Precalculus: The Mathematics of Numbers, Functions and Equations – Online Course

Who is the course for?

This course is for anyone who wants to brush up on their basic mathematical skills, particularly students in the last year of high school, or at the beginning of undergraduate studies, who intend to take a first course in calculus.

What topics will you cover?

Numbers: integers, rationals, real numbers, absolute value, induction.

Functions: graphs, integer powers, roots and radicals, rational powers.

Algebra: polynomials and their roots, quadratic polynomials, polynomial division, finding roots, binomial coefficients.

Equations: types of equations, equivalence, polynomial equations, equations involving a radical, equations with several radicals/with absolute values, equations in several variables.

Inequalities: linear and polynomial inequalities, inequalities involving radicals and absolute values.