What exactly is "intermediate algebra"?

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Hi,

I will have to take the accuplacer test soon, and I have been reviewing alot of math lately (i'd forgotten absolutely everything). Now i am getting a little more confident, but i am still not sure where i stand..... from asking other people i know who go to the same college, it seems like just about everyone gets placed in math98 (intermed. algebra), but i am trying to test out of that one, so i dont have to take any additional math before applying for the nursing program. So heres what i am confused about: where does beginning algebra end and intermediate begin? or, for those of you who have taken the accuplacer: what topics do i need to master if i want to be considered "college level"?

Here's what i can do fairly well by now: simplify algebraic expressions, factoring, solve quadratic equations and systems of equations, binomial formulas, find the slope of a line and the distance of two points-- so, is all of this still "beginning algebra", or is some of it intermediate?

any help would be appreciated :-)

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Specializes in Going to Peds!.

Intermediate algebra was pretty equivalent to the high school algebra 2 class I took, without the trig component.

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