Topics in pre-algebra include operations on real numbers; simplifying expressions; solving first-degree equations, inequalities and application problems; graphing linear equations; simplifying exponents; operations on polynomials; and factoring polynomials.

Algebra has much more advanced concepts than pre-algebra. You learn about laws of exponents, logarithms, fundamental theorems, and complex numbers, conic sections, etc. Pre-algebra helps students to have the basic command of algebra topics.

Pre-algebra is a common name for a course in middle school mathematics in the United States, usually taught in the 7th grade or 8th grade.

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