Quick Algebra Review
A Self-Teaching Guide
2nd Edition
Published on 15. March 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-471-57843-7 (ISBN)
Description
The fastest, easiest way to brush up on your algebra! Quick AlgebraReview Need to hone your algebra skills? This bestselling reviewcourse in intermediate algebra gives you all the concepts,procedures, and problem-solving methods you need to succeed.
* Each chapter begins with an easy-to-use chart that zeroes in onyour problem areas. Now you can avoid wasting hours rehashingfamiliar concepts.
* Every key algebraic concept is covered thoroughly--includingpositive and negative numbers, fractions, rational numbers,factoring, linear equations, quadratic equations, and wordproblems.
* Hundreds of questions, answers, review problems, and quizzes helpyou to test your progress every step of the way.
Now updated and revised to be even more relevant and accessiblethan ever, Quick Algebra Review is packed with practical examplesdrawn from real-life situations. Cover Design: Donald Munson
* Each chapter begins with an easy-to-use chart that zeroes in onyour problem areas. Now you can avoid wasting hours rehashingfamiliar concepts.
* Every key algebraic concept is covered thoroughly--includingpositive and negative numbers, fractions, rational numbers,factoring, linear equations, quadratic equations, and wordproblems.
* Hundreds of questions, answers, review problems, and quizzes helpyou to test your progress every step of the way.
Now updated and revised to be even more relevant and accessiblethan ever, Quick Algebra Review is packed with practical examplesdrawn from real-life situations. Cover Design: Donald Munson
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
463 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-57843-7 (9780471578437)
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PETER H. SELBY is the author of two other Wiley Self-TeachingGuides: Practical Algebra and Geometry and Trigonometry forCalculus, both revised by STEVE SLAVIN, PhD, who is AssociateProfessor of Economics at Union County College, Cranford, NewJersey. Dr. Slavin is also the author of All the Math You'll EverNeed: A Self-Teaching Guide and Economics: A Self-Teaching Guide,both available from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Content
Pretest 1
Unit One Some Basic Concepts 5
Unit Two The Number System 24
Unit Three Monomials and Polynomials 46
Unit Four Special Products and Factoring 64
Unit Five Fractions 81
Unit Six Exponents, Roots, and Radicals 104
Unit Seven Linear and Fractional Equations and Formulas 123
Unit Eight Functions and Graphs 139
Unit Nine Quadratic Equations 156
Unit Ten Inequalities 172
Unit Eleven Ratio, Proportion, and Variation 184
Unit Twelve Solving Everyday Problems 200
Appendix: Glossary of Terms 224
Index 230
Unit One Some Basic Concepts 5
Unit Two The Number System 24
Unit Three Monomials and Polynomials 46
Unit Four Special Products and Factoring 64
Unit Five Fractions 81
Unit Six Exponents, Roots, and Radicals 104
Unit Seven Linear and Fractional Equations and Formulas 123
Unit Eight Functions and Graphs 139
Unit Nine Quadratic Equations 156
Unit Ten Inequalities 172
Unit Eleven Ratio, Proportion, and Variation 184
Unit Twelve Solving Everyday Problems 200
Appendix: Glossary of Terms 224
Index 230