Algebra 2
Algebra 2 is often the completion of the study of algebra for high school students. This course includes the first 8 chapters of the Foerster’s text and covers concepts similar to College Algebra. Students who finish the Foerster text have completed 2 credits of mathematics and are prepared for the study of calculus.
- Scio’s algebra 2 course follows the first 8 chapters of the suggested text
- Text: Foerster’s advanced algebra and trigonometry
- Prerequisites: Algebra 1
Course Content
Units
- LOGISTICS, RESOURCES, & REGISTRATION
- Chapter 1 : Preliminary Information 2 weeks
- Chapter 2 : Functions & Relations 1 semester — 0.5 credits
- Chapter 3 : Linear Functions 1 semester — 0.5 credits
- Chapter 4 : Systems of Equations 1 semester — 0.5 credits
- Chapter 5 : Quadratic Functions 1 semester — 0.5 credits
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Chapter 6 : Exponential & Logarithmic Functions
1 semester — 0.5 credits
- § 6.1 — 6.3 : Exponential Functions 1 semester — 0.5 credits
- § 6.4 — 6.6 : Powers & Radicals
- § 6.7 — 6.9 : Scientific Notation & Logarithms 1 semester — 0.5 credits
- § 6.10 — 6.12 : Logarithmic Functions
- § 6.13 — 6.14 : Inverse Functions
- § 6.15 & Review: Exponential Review 1 semester — 0.5 credits
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Chapter 7 : Rational Algebraic Functions
1 semester — 0.5 credits
- § 7.1 — 7.3 : Factoring and Rational Functions 1 semester — 0.5 credits
- § 7.4 — 7.6 : Polynomial Division
- § 7.7 — 7.9 : Sums & Differences 1 semester — 0.5 credits
- § 7.10 — 7.11 : Polynomials 1 semester — 0.5 credits
- § 7.12 & Review : Variation Functions & Review 1 semester — 0.5 credits
- Chapter 8 : Irrational Algebraic Functions 1 semester — 0.5 credits