MAT 0024: Fundamentals of
Algebra, 5 lecture hours, and 4 credit hours.
Prerequisite:
Math placement test or a minimum grade of “C” in MAT 0002.
A course designed for students with no algebraic background.
The course must be passed with a minimum grade of “C” and is not
intended to satisfy general education requirements in mathematics or to
count toward required hours for graduation.
Topics included are
mathematical symbols and expressions, development of number system, order of
operations, properties of operations, operations with signed numbers,
properties of equality and inequality, functions, first degree equations,
absolute value, problem solving with one variable, exponents, polynomials,
graphing linear equations in two variables, finding square roots, factoring,
and applications of factoring.
