Math 256	PRE-ALGEBRA	REEDLEY COLLEGE
Mr. George Tindall	Syllabus	Fall 2004
222-3990	or cell is 349-0460

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Operations with fractions, signed numbers, algebraic expressions, linear equations and their graphs, inequalities, and exponents..

No textbook... Worksheets will be used. Some will be completed in class, and some will be homework.

OBJECTIVES; Students will be able to:
Simplif~, algebraic expressions
Solve equations and inequalities
Write appropriate equations from word problems
Graph equations and inequalities
Add, subtract, multiply, divide, and reduce fractions

ATTENDANCE:
Students should be in class, and on time. At the beginning of the semester, each student is given 20 bonus points for attendance. For each absence the student loses 4 points, and for each tardy the student loses 2 points.

HOMEWORK: Homework will be assigned each class period. It will be due at the beginning of the next class period. Late homework will not be accepted. Each day’s homework assignment, and each in-class assignment is worth 10 points. For each unit (time up to the first test.. .and between successive tests) a student’s homework and in-class assignment scores will be averaged and added to that unit test score.