Item Details
ISBN: 9780470559642
Edition: Second edition.
Description: xiv, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Other Title:
- Algebra 1 for dummies
- Algebra one for dummies
Notes: Includes index.
Contents:
- 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
- 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
- Working equations. Establishing ground rules for solving equations ; Solving linear equations ; Taking a crack at quadratic equations ; Distinguishing equations with distinctive powers ; Rectifying inequalities
- Applying algebra. Taking measure with formulas ; Formulating for profit and pleasure ; Sorting out story problems ; Going visual : graphing ; Lining up graphs of lines
- The part of tens. The ten best ways to void pitfalls ; The ten most famous equations.
LCCN: 2010920659
Control Number: 695966
Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Pub., Inc., 2010.