| Beginning Algebra Skills
(needed for Intermediate Algebra) |
Intermediate Algebra Skills
(covered during this semester) |
| Real numbers and sets | Graph in the coordinate plane using various methods |
| Operations on signed numbers: add, subtract, multiply, divide | Write equations of lines |
| Use order of operations to simplify expressions | Factor Polynomials |
| Translate phrases into algebraic expressions | Rational exponents |
| Solve linear (first degree) equations and inequalities in one variable (including compound inequalities) | Radical Expressions and Equations |
| Translate sentences into equations | Solve quadratic equations by factoring |
| Solve a variety of word problems | Solve quadratic equations by taking square roots |
| Rules for exponents; operations on polynomials (add, subtract, multiply, divide) | Solve quadratic equations by completing the square |
| Factor polynomials | Solve quadratic equations using the quadratic formula |
| Solve quadratic equations by factoring | Solve equations that can be written in quadratic form |