MyLab Math eCourse for Trigsted/Bodden/Gallaher Beginning Algebra--Access Card--PLUS Guided Notebook

Kirk Trigsted teaches mathematics at the University of Idaho and has been director of the Polya Mathematics Center since its inception in 2001. Kirk has taught with MyMathLab for many years, and has contributed to the videos for several Pearson books. Kirk is also actively involved with the National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT).

Randy Gallaher is a professor of mathematics at Lewis & Clark Community College, where he has taught since 1997. Prior to this position, Randy taught high school and middle school mathematics for five years in Missouri. He holds a master’s degree in mathematics from Southeast Missouri State University and has completed additional graduate coursework at both Missouri State University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has coauthored ancillary materials for numerous math and statistics textbooks and has worked as a math author on several grant projects for the Illinois Community College Board. Randy is married with three children and spends most evenings actively involved in their activities. In his limited free time, he loves to fish the small rivers and streams of southern Missouri.

R. Review

R.1 Operations on Fractions

R.2 Decimals and Percents

1. Real Numbers and Algebraic Expressions

1.1 The Real Number System

1.2 Adding and Subtracting Real Numbers

1.3 Multiplying and Dividing Real Numbers

1.4 Exponents and Order of Operations

1.5 Variables and Properties of Real Numbers

1.6 Simplifying Algebraic Expressions

2. Linear Equations and Inequalities in One Variable

2.1 The Addition and Multiplication Properties of Equality

2.2 Solving Linear Equations in One Variable

2.3 Introduction to Problem Solving

2.4 Formulas

2.5 Geometry and Uniform Motion Problem Solving

2.6 Percent and Mixture Problem Solving

2.7 Linear Inequalities in One Variable

3. Graphs of Linear Equations and Inequalities in Two Variables

3.1 The Rectangular Coordinate System

3.2 Graphing Linear Equations in Two Variables

3.3 Slope

3.4 Equations of Lines

3.5 Linear Inequalities in Two Variables

4. Systems of Linear Equ ations and Inequalities

4.1 Solve Systems of Linear Equations by Graphing

4.2 Solve Systems of Linear Equations by Substitution

4.3 Solve Systems of Linear Equations by Elimination

4.4 Applications of Linear Systems

4.5 Systems of Linear Inequalities

5. Exponents and Polynomials

5.1 Exponents

5.2 Introduction to Polynomials

5.3 Adding and Subtracting Polynomials

5.4 Multiplying Polynomials

5.5 Special Products

5.6 Negative Exponents and Scientific Notation

5.7 Dividing Polynomials

5.8 Polynomials with Several Variables

6. Factoring Polynomials

6.1 Greatest Common Factor and Factoring by Grouping

6.2 Factoring Trinomials of the Form x ² + bx + c

6.3 Factoring Trinomials of the Form ax ² + bx + c Using Trial and Error

6.4 Factoring Trinomials of the Form ax ² + bx + c Using the ac Method

6.5 Factoring Special Forms

6.6 A General Factoring Strategy

6.7 Solving Polynomial Equations by Factoring

6.8 Applications of Quadratic Equations

7. Rational Expressions and Equations

7.1 Simplifying Rational Expressions

7.2 Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions

7.3 Least Common Denominators

7.4 Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions

7.5 Complex Rational Expressions

7.6 Solving Rational Equations

7.7 Applications of Rational Equations

7.8 Variation

8. Radicals and Rational Exponents

8.1 Finding Roots

8.2 Simplifying Radicals

8.3 Adding and Subtracting Radical Expressions

8.4 Multiplying and Dividing Radicals; Rationalizing Denominators

8.5 Solving Radical Equations

8.6 Rational Exponents

8.7 Complex Numbers

9. Quadratic Equations

9.1 Solving Quadratic Equations Using the Square Root Property

9.2 Solving Quadratic Equations by Completing the Square

9.3 Solving Quadratic Equations Using the Quadratic Formula

9.4 Graphs of Quadratic Equations

Appendix A. Relations and Functions

Appendix B. Mean, Median, Mode

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