Beginning Algebra

Catalog description

Four lecture. 0 Basic algebraic concepts including operations with signed numbers, exponents and radicals, linear equations and inequalities, polynomials, and graphing. Students will be able to: perform the four basic operations, absolute values, and exponents on rational numbers; simplify algebraic expressions; solve linear equations; verify solutions of algebraic equations; use interval notation to describe solutions of inequalities; solve and graph linear inequalities; graph linear equations in two dimensions; simplify exponential expressions; perform basic operations on polynomial expressions; factor polynomials by removing the greatest common factor; factor polynomials by grouping; factor trinomials by using various methods including special forms; solve quadratic equations by factoring; and solve application problems. Grading Option: Letter Grade Only