Math 1010-002
Midterm Review Outline
Summer 2011
Midterm Review Outline
Note: For the midterm you will be taking on Monday, June 6th, I may ask you questions on any
of the following topics. We covered more topics that what are presented here. The topics that
are not mentioned in this outline will not be asked about on the midterm.
Fundamentals (Ch. 1)
- Distributive Property (1.3)
- Simplifying Algebraic Expressions, Adding, Subtract, Multiplying (1.4)
- Evaluating Algebraic Expressions (1.4)
Linear Equations & Inequalities (Ch. 2)
- Solving Linear Equations (2.1)
- Interval Notation, Inequality Notation, Graphical Representation of Inequalities (2.4)
- Solving Linear Inequalities (2.4)
- Solving Double Inequalities (2.4)
- Solving Absolute Value Equations (2.5)
- Solving Absolute Value Inequalities (2.5)
Graphs and Functions (Ch. 3)
- Graphing Points on the Coordinate Plane (3.1)
- Distance Formula (3.1)
- Midpoint Formula (3.1)
- Sketching the Graph of a Function (3.2)
- Calculating the Slope of Two Points (3.3)
- Graphing a Line using Slope Intercept Form (3.3)
- Write the equation of a line given the following information:
+ Slope and y-intercept: Slope Intercept Form (3.3)
+ Slope and point: Point Slope Form (3.4)
+ Two Points: Find Slope then use Point Slope Form (3.4)
- Parallel and Perpendicular Lines (3.4)
- Graphing Linear Inequalities (3.5)
- Function Notation (3.6)
- Evaluating Functions (3.6)
Math 1010-002
Midterm Review Outline
Summer 2011
Systems of Equations and Inequalities (Ch. 4)
- Substitution Method (4.1)
- Elimination Method (4.2)
- Identify if there a Unique Solution, No Solution, or Infinite Solutions (4.3)
- Write a Linear System as an Augmented Matrix (4.4)
- Identify when a Matrix is in Row-Echelon Form (4.4)
- Use Elementary Row Operations to write a Matrix in Row-Echelon Form (4.4)
- Find the Determinant of a 2x2 or a 3x3 Matrix (4.5)
- Graph the Solution to a System of Linear Inequalities (4.6)
Polynomials and Factoring (Ch. 5)
- Simplifying Algebraic Expressions using the Rules of Exponents (5.1)
- Scientific Notation (5.1)
- Adding and Subtracting Polynomials (5.2)
- Multiplying Polynomials (5.3)
- Factoring Polynomials (5.4)