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Welcome to the University of Houston-Downtown Algebra Student Web Page. Here you can find additional resources and links to help you succeed in Math 0300, 1300, and 1301. Use the following anchor links to quickly navigate to the appropriate section of this web page:
Math 0300: Beginning Algebra Stuff (Final Exam Review here)
Math 1300: Intermediate Algebra Stuff (Final Exam Review here)
Math 1301: College Algebra Stuff (Final Exam Review here)
Other Web Links
Watch streaming video of a Math 0300 Final Review Session. Click here.
Watch streaming video of a Math 1300 Final Review Session. Click here.
Watch streaming video of a Math 1301 Final Review Session. Click here for Part 1.
Watch streaming video of a Math 1301 Final Review Session. Click here for Part 2.
(streaming videos require RealPlayer)
Prerequisite: Students are placed in MATH 0300 based on results of a placement test taken at UH-Downtown.
Catalog Description: This course is intended to build and reinforce the essential geometry, arithmetic and algebra skills needed for Intermediate Algebra (MATH 1300). Topics include real numbers and their properties, order of operations and simplifying real-valued expressions, simplifying algebraic expressions, factoring the greatest common factor from a polynomial, solving linear equations and inequalities, an introduction to the Cartesion coordinate system and word problems. This course may not be used to satisfy degree requirements.
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Math 1300: Intermediate Algebra
Prerequisite: A passing grade in MATH 0300 or placement by exam taken at UH-Downtown.
Catalog Description: A survey of pre-college algebra intended to build and reinforce the essential algebra skills needed for College Algebra (MATH 1301) or College Mathematics for Liberal Arts (MATH 1310). Topics include operations with algebraic expressions, factoring, the Cartesian coordinate system, systems of first-degree equations in 2 variables solved by graphical and algebraic methods, slope and distance formulas, integer and rational exponents, radicals, an introduction to quadratic equations and word problems. This course may not be used to satisfy degree requirements.
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Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in MATH 1300, an Accuplacer math score of 73, or a THEA math score of 270.
Catalog Description: College-level topics in algebra including variation, systems of equations, nonlinear inequalities, functions and their graphs, lines, quadratic equations and functions, complex numbers, polynomials, exponential and logarithmic functions, the algebra of functions, and applications related to these topics.
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UHD Links |
More Useful Links |
| ● Online lectures on basic algebra | |
| ● Math 0300 and 1300 Online Homework Site |
● Math Tools (many lessons and activities for learning math, including algebra) |
| ● Ask Dr. Math (answers to frequently asked math questions) | |
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/ |
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| ● UHD Math Tutoring Lab (N-925) |
● S.O.S. Mathematics (carefully worked out examples of many algebra topics) |
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http://www.sosmath.com/algebra/algebra.html |
Last updated on 1/8/2010