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 Practice your arithmetic. Figure out what those letters mean in math.  Go through this class without a calculator to dust off your brain -- as we do math with positives and negatives and fractions!

 Learn to simplify expressions using properties of exponents.

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Learn the essential vocabulary of polynomials.  Revisit combining like terms and distributing.  Learn to add, subtract, and multiply polynomials.  Round out the basic skills needed for Algebra 1 with this class!

 Factoring is the Algebra show-stopper.  Students who can factor breeze through higher levels of mathematics.  This unit develops  deep understandings of the whys and hows of  basic factoring strategies.  Dig deep into the greatest common factor (GCF).  Learn to recognize and factor special patterns.  Find out the secret to factoring trinomials.

Learn the finer points of solving equations and inequalities.  Understand what a solution really means.  The solving of an equation should be second-nature.  BUT,  if you learn this process incorrectly, your accuracy in math will be forever hampered.

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Before learning the significance of functions and how to analyze them, it is important to learn how to graph them.  In this unit, you learn to graph BY HAND by building "strategic" tables and using quick methods based on the structure of an equation.  

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