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Pre-algebra demystified / Allan G. Bluman

By: Bluman, Allan G.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Demystified series. Publisher: New York: McGraw Hill; 2011Edition: 2nd.Description: 334 p.ISBN: 9780071742528.Subject(s): Arithmetic | Arithmetic -- Popular worksDDC classification: 513.12
Contents:
Chapter 1: Whole Numbers Naming numbers Rounding numbers Addition of whole numbers Subtraction of whole numbers Multiplication of whole numbers Division of whole numbers Word problems Quiz Chapter 2: Integers Basic concepts Order Addition of integers Subtraction of integers Addition and subtraction Multiplication of integers Division of integers Exponents Order of operations Quiz Chapter 3: Fractions: Part 1 Basic concepts Reducing fractions Changing fractions to higher terms Changing improper fractions to mixed numbers Changing mixed numbers to improper fractions Quiz Chapter 4: Fractions: Part 2 Finding common denominators Addition of fractions Addition of mixed numbers Subtraction of fractions Subtraction of mixed numbers Principles of borrowing Multiplication of fractions Multiplication of mixed numbers Division of fractions Division of mixed numbers Word problems Comparing fractions Operations with positive and negative fractions Quiz Chapter 5: Decimals Naming decimals Rounding decimals Addition of decimals Subtraction of decimals Multiplication of decimals Division of decimals Comparing decimals Word problems Changing fractions to decimals Changing decimals to fractions Fractions and decimals Operations with positive and negative decimals Quiz Chapter 6: Percent Basic concepts Changing percents to decimals Changing decimals to percents Changing fractions to percents Changing percents to fractions Three types of percent problems Word problems Quiz Chapter 7: Expressions And Equations Basic concepts Evaluating algebraic expressions Distributive property Combining like terms Removing parentheses and combining like terms Formulas Solving simple equations Solving equations using two principles Solving more difficult equations Algebraic representation of statements Word problems Solving percent problems using equations Quiz Chapter 8: Ratio And Proportion Ratio Proportion Word problems Solving percent problems using proportions Quiz Chapter 9: Informal Geometry Geometric figures Perimeter Area Volume Word problems Square roots Pythagorean theorem Quiz Chapter 10: Measurement Basic concepts Measures of length Measures of weight Measures of capacity Measure of time Word problems Quiz Chapter 11: Graphing Rectangular coordinate plane Plotting points Linear equations Graphing lines Horizontal and vertical lines Intercepts Slope Solving a system of linear equations Quiz Chapter 12: Operations with monomials and polynomials Monomials and polynomials Addition of polynomials Subtraction of polynomials Multiplication of monomials Raising a monomial to a power Multiplication of a polynomial by a monomial Multiplication of two binomials Squaring a binomial Multiplication of two polynomials Division of monomials Division of a polynomial by a monomial Quiz Final exam Answers to quizzes and final exam Appendix: Overcoming math anxiety
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Chapter 1: Whole Numbers
Naming numbers
Rounding numbers
Addition of whole numbers
Subtraction of whole numbers
Multiplication of whole numbers
Division of whole numbers
Word problems
Quiz
Chapter 2: Integers
Basic concepts
Order
Addition of integers
Subtraction of integers
Addition and subtraction
Multiplication of integers
Division of integers
Exponents
Order of operations
Quiz
Chapter 3: Fractions: Part 1
Basic concepts
Reducing fractions
Changing fractions to higher terms
Changing improper fractions to mixed numbers
Changing mixed numbers to improper fractions
Quiz
Chapter 4: Fractions: Part 2
Finding common denominators
Addition of fractions
Addition of mixed numbers
Subtraction of fractions
Subtraction of mixed numbers
Principles of borrowing
Multiplication of fractions
Multiplication of mixed numbers
Division of fractions
Division of mixed numbers
Word problems
Comparing fractions
Operations with positive and negative fractions
Quiz
Chapter 5: Decimals
Naming decimals
Rounding decimals
Addition of decimals
Subtraction of decimals
Multiplication of decimals
Division of decimals
Comparing decimals
Word problems
Changing fractions to decimals
Changing decimals to fractions
Fractions and decimals
Operations with positive and negative decimals
Quiz
Chapter 6: Percent
Basic concepts
Changing percents to decimals
Changing decimals to percents
Changing fractions to percents
Changing percents to fractions
Three types of percent problems
Word problems
Quiz
Chapter 7: Expressions And Equations
Basic concepts
Evaluating algebraic expressions
Distributive property
Combining like terms
Removing parentheses and combining like terms
Formulas
Solving simple equations
Solving equations using two principles
Solving more difficult equations
Algebraic representation of statements
Word problems
Solving percent problems using equations
Quiz
Chapter 8: Ratio And Proportion
Ratio
Proportion
Word problems
Solving percent problems using proportions
Quiz
Chapter 9: Informal Geometry
Geometric figures
Perimeter
Area
Volume
Word problems
Square roots
Pythagorean theorem
Quiz
Chapter 10: Measurement
Basic concepts
Measures of length
Measures of weight
Measures of capacity
Measure of time
Word problems
Quiz
Chapter 11: Graphing
Rectangular coordinate plane
Plotting points
Linear equations
Graphing lines
Horizontal and vertical lines
Intercepts
Slope
Solving a system of linear equations
Quiz
Chapter 12: Operations with monomials and polynomials
Monomials and polynomials
Addition of polynomials
Subtraction of polynomials
Multiplication of monomials
Raising a monomial to a power
Multiplication of a polynomial by a monomial
Multiplication of two binomials
Squaring a binomial
Multiplication of two polynomials
Division of monomials
Division of a polynomial by a monomial
Quiz
Final exam
Answers to quizzes and final exam
Appendix: Overcoming math anxiety

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