A comprehensive approach to teaching intermediate algebra.
Students continue to master algebra skills by learning polynomial expressions and operations, graphing parabolas, and identifying the relationships between graphs and equations. Following this analytic investigation, students use a variety of techniques to solve quadratic equations and investigate radical and rational functions. Units and topics include:

The Real Number System

• Rational and irrational numbers

Powers and Polynomials

• Polynomial arithmetic
• Factoring polynomials

Quadratic Functions and Equations

• Graphing quadratic functions, equations
• Solving quadratic equations using algebra

Algebraic Expressions and Functions

• Radical equations and functions
• Rational expressions, equations, and functions

Describing Data

• Graphical displays