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    Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
    EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

    Courses and Certificate Fees

    Certificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
    yesThe University of Adelaide, Adelaide

    The Syllabus

    • Distinguish between integers, rational numbers and real numbers
    • Simplify expressions involving integers, fractions and/or real numbers
    • Apply basic rules of arithmetic to solve problems (both theoretical and practical in nature) involving integers, fractions and/or real numbers
    • Demonstrate use of the four basic inequalities to manipulate and solve simple problems.

    • Identify and plot points in the coordinate plane
    • Understand a function as something that takes a number as input and returns another number as output
    • Determine the slope and y-intercept of a linear relationship based on its equation
    • Plot the graph of a linear function
    • Determine the linear function corresponding to a given graph of a line in the coordinate plane
    • Solve linear equations in the context of both theoretical and practical problems.

    • Identify a polynomial and determine its basic properties
    • Solve problems of a theoretical or practical nature involving quadratics
    • Graph polynomials and identify basic properties from their graphs including the location of roots, turning points and points of inflection
    • Perform simple manipulation of polynomials with degree greater than two and solve problems involving special cases that can be reduced to solving a quadratic.

    • Understand the concept of a function and be able to identify when a given relation constitutes a valid function
    • Understand and be able to identify the domain and range of functions, either from their definition or from a graph
    • Be able to identify fundamental properties of a function from its graph (including its sign, where it is increasing or decreasing, etc.)
    • Understand the concept of continuity and be able to identify whether a function is continuous
    • Be able to construct functions via the sum, multiplication and/or composition of existing functions.

    • There is a timed exam.

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