MATH 100 Course Outline
MATH 100 Course Outline
Course Outline
1. SETS
• Sets and basic notation
• Subsets and counting
• Operations on sets
2. THE ALGEBRA OF NUMBERS
• The algebra of counting numbers
• Additive inverses and subtraction
• Integers and factorizations
• Multiplicative inverses and division
• Rational and irrational real numbers
3. ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS
• Addition of algebraic expressions
• Multiplication of algebraic expressions
• Division of algebraic expressions
• Special products
• Factors and factoring
• Simplification of fractions
• Addition of fractions
• Multiplication and Division of fractions
• Integral and zero exponents
• Rational exponents
• Radicals
• Addition and subtraction of radicals
• Multiplication and division of radicals
4. THE GEOMETRY OF REAL NUMBERS
• Order axioms for the real numbers
• A one-dimensional coordinate system
• A two-dimensional coordinate system
• The distance formula and the slope formula
5. FUNCTIONS AND THEIR GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION
• Functions and relations
• Graphical representation of function and relation
6. LINEAR AND QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS
• The linear function
• Arithmetic progressions
• The quadratic function
• Solution of the quadratic equation
• Inequalities
• Relations between zeros and coefficients of the quadratic function
• Equations in quadratic form
• Equations involving radicals
• Variation
• Solution of two linear equations
• Algebraic solution of three linear equations
• Solution of one linear and one quadratic equation
7. POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS
• Certain theorems
• Graphing of polynomial functions
• General remarks on zeros and roots
• Rational roots
• Irrational roots
8. INVERSE FUNCTIONS
• Inverse functions
• Graphing of certain relations
9. PERMUTATIONS, COMBINATIONS, AND THE BINOMIAL THEOREM
• The fundamental principle
• Permutations
• Combinations
• The binomial theorem
10. EXPONENTIAL AND LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS
• The exponential function ax
• Geometric progressions
• Geometric progressions
• Geometric progressions with infinitely many terms
• The logarithmic function
• Common logarithm
• Computation by the use of logarithms
This is a temporary course outline for Math 100 which is still a subject for
verification and approval of the program Dean. Some changes may be applied but
most of the topics enlisted are guaranteed to be discussed.
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