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This Algebra course will prepare you for either the CLEP or DSST/Dantes examinations which covers material usually taught in a one-semester college course in algebra.

The CLEP College Algebra exam* includes the following types of questions:

• Algebraic operations 25%
• Equations and inequalities 20%
• Functions and their properties 25%
• Number systems and operations 30%

The DSST/Dantes Fundamentals of College Algebra test** requires you to demonstrate the following abilities:

• Fundamental algebraic operations 4%
• Factoring polynomials over real numbers 6%
• Rational expressions 7%
• Exponential and radical expressions 8%
• Linear equations 12%
• Absolute value equations and inequalities 6%
• Quadratic equations and inequalities 12%
• Equations involving radicals 6%
• Complex numbers 5%
• Functions 20%
• Two dimensional graphing 14%

The material contained in this course is directly related to the following textbook and optional solutions manual:

• College Algebra, eighth edition, by Raymond A. Barnett, Michael R. Ziegler, and Karl E. Byleen (McGraw-Hill, Inc., 2008)
  
• Optional but recommended Student’s Solutions Manual to Accompany College Algebra, eighth edition, prepared by Fred Safier (McGraw-Hill, Inc., 2008)