This course focuses on the fundamental math widely used in the biotech industry in buffer preparation, cell culture, protein analysis, molecular biology, microbiology, and other disciplines. Topics include scientific notation, metric system, dilutions, logarithms, significant figures, graphs and other methods of data presentation, basic statistics in data analysis, and strategies for solving word problems. This math is essential for students planning to take laboratory-based courses including BT 110, 413, 414, 426, 454 and 484.