Course Goals

• To offer a multifaceted approach to algebra: students will learn to express concepts, results and problems graphically, numerically, analytically and verbally

• To use technology to help experiment, solve problems, interpret results, and support conclusions

• To learn to efficiently use a graphing calculator

• To learn problem-solving techniques that will maximize computational efficiency while minimizing computational errors

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The course will cover the following topics:

• Solving linear systems

• Adding, subtracting and multiplying polynomials

• Solving polynomial equations by factoring

• Radical expressions and equations

• Solving and applying quadratic equations

• Exponential and logarithmic equations

• Solving nonlinear systems of equations

• Sequences and series

• Data analysis, probability, and statistics

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Prerequisites

• Students should have successfully completed the equivalent of Algebra 1.

• Students should be:

  • Familiar with the real number system, order of operations, and properties of real numbers

  • Familiar with the writing and evaluating of algebraic expressions

  • Able to solve linear equations, and equations and inequalities in two variables

  • Familiar with exponents, monomials and polynomials, rational expressions and equations

  • Able to factor and solve systems of linear equations and inequalities

  • Able to solve and graph linear and quadratic equations

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