Get Ready for Algebra 1 : Free Course

About this course

Study Get Ready for Algebra 1 in this free English video course from Khan Academy. The classroom preserves all 125 published source recordings, totaling approximately 9h 26m, with their original lesson titles and sequence. The selected curriculum focuses on mathematical reasoning, clear notation and worked solutions. Use the videos to follow an explanation, examine an example and develop a study output you can check independently. The course title describes this recorded subject or learning track; your study can extend beyond watching through the practical activities below.

Course at a glance

What you’ll learn

• Follow the explanation and worked reasoning in “What are variables, expressions, and equations?”, then describe the main idea in your own words.
• Follow the explanation and worked reasoning in “Introduction to solving an equation with variables on both sides”, then describe the main idea in your own words.
• Follow the explanation and worked reasoning in “Comparing proportionality constants”, then describe the main idea in your own words.
• Follow the explanation and worked reasoning in “Number patterns: interpreting relationships”, then describe the main idea in your own words.
• Connect examples across Get Ready for Algebra 1 by identifying the terms, assumptions and methods they use.
• Create a small independent practice output and check it against the relevant teaching explanation.

Skills you’ll gain

• Mathematical reasoning
• Worked solutions
• Notation
• Error checking

Course Overview

The source curriculum is presented as a complete recorded video edition of Get Ready for Algebra 1 . Representative lessons include “What are variables, expressions, and equations?”, “Comparing proportionality constants” and “Interpreting a graph exercise example”. These recordings give concrete examples to revisit while building mathematical reasoning, clear notation and worked solutions. Their place in the lesson list is preserved, so you can return to a particular explanation without losing its source position. Introductions, demonstrations, examples, reviews and compilations remain included whenever they appear in the original playlist. Reading a lesson title is useful for locating a topic; working through its reasoning and checking a practice attempt is what makes the recording valuable for learning.

How to study the course

• Videos 1–31: this part of the source list includes “What are variables, expressions, and equations?” through “Equivalent ratios”. State the quantities and conditions before calculating. Keep a brief working note, revisit an unclear explanation and test one example before moving to another part of the material.
• Videos 32–62: this part of the source list includes “Ratios for recipes” through “Proportion word problem (example 1)”. Keep equivalent expressions or representations connected. Keep a brief working note, revisit an unclear explanation and test one example before moving to another part of the material.
• Videos 63–93: this part of the source list includes “Proportion word problem (example 2)” through “Linear and nonlinear functions (example 2)”. Check each operation with a small example before extending it. Keep a brief working note, revisit an unclear explanation and test one example before moving to another part of the material.
• Videos 94–125: this part of the source list includes “Linear and nonlinear functions (example 3)” through “Interpreting a graph exercise example”. Explain a result in words as well as symbols. Keep a brief working note, revisit an unclear explanation and test one example before moving to another part of the material.

Who is this for?

This course suits students, returning learners and anyone strengthening the specific mathematics named in the course. It also provides a recorded reference for revisiting a topic after an earlier lesson or study attempt. Choose examples appropriate to your background and allow time to work through the method instead of judging understanding only by how familiar the terminology sounds.

Before you start

Comfort with the preceding arithmetic or algebra skills is useful. Keep paper, a pencil and a calculator when a lesson uses one. Grade-specific courses assume the learner’s earlier grade-level knowledge.

Put the lessons into practice

Build a small worksheet using the kinds of quantities, expressions or situations demonstrated in the recordings. Solve each item, show the intermediate steps and explain why the chosen operation or rule applies. Include one example that is easy to check and another with a changed condition. Use a drawing, number line, table or substitution check when that representation is taught. Compare the result with the original question, then explain one common mistake and how you would notice it.

This optional study activity is provided by WikiFree for independent practice. Keep your working notes and use the relevant classroom recording to check a step, definition or interpretation. It is not an instructor-marked assignment.

Certificate / Assessment

Watching the public videos and using WikiFree completion tracking does not award a certificate, academic credit, an examination voucher or instructor assessment. Use your practice output to review what you can explain and repeat independently. The recorded lessons provide study material; completion tracking records your progress through that material.

Frequently asked questions

Provider: Khan Academy. Videos play from the Khan Academy channel on YouTube.