Math 120 Course Information
M-120 Syllabus Fall 2009
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 Absolute Value Equations
Section 0-5: Evaluating Algebraic Expressions	Section 1-4: Compound Inequalities
Section 0-6: Solving Linear Equations	Section 1-5A: Inequalities Review
Section 0-7: Solving Linear Inequalities	Section 1-5:B 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 2-4: Graphing Inequalities (In class only)	Section 3-3: Word Problems with Systems of Equations
	Section 3-4: Graphing Systems of Linera Inequalities (In Class only)
Chapter 4:  Polynomials	Chapter 5: Rational Expression and Rational Equations
Section 4-0: Exponent Review	Section 5-1: Reduce Rational Expressions or Multiply / Divide Rational Expressions
Section 4-1A: Add - Subtract Polynomials and Multiply Polynomials	Section 5-2A Finding the LCD
Section 4-2: Divide Polynomials	Section 5-2B: Add or Subtract Rational Expressions
Section 4-3: Synthetic Division of Polynomials	Section 5-3: Complex Rational Expressions
Factoring Diagram	Section 5-4:  Solving Rational Equations
Section 4-4: Factoring out the GCF	Section 5-5:  Applications with Rational Expressions (In Class only)
Section 4-5: Factoring Perfect Squares and Factoring Perfect Cubes	Chapter 5 Test Review
Section 4-6: Factoring Easy Trinomails
Section 4-6: Factoring Hard Trinomails (on your own)
Section 4-7: Solving 2nd Degree Equations by Factoring
Chapter 4 Test Review
Chapter 6: Functions	Chapter 7: Rational Exponents and Radical Expressions
Section 6-1 Introduction to Function Notation	Section 7-0: Review of Exponents
Section 6-2 Graphs of Basic Functions	Section 7-1: Rational Exponents
Section 6-3 Operations on Functions	Section 7-2 : Radical Exponents
Section 6-4 Finding the Inverse of a Function
	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	Chapter 9: Lorarithmic and Exponential Functions
Section 8-1:  Solving Quadratic Equations	Section 9-1 Solving Exponential Equations
Section 8-2: The Quadratic Formula	Section 9-2 Graphs of the Exponential Function
Section 8-3: Formulas and Applications	Section 9-3 The Logarithmic Function
Section 8-4: Solving Polynomial Inequalities	Section 9-4 Graphs of the Logarithmic Function
	Section 9-5 Properties of Logarithms
	Section 9-6 Solving Logarithmic Equations
	Section 9-7 Calculator Applications
Chapter 10:  Conic Sections
Section 10-1: Parabolas
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