Student Outcomes
- Students define a complex number in the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and the imaginary unit i satisfies i 2 = −1. Students geometrically identify i as a multiplicand effecting a 90° counterclockwise rotation of the real number line. Students locate points corresponding to complex numbers in the complex plane.
- Students understand complex numbers as a superset of the real numbers; i.e., a complex number a + bi is real when b = 0. Students learn that complex numbers share many similar properties of the real numbers: associative, commutative, distributive, addition/subtraction, multiplication, etc.
