Course Syllabus – Fall 2006 Course Title: Foundations of Number
Systems Hours Credit: 3 hours Prerequisites: Completion of core-
level mathematics Instructor: Varies (multiple sections)
Instructor Office Hours: Varies (at least 10hrs/week) Course
Description: Strengthens understanding of structures, sequential
development, properties, operations, and ordering in the
following systems: whole numbers, integers, and rational
numbers; elementary number theory; and problem solving. Topics:
problem solving process; set operations and their properties;
numeration systems and other number bases; operations and
properties of whole numbers, integers, decimals, and rational
numbers; divisibility; prime and composite numbers; greatest
common divisor and least common multiple; ordering rational
numbers; ratio and proportion; percents; and interest Text:A
Problem Solving Approach to Mathematics for Elementary School
Teachers; Billstein, Libeskind, & Lott; Addison Wesley Longman;
2004 8th ed. Learning Outcomes: Students shou