Course Overview

This course meets 9th grade Colorado standards by following district approved Algebra curriculum and counts as first year of graduation requirements. Algebra I includes the study of properties and operations of the real number system including irrational numbers, applications of proportional reasoning, and solving and graphing first degree equations, inequalities and systems of linear equations. Students generate equivalent expressions, use formulas to solve problems, simplify and factor polynomials and solve simple quadratic equations. An emphasis is placed on analyzing situations verbally, numerically, graphically, and symbolically. To meet 21st century learning, students use technology and models to investigate and explore mathematical ideas and relationships and develop multiple strategies for analyzing complex situations.