Algebra

Introduction

A typical secondary school curriculum includes Algebra which is described, in the A-level syllabus as:

“Algebra: this is an essential tool which supports and expresses mathematical reasoning and provides a means to generalise across a number of contexts.”

In practice this often means:

• Manipulating numeric expressions;

• Manipulating symbolic expressions;

• Solving equations.

You can use a computer to carry out some of these techniques.

Important

This chapter covers:

• Manipulating numeric and symbolic expressions.

• Solving equations.