Algebra Survival Guide: A Conversational Handbook for the Thoroughly Befuddled

by Rappaport, Josh; Blakemore, Sally

• ISBN13: 9780965911382
• ISBN10: 0965911381
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Singing Turtle Press

Summary

If you think algebra has to be boring, confusing and unrelated to anything in the real world, think again! Written in a humorous, conversational style, this book gently nudges students toward success in pre-algebra and Algebra I. With its engaging question/answer format and helpful practice problems, glossary and index, it is ideal for homeschoolers, tutors and students striving for classroom excellence. It features funky icons and lively cartoons by award-winning Santa Fe artist Sally Blakemore, an Emergency Fact Sheet tear-out poster, and even an "Algebra Wilderness" board game guaranteed to help students steer clear of "Negatvieland"--and have fun.The Algebra Survival Guide is the winner of a Paretns' Choice award, and it meets the Standards 2000 of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Its 12 content chapters tackle all the trickiest topics: Properties, Sets of Numbers, Order of Operations, Absolute Value, Exponents, Radicals, Factoring, Cancelling, Solving Equations, the Coordinate Plane and yes even those dreaded word problems. The Guide is loaded with practice problems and answers, and its 288 pages give students the boost they need in a style they'll enjoy to master the skills of algebra.

Author Biography

Josh Rappaport is the author of the Parents' Choice award-winning Algebra Survival Guide, the Algebra Survival Workbook and PreAlgebra Blastoff. Josh is co-author with Trudy Bortz of the Card Game Roundup books. Josh has taught middle school and high school, and for the last 25 years has been president of the Now I Get It! Learning Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he teaches and tutors children of all ages. Josh and his wife Kathy also coach students worldwide to success on the SAT and ACT college entrance exams. Sally Blakemore, an award winning paper-engineer and book designer www.artyprojects.com, has illustrated for Esquire Magazine, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Oppenheimer Funds; and books, for Singing Turtle Press, Perseus Press, Western National Parks Press, Gibbs Smith Books, North Carolina Press, Michigan Press, and Texas Press, to name a few. She lives in Santa Fe, NM.

Table of Contents

Note from the Author	v
Acknowledgments	vi
Table of Contents	vii
Hello and Welcome	ix
What is algebra?	1	(6)
Properties	7	(14)
Sets of Numbers	21	(12)
Positive & Negative Numbers	33	(22)
Order of Operations & Like Terms	55	(22)
Absolute Value	77	(8)
Exponents	85	(30)
Radicals	115	(26)
Factoring	141	(26)
Cancelling	167	(20)
Equations	187	(26)
Coordinate Plane	213	(32)
Word Problems	245	(22)
Supplies	267