MAT 91 - Elementary Algebra

(0 credits)

60 lecture hours; A,B,C,F grade; considered 4 semester hours for billing and scheduling purposes
Prerequisites: MAT 80 or appropriate ACCUPLACER score
MAT 91 Traditional Elementary Algebra meets for 4 contact hours per week, and counts as 4 billable hours. However, it is a 0 credit course. It does not count toward graduation. MAT 91 covers the following topics: real numbers and operations on real numbers; absolute value; evaluations; grouping symbols; combining like terms; linear equations in one and two variables; literal equations; laws of exponents; scientific notation; graphs of linear equations in two variables; and finding equations of a line given slope and y-intercept, slope and a point, or two points. A discussion of slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines is presented. Operations on polynomials, factoring, and solutions to quadratic equations by factoring are also covered. Word problems and the use of calculators to solve them are stressed throughout the course.