Foundations Course

Free Your Mathematical Mind is a revolutionary curriculum that reshapes adult students’ attitudes about learning mathematics. Foundations is a 6 lesson (1 credit) web-based interactive video course that will engage your adult students while giving them a strong foundation for future mathematics studies.

Foundations is Module I and II of the Free Your Mathematical Mind’s - Arithmetic’s Role In Mathematics (ARIM)  course. Foundations can stand on its own or be a lead in to the full ARIM course.

Course Topics

Although the Foundations course does not follow the traditional course sequence, the following topics are covered by the Free Your Mathematical Mind - Foundations Course:
 

Math History and Number Theory

  • Historical Development of Operations
  • Historical Development of Number Sets

Laws and Vocabulary

  • Language of Operations
  • Order of Operations
  • Language of Number Sets

Whole Numbers

  • Reading & Writing
  • Divisibility
  • Prime Numbers
  • Prime Factorizations
  • Place Value
  • Expanded Notation

Algebraic Expressions

  •  Formula Evaluation