Prerequisite Materials for CSCI 150

The brush-up materials for CSCI 150 are in three parts:

1. The document "Problems for CSCI 150" below comes from the Coordinator and gives a very detailed description of the types of problems you should be able to solve in this course: Problems for CSCI 150
2. The PDFs below include some brush-up skills on selected topics.

• • Solving Quadratic Equations
  • Solving Linear Inequalities
  • Solving Systems of Equations
  • Combining Rational Expressions
  • Comparing and Ordering Fractions, Mixed Numbers and Decimals
  • Converting Between Fractions, Decimals and Percents
  • Polynomials
  • Factoring Polynomials
  • Finding Prime Factorization, Greatest Common Factor, and Least Common Multiple
  • Introduction to Exponents and Logarithms
  • Raising Positive Decimals Smaller than One to Nonnegative Integer Exponents
  • Rounding Whole Numbers and Decimals
  • Solving Linear Equations
  • Solving Mixture and Solution Verbal Problems
  • Solving Problems Involving Percents
  • Solving Simple Rational Equations
  • Understanding Graphs of Linear Equations
  • Understanding Mean, Median, and Mode
  • Using Order of Operations
  • Using Basic Operations on Sets
  • Working With Proportions
  • Working with Decimals
  • Working with Exponents
  • Working with Complex Fractions
  • Working with Fractions
  • Working with Formulas
  • Working with Integers
  • Working with Interval Notation
  • Working with Rational Numbers
  • Working with Polynomial and Rational Inequalities
  • Numbers in Scientific Notation
  • Troubleshooting Common Errors in Algebra

3. The multi-media materials in the Dolciani Math Center encompasses review and practice problems on all of the prerequisite skills necessary namely:
   1. Basic Algebraic Skills
   2. Polynomials
   3. Linear and Literal Equations and Inequalities
   4. Factoring and Using the Binomial Theorem
   5. Quadratic Equations
   6. Rational Expressions
   7. Rational Exponents and Radicals
   8.  Systems of Equations and Inequalities
   9. Functions, Sequences and Series
   10. Scientific Notation

Come to the Dolciani Math Center on the 7th floor of the library, receive a brief orientation, and then you are set to use these materials either in the Center or at home.