We develop our quantitative reasoning skills through units, estimations, and asking ‘does that make sense’?

We practice communicating mathematical explanations through fractions and percents.

We plot points on a 2-dimensional Cartesian graph.

We define relations and graph examples of relations.

We list important relations and functions that will be explored throughout this course and used often in Calculus.

We explore how mathematics, and graphs in particular, allow us to describe and investigate the relationships between two variables changing in tandem.

We introduce linear equations by finding patterns in tables.

We explore the slope of lines.

We explore the different ways we might write the equation of a line including the slope-intercept form, the point-slope form, and standard form.

We explore how real-world applications of linear equations.

We review the rules of exponents.

We use exponents when exploring real world situations.

We explore how when can combine two functions by composing them. That is, how we can plug one function into another to create a new function.

We explore quadratic functions.

We explore the vertex form of a quadratic.

We explore different methods for solving quadratic functions.

We explore polynomial functions.

We find the zeros of a rational function.

We return to the notion of a function and examine the allowable inputs.

We examine the outputs that are actually achieved.