This course provides the foundation of skills necessary for success in algebra and beyond. Topics in this course include: Customary and metric units; ratios and proportions; scale drawing; complex numbers; probability; tree diagram; bar, line, and circle graphs; exponents; trigonometry; expressions; slope; midpoint; transformations; geometry concepts; polygons, the Pythagorean theorem; distance; similarity and congruence; functions; equations and inequalities; parallel and perpendicular lines; rate of change; rational functions; factoring; radicals.