DSPM 0700 BASIC MATHEMATICS
CLASS AND HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
Text: Prealgebra, 5
th
ed., by K. Elayn Martin-Gay, ISBN 0-13-2341631-X
REQUIRED: DSPM 0700 Review Packet available in the NSCC bookstore or by downloading
from ww2.nscc.edu/dspm
REQUIRED CALCULATOR: Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus. TI-89 and comparable
calculators are not allowed.
Recommended: CD Lecture Series, ISBN 0-13-157634-8
Weekly Schedule
WEEK
LESSO
N
TOPIC
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
Do only ODD problems unless
otherwise indicated.
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Weeks
1 & 2
Syllabus and Student Rules
1.3 Adding and Subtracting Whole
Numbers and Perimeter
pp.
25-29: 15, 37, 51-
71; 79, 81,
93-97
1.5 Multiplying Whole Numbers and Area
pp.
45-49: 9-13; 19, 25, 29-37;
45-48 (all); 63-77; 81
1.7 Exponents and Order of Operations
pp.
71-74: 1-29; 45-83; 87, 89
1.8 Introduction to Variables, Algebraic
Expressions, and Equations
pp.
80-82: 1-33; 43-59; 67-87
2.1 Introduction to Integers
pp.
101-104: 1-7; 15-57; 67-83;
87, 89, 101, 105, 111-118 (all)
2.2/2.3 Adding Integers/ Subtracting Integers
pp.
110-113: 1-53; 59-67; 69, 79
pp. 117-120: 1-69; 77-81; 85, 87,
99, 101-105
2.4 Multiplying and Dividing Integers
pp.
126-130: 21-93; 99-111; 114,
123, 125
2.5 Order of Operations
pp.
137-140: 1-77
(every other odd)
;
83, 89-95
Review
Review for Test 1
Review from Course Packet
WEEKS
3 & 4
Test
Test 1
2.6
Solving Equations: The Addition and
Multiplication Properties
pp.
147-149: 1-51
