LAB 1 -- Algebra

Lights, Camera, Interaction!

Work carefully through the exercises and tutorials in this section and try to understand the explanations given. Then move on to the practice materials in the next section.

• Simplifying Quotients -- Lecture  

• Rational Expressions -- Tutorial

• An Interesting Equation -- Tutorial

• The One-Minute Mathematician Finds the LCD   

• The One-Minute Mathematician Discusses Exponents   

• The One-Minute Mathematician Discusses Radicals   

• Distances, Midpoints, Circles

Quizzes and Puzzles -- Sections R.1-R.5

Some of the materials below came from the University of Vienna, some were written by URI faculty members.

• Term Manipulation Puzzle (IE only)
• Factoring (IE only)
• Simplifying Quotients
• Number Substitution Puzzle (IE only)
• Absolute Value (IE only)
• Reciprocals (IE only)
• Common Denominators