Chapter 2: Numbers and Functions (pp. 84 – 153)
It is the goal of the instructor that the students will:
·         classify numbers by their type
·         memorize and apply the properties of addition and multiplication and the distributive property
·         memorize and apply the properties of exponents
·         simplify complex fractions
·         determine whether a relation is a function and determine its domain and range
·         add, subtract, multiply, divide, and compose functions and determine the new domain and range
·         calculate the inverse of a function and prove algebraically that it is the inverse
·         graph piecewise, absolute value, and step functions by hand and on the graphics calculator, and know their applications
·         identify the transformations an equation would go through compared to its parent equation
·         form an equation given its parent and the transformations it should go through