Key Ideas for Test: Chapter 0

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Key Ideas for Test Chapter 0

• Definitions of real, rational, integer, and
  irrational numbers
• Associative, commutative and distributive
  properties for addition/subtraction and
  multiplication/division
• Adding/subtracting fractions using Least Common
  Denominator
• Definitions of exponentials base, power/exponent
• Exponentials multiplying, dividing and taking to
  a power
• Negative exponents, combining with positive
  exponents
• Definitions of polynominals coefficient, base,
  power, terms
• Polynomials add/subtract, mult/divide (FOIL and
  making sure you mult every term), difference of
  squares
• Factoring Common factors, reverse FOIL,
  difference of squares, keep factoring until done
• Factoring rational expressions and their domain
  restrictions
• Simplifying rational expressions by factoring
• Mult/div/add/sub rational expressions
• Square roots and nth roots using and simplifying
• Fractional exponents