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.