Maricopa Community Colleges  ELE101   19956-20045 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 02/28/95
ELE101 19956-20045 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Beginning Algebra for Technology
Basic axioms of algebra, linear equations in one or two variables, operations on polynomials, rational expressions, simultaneous solutions of linear equations, laws of exponents. Prerequisites: Satisfactory score on District math placement test, or Grade of "C" or better in GTC107, or equivalent.
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ELE101   19956-20045 Beginning Algebra for Technology
1. Demostrate the ability to use the real number system and perform the operation of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. (I)
2. Evaluate expressions containing variables and constants. (II)
3. Add, subract, multiply, and divide polynomials. (III)
4. Write and solve linear inequalities. (IV)
5. Factor and determine the roots of plynominals. (V)
6. Add, subtract, multiply, and divide proper rational expressions, and reduce the result to simplest form. (VI)
7. Solve simultaneous linear equations. (VII)
8. Demonstrate the ability to apply the laws of exponents and radicals. (VIII)
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ELE101   19956-20045 Beginning Algebra for Technology
    I. Opertions With Signed Numbers
        A. Negative numbers
        B. Adding & subtracting signed numbers
        C. Multiplying & dividing signed numbers
        D. Commutative & associative properties
        E. Inverse operations
        F. Roots of signed numbers
      II. Evaluation of Expressions Containing Variables & Constants
          A. Order of operations
          B. Grouping symbols
          C. Evaluation of expressions
        III. Polynomials
            A. Basic definitions
            B. Positive exponents
            C. The distributive rule
            D. Addition & subtraction of polynomials
            E. Multiplication & division of polynomials
          IV. Equations & Inequalities
              A. Equation in one unknown
              B. Simplification of equations
              C. Conditional equations
              D. Inequalities
            V. Factoring and Special Products
                A. Prime factorization and greatest common factor
                B. Factoring the difference of two squares
                C. Factoring trinomials
                D. Solving equations by factoring
              VI. Fractions
                  A. Simplifying algebraic fractions
                  B. Multplication and division of fractions
                  C. Lowest common denominator
                  D. Complex fractions
                  E. Solving equations having fractions
                  F. Literal equations
                VII. Systems of Equations
                    A. Graphical method
                    B. Addition-subtraction method
                    C. Substitution method
                  VIII. Exponents and Radicals
                      A. Negative and zero exponents
                      B. General rule of exponents
                      C. Square roots
                      D. Operations with roots
                      E. Radical equations
                      F. The pythagorean theorem
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