Algebra 1 Course Description

Chapter 1: Connections to Algebra

1.1: Variables in Algebra: PASS 1.2a, 2.8a, & 2.8b

1.2: Exponents and Powers: PASS 2.8a & 3.1a

1.3 Order of Operations: PASS 1.2a

1.4: Equations and Inequalities: PASS 1.1 & 1.2a

‘ 1.5: A problem solving plan using models: PASS 1.1 & 2.8b

1.6: Tables and Graphs: PASS 3.1 a & 3.1 b

1.7: An Introduction to Functions: PASS 2.1c, 2.1d, & 2.8a

Chapter 2: Properties of Real Numbers

2.1: The real number line: PASS 1.2a, 3.1b

2.2: Addition of real numbers: PASS 1.2a & 2.8s

2.3: Subtraction of real numbers: PASS 1.2a & 2.1d

2.4: Adding and Subtracting matrices: PASS 3.1a

2,5: Multiplication of real numbers: PASS 1.2a & 2.8b

2.6: The Distributive property: PASS 1.2b & 2.8a

2.7: Division of real numbers: PASS 1.2a, 2.1c & 2.8b

2.8: Probability and Odds: PASS 2.8b

Chapter 3:Solving Linear Equations

3.1: Solving Equations using Addition and Subtraction: PASS 1.1, 2.6a & 2.6c

3.2: Solving Equations using Multiplication and Division: PASS 1.1, 2.6a, 2.8a

3.3: Solving Multi-Step Equations: PASS 1.1, 2.6a, & 2.8a

3.4: Solving Equations with variables on both sides: PASS 1.1 & 2.6a

3.5: Linear Equations and Problem Solving: PASS 1.1, 2.6a, 2.8b, & 2.8b

3.6: Solving Decimal Equations: PASS 1.1, & 2.6a

3.7: Formulas and Functions: PASS 2.1d, 2.8a, & 2.8d

3.8: Rates, Ratios, and Percents

Chapter 4: Graphing Linear Equations and Functions

4.1: Coordinates and Scatter Plots

4.2: Graphing Linear Equations

4.3: Quick graphs using Intercepts

4.4: The Slope of a Line

4.5: Direct Variation

4.6: Quick graphs using Slope Intercept Form

4.7: Solving Linear equations using graphs

4.8: Functions and Relations

Chapter 5: Writing Linear Equations

5.1: Writing Linear Equations in Slope-Intercept Form

5.2: Writing Linear equations given the slope and a point

5.3: Writing Linear Equations given two points

5.4: Fitting data to a line

5.5: Point-Slope form of a linear equation

5.6: The Standard Form of a Linear Equations

5.7: Predicting Linear Models

Chapter 6: Solving and Graphing Linear Inequalities

6.1: Solving One-step linear inequalities

6.2: Solving Multi-step linear inequalities

6.3: Solving Compound Inequalities

6.4: Solving Absolute value equations and inequalities

6.5: Graphing Linear inequalities in two variables

6.6: Stem and Leaf Plots, Mean, Median, & Mode

6.7: Box and Whisker Plots

Chapter 7: Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalites

7.1: Solving Linear systems by Graphing

7.2: Solving Linear systems by Substitution

7.3: Solving Linear systems by Linear Combinations

7.4: Applications of Linear Systems

7.5: Special Types of Linear Systems

7.6: Solving systems of Linear Inequalitites

Chapter 8: Exponents and Exponential Functions

8.1: Multiplication Properties of Exponents

8.2: Zero and Negative Exponents

8.3: Division Properties of Exponents

8.4: Scientific Notation

8.5: Exponential Growth Functions

8.6:: Exponential Decay Functions

Chapter 9: Quadratic Equations and Functions

9.1: Solving quadratic equations by finding square roots

9.2: Simplifying Radicals

9.3: Graphing quadratic functions’

9.4: Solving quadratic equations by graphing

9.5: Solving quadratic equations using the Quadratic Formula

9.6: Applications of the Discriminant

9.7: Graphing Quadratic Inequalities

9.8: Comparing Linear, Exponential, and Quadratic Models

Chapter 10: Polynomials and Factoring

10.1: Adding and Subtracting Polynomials

10.2: Multiplying Polynomials

10.3: Special Products of Polynomials

10.4: Solving Polynomial Equations in Factored Form

10.5: Factoring x² + bx + c

10.6: Factoring ax² + bx + c

10.7: Factoring Special Products

10.8: Factoring and Using Distributive Property

Chapter 12: Radicals and Connections to Geometry

12.5: The Pythagorean Theorem and its Converse

12.6: The Distance and Midpoint Formulas