| Description |
xxii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
--For dummies |
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--For dummies.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Introduction. -- About This Book. -- What Not to Read. -- Foolish Assumptions. -- How This Book Is Organized. -- Where to Go from Here. -- Part I: Starting Off with the Basics. -- Chapter 1: Assembling Your Tools. -- Beginning with the Basics: Numbers. -- Varying Variables. -- Speaking in Algebra. -- Taking Aim at Algebra Operations. -- Playing by the Rules. -- Chapter 2: Assigning Signs: Positive and Negative Numbers. -- Showing Some Signs. -- Going In for Operations. -- Operating with Signed Numbers. -- Working with Nothing: Zero and Signed Numbers. -- Associating and Commuting with Expressions. -- Chapter 3: Figuring Out Fractions and Dealing with Decimals. -- Pulling Numbers Apart and Piecing Them Back Together. -- Following the Sterling Low-Fraction Diet. -- Fitting Fractions Together. -- Putting Fractions to Task. -- Dealing with Decimals. -- Chapter 4: Exploring Exponents and Raising Radicals. -- Multiplying the Same Thing Over and Over and -- Exploring Exponential Expressions. -- Multiplying Exponents. -- Dividing and Conquering. -- Testing the Power of Zero. -- Working with Negative Exponents. -- Powers of Powers. -- Squaring Up to Square Roots. -- Chapter 5: Doing Operations in Order and Checking Your Answers. -- Ordering Operations. -- Checking Your Answers. -- Writing Understandable Answers. -- Chapter 6: Prepping for Operations. -- Realizing Some Restrictions. -- Representing Numbers with Letters. -- Doing the Math. -- Multiplying and Dividing Variables. -- Doing It All. -- Part II: Figuring Out Factoring. -- Chapter 7: Working with Numbers in Their Prime. -- Beginning with the Basics. -- Composing Composite Numbers. -- Writing Prime Factorizations. -- Getting Down to the Prime Factor. -- Chapter 8: Sharing the Fun: Distributing. -- Giving One to Each. -- Distributing Signs. -- Mixing It Up with Numbers and Variables. -- Distributing More than One Term. -- Making Special Distributions. -- Chapter 9: Factoring in the First Degree. -- Factoring. -- Grouping Terms. -- Chapter 10: Getting the Second Degree. -- The Standard Quadratic Expression. -- Reining in Big Numbers. -- FOILing. -- UnFOILing. -- Factoring Several Expressions. -- Chapter 11: Factoring Special Cases. -- Befitting Binomials. -- Tinkering with Trinomials and More. -- Knowing When to Quit. -- Part III: Working Equations. -- Chapter 12: Lining Up for Linear Equations. -- Solving with Division. -- Solving with Multiplication. -- Solving with Reciprocals. -- Setting Up Equations. -- Chapter 13: Solving Linear Equations. -- Keeping Equations Balanced. -- Playing by the Rules. -- Balancing Fractions. -- Solving for Variables. -- Getting Impossible Answers. -- Chapter 14: Taking a Crack at Quadratic Equations. -- Squaring Up to Quadratics. -- Rooting Out Another Result from Quadratic Equations. -- Factoring for a Solution. -- Solving Quadratics with Three Terms. -- Applying Quadratic Solutions. -- Figuring Out the Quadratic Formula. -- Chapter 15: Distinguishing Equations with Distinctive Powers. -- Queuing Up to Cubic Equations. -- Working Quadratic-Like Equations. -- Rooting Out Radicals. -- Dividing Synthetically. -- Chapter 16: Fixing Inequalities. -- Operating on Inequalities. -- Solving Linear Inequalities. -- Working with More Than Two Expressions. -- Solving Quadratic Inequalities. -- Working with Absolute Value Inequalities. -- Part IV: Applying Algebra. -- Chapter 17: Making Formulas Behave. -- Measuring Up. -- Spreading Out: Area Formulas. -- Pumping Up with Volume Formulas. -- Going the Distance with Distance Formulas. -- Calculating Interest and Percent. -- Working Out the Combinations and Permutations. -- Formulating Your Own Formulas. -- Chapter 18: Sorting Out Story Problems. -- Setting Up to Solve Story Problems. -- Working Around Perimeter, Area, and Volume. -- Making Up Mixtures. -- Going the Distance. -- Righting Right Triangles. -- Going 'Round in Circles. -- Chapter 19: Going Visual: Graphing. -- Graphing is Good. -- Grappling with Graphs. -- Actually Graphing Points. -- Graphing a Line. -- Investigating Intercepts. -- Sighting the Slope. -- Marking Parallel and Perpendicular Lines. -- Intersecting Lines. -- Curling Up with Parabolas. -- Part V: The Part of Tens. -- Chapter 20: The Ten Most Common Errors. -- Missing Middle Term. -- Distributing. -- Breaking Up Fractions. -- Breaking Up Radicals. -- Order of Operations. -- Fractional Exponents. -- Multiplying Bases Together. -- A Power to a Power. -- Reducing. -- Negative Exponents. -- Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Factor a Polynomial. -- Two Terms with a GCF. -- The Difference of Two Squares. -- The Difference of Two Cubes. -- The Sum of Two Cubes. -- Three Terms with a GCF. -- Three Terms with unFOIL. -- Changing to Quadratic-Like. -- Four or More Terms with a GCF. -- Four or More Terms with Equal Grouping. -- Four or More Terms with Unequal Grouping. -- Chapter 22: Ten Divisibility Rules. -- Divisibility by 2. -- Divisibility by 3. -- Divisibility by 4. -- Divisibility by 5. -- Divisibility by 6. -- Divisibility by 8. -- Divisibility by 9. -- Divisibility by 10. -- Divisibility by 11. -- Divisibility by 12. -- Chapter 23: Ten Tips for Dealing with Story Problems. -- Draw a Picture. -- Make a List. -- Assign Variables to Represent Numbers. -- Translate Conjunctions and Verbs. -- Look at the Last Sentence. -- Find a Formula. -- Simplify by Substituting. -- Solve an Equation. -- Check for Sense. -- Check for Accuracy. -- Glossary. -- Index. -- Book Registration Information |
| Summary |
This guide explains the basics, and the tougher stuff, in easy-to-understand, no-nonsense language |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Algebra.
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| LC no. |
2001089362 |
| ISBN |
0764553259 |
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