Functions, equations and the shapes of change.
The rules of exponents and radicals, polynomials and factoring, rational expressions, and complex numbers.
Linear and quadratic equations and their applications, equations with radicals or in quadratic form, and inequalities with polynomials, fractions and absolute values.
Graphs and intercepts, lines and circles, what a function is, and how functions combine and undo each other.
Piecewise functions and the basic graphs, parabolas, ellipses and hyperbolas, transformations, symmetry, and rational functions.
Dividing polynomials, zeros and their multiplicities, sketching polynomial graphs, the rational root theorem, and partial fractions.
Exponential growth and decay, logarithms as their inverses, solving exponential and logarithmic equations, and compound interest, half-lives and population models.
Linear systems in two and three variables by substitution and elimination, augmented matrices and row reduction, and nonlinear systems.

Quadratic functions

Rational exponents

Equations reducible to quadratic form

Radical functions and radical equations

Hyperbolas: a constant difference of distances

Exponential functions

Rational functions and rational inequalities

Composition of functions, and why order matters

Piecewise-defined functions

Factored polynomials: zeros and graphs

Systems of two linear equations