Occupational Math, Technical Math, Math for the Trades:  Classification: MA

Occupational math is a general education course that prepares students mathematically for the workforce. It should develop and refine job-related math skills. The following should be incorporated into this course: arithmetic operations, problem-solving techniques, estimating, calculator usage, measurement (both standard and metric), data handling, two and three dimensional geometric shapes, and ratio and proportion. A special emphasis should be on understanding and applying mathematical functions as they apply to solving work-related problems.