Purdue Global MM150: Survey of Mathematics
MM150 is Purdue Global's general-education math course for non-STEM majors, surveying practical topics like set theory, algebra basics, consumer math, probability, and statistics. For many students it's the only math course in their degree, often taken after years away from a classroom.
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What makes it hard
The math itself is high-school level, but math anxiety and rust are real. Many students haven't touched algebra in a decade. The weekly quizzes and assignments in the online math platform are unforgiving about skipped practice, and the consumer math and probability units involve multi-step problems where one early error sinks the answer.
What you'll cover
- • Set theory and logic basics
- • Algebra review
- • Consumer mathematics and finance
- • Probability
- • Descriptive statistics
The MM150 study guide
How to study for Purdue Global MM150, step by step.
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Knock the rust off in week one
If you haven't done algebra in years, spend the first week redoing fractions, order of operations, and basic equation solving. MM150's units assume those reflexes even though the course doesn't reteach them.
- 2
Do a short practice session every day
Twenty to thirty minutes daily in the online math platform beats a Monday-night marathon. Math anxiety shrinks when problems are routine, and the weekly quizzes punish skipped practice.
- 3
Redo every missed problem until it's cold
When you miss a practice problem, don't just read the solution. Rework it from scratch the next day. The consumer math and probability units chain steps, and unfixed errors compound.
- 4
Get unstuck the same day
Post the question, message the instructor, or hit tutoring the day confusion appears. In a 10-week term with weekly quizzes, confusion carried across units turns into failed assessments.
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Show every step on multi-step problems
Interest calculations and probability problems sink on one early slip. Writing each step out makes the error findable, and partial work often earns partial credit on assignments.
Today
Today's MM150 plan
What a Fennie Daily Plan looks like for MM150. Yours is built from your own syllabus and adapts every day to your deadlines and progress.
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FAQ
Is MM150 at Purdue Global hard?
Not if you do the weekly practice. The content is high-school-level math, but students who've been out of school for years need consistent repetition. The ones who struggle are almost always cramming the night before each quiz.
What math is in MM150?
A survey of practical topics: sets and logic, algebra review, consumer math like interest and loans, probability, and basic statistics. It's designed for non-STEM majors, not as a path to calculus.
How do I pass MM150 if I'm bad at math?
Daily small practice sessions beat weekly marathons. Work every assigned problem, redo the ones you miss until you can solve them cold, and get help on stuck points the same day instead of letting confusion stack across units.
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