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The word 'Algebra' is Arabic in origin, as 'A; Jebr', and means 'The Union of broken parts. The roots of algebra can be tracted back to Babylon approximatelt 1700 BC. Modern algebra was first used in the 16th Century,
John Wallis
..i think its diphantus..he is a greek mathematician..he lived in alexandria,egypt,where he occupied himselfcheifly with diophantine analysis,earning the the litle father of algebra...he wrote the arithmethicca, of which only 6 out of 13 was sold.....
Algebra has many uses. The basic idea is that is helps us to find and unknown number or quantity from other information we have. It is used everyday by millions of people. Many do not realise they are using it but if they wrote it down it becomes apparent.
Since "pre-" means before, then pre-algebra would be before algebra. Conversely, algebra would be after pre-algebra. Generally, the next class after a pre-algebra class would be Algebra I, followed by Algebra II.