Algebra I

Students develop algebraic fluency by learning the skills needed to solve equations and perform manipulations with numbers, variables, equations, and inequalities. They also learn concepts central to the abstraction and generalization that algebra makes possible. Students learn to:

• Use number properties to simplify expressions or justify statements.
• Describe sets with set notation, and find the union and intersection of sets.
• Simplify and evaluate expressions involving variables, fractions, exponents, and radicals.
• Work with integers, rational numbers, and irrational numbers.
• Graph and solve equations, inequalities, and systems of equations.
• Determine whether a relation is a function and describe the domain and range of a function.
• Use factoring, formulas, and other techniques to solve quadratic and other polynomial equations.
• Formulate and evaluate valid mathematical arguments using various types of reasoning.
• Translate word problems into mathematical equations, and then use the equations to solve the original problems.
  

Two semesters

• Algebra I textbook

Pre-Algebra or equivalent