Resources tagged “algebra”

17 resources.

Quadratic Equations

What a quadratic equation is, solving by completing the square, the quadratic formula, and a real-life example.

Polynomials: Zeroes and Coefficients

How the zeroes of a quadratic polynomial relate to its coefficients, plus building a polynomial from a given sum and product of zeroes.

Quadratic Equations: Solved Examples

Worked examples for checking whether an equation is quadratic, solving by factorization or completing the square, and using the discriminant.

Surds and Radicals

Simplifying and rationalizing expressions with square roots, with worked examples including a telescoping sum.

Polynomial Division Algorithm

Dividing one polynomial by another to find a quotient and remainder, and using that to find missing zeroes, with worked examples.

Polynomial Identities and the Remainder Theorem

Using the Remainder Theorem to find a remainder without dividing, and factoring with the sum/difference-of-cubes identities, with worked examples.

Logarithms

What a logarithm is, common vs natural vs binary logarithms, and the core logarithm rules, with worked examples.

Complex Numbers

What complex numbers are, the modulus-argument form, conjugates, and basic arithmetic on complex numbers, with worked examples.

Linear Equations

How to solve a one-variable linear equation, including fractional coefficients, with worked examples translating word problems into equations.

Binary Operation

What a binary operation is, and how to check whether one has an identity element, is commutative, or is associative, with worked examples.

Pair of Linear Equations: Graphical Method

Turning a word problem into a pair of linear equations, and checking whether two lines intersect, are parallel, or coincide by comparing coefficient ratios.

Pair of Linear Equations: Substitution and Elimination Methods

Solving a pair of linear equations by substitution and by elimination, including recognizing when a system has infinitely many solutions.

Pair of Linear Equations: Cross-Multiplication and Reducible Equations

The cross-multiplication formula for solving a pair of linear equations, and reducing an equation that isn't linear yet into one that is, with worked examples.

Pair of Linear Equations: Word Problems

Translating age and money word problems into a pair of linear equations and solving them, including a classic problem with two valid cases.

Laws of Exponents

The core rules for combining and simplifying exponents, including negative exponents, with worked examples.

Grade 7 Math Olympiad Problems

Five worked Math Olympiad-style problems for grade 7: a Fibonacci-like sequence, an exponent equation, percentages with overlap, consecutive integers, and clock arithmetic.

Polynomials: Definitions and Degree

What makes an expression a polynomial, the monomial/binomial/trinomial distinction, and how to find the degree of a polynomial in one or more variables.