Math 120 Course Information

M-120 Syllabus Spring 2012

Course Lectures by Section

Chapter 0: Review of Basic Algebra

Chapter 1: Solving First Degree Equationa and Inequalities

Section 0-1: The Real Number System Lecture

Section 1-1A: Solving BasicWord Problems

Section 0-2: Operations on the Rational Numbers

Section 1-1B: Solving Advanced Word Problems

Section 0-3: Absolute Values and Powers of Rational Numbers

Section 1-2: Solving Literal Equations and Formulas

Section 0-4: Order of Operations on Rational Numbers

Section 1-3: Solving Inequalities

Section 0-5: Evaluating Algebraic Expressions

Section 1-4A: Interval Notation with Inequalities

Section 0-6: Like Trems and the Distrubitive Rule

Section 1-4B: Compound Inequalities

Section 0-7: Solving Linear Equations

Section 1-5: Solving Absolute Value Equations

Section 1-6: Solving Absolute Value Inequalities

Chapter 2: Graphing Linear Equations in Two Variables

Chapter 3: Systems of Equations and Inequalities

Section 2-0: The Rectangular Coordinate System Review

Section 3-1A: Solving Systems in 2 Variables Introduction

Section 2-1: The Slope and Y-Intercept of a Line

Section 3-1B: Solving Systems in 2 Variables Substitution

Section 2-2: Graphing Liners Equations

Section 3-1C: Solving Systems in 2 Variables Elimination

Section 2-3: Finding the Equation of a Line

Section 3-2: Solving Systems in 3 Variables

Section 2-4A: Graphing Linear Inequalities Introduction

Section 3-3: Word Problems with Systems of Equations

Section 2-4B: Graphing Linear Inequalities y = mx + b

Section 3-4: Graphing Systems of Linear Inequalities (In Class only)

Section 2-4C: Graphing Linear Inequalities other forms

Chapter 4:  Polynomials

Section 4-0: Exponent Review

Section 4-1A: Add - Subtract Polynomials

Section 4-1B: Multiply Polynomials

Section 4-2: Divide Polynomials

Section 4-3: Synthetic Division of Polynomials

Section 4-4A: Factoring out the GCF

Section 4-4B: Factoring by Grouping

Section 4-5: Factoring Perfect Squares and Factoring Perfect Cubes

Section 4-6A: Factoring Easy Trinomails

Section 4-B: Factoring Hard Trinomails by the AC- Grouping Method

Section 4-6C: Factoring Hard Trinomials by the Easy Trinomials Method

Section 4-7: Solving 2nd Degree Equations by Factoring

Factoring Review Examples

Factoring Review Flowchart

Chapter 4 Test Review

Chapter 5: Rational Expression and Rational Equations

Section 5-1A: Reduce Rational Expressions

Section 5-1B: Multiply / Divide Rational Expressions

Section 5-2A Finding the LCD

Section 5-2B: Add or Subtract Rational Expressions

Section 5-3: Complex Rational Expressions

Section 5-4:  Solving Rational Equations

Section 5-5:  Applications with Rational Expressions

Chapter 5 Test Review

Chapter 6: Functions

Section 6-1A: Introduction to Functions

Section 6-1B: Function Notation

Section 6-2A: Graphs of 7 Basic Functions

Section 6-2B: Translation Introdunction

Section 6-2C: Translation of the 7 Functions Examples

Section 6-2D: Translation of the 7 Functions Notation

Section 6-3: Operations On Functions

Section 6-4A: One to One Functions

Section 6-4B: The Inverse of A One to One Function

Chapter 7: Rational Exponents and Radical Expressions

Section 7-0: Review of Exponents

Section 7-1A: Expression with Rational Exponents

Section 7-1B: Radical Expressions with Rational Exponents

Section 7-2 : Radical Expressions with Rational Exponents

Section 7-3A: Simplify Radical Expressions with Numbers

Section 7-3B: Simplify Radical Expressions with Variables

Section 7-3C: Add or Subtract Radical Expressions

Section 7-4A: Multiply Radical Expressions

Section 7-4B: Divide Radical Expressions (Monomials)

Section 7-4C: Divide Radical Expressions (Binomials)

Section 7-5: Solving Radical Equations

Section 7-6: Complex Numbers

Chapter 8: Quadratic Equations

Section 8-1: The Quadratic Formula

Section 8-2:  Solving a Special Form of a Quadratic Equation

Section 8-3: Applications and Formulas

Section 8-4: Solving Polynomial Inequalities

Chapter 9: Lorarithmic and Exponential Functions

Section 9-1: Solving Exponential Equations

Section 9-2A: Graphs of Increasing Exponential Functions

Section 9-2B: Graphs of Decreassing Exponential Functions

Section 9-2C: Finding x and y values for Exponential Functions

Section 9-2D: Graphs of Exponential Functions Overview

Section 9-3A Logarithmic Function Intro

Section 9-3B Solving Basic Logarithmic Functions

Section 9-3C Evaluating Basic Logarithmic Functions

Section 9-4A Graphs of Increasing Logarithmic Functions

Section 9-4A1 Intercepts of Logarithmic Functions

Section 9-4B Graphs of Decreasing Logarithmic Functions

Section 9-5A Properties of Logarithms (Expanding)

Section 9-5B Properties of Logarithms (getting one Log Exp)

Section 9-6A Solving Logarithmic Equations (log on one side)

Section 9-6B Solving Logarithmic Equations (log on both side)

Section 9-7 Calculator Application

Chapter 10:  Conic Sections

Section 10-1: The Parabola

Section 10-2: The Ellipse

Section 10-3: The Hyperbola

Section 10-4: Graphing Systems of Nonliner Equations

Section 10-5: Solving Systems of Nonlinear Equations

Final Exam Review