Part I: Starting Off with the Basics. Assembling Your Tools ; Assigning Signs: Positive and Negative Numbers ; Figuring Out Fractions and Dealing with Decimals ; Exploring Exponents and Raising Radicals ; Doing Operations in Order and Checking Your Answers -- Part II: Figuring Out Factoring. Working with Numbers in Their Prime ; Sharing the Fun: Distribution ; Getting to First Base with Factoring ; Getting the Second Degree ; Factoring Special Cases -- Part III: Working Equations. Establishing Ground Rules for Solving Equations ; Solving Linear Equations ; Taking a Crack at Quadratic Equations ; Distinguishing Equations with Distinctive Powers ; Rectifying Inequalities -- Part IV: Applying Algebra. Taking Measure with Formulas ; Formulating for Profit and Pleasure ; Sorting Out Story Problems ; Going Visual: Graphing ; Lining Up Graphs of Lines -- Part V: The Part of Tens. The Ten Best Ways to Avoid Pitfalls ; The Ten Most Famous Equations.
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