Study Guide For Exam Name: _____________________________________________________Period: ___________ Order of Operations Parentheses/Brackets Exponents/Radicals (Square Roots) (whatever comes first left to right) Multiplication/Division (whatever comes first left to right) Addition/Subtraction (whatever comes first left to right) Example: Evaluating Expressions To evaluate an expression you replace the variable with its value and do the order of operations. Simplifying Expressions Coefficients/Constants
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Exponents/Radicals (Square Roots) (whatever comes first left to right)Multiplication/Division (whatever comes first left to right)Addition/Subtraction (whatever comes first left to right)
Example:
Evaluating ExpressionsTo evaluate an expression you replace the variable with its value and do the order of operations.
Simplifying Expressions
Coefficients/ConstantsCoefficient:The numerical part of a term. (The number in front of the variable.)
Add the coefficients of like terms, do not change the powers of the variables
Subtracting Like Terms(Keep-Change-Flip!)
Keep the signs of the values in the first set of parentheses, remove parenthesesChange ALL the values in the second set of parentheses to their opposite, remove parentheses
Simplify each side of the equation separately Order of Operations
● Remove parentheses using distributive property● Combine like terms
Use inverse operations to get variables on one side of the equal sign. Use subtraction to undo addition, and use addition to undo subtraction Use inverse operations to isolate the variable
○ Locate the variable○ Remove values that are on the same side of the variable by doing order of
operations backwards. ○ Use subtraction to undo addition, and use addition to undo subtraction○ Use multiplication to undo division, and use division to undo multiplication
Steps for Solving InequalitiesSimplify each side of the inequality separately
Order of Operations● Remove parentheses using distributive property● Combine like terms
Use inverse operations to get variables on one side of the inequality sign. Use subtraction to undo addition, and use addition to undo subtraction Use inverse operations to isolate the variable
○ Locate the variable○ Remove values that are on the same side of the variable by doing order of
operations backwards. ○ Use subtraction to undo addition, and use addition to undo subtraction○ Use multiplication to undo division, and use division to undo multiplication
Remember: If you MULTIPLY or DIVIDE by a NEGATIVE value you must FLIP the inequality sign to correct the problem!
Remember: The solution set will be those values where you find BOTH inequalities shaded at the same time. In this case the solution is between -7 and 4. The solution does not include -7 (open circle) but does
include 4 (closed circle).
Remember: The solution set will be those values where you find ONE inequality shaded
or BOTH inequalities shaded at the same time. In this case the solution is any value
less than -5 or any value 2 or higher.
Interval NotationInterval Notation is a way to display the solution of an inequality by describing the portion of the number line that makes the inequality true. The portion of the number line is called an Interval.
Symbol in words Symbol Used with Purpose
Parentheses ( or ) > or < Use when the interval’s endpoints
are not included.
Brackets [ or ] ≥∨≤ Use when the interval’s endpoints
are included.
Infinity ∞ or −∞Always use
( or )
Use when the interval continues forever in either a