To the StudentAcknowledgmentsCongratulationsChapter 1: Pre-Algebra 1: Introductory terms, order of operations, exponents, products, quotients, distributive lawChapter 2: Pre-Algebra 2: Integers plus; signed numbers, basic operations, short division, distributive law, the beginning of factoringChapter 3: Pre-Algebra 3: Fractions, with a taste of decimalsChapter 4: Pre-Algebra 4: First-degree equations and the beginning of problems with wordsChapter 5: Pre-Algebra 5: point well taken; graphing points and lines, slope, equation of a lineChapter 6: Pre-Algebra 6: Ratios, proportions, and percentagesChapter 7: Prebusiness: What you need to know about surviving the real world: checks, deposits and withdrawal slips, interest, what you should know about banks and credit cards, mortgages, bonds and stocksChapter 8: Pregeometry 1: Some basics about geometry and some geometric problems with wordsChapter 9: Pregeometry 2: Triangles, square roots, and good old PythagorasChapter 10: Pregeometry 3: Rectangles, squares, and our other four-sided friendsChapter 11: Pregeometry 4: Securing the perimeter and areal search of triangles and quadrilateralsChapter 12: Pregeometry 5: All about circlesChapter 13: Pregeometry 6: Volumes and surface area in 3-DChapter 14: Pretrig: Right angle trigonometry (how the pyramids were built)Chapter 15: Precounting, Preprobability, and PrestatisticsChapter 16: Miscellaneous
