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3.1An Introduction

to Fractions

3.2Multiplying Fractions

3.3Dividing Fractions

3.4Adding and Subtracting

Fractions

3.5Multiplying and Dividing

Mixed Numbers

3.6Adding and Subtracting

Mixed Numbers

3.7Order of Operations

and Complex Fractions

Chapter Summary

and Review

Chapter Test

Cumulative Review

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fromCampus to Careers

School Guidance Counselor

School guidance counselors plan academic programs and help students choose
the best courses to take to achieve their educational goals.
Counselors often meet with students to discuss the life
skills needed for personal and social growth. To prepare
for this career, guidance counselors take classes in an area
of mathematics called statistics,where they learn how to
collect, analyze, explain, and present data.

In Problem 109of Study Set 3.4,you will see how a
counselor must be able to add fractions to better understand
a graph that shows students’ study habits.

Fractions and Mixed Numbers

JOB TITLE:

School Guidance Counselor

EDUCATION:

A master’s degree is usually

required to be licensed as a counselor.

However, some schools accept a bachelor’s

degree with the appropriate counseling

courses.

JOB OUTLOOK:

Excellent.

ANNUAL EARNINGS:

The average (median)

salary in 2006 was $53,750.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos067.htm