BRDG 152 - Construction Math

Presents mathematics in the practical context of careers in construction trades. Students develop skills in math as they relate to the construction industry, including but not limited to, business, financial planning, and hands on tool usage. Students will review arithmetic as it applies to the construction trades. The class will cover fractions, decimals, percentages, negative numbers, radicals, averages, estimation, rounding, scientific notation, ratios, proportions, graphic representations, basic algebraic expressions, solving linear expressions with one or multiple variables, graphing linear equations with two variables, practical geometry, and trigonometry. Students will also learn basic problem solving in a real-world setting and learn how to decipher simple and complex word problems. This class is team taught by an Adult Education instructor and a Vocational Instructor. Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in Adult Education Construction Careers program, placement by Test of Adult Basic Education or CASAS (8.9 or below). (1.7, 0.5 - 3 credit hours - 0.5 - 3 hours lecture, 0 hours lab)