Paperback(Fourth Edition)
-
PICK UP IN STORECheck Availability at Nearby Stores
Available within 2 business hours
Related collections and offers
Overview
With Barron’s, learning algebra becomes fun. Painless Algebra defines algebraic terms, shows students how to avoid pitfalls in calculation, presents painless methods for understanding and graphing equations, and makes problem-solving fun.
Geared toward middle school– and high school–level learners, Painless Algebra takes a lighthearted, humorous approach to learning vocab and is ideal for students who find it confusing, or who just need a little extra help.
Students can test their learning progress with quizzes and “Brain Ticklers”, plus additional games online to challenge students, including Beat the Clock, a line match game, and a word scramble.
The authors' main goal is to clear up confusion and pique interest by emphasizing the intriguing and often exciting ways in which students can put each subject to practical use.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781438007755 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Barrons Educational Series |
| Publication date: | 04/15/2016 |
| Series: | Barron's Painless |
| Edition description: | Fourth Edition |
| Pages: | 368 |
| Sales rank: | 1,161,814 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d) |
| Age Range: | 11 - 14 Years |
About the Author
Lynette Long, Ph.D. is a math education expert. She is a former elementary and middle school principal, high school mathematics teacher, and college professor at Loyola University in Baltimore, American University in Washington, D.C., and the University of Maryland. Long has taught more than twenty different courses in the areas of education and mathematics and has published more than twenty-five books.
About the Publisher
In the 1930s, Manuel H. Barron opened a bookstore in Brooklyn, New York.
People from the community asked Mr. Barron about books that might be available to help their children study for the New York State Regents exams. After realizing there wasn't anything available, Mr. Barron created his own study guides.
80 years later, Barron's has helped millions of people prepare for their next step.
Table of Contents
How to Use This Book vi
Chapter 1 A Painless Beginning 1
Mathematical Operations 3
Zero 11
Order of Operations 13
Properties of Numbers 16
Number Systems 21
Brain Ticklers-The Answers 25
Chapter 2 The Integers 27
What Are the Integers? 27
Which Is Greater? 30
Adding Integers 32
Subtracting Integers 35
Multiplying Integers 38
Dividing Integers 40
Word Problems 43
Brain Ticklers-The Answers 45
Chapter 3 Solving Equations with One Variable 47
Defining the Terms 47
Solving Equations 48
Solving More Equations 53
Word Problems 57
Brain Ticklers-The Answers 60
Chapter 4 Solving Inequalities 65
Graphing Inequalities 67
Solving Inequalities 70
Word Problems 76
Brain Ticklers-The Answers 79
Chapter 5 Graphing Linear Equations and Inequalities 81
Graphing Points 82
Graphing Lines by Plotting Points 84
Graphing Horizontal and Vertical Lines 87
Rate of Change 90
Finding the Equation of a Line 95
Graphing Using Rate of Change-intercept Method 97
Graphing Inequalities 100
Brain Ticklers-The Answers 107
Chapter 6 Solving Systems of Equations and Inequalities 113
Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Addition or Subtraction 114
Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Substitution 124
Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Graphing 127
Solving Systems of Linear Inequalities by Graphing 130
Word Problems 133
Brain Ticklers-The Answers 136
Chapter 7 Exponents 139
Multiplying Exponents with Coefficients 141
Adding and Subtracting Exponential Expressions 144
Multiplying Exponential Expressions 145
Dividing Exponential Expressions 148
Raising to a Power 150
Negative Exponents 151
Word Problems 154
Brain Ticklers-The Answers 156
Chapter 8 Roots and Radicals 159
Square Roots 159
Cube Roots and Higher 162
Negative Radicands 166
Radical Expressions 169
Word Problems 187
Brain Ticklers-The Answers 190
Chapter 9 Quadratic Equations 193
Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring 197
Solving Quadratic Equations by Completing the Square 213
The Quadratic Formula 218
Solving a System of Linear and Quadratic Equations Algebraically 222
Graphing Quadratic Equations 227
Solving a System of Linear and Quadratic Equations Graphically 234
Word Problems 240
Brain Ticklers-The Answers 243
Chapter 10 Advanced Topics 249
Series and Sequences 249
Pascal's Triangle and Binomial Coefficients 257
Matrices 264
Functions 273
Brain Ticklers-The Answers 282
Index 285