed on developing critical-thinking and problem-solving skills through application problems related to health sciences.
Prerequisites
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What you will learn
- Mathematical Essentials: Operations with Integers, Fractions, Order of Operations, Decimals, Percents, Roman Numerals.
- Algebra: Solving Linear Equations, Mixture Problems, Solving Rational Equations, Formulae Manipulation, Ratios and Proportions, Solving Percent Problems, Properties of Exponents, Scientific Notation, Significant Digits, Using the Scientific Calculator.
- Measurement Systems and Conversion Procedures: Basic Dimensional Analysis, Conversions within the Metric System, Conversions between Systems.
- Charts, Tables and Graphs: Collecting Data, Organizing Data Using Frequency Distribution Tables, Reading and Interpreting Tables and Charts, Constructing Charts and Graphs from Tables.
- Introductory Statistics
Measures of Central Tendency, The Standard Deviation, The Normal Distribution, The Z Score, Percentiles
How to register
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Course schedules
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Contact us
If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.
Additional information
Challenge exam or other method of assessment may be possible.
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.