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2.1: Objectives

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After completing this chapter, you should

Symbols and Notations

  • understand the difference between variables and constants
  • be familiar with the symbols of operation, equality, and inequality
  • be familiar with grouping symbols
  • be able to correctly use the order of operations

The Real Number Line and the Real Numbers

  • be familiar with the real number line and the real numbers
  • understand the ordering of the real numbers

Properties of the Real Numbers

  • understand the closure, commutative, associative, and distributive properties
  • understand the identity and inverse properties

Exponents

  • understand exponential notation
  • be able to read exponential notation
  • understand how to use exponential notation with the order of operations

Rules of Exponents

  • understand the product and quotient rules for exponents
  • understand the meaning of zero as an exponent

The Power Rules for Exponents

  • understand the power rules for powers, products, and quotients

This page titled 2.1: Objectives is shared under a CC BY 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Denny Burzynski & Wade Ellis, Jr. (OpenStax CNX) .

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