PDC106144 - Linear Equations and Inequalities

Version Effective: 3rd of March, 2025
Course Details

Course Summary

Mathematics is used to solve many types of problems. This online micro-credential will introduce you to solving systems of linear equations and simultaneous equations. You will also learn how to solve linear inequalities and absolute value equations.

Students who successfully complete the CQUniversity School of Access Education's Intermediate Mathematics: Concepts and Skills set of 9 micro-credentials, may receive a unit exemption from the equivalent CL03 Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies (STEPS) unit with CQUniversity.

To be eligible for this exemption, students must have completed:

  1. PDC106144 Linear Equations and Inequalities
  2. PDC106278 Quadratic Equations
  3. PDC106279 Logarithms and Exponential Equations 
  4. PDC106280 Introduction to Geometry and Trigonometry 
  5. PDC106281 Ratio, Proportion, and Variation 
  6. PDC106282 Sequences and Series 
  7. PDC106283 Statistics 
  8. PDC106284 Intermediate Mathematics - Elective Module 
  9. PDC87417 Intermediate Mathematics - Concepts and Skills: Assessment Module.

Please note, completion of these micro credentials does not guarantee undergraduate course admission.  All other entry requirements for the undergraduate course must be met. 

This online micro-credential provides a digital badge which can be shared to your social networks and displayed in your professional portfolio.

Our micro-credentials are aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

What is a Digital Badge?

Requirements - To Be Eligible

For your application to be considered, you must meet the following entry requirements.

Entry Requirements

There are no specific entry requirements.

Our micro-credentials are available for anyone to access. You do not have to be a CQUniversity student. 

Course Details

Course Type Short Course (Professional Development)
Student Availability
  • Domestic
Fees
Application Mode
  • Other
How to Apply

1. Once you have selected your desired micro-credential, you can now add it to your shopping cart to enable you to purchase more than one "course" in a single transaction.

2. Once you have added all the micro-credentials you wish to purchase, you will be directed to the payment gateway and will be asked to "authenticate" your account on our Learning Management System Be Different.   

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Study Area
  • Engineering and Built Environment
  • Work and Study Preparation
Skill Area
  • Engineering
  • General Education and Training

Admission Codes

Domestic Students
Tertiary Admission Centre Codes (TAC) Codes
Not Applicable
International Students
CRICOS Codes
Not Applicable

Student Outcomes, Career Opportunities and Occupations

Undertaking this micro-credential enables students to meet their Continuing Professional Development obligations and industry update requirements in their profession. Upon successful completion of the micro-credential, students will be awarded Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours, a Digital Badge and a Certificate of Completion.

Students who successfully complete the set of 9 micro-credentials* developed from the unit MATH40228 Intermediate Mathematics for University, (which forms part of the Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies (STEPS) CL03), may be eligible for exemption, pending all other entry requirements to the Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies (STEPS) CL03 are being met, as automatic entry will not apply.

*Includes the following micro-credentials:

  1. PDC106144 Linear Equations and Inequalities                 
  2. PDC106278 Quadratic Equations
  3. PDC106279 Logarithms and Exponential Equations 
  4. PDC106280 Introduction to Geometry and Trigonometry 
  5. PDC106281 Ratio, Proportion, and Variation 
  6. PDC106282 Sequences and Series 
  7. PDC106283 Statistics 
  8. PDC106284 Intermediate Mathematics - Elective Module 
  9. PDC87417 Intermediate Mathematics - Concepts and Skills: Assessment Module.

Course Structures
Micro-credential

25 hours online self-paced learning.

  • Online


Course Assessment Information

Assessment Types
Written Assessment
Course Learning Outcomes
  1. Check if an ordered pair is a solution to a system of linear equations
  2. Solve systems of linear equations using the substitution method, elimination method and graphical method
  3. Develop and solve a system of linear equations for application problems
  4. Solve linear inequalities and compound inequalities
  5. Graph linear inequalities
  6. Solve absolute value equations and inequalities.
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