DMD   EDU-HOME 

                                                      home                                contact  

WELCOME TO THIS PAGE INTENDED FOR STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE REGISTERED IN 2010  FOR THE MODULE:

    QSF  132

T1 W1 L2

 

COURSE READER

 Refer to your QSF 132 Course Outline which provides you with reasons why it is compulsory to buy the relevant Course Reader ( pp.2 and 9).

 It is essential that you work through the Course Reader systematically. In particular you must carefully read through the Introduction, pp. 19 to 23.

 

UNIT 1

 

MATHEMATICAL LANGUAGE : mathematical symbols and concepts; reading skills.

The appendices 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4 relate closely to some of the work covered in Unit 1.

 You may find this unit difficult to follow, since it treats the course outcomes holistically. In other words, the discussions require the reader to refer to basic mathematical skills and concepts, which only afterwards are dealt with in greater depth. The underlying reason for this approach is that the business world is a complex human occurrence, and if the course is offered in a piecemeal fashion, the required level of development to pass your B.Com. exams, may not be realized!

 The main purpose of the unit is to ensure proper understanding of basic  concepts and terms, by means of some examples.                                         

 

p.25 : PERCENTAGE: Make sure that you know what a percentage is. In Gateway 1 you have to know the differences between fractions, decimal fractions and percentages.

 

p.33 : FORMULA : Make sure that you understand what a formula is, and what for example, the difference between an equation and a formula is.

 

LOGIC

 

p.27 : It is important that you demonstrate proper understanding of mathematical symbols. For example, why is

          ?

 

 

STUDY THE EXAMPLES  pp.32 (on VAT); 36 (on the SA population); 44: (division by zero is not defined) very carefully.

 

T1 W 1 L3

 

©  DESMOND DESAI, DMD EDU-HOME, 2010

All rights reserved. Designed and created by Desmond Desai, South Africa. This page is protected by Copyright. No part of this page may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form of by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright holder.