MA 98 - Elementary Algebra

Credits: 4
Contact Hours: 4

College Level Prerequisites: MA 096 (C or Higher) or MA 097 (C or Higher) or ALEKS score of 14 or Higher or Accuplacer Algebra score of 41 or higher or Arithmetic score of 76 or higher

Description: MA 098 is designed for students needing to learn beginning algebra or as a review for students who have not recently taken an algebra course. Topics in this course include problem solving techniques, introductory data analysis, interpretation of graphs, operations with real numbers, square roots, equations, formulas, ratio and proportion, linear inequalities in one variable, solving linear equations, graphing linear equations in two variables, slope of a line, equation of a line, systems of linear equations, linear modeling, integer exponents, scientific notation, operations on polynomials, factoring, and solving quadratic equations.