Quick Algebra Review

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

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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

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. The fastest, easiest way to brush up on your algebra! Quick Algebra Review Need to hone your algebra skills? This bestselling review course 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 on your problem areas. Now you can avoid wasting hours rehashing familiar concepts.
• Every key algebraic concept is covered thoroughly—including positive and negative numbers, fractions, rational numbers, factoring, linear equations, quadratic equations, and word problems.
• Hundreds of questions, answers, review problems, and quizzes help you to test your progress every step of the way.

Now updated and revised to be even more relevant and accessible than ever, Quick Algebra Review is packed with practical examples drawn from real-life situations. Cover Design: Donald Munson