CHAPTER 1

1.
Names of Number Sets (Chp 1)
Whole Numbers - Natural (Counting) numbers + 0

Counting numbers (Natural Numbers) same as whole numbers but no 0

Rational numbers can make by dividing one integer by another (but not dividing
by zero). In other words fractions. A Rational Number is a real number that can be
written as a simple fraction (i.e. as a ratio). 1.5 is a rational number because 1.5 = 3/2
(it can be written as a fraction)
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3/2 (=1.5), 8/4 (=2), 136/100 (=1.36), -1/1000 (=-0.001)

Integers are like whole numbers, but they also include negative numbers ... but still no
fractions allowed! -16, -3, 0, 1, 198

Irrational numbers - Any real number that is not a Rational Number. An Irrational
Number is a real number that cannot be written as a simple fraction. Irrational means not
Rational
(Pi) is a famous irrational number Square root of 3, piee, neg square root eof 6, pie to the
4th

Real Numbers s- All Rational and Irrational numbers positive, neg or zero (i.e.
any point on a line)
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Examples: 1.5, -12.3, 99, 2,

Imaginary Numbers 1 (the square root of minus 1)

are not Real Numbers

Infinity is not a Real Number

Complex numbers - Examples: 1 + i, 2 - 6i, -5.2i, 4

Quiz
What is 7000
3.8
5/8
Neg square root of 11
-2.9
Answer key
A, B, C, D, E
A
A
A
A
2.
Simplifying algebraic expressions
2(h t) + 6h 5(4 t) + 54 7t + 2(h + 3t) answer 10h + 34 + 2t Add like Ts
a.
By Distributing
by Combining like terms

b.
Book pg 21 7x^2 + 3y^2 + 2y^2 4x^2
IDENTIFY LIKE TERMS y y x x
COMMUTATIVE PROPERTY OF ADDITION 7y^2 4x^2 + 3y^2 + 2y^2
DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY ( 7 -4)x^2 + (3 + 2)y^2
COMBINE LIKE TERMS 3x^2 + 5y^2
C. By Multiple groupings

Note: look at the chart on page 21 properties for simplifying algebraic expressions
3.
Evaluate an algebraic expression for a given value of a variable
a.
(-(-x)) for x = -3
answer 3
b.
|p| = |q| for p=5 and q = -9 answer 14
c.
1/5x 2/x = 6 solve for x x = -90/7
4.
Properties
a.

Commutative

67 + 83 = 83 + 67
3xh =hx3

b.

Associative

16 x (32 x 54) = (16 x 32) x 54

(a + b) + c = a (b + c)

c.

Distributive

5(x 6) = 5x 30
3(x + y) = 3x + 3y

d.

Identity

a+0=a
t+0=t

f.

Reflexive

If 2 = x then x = 2
Book: a = a 5 = 5

g.

Symmetric

If 2 = x then x = 2
5=5
7x + 4 = 7x + 4
Book: if a = b, then b = a

h.

Transitive properties

If x = b and b=a then x = a

i.

Substitution

If a = b then you can replace a with b

and vice versa if 1 = b & 9 + a = 15,
then 9 + b = 15

5.

solve inequality for a given solution using set builder notation

2x 9 <= 9x + 4 answer { X1 x >= -13/7 }

3x + 4 < 25 and -2x 5 >= -11 answer IS NOT { X1 7 > x <= 33 } the -7 is wrong
3(2x + 5) x(6x + 7) >= 3 answer is NOT {x1 x <= 13/3 }

the 13/3 is wrong

6.
Solving absolute value and compound inequalities
|7x = 3 | <= 24 answer is { x|-27/7 <= x <= 3 }
Multi step absolute value equation
3 |x + 2| - 1 = 8
answer x = 1 or x = -5 (pg 42 book)
CHAPTER 2
1.
Write linear equations in slope-intercept, point-slope, and std form
Slope-intercept y = mx+b
slope (y2-y1/x2-x1)
Point Slope - y-y1=m(x-x1)
Standard Form Ax + By = C
A shouldn't be negative, A and B shouldn't both be zero, and A, B and C
should be integers.

y = 3x + 2
Bring 3x to the left:
-3x + y = 2
Multiply all by -1:
3x - y = -2
Note: A=3, B=-1, C=-2
2. Perpendicular Lines
The slopes are negative reciprocals of each other
3. Function or not a function
To test if something is a function do 1 of 2
- Must pass the vertical line test
- Or look at ordered pairs and assure the same x does not appear more than one
4. Direct Variation
y = kx or (y/x) = k

11

= 2/8 /=/ 3/11

does not vary directly
5. Linear Regression
STEPS
1. Make Chart
2. Hit [STAT] , [EDIT], input the numbers
3. [STAT] , [CALC] , [LinReg]
4. Write out y = ax + b
5. Find r value (correlation coefficient) \
a. Closer to abs(1) the stronger the correlation
b. + or - is the direction
6. How to use this to predict
a. to predict y input x
b. to predict x input y
6. Linear transformation
Translations up
y = f(x) + k
Translations down
y = f(x) - k
Stretch a>1 / Compression 0<a<1
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Translations right
y = f(x-h)
Translations Left
Y = f(x +h)
Reflections x y = -f(x)
Reflections y y = f(-x)

y=af(x)

7. End Behavior
N is even
n+ up up
n- down down
N is odd
n+ down up
n- up down
(Degree is the highest exponent of the polynomial)