Part I: Starting Off with the Basics.

Chapter 1: Assembling Your Tools.

Chapter 2: Assigning Signs: Positive and Negative Numbers.

Chapter 3: Figuring Out Fractions and Dealing with Decimals.

Chapter 4: Exploring Exponents and Raising Radicals.

Chapter 5: Doing Operations in Order and Checking Your Answers.

Part II: Figuring Out Factoring.

Chapter 6: Working with Numbers in Their Prime.

Chapter 7: Sharing the Fun: Distribution.

Chapter 8: Getting to First Base with Factoring.

Chapter 9: Getting the Second Degree.

Chapter 10: Factoring Special Cases.

Part III: Working Equations.

Chapter 11: Establishing Ground Rules for Solving Equations.

Chapter 12: Solving Linear Equations.

Chapter 13: Taking a Crack at Quadratic Equations.

Chapter 14: Distinguishing Equations with Distinctive Powers.

Chapter 15: Rectifying Inequalities.

Part IV: Applying Algebra.

Chapter 16: Taking Measure with Formulas.

Chapter 17: Formulating for Profi t and Pleasure.

Chapter 18: Sorting Out Story Problems.

Chapter 19: Going Visual: Graphing.

Chapter 20: Lining Up Graphs of Lines.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 21: The Ten Best Ways to Avoid Pitfalls.

Chapter 22: The Ten Most Famous Equations.

Index.