Liberty Mathematics Department Pre-Algebra Wiki

Alabama Course of Study Objectives for Pre-Algebra

1. Use various strategies and operations to solve problems involving real numbers

2. Simplify expressions containing natural number exponents by applying one or more of the laws of exponents

3. Use order of operations to evaluate and simplify algebraic expressions

4. Graph linear equations by plotting points or by using the slope and y-intercept

5. Solve problems involving linear functions

6. Solve multistep linear equations, including equations requiring the use of the distributive property

7. Solve problems using the Pythagorean Theorem

8. Compare quadrilaterals, triangles, and solids, using their properties and characteristeics

9. Determine the measures of special angle pairs, including adjacent, vertical, supplementary, and complementary angles, and angles formed by parallel lines cut by a transversal

10. Find the perimeter and area of regular and irregular plane figures

11. Determine the surface area and volume of rectangular prisms, cylinders, and pyramids

12. Determine the lengths of missing sides and measures of angles in similar and congruent figures

13. Interpret data from populations, using given and collected data

14. Determine the theoretical probability of an event