Course Description:

This course covers the first half of a traditional Algebra 1 course.   It reviews pre-algebra skills and extends through linear functions, linear inequalities, and systems of linear equations.  Topics covered include:

1. Foundations for Algebra – variables and expressions, operations with real numbers, introduction to functions
2. Equations – solving equations, proportion and percent
3. Inequalities – solving simple and compound inequalities
4. Functions – function concepts, applying functions
5. Linear Functions – characteristics of linear functions, using a variety of forms of linear functions
6. Systems of Equations and Inequalities – solving systems by graphing, substitution, and elimination