Curso Privado de Álgebra I

In this 6-week private Algebra 1 course, students will learn core concepts in a specific Algebra 1 curriculum selected by a private school.  The topics to be learned each week will be:

Week 1:
Systems of Functions
Combine Functions
Exponential Growth and Decay
Graphs of Exponential Functions
Rewrite Exponential Expressions

Week 2:
Compare Linear and Exponential Functions
Arithmetic Sequences
Geometric Sequences
Recursively Defined Sequences

Week 3:
Factor Out the Greatest Common Factor
Factor a Trinomial
Factor the Difference of Perfect Squares
Factor a Trinomial by Grouping
Factor Completely

Week 4:
Solve Simple Quadratic Equations
Solve Quadratic Equations by Factoring
Find Quadratic Equations from Given Roots
Equations with the Square of a Binomial
Complete the Square

Week 5:
Quadratic Formula and the Discriminant
Solve Quadratics with "a is not equal to 1"
Word Problems - Quadratic Equations
Find Roots Given a Parabolic Graph

Week 6:
Find Vertex and Axis Graphically
Find Vertex and Graph Algebraically
Graph Parabolas
Vertex Form
Vertex Form with "a is not equal to 1"