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Center for Science & Math Education:
toll-free: 800.852.8784
Director:
Mailing Address: Texas State Technical College
1902 North Loop 499 Harlingen, Texas 78550 Location: Building B
Office Hours: M - F: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sat, Sun: Closed
MATH ACADEMY (MATH ACADEMY BROCHURE) Join a Winning Team!Want to get a head start in preparing for high school and college mathematics? Students in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade who want to strengthen their math skills can take advantage of the TSTC Summer Math Academy. This 30-hour math academy will help students succeed in future math courses. The math academy will introduce students to a number of concepts, which they can apply to everyday life.Math Academy (Part I) Objectives:Review of real numbers and their properties Exponents and radicals Polynomials and special products Factoring Rational expressions Upon completion of Math AcademyPart I, students should be able to:Evaluate algebraic expressions Use the basic rules and properties of algebra Use the properties of exponents Use the properties of radicals Simplify and combine radicals Rationalize the denominator and numerator Write polynomial in standard form Add, subtract, and multiply polynomials Math Academy (Part II) Objectives:Functions and their graphs Polynomial functions of higher degree Rational functions Exponential and logarithmic functions Upon completion of Math AcademyPart II, students should be able to:Solve quadratic equations by factoring, square roots, completing the square, and use of the quadratic formula Determine whether a given relation is a function Find the domain and range of a given function Use the synthetic division to divide polynomial Use synthetic division to find the zeros of a polynomial Use the properties of logarithms to evaluate to rewrite logarithmic expressions Solve exponential and logarithmic equations
Price: (Supplies Included) $250.00 per student for each part $400.00 per student if registered for both parts.
Registration Begins: May 1 Location: Bldg B Classes meet Monday through Friday 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Part I Classes: June Part II Classes: Julyboth parts.
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