Beginning or Intermediate Algebra?

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