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,Essential Maths – Week 1 plan
•Lecture class two-hour class
– Numbers and symbols
– Simplifying expressions
– Compulsory weekly quiz – Myplace
•Tutorial class two-hour class
– Modelling straight lines
– Compulsory tutorial worksheet
•Additional class one-hour class
– Download SPSS
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, Objectives:
• Add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers;
• Combine operations and use brackets;
• Rounding to decimal places or significant figures
• Use symbols to represent relationships ;
• constants and variables;
• Evaluate expressions;
• Simplify expressions containing symbols.
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