UoPX MTH/215: Quantitative Reasoning I
MTH/215 is the first of UoPX's two-course math sequence for most undergraduate programs, covering real-number arithmetic, basic algebra, graphing, and unit-based reasoning applied to real-world contexts. For many students it's their first math course in years, compressed into five weeks.
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What makes it hard
Five weeks of math with no buffer: each week's skills feed the next, so a shaky week one (arithmetic and number sense) makes the algebra weeks miserable. Math-anxious returning students are the core demographic, and the ones who struggle are nearly always doing practice problems in one weekly binge instead of daily.
What you'll cover
- • Real numbers and arithmetic operations
- • Basic algebraic equations
- • Graphs and visual representations
- • Units and measurement reasoning
- • Contextualized problem solving
The MTH/215 study guide
How to study for UoPX MTH/215, step by step.
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Shake off the rust before week one
Spend a few days on fractions, negatives, and order of operations before MTH/215 starts. The course opens with real numbers and moves immediately. Arriving warmed up changes the whole five weeks.
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Do math every single day
Thirty minutes daily beats three hours on Sunday, full stop. Each week's skills are prerequisites for the next, and the students who struggle are nearly always the weekly bingers.
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Resolve stuck points within 24 hours
When a problem type won't click, get help that day: instructor, tutoring, study group. In a 5-week math course, confusion left over the weekend becomes a failed week, and a failed week is 20% of the course.
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Rework missed problems from scratch
Reading the solution is not the same as being able to produce it. Redo every missed problem cold the next day, and again before the weekly assessment.
Today
Today's MTH/215 plan
What a Fennie Daily Plan looks like for MTH/215. Yours is built from your own syllabus and adapts every day to your deadlines and progress.
First plan free, no card required. Fennie is independent and unaffiliated with your school.
FAQ
Is MTH/215 at University of Phoenix hard?
The math is pre-algebra and basic algebra level, but the 5-week compression makes it feel intense if you've been away from math for years. Daily practice is the difference. Students doing 30 minutes a day pass comfortably.
What math do you need before MTH/215?
Just arithmetic comfort. The course starts with real numbers and basic operations before building to simple algebra and graphing. It's designed for students returning to math, not students fresh from high school algebra.
How do I pass MTH/215 in 5 weeks?
Do problems every day, not once a week. Each week's skills are prerequisites for the next, so get stuck points resolved the same day they appear. Falling one week behind in a 5-week math course is very hard to recover from.
More UoPX courses
MTH/216: Quantitative Reasoning II
MTH/216 follows MTH/215 and shifts from algebra basics to applied modeling, probability, and statistics, using quantitative tools to analyze real-world scenarios and data. It completes the math requirement for most UoPX undergraduate programs.
MTH/220: College Algebra
MTH/220 is UoPX's college algebra course, covering linear and quadratic equations, polynomials, rational and radical expressions, functions, and exponentials and logarithms, and is required where degree programs need real algebra rather than the quantitative reasoning sequence. It runs in the standard compressed 5-week block.