Preparatory Course in General Mathematics (OMT-101)
Introduction
In every activities of your life, you have been using some mathematics. In the future too, you will come across many instances where you need to use basic mathematics directly or indirectly. The idea of this course is to give you some understanding of such basics which will help you to study other subjects as well as to tackle some problems that arise in day-to-day activities.
You must have studied some mathematics at your school level. But you may not have developed a clear understanding of the basic concepts then. In this course, we are explaining several concepts in the context of situations where you would use them. We expect this to help you gain more confidence in these areas.
This is for BPP Pragramme. This Programme is for all those students who are 10th, but for some reason or the other have not done 10+2. Students with BPP can directly take admission in graduation. This BPP Programme is just for 6 months. So, in this way this programme is for great Help and Benefits for such students. However, it is important to note here that BPP is the eligibility for taking admission in  graduation only for IGNOU, and not for other universities.
The course is developed in a manner that includes concepts which you will come across while studying for your Bachelor’s Degree Programme. Apart from this, it chiefly aims to develop your logical thinking abilities, and your ability to be precise in thinking and communication.
The syllabus is broadly divided into four areas in mathematics, and presented in four blocks as shown below.
Block 1 Numbers
Unit 1 Why Do Mathematics?
Unit 2 The World of Numbers
Unit 3 World of Fraction
Unit 4 Decimal Fractions
Block 2 Algebra
Unit 5 Algebraic Expressions
Unit 6 Counting Without Counting
Unit 7 Permutations and Combinations
Block 3 Geometry
Unit 8 Some Basic Concepts
Unit 9 Flat Shape
Unit 10 Symmetry and Tilings
Unit 11 Studying Three-Dimensional Objects
Unit 12 Mensuration
Unit 13 Coordinate Geometry
Block 4 Handling Investments and Data
Unit 14 Commercial Mathematics
Unit 15 Handling Data
Unit 16 Probability