a**Anything on this syllabus can and may be changed at the teacher’s discretion. Teacher: Ms. Sarah Jones Course Overview: This course is meant for high school seniors who are college bound and interested in increasing their mathematical performance. Our goal is to enable you to transition into credit-bearing college mathematics classes which require a minimum benchmark mathematics score of 22 on the ACT or reach the KYOTE or COMPASS college algebra placement exam standards. Course Content/Units resulting from Senate Bill 1: What We Are Going to Do: Preliminary Concepts The Preliminaries Defining Properties of Real Numbers Order of Operations…including Absolute Order of Operations Values Absolute Value Solving One-Variable Linear Equations Basic Operations with Fractions Formulas Conversions with Fractions, Decimals and Cartesian Plane basics Percents Simplify It! Applications of Proportional Thinking Scientific Notation Cartesian Plane Rules of Exponents Simplifying Expressions Simplifying Square and Cube Exponent Rules and Scientific Notation Roots…including expressions Simplifying Square and Cube Polynomials Simplifying Polynomials Simplify Add, Subtract and Multiply Polynomials* Add & Subtract Factoring Polynomials Multiply Greatest Common Factor Solving Anything Linear Trinomial into 2 Binomials Applications of Linear Equations Difference of Squares Solving Linear Equations with Fractions Rational Expressions Solve & Graph One-Variable Linear Radical Expressions Inequalities One-Variable Linear Equations and Inequalities Special Cases Solving One-Variable Linear Equations Absolute Values Solving One-Variable Linear Inequalities Fractions, Decimals & Percents Solving Absolute Value Equations Literal Equations Literal Equations and Lines Visualize the Linear Literal Equations Slope/Rate of Change and Rate of Change Graphing Linear Equations Graphing Linear Equations Writing the Equation of a Line Writing Equations of Lines Geometry Yay! – Quadratic Equations Proportions Find intercepts and graph given an Pythagorean Theorem equation* Right Triangle Trigonometry Solve quadratic equations with: Quadratic Equations Quadratic Formula Identifying Parts of Parabolas using the Factoring graphing calculator including:
a**Anything on this syllabus can and may be changed at the teacher’s discretion. Teacher: Ms. Sarah Jones Course Overview: This course is meant for high school seniors who are college bound and interested in increasing their mathematical performance. Our goal is to enable you to transition into credit-bearing college mathematics classes which require a minimum benchmark mathematics score of 22 on the ACT or reach the KYOTE or COMPASS college algebra placement exam standards. Course Content/Units resulting from Senate Bill 1: What We Are Going to Do: Preliminary Concepts Defining Properties of Real Numbers Order of Operations Absolute Value Basic Operations with Fractions Conversions with Fractions, Decimals and Percents Applications of Proportional Thinking Cartesian Plane Simplifying Expressions Exponent Rules and Scientific Notation Simplifying Square and Cube Simplifying Polynomials Add, Subtract and Multiply Polynomials* Factoring Polynomials Greatest Common Factor Trinomial into 2 Binomials Difference of Squares Rational Expressions Radical Expressions One-Variable Linear Equations and Inequalities Solving One-Variable Linear Equations Solving One-Variable Linear Inequalities Solving Absolute Value Equations Literal Equations and Lines Literal Equations and Rate of Change Graphing Linear Equations Writing Equations of Lines Quadratic Equations Find intercepts and graph given an equation* Solve quadratic equations with: Quadratic Formula Factoring The Preliminaries Order of Operations…including Absolute Values Solving One-Variable Linear Equations Formulas Cartesian Plane basics Simplify It! Scientific Notation Rules of Exponents Simplifying Square and Cube Roots…including expressions Polynomials Simplify Add & Subtract Multiply Solving Anything Linear Applications of Linear Equations Solving Linear Equations with Fractions Solve & Graph One-Variable Linear Inequalities Special Cases Absolute Values Fractions, Decimals & Percents Literal Equations Visualize the Linear Slope/Rate of Change Graphing Linear Equations Writing the Equation of a Line Geometry – Yay! Proportions Pythagorean Theorem Right Triangle Trigonometry Quadratic Equations Identifying Parts of Parabolas using the graphing calculator including:
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