Pre-Algebra
Pre-Algebra Online High School Course
COURSE LENGTH:
Full Year (30 Sessions)
Course Overview
Pre-Algebra is a full-year course designed for students who are preparing to take Algebra 1. Students will complete asynchronous work to develop skills so that synchronous class time can be spent on answering questions and problem solving. Students will submit formative assessments regularly to gauge understanding of topics and allow for reteaching before moving on to additional content. At the end of each module students will have a summative assessment. In addition to other resources determined by the instructor, students will use My Math Lab to complete assignments and assessments. This course is essential in laying the building blocks for further algebra study. The mastery of performing operations with integers, fractions, and decimals is important to solving more difficult equations and will be applied in higher level math courses. Students should aim to complete these operations without a calculator to build these essential skills and number sense.
Textbook:
Pearson MyMathLab - Prealgebra & Introductory Algebra by Elayn Martin-Gay
ISBN: 9780132962377
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Students will:
Perform operations with whole numbers, learn the order of operations (PEMDAS), and work with variable expressions and equations.
Learn to perform operations with integers, apply order of operations, and learn to solve algebraic equations containing integers.
Learn to write and solve linear equations in one variable.
Perform operations with fractions and mixed numbers and solve equations containing fractions.
Perform operations with decimals and learn applications of decimals such as Mean, Median, and Mode.
Apply fractions, decimals, and integer rules to solve ratio, percent, and proportion problems.
Learn to present data in usable forms.
Learn basic probability and basic geometry applications such as the Pythagorean theorem and similar figures.