MAT 014     COURSE OUTLINE                SPRING 2009

 

 

COURSE/TEXTBOOK OUTLINE

R.5

Exponential notation, order of operations

1.1-6

Algebraic expressions, operations on real numbers

1.7-8

Properties of real numbers, simplifying algebraic expressions

Test no. 1

 

2.1-3

Solving linear equations

2.4-7

Formulas, applications; solving linear inequalities

Test no. 2

 

4.1, 4.2a,b

Properties of exponents (concentration on positive exponents

4.3-4

Polynomials, addition and subtraction of polynomials

4.5-6

Multiplication of polynomials

4.7, 4.8a

Polynomials with several variables, division by a monomial

Test no. 3

 

5.1-4

Introduction to factoring, factoring trinomials

5.5-6

Factoring binomials, general strategies

5.7

Solving quadratic equations by factoring

Test no. 4

 

3.1-3

Graphing linear equations, slope

7.1-4

Solving systems of linear equations, applications

Test no. 5