ALP Landing Page for: HiSET MATH
Instructor: Mary Jones
Email: maryjones@jpadulted.org
Meeting Times:
Monday 6:15 pm-8:45 pm
Tuesday 6:15 pm-8:45 pm
Wednesday 6:15 pm-8:45 pm
Thursday 6:15 pm-8:45 pm
Class Notes: HiSET is a class to get ready for taking the high school equivalency test.
Course Syllabus:
Math
Weeks 1 – 4 (Unit 1)
Addition and Subtraction (Week 1)
Multiplication and Division (Week 2)
Multiplication Tables Review (Week 2)
Decimal Place Value (Week 3)
Rounding (Week 3)
Review/Word and HiSET Problems/Unit 1 Test (Week 4)
Unit Outcome: Making sure that basic math skills are good
Weeks 5 – 9 (Unit 2)
Fractions/Reducing Fractions (Week 5 and 6)
Adding and Subtracting Like Fractions (Week 7)
Multiply and Dividing Fractions (Week 8)
Review/Word and HiSET Problems/Unit 2 Test (Week 9)
Unit Outcome: Good understanding of fractions
Weeks 10 – 14 (Unit 3)
Converting Fractions to Decimals/Converting Decimals to Fractions/Decimals to Percent (Week 10)
Finding Part/Finding Whole (Week 11)
Box Method (Week 12)
Percent Change (Week 13)
Review/Word and HiSET Problems/Unit 3 Test (Week 14)
Unit Outcome: Learning Percents
Weeks 15 – 18 (Unit 4)
Tables (Week 15)
Bar and Line Graphs (Week 16)
Circle Graph (Week 17)
Review/Word and HiSET Problems/Unit 4 Test (Week 18)
Unit Outcome: Knowing graphs and charts for HiSET testing
Weeks 19 – 22 (Unit 5)
Lines/Angles/Triangles (Week 19)
Pythagorean theorem(Weeks 20)
Perimeter/Area Circle, Square, and Triangle (Weeks 21)
Word and HiSET Problems/Review/Unit test 5 (Week 22)
Unit Outcome: Basic geometry knowledge and definitions
Weeks 23 – 28 (Unit 6)
Exponent and Square Roots (Weeks 23)
Scientific Notation (Week 24)
Inequalities (Week 25)
Coefficient and variables/Distributive Property (Week 26)
Order of Operations (Week 27)
Solving One-Step Equations (Week 28 and 29)
Review/Word and HiSET Problems/Unit Test (Weeks 30)
Unit Outcome: To know Algebra in order to work word problems
Weeks 29 – 31 (Unit 7)
Probability and Word Problems (Week 29 and 30)
Review/Word and HiSET Problems/Unit Test (Week 31)
Unit Outcome: To know probability and be able to work word problems
Week 32-35 (Unit 8)
Word Problems
Unit Outcome: Know how to use steps to make word problems like plug-in formula
Week 35–40 (Unit 9)
Word Problems
Review of Percent, Pre-Algebra, Algebra, and HiSET Questions
Unit Outcome: Basic review to get ready for HiSET Math test
Course Rubric: