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== Beginning Algebra == | == Beginning Algebra == | ||
This is material suitable for a first-time elementary algebra course. | This is material suitable for a first-time elementary algebra course. Beginning Algebra | ||
is offered as a developmental mathematics course in colleges, and it | |||
may be offered under | may be offered under other titles such as Introduction to Algebra or | ||
Elementary Algebra. | Elementary Algebra. At some community colleges, the two developmental math courses | ||
Beginning Algebra and Higher Algebra (also called Intermediate Algebra) are | Beginning Algebra and Higher Algebra (also called Intermediate Algebra) are | ||
prerequisites for College Algebra. | prerequisites for College Algebra. | ||
A Beginning Algebra | A Beginning Algebra course usually includes a review of arithmetic: signed numbers, | ||
fractions, and real numbers. The focus is | fractions, and real numbers. The focus is on linear equations. | ||
Below is a link to some WebWork problem sets for a | Below is a link to some WebWork problem sets for a Beginning Algebra course. Login as | ||
guest. | guest. | ||
Revision as of 20:02, 1 August 2012
Beginning Algebra
This is material suitable for a first-time elementary algebra course. Beginning Algebra is offered as a developmental mathematics course in colleges, and it may be offered under other titles such as Introduction to Algebra or Elementary Algebra. At some community colleges, the two developmental math courses Beginning Algebra and Higher Algebra (also called Intermediate Algebra) are prerequisites for College Algebra.
A Beginning Algebra course usually includes a review of arithmetic: signed numbers, fractions, and real numbers. The focus is on linear equations.
Below is a link to some WebWork problem sets for a Beginning Algebra course. Login as guest.
http://webwork.fdltcc.edu/webwork2/Math0020_Beginning_Algebra/
- Wetherbee @ FDLTCC, 8/1/2012