Algebra Exam #1 Topics

Appendix F
• Rules of Exponents
• Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
• Multiplying Polynomials
 - FOIL method
 - Distributive property
• Factoring
 - GCF
 - Grouping
 - Factoring Trinomials
 -Special Factoring Formulas

Chapter 6
• Finding values for which the denominator is undefined
• Writing rational expressions in lowest terms
 - factor first
 - divide out any common factors
• Multiplying rational expressions
• Dividing rational expressions
• Finding the LCD and using the LCD
 - simplifying
 - solving
• Complex Fractions
• Applications
 -distance formula (current problem pg. 14 of notes)