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 Department:    OBT

 Course #:    140

 Credits:    4

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    4

 CIP:    520204

 EPC:    547

 REV:    2018

 Course Description  

Develop touch addition speed and accuracy on the 10-key keyboard. Develop a functional knowledge of the electronic calculator and apply mathematical concepts to solve efficiently business calculations. Learn to convert calculator-based computations to spreadsheet formulas.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: prior or concurrent enrollment in college-level math.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 44

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Preparatory Required for ATA degree, Required for certificate  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate touch-addition speed and accuracy on the 10-key keyboard.
2. Operate features of the electronic calculator to efficiently solve business calculations.
3. Apply math concepts and calculator features to solve business calculations involving
   • addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and mixed operations.
   • decimals, fractions, and percents.
   • rounding.
   • purchasing, selling, pricing, discounting, and invoicing.
   • payroll and taxes.
   • banking, loans, and interest.
   • prorating.
   • metric conversions.
   • other common business calculations.
4. Write spreadsheet formulas to solve calculator-based computations.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

2. Critical Thinking

Definition: The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these processes often vary among disciplines.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
2.1 Identify and express concepts, terms, and facts related to a specific discipline.

8. Mathematical Reasoning

Definition: Understanding and applying concepts of mathematics and logical reasoning in a variety of contexts, both academic and non-academic.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
8.2 Correctly apply logical reasoning and mathematical principles to solve problems.

Course Contents

1. 10-key touch addition technique and practice.
2. Electronic calculator features (constant, memory, grand total, rounding, decimal selection, add mode, etc.).
3. Mathematical concepts for solving business computations.
4. Spreadsheet formula writing concepts that correlate to calculator-based computations:
   • order of operations.
   • relative, absolute, and mixed cell references.
   • functions such as Round, Sum, Average, Median, PMT, that correlate to common business calculations.
   • identifying and correcting formula writing errors.