Some examples using a spreadsheet are also available.

Contents

1. Review: numbers
   Scientific notation for real numbers
   Sign of a product
2. Fractions
   Simplification
   Multiplication and division
   Addition and substraction
   Percentages
   Ratios
3. Powers and roots
   Order of operations
   Laws of operations
   
4. Equations
   Rules
   Linear equation of one variable
   
5. Systems of linear equations
   Resolution of a two linear equations system with two variables
6. Statistics
   Measures of central tendency (mean, mode, median)
   Measures of dispersion (range, variance, standard deviation)

Bibliography

1. Algebra:
   Jeffery A. Cole Earl W. Swokowski. Algebra and Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry. Brooks Cole, 11th edition, 2006. ISBN 0-534-40469-3.
2. Statistics:
   James Clave, P. George Benson, and Terry Sincich. Statistics for Business and Economics. Prentice Hall, 9th edition, 2005.

There is no obligation to buy those books to follow the course.

Syllabus and content may change before or during the course.