ALGEBRA I
Key points usually covered in an Algebra 1 syllabus:
- Number Systems: Understanding different types of real numbers (integers, rational, irrational) and their operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).
- Algebraic Expressions: Writing, simplifying, and evaluating expressions with variables, including order of operations.
- Linear Equations: Solving one-step, two-step, and multi-step linear equations, including equations with variables on both sides.
- Graphing Linear Equations: Plotting points and graphing linear equations using slope-intercept form (y = mx + b)
- Inequalities: Solving and graphing linear inequalities, including compound inequalities
- Functions: Concept of a function, function notation, finding domain and range, and analyzing graphs of functions
- Systems of Linear Equations: Solving systems of equations using substitution, elimination, and graphical methods
- Polynomials: Adding, subtracting, and multiplying polynomials, and understanding the concept of degree
- Factoring: Factoring polynomials using different techniques (greatest common factor, difference of squares, trinomial factoring)
- Exponents: Properties of exponents, solving exponential equations