The material below gives work examples of some basic mathematical skills you should already have before joining Math 10350. You should work through the material below to test yourself and spend some time to get proficient in all of them.

Work through the "Test Yourself" quizzes and check your work against the given solution. You should be able to read the solution with confidence and understanding.

Try out the sample questions sets on your own first and check against the attached notes. If you have trouble with the material in each section, there are video demos for sample problems to remind you how such problems are solved.

The demo videos are pencast pdfs. The best way to play one is to download it on your computer; it may or may not play on your browser. If you print the pdf downloads you will get the notes explained in the demo. You can see more details in the instruction link for a Pdf pencast below:

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Test Yourself Algebra Quiz: This is a 45 minute quiz for algebra skills. Check your answers aganist the solution. Work through the quiz without a calculator or notes.

Here's a list of Algebra Rules.

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Law of Exponents:
Sample Questions Set01 and demo (pdf video) Demo01

Simplifying Rational Expressions:
Sample Questions Set02 and demo (pdf video) Demo02
Sample Questions Set03 and demo (pdf video) Demo03

Factoring and Dividing Polynomials:
Sample Questions Set04 (Synthetic Division) and demo (pdf video) Demo04
Sample Questions Set05 (Factorization) and demo (pdf video) Demo05

Completing the Square:
"What is Completing the Square?"pdf video Demo06A
Sample Questions Set06 (Rewriting Quadratic Expressions) and demo (pdf video) Demo06B
Sample Questions Set07 (Graphing Quadratic Functions) and demo (pdf video) Demo07
Sample Questions Set08 (Max/Min of Quadratic Functions) and demo (pdf video) Demo08

Surds and their Conjugates:
Sample Questions Set09 and demo (pdf video) Demo09

Logarithm Functions:
Sample Questions Set10 and demo (pdf video) Demo10

Test Yourself Solving Equations Quiz: This is a 50 minute quiz for solving equations. Check your answers aganist the solution. Work through the quiz without a calculator or notes.

Here's a list of Algebra Rules.

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Equations with Rational Functions:
Sample Questions Set11 and demo (pdf video) Demo11

Exponential Equations:
Sample Questions Set12 and demo (pdf video) Demo12

Logarithmic Equations:
Sample Questions Set13 and demo (pdf video) Demo13

Test Yourself Trigonometry Quiz: This is a 45 minute quiz for trigonometry. Check your answers aganist the solution. Work through the quiz without a calculator or notes.

Here's a set of Trigonometry Notes. Read this and watch Demo15A below.

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Special Angles and their Trigonometric Ratios:
Sample Questions Set14 and demo (pdf video) Demo14

Circle Definition of Sine, Cosine, and Tangent:
Trigonometric Functions and the Unit Circle pdf video Demo15A
Sample Questions Set15 and demo (pdf video) Demo15B

Solving Trigonometric Equations:
Sample Questions (Basic) Set16 and demo (pdf video) Demo16
Sample Questions (Miscellaneous) Set17 and demo (pdf video) Demo17