Unit 1: Lesson 0 - Prerequisite Knowledge

Objectives
• Combining like terms and simplifying expressions
• Long division
• The distributive property
• The zero property
• Properties of exponents
• Simplifying radicals with positive and negative radicands
• Factoring quadratic expressions and Solving quadratic equations by factoring, taking square roots, using the quadratic formula and utilizing graphing  
   calculator technology to finding zeros/ x-intercepts
• Observing symmetry, end-behaviors, and turning points (relative maxima and relative minima) on graphs
• Writing explicit and recursive formulas for geometric sequences

Worksheets:
Factoring Polynomials
Solving Quadratics