MA136 – Engineering Calculus 1 – Section 002 Winter
2008/09 – Algebra Review
I. Basic Properties of the real numbers
Addition
0. Closure
1. Identity
2. Inverse
3. Commutative
4. Associative
Multiplication
0. Closure
1. Identity
2. Inverse
3. Commutative
4. Associative
5. Distributive
II. Basic properties of exponents
III. Zero and negative exponents
III. Typical exponent errors
IV. Properties of square roots
V. General properties of radicals
VI. Common radical error
VII. Adding fractions
VIII. Reducing fractions
IX. Common fraction errors
X. Factoring out minus one
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