Independent Study Form – Algebra 1, 1st Semester

 

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Class:              Algebra 1 A (First semester of HS Algebra 1)

Credits:           5

Instructor:      Graciela Cochran, MS Math, California Credentialed Teacher

Location:        Los Altos office: 699 Los Altos Ave. Los Altos, CA 94022

Phone & fax: (650) 948-5137            email: gpousa@ptstutor.com

Methods of

Instruction:     Lecture, small group work,  and individual work

 

 

Syllabus

(based on the textbook Algebra 1 by Paul A. Foerster, 1999;Chapters 1 to 6)

 

1. Expressions and Equations (ch. 1): Variables, expressions, equations, order of operations, operations with positive numbers, problems that lead to equations.

 

2. Operations with Integers (ch. 2, 3): Introduction to the set of Integers. Operations with integers, properties of addition, multiplication, subtraction, and division of integers.

 

3. Harder Equations (ch. 4): Equations with like terms, distributing, with variables in both terms, with decimals. Literal equations and formulas.

 

4. Polynomials (ch. 5): Definition. Operations with polynomials. Special products. Factoring.

 

5. Radicals and Quadratic Equations (ch. 6): Radicals, irrational numbers. Solving quadratic equations, factoring quadratic expressions, completing the square, quadratic.

Final test.

 

Grading Scale

 

A+  97 - 100%    B+    87 - 89%                        C+    77 - 79%              D+    67 - 69%              F    below 60%

A    94 - 96%      B      84 - 86%                        C      74 - 76%              D      64 - 66% 

A-   90 -93%       B-     80 - 83%                        C-     70 - 73%              D-     60 - 63%

 

 

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