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High School Series: Math

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Objectives:
This course consists of five skill areas, which are in turn made up of many objectives. For a complete listing, please contact ISI:
(1) NUMERICAL OPERATIONS: solve a word problem involving coins; compare 2 numbers written in scientific notation; identify an expression not equal to others; compare decimals raised to a power; identify why one number is not a factor of another; estimate the product of 2 decimals; solve a word problem involving a sporting event; etc.
(2) PATTERNS AND RELATIONS: identify the formula used to calculate a test score; find the pattern relating sides and diagonals from a vertex; identify the nth letter in a pattern; identify the formula that correctly describes a procedure; identify the number of objects in a pattern; etc.;
(3) MEASUREMENT & GEOMETRY: arrange units of measure in order; compare English and metric units; compute the ingredients needed for a recipe; find the area of an irregular figure; compare the area/perimeter of 2 figures; calculate the cost of a carpet given room dimensions; etc.;
(4) DATA ANALYSIS: compute the mean; solve a word problem involving computation of the mean; find the mode of a data set; find the median; identify the error in computing a test grade; recompute an average when one piece of data is removed; etc.;
(5) ALGEBRA: solve an equation involving integers in the form of ax+b=c; solve an equation involving decimals in the form of .ax+.b= .cx+d; express the perimeter of a rectangle as a variable; solve for a missing dimension in the formula for area of triangle/rectangle; etc.
Delivery:
Stand Alone. Peer-to-Peer Networks. Local Area Networks. Wide Area Networks. Management System is accessible via the Web (optional).