Intermediate Algebra.

Catalog description

This course is for students not ready for college level mathematics and covers the pre-algebra through intermediate algebra mathematics skills needed for college level mathematics courses. The course is delivered in a lab setting allowing students to progress at their own level with the aid of an on-site instructor. The class is organized into three distinct levels of Arithmetic, Beginning Algebra, and Intermediate Algebra with the student required to complete each segment in sequence. Arithmetic topics include concepts and topics of the real number system: including numeric operations, decimals, exponents, radicals, integers, ratios, proportions, fractions, factors, prime numbers, and numeric story problem applications. Beginning Algebra topics include: Power numbers, radicals, logarithms, rational expressions, linear properties, graphs, ordered pairs, relations, polynomial factoring, functions, solutions to linear and systems of two equations. Intermediate Algebra topics include determinants, complex distance and slope, relating data to equation type, application formulas, and application story problems. This course may be repeated as necessary.