Instructor: Cam Stottler
Subject Area: Mathematics
Introduction: Algebra is a course that will focus on advanced Algebra applications such as rational numbers, exponents and roots, ratios, proportions, percents, perimeter, area, volume, probability, and multi-step equations and inequalities.
State Standards: This course will meet the following Minnesota State Standards:
• Algebra – Understand the concept of function, and identify important features of functions and other relations using symbolic and graphical methods where appropriate.
Recognize linear, quadratic, exponential and other common functions in real-world and mathematical situations; represent these functions with tables, verbal descriptions, symbols and graphs; solve problems involving these functions, and explain results in the original context.
Generate equivalent algebraic expressions involving polynomials and radicals; use algebraic properties to evaluate expressions.
Represent real-world and mathematical situations using equations and inequalities involving linear, quadratic, exponential and nth root functions. Solve equations and inequalities symbolically and graphically. Interpret solutions in the original context.
• Geometry & Measurement - Calculate measurements of plane and solid geometric figures; know that physical measurements depend on the choice of a unit and that they are approximations.
Construct logical arguments, based on axioms, definitions and theorems, to prove theorems and other results in geometry.
Know and apply properties of geometric figures to solve real-world and mathematical problems and to logically justify results in geometry.
Solve real-world and mathematical geometric problems using algebraic methods.
• Data Analysis and Probability - Display and analyze data; use various measures associated with data to draw conclusions, identify trends and describe relationships.
Calculate probabilities and apply probability concepts to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
Grading: Students will be expected to attend class daily, provide effort towards assignment completion, ask questions for clarification, and complete assessments.
