Description:
The course is a review of arithmetic and a study of basic algebra. Students taking this course do not have sufficient background to attempt College Algebra or other courses of the same level. Topics covered include: the properties of real numbers, basic exponent rules, order of operations, solutions of first degree equations and inequalities, graphing of first degree equations and inequalities, solutions of systems of first degree equations and inequalities, polynomials, factoring, exponents, radicals, solving quadratic equations, an introduction to relations and functions, and an introduction to triangle trigonometry. This course should prepare a student to enter MATH 1033 - College Algebra, MATH 2124 - Statistical Methods and Analysis, MATH 1423 - Explorations in Geometry, MATH 1323 - Quantitative Reasoning, and MATH 2163 - Discrete Mathematics.