 Algebra For Dummies
ISBN: 978-0-7645-5325-7
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384 pages
September 2001
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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.
Chapter 2: Assigning Signs: Positive and Negative Numbers.
Chapter 3: Figuring Out Fractions and Dealing with Decimals.
Chapter 4: Exploring Exponents and Raising Radicals.
Chapter 5: Doing Operations in Order and Checking Your Answers.
Chapter 6: Prepping for Operations.
Part II: Figuring Out Factoring.
Chapter 7: Working with Numbers in Their Prime.
Chapter 8: Sharing the Fun: Distributing.
Chapter 9: Factoring in the First Degree.
Chapter 10: Getting the Second Degree.
Chapter 11: Factoring Special Cases.
Part III: Working Equations.
Chapter 12: Lining Up for Linear Equations.
Chapter 13: Solving Linear Equations.
Chapter 14: Taking a Crack at Quadratic Equations.
Chapter 15: Distinguishing Equations with Distinctive Powers.
Chapter 16: Fixing Inequalities.
Part IV: Applying Algebra.
Chapter 17: Making Formulas Behave.
Chapter 18: Sorting Out Story Problems.
Chapter 19: Going Visual: Graphing.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 20: The Ten Most Common Errors.
Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Factor a Polynomial.
Chapter 22: Ten Divisibility Rules.
Chapter 23: Ten Tips for Dealing with Story Problems.
Glossary.
Index.
Book Registration Information.
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.
Chapter 2: Assigning Signs: Positive and Negative Numbers.
Chapter 3: Figuring Out Fractions and Dealing with Decimals.
Chapter 4: Exploring Exponents and Raising Radicals.
Chapter 5: Doing Operations in Order and Checking Your Answers.
Chapter 6: Prepping for Operations.
Part II: Figuring Out Factoring.
Chapter 7: Working with Numbers in Their Prime.
Chapter 8: Sharing the Fun: Distributing.
Chapter 9: Factoring in the First Degree.
Chapter 10: Getting the Second Degree.
Chapter 11: Factoring Special Cases.
Part III: Working Equations.
Chapter 12: Lining Up for Linear Equations.
Chapter 13: Solving Linear Equations.
Chapter 14: Taking a Crack at Quadratic Equations.
Chapter 15: Distinguishing Equations with Distinctive Powers.
Chapter 16: Fixing Inequalities.
Part IV: Applying Algebra.
Chapter 17: Making Formulas Behave.
Chapter 18: Sorting Out Story Problems.
Chapter 19: Going Visual: Graphing.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 20: The Ten Most Common Errors.
Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Factor a Polynomial.
Chapter 22: Ten Divisibility Rules.
Chapter 23: Ten Tips for Dealing with Story Problems.
Glossary.
Index.
Book Registration Information.
