I advise my students to listen carefully the moment they decide to take no more mathematics courses. They might be able to hear the sound of closing doors.

James Caballero, Everybody a mathematician?, CAIP Quarterly 2 (Fall, 1989).

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Chapter 1     Basic Algebraic Operations
	objectives
	presentation
	handouts
		real numbers
		property of operators
		factorization and prime numbers
		computing prime factors
		multiplying multinomials
		writing out algebraic steps
	assignments (7th edition)
	Test 1 (chapter 1)
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		sample test questions  [pdf] 528KB
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Chapter 2     Equations and Inequalities
	objectives
	presentation
	handouts
		operations
		what is an equal?
		solving quadratic equations
		complex numbers
	assignments (7th edition)
	Test 2 (chapter 2)
		summary
		sample test questions  [pdf] 303KB
		test 2 results
Chapter 3     Graphs and Functions
	objectives
	presentation
	handouts
		composition of functions
	assignments (7th edition)
	Test 3 (chapter 3)
		summary
		sample test questions  [pdf] 484KB
		test 3 results
Chapter 4     Polynomials and Rational Functions
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	presentation
	handouts
		Descartes' rule of signs
		zeros of polynomials
		graphing rational functions
	assignments (7th edition)
	sample test questions  [pdf] 337KB
Chapter 5     Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
	objectives
	presentation
	handouts
		calculator computations
		compound interest
		logarithmic functions
		changing multiplication into addition
	assignments (7th edition)
	sample test questions  [pdf] 206KB
	Test 4 (chapters 4 and 5)
		summary
		sample test questions  [pdf] 337KB (chapter 4)
		sample test questions  [pdf] 206KB (chapter 5)
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Chapter 6     Systems of Equations and Inequalities
	objectives
	presentation
	handouts
		linear equations
	assignments (7th edition)
	sample test questions  [pdf] 265KB
Chapter 7     Matrices and Determinants
	objectives
	presentation
	handouts
		operations on a matrix
		gaussian elimination
		methods to solve equations
	assignments (7th edition)
	sample test questions  [pdf] 319KB
	Final Exam (chapters 6 and 7, and comprehensive)
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		sample test questions  [pdf] 265KB (chapter 6)
		sample test questions  [pdf] 319KB (chapter 7)
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