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3.1: Objectives

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Learning Objectives

After completing this chapter, you should

Signed Numbers (Section 3.2)

  • be familiar with positive and negative numbers and with the concept of opposites

Absolute Value (Section 3.3)

  • understand the geometric and algebraic definitions of absolute value

Addition of Signed Numbers (Section 3.4)

  • be able to add numbers with like signs and unlike signs

  • understand addition with zero

Subtraction of Signed Numbers (Section 3.5)

  • understand the definition of subtraction

  • be able to subtract signed numbers

Multiplication and Division of Signed Numbers (Section 3.6)

  • be able to multiply and divide signed numbers

Negative Exponents (Section 3.7)

  • understand the concepts of reciprocals and negative exponents

  • be able to work with negative exponents

Scientific Notation (Section 3.8)

  • be able to convert a number from standard form to scientific form and from scientific form to standard form

  • be able to work with numbers in scientific notation


This page titled 3.1: Objectives is shared under a CC BY 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Denny Burzynski & Wade Ellis, Jr. (OpenStax CNX) .

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