MATH 117:Elementary Number Structure

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture hours per week: 3
Lab hours per week: 0

Prerequisite(s): A grade of “C” or higher in MATH 102 .
This course is designed for elementary education majors. The emphasis of the course is teaching number sense and problem solving. Topics include problem-solving strategies, number patterns, numeration system of base ten, conceptual understanding of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers, algorithms for operations of whole numbers, estimation and mental math skills, factors, multiples, prime and composite numbers, prime factorization, meaning of fractions, equivalent fractions, mixed numbers and comparison of fractions, algorithms for operations of fractions, meaning of decimals, converting decimals to fractions, algorithms for operations of decimals, meaning of ratio and proportions and proportional reasoning, meaning of percent and converting between percent, decimals and fraction equivalency.