Course Description: Algebra 2
This course is designed to prepare students for future studies in Pre-calculus. It accomplishes this through extensive problem solving and investigative work to encourage both inductive and deductive reasoning skills. The students taking this course become fluent with both the graphing calculator and manual calculation techniques.
Topics covered in Algebra II include:
- Integer, Rational and Negative Exponents
- Factoring Polynomials
- Rational Expressions
- Radical Expressions
- Solving Equations
- Solving Inequalities
- Lines
- Variation—Direct and Indirect
- Properties of Functions
- Piecewise Functions
- Transformations
- Combinations of functions
- Quadratic Functions (parabolas)
- Polynomial Functions
- Rational Functions
- Counting and probability
- Inverse, Exponential, and Logarithmic Functions
- Complex Numbers
- Right Triangle Trigonometry, Basic Trigonometric Computations, and Graphs
- Sequences and Series
