Table of Contents
What's Inside?
Acknowledgments x
Kiss My What? xv
Faqs: How to Use This Book xvii
Part 1 Number Stuff
Chapter 1 Breath Mint, Anyone? Adding and Subtracting Integers (Including Negative Numbers!) 1
Chapter 2 The Popular Crowd The Associative and Commutative Properties 20
Chapter 3 Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall ... Multiplying and Dividing Integers (Including Negative Numbers!) 39
Chapter 4 A Relaxing Day at the Spa Intro to Absolute Value 53
Chapter 5 Long-Distance Relationships: Are They Worth It? Mean, Median, Mode 62
You Said: Most Embarrassing Moments in School! 73
Poll: What Guys Really Think ... About Smart Girls No The Cover 75
Quiz: Are You a Stress Case? 77
Part 2 Variable Stuff
Chapter 6 The Blind Date Getting Cozy with Variables 83
Chapter 7 Backpack Too Heavy? Adding and Subtracting with Variables 99
Chapter 8 Something Just Went "Squish" Multiplying and Dividing with Variables 107
Chapter 9 Do You Like Him Like Him? Combining Like Terms 121
Chapter 10 The Costume Party The Distributive Property 130
Chapter 11 Didn't That Guy Say He Was Going to Call? Using Variables to Translate Word Problems 145
More Than 20 Ways to Beat Stress! On The Cover 159
Math ... In Jobs You Might Never Expect! 161
Part 3 Solving For X
Chapter 12 The Art of Gift Wrapping Solving Equations 166
Chapter 13 Nope, She Never Gets Off the Phone Word Problems and Variable Substitution 192
Chapter 14 Can a Guy Be Too Cute? Intro to Solving and Graphing Inequalities 210
You Said: Your Horror Stories About Procrastination! 226
Poll: What Guys Really Think ... About Talented Girls 229
Quiz: Do You Pick Truly Supportive Friends?On The Cover 231
Part 4 All About Exponents
Chapter 15 Champagne and Caviar Intro to Exponents 237
Chapter 16 Excuse Me, Have We Met Before? Intro to Variables with Exponents 254
You Said: Well ... That Didn't Work! 261
Do You Sudoku? 264
Part 5 Intro to Functions and Graphing Lines
Chapter 17 Secret Sausages Intro to Functions 265
Chapter 18 Creative Uses for Bubblegum Intro to Graphing Points and Lines 279
A Final Word 303
Math Test Survival Guide! 305
Appendix 312
Answer Key 318
Index 327
About the Author 332
