Intermediate Algebra with P.O.W.E.R. Learning w/ Connect Plus Hosted by ALEKS Access Card 52 Weeks

by Messersmith, Sherri; Perez, Lawrence; Feldman, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780077736835
• ISBN10: 0077736834
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback w/ Access Card
• Copyright: 2013-02-19
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Table of Contents

Intermediate Algebra with P.O.W.E.R. Learning, First Edition

Chapter 1: Real Numbers

Section 1.1 Set of Numbers

Section 1.2 Operations on Real Numbers

Section 1.3 Order of Operations

Section 1.4 Algebraic Expressions and Properties of Real Numbers

Chapter Summary

Chapter Review

Chapter Test

Chapter 2: Linear Equations in One Variable

Section 2.1 Linear Equations in One Variable

Section 2.2 Formulas and Percent

Section 2.3 Applications of Linear Equations

Section 2.4 Applications Involving Percents

Section 2.5 More Applications of Linear Equations

Chapter Summary

Chapter Review

Chapter Test

Cumulative Review for Chapters 1 and 2

Chapter 3: Linear Inequalities and Absolute Value

Section 3.1 Linear Inequalities in One Variable

Section 3.2 Compound Inequalities in One Variable

Section 3.3 Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities

Chapter Summary

Chapter Review

Chapter Test

Cumulative Review for Chapters 1 – 3

Chapter 4: Linear Equations in Two Variables

Section 4.1 Introduction to Linear Equations in Two Variables

Section 4.2 Slope of a Line and Slope-Intercept Form

Section 4.3 Writing an Equation of a Line

Section 4.4 Linear and Compound Linear Inequalities in Two Variables

Section 4.5 Introduction to Functions

Chapter Summary

Chapter Review

Chapter Test

Cumulative Review for Chapters 1 – 4

Chapter 5: Solving Systems of Linear Equations

Section 5.1 Solving Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables

Section 5.2 Solving Systems of Linear Equations in Three Variables

Section 5.3 Application of Systems of Linear Equations

Section 5.4 Solving Systems of Linear Equations Using Matrices

Chapter Summary

Chapter Review

Chapter Test

Cumulative Review for Chapters 1 – 5

Chapter 6: Polynomials and Polynomial Functions

Section 6.1 The Rules of Exponents

Section 6.2 More on Exponents and Scientific Notation

Section 6.3 Addition and Subtraction of Polynomials and Polynomial

Functions

Section 6.4 Multiplication of Polynomials and Polynomial Functions

Section 6.5 Division of Polynomials and Polynomial Functions

Chapter Summary

Chapter Review

Chapter Test

Cumulative Review for Chapters 1 – 6

Chapter 7: Factoring Polynomials

Section 7.1 The Greatest Common Factor and Factoring by Grouping

Section 7.2 Factoring Trinomials

Section 7.3 Special Factoring Techniques

Putting It All Together

Section 7.4 Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring and Applications

Chapter Summary

Chapter Review

Chapter Test

Cumulative Review for Chapters 1 – 7

Chapter 8: Rational Expressions, Equations, and Functions

Section 8.1 Simplifying, Multiplying, and Dividing Rational Expressions and Functions

Section 8.2 Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions

Section 8.3 Simplifying Complex Fractions

Section 8.4 Solving Rational Equations

Putting It All Together

Section 8.5 Application of Rational Equations

Section 8.6 Variation

Chapter Summary

Chapter Review

Chapter Test

Cumulative Review for Chapters 1 – 8

Chapter 9: Radicals and Rational Exponents

Section 9.1 Radical Expressions and Functions

Section 9.2 Rational Exponents

Section 9.3 Simplifying Expressions Containing Square Roots

Section 9.4 Simplifying Expressions Containing Higher Roots

Section 9.5 Adding, Subtracting, and Multiplying Radicals

Section 9.6 Dividing Radicals

Putting It All Together

Section 9.7 Solving Radical Equations

Section 9.8 Complex Numbers

Chapter Summary

Chapter Review

Chapter Test

Cumulative Review for Chapters 1 – 9

Chapter 10: Quadratic Equations and Functions

Section 10.1 The Square Root Property and Completing the Square

Section 10.2 The Quadratic Formula

Putting It All Together

Section 10.3 Equations in Quadratic Form

Section 10.4 Formulas and Applications

Section 10.5 Quadratic Functions and their Graphs

Section 10.6 Application of Quadratic Functions and Graphing Other Parabolas

Section 10.7 Quadratic and Rational Inequalities

Chapter Summary

Chapter Review

Chapter Test

Cumulative Review for Chapters 1 – 10

Chapter 11: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

Section 11.1 Inverse Functions

Section 11.2 Exponential Functions

Section 11.3 Logarithmic Functions

Section 11.4 Properties of Logarithms

Section 11.5 Common and Natural Logarithms and Change of Base

Section 11.6 Solving Exponential and Logarithmic Equations

Chapter Summary

Chapter Review

Chapter Test

Cumulative Review for Chapters 1 – 11

Chapter 12: Nonlinear Functions, Conic Sections, and Nonlinear Systems

Section 12.1 Graphs of Other Useful Functions

Section 12.2 The Circle

Section 12.3 The Ellipse

Section 12.4 The Hyperbola

Putting It All Together

Section 12.5 Nonlinear Systems of Equations

Sections 12.6 Second-Degree Inequalities and System of Inequalities

Chapter Summary

Chapter Review

Chapter Test

Cumulative Review for Chapters 1 – 12

Appendix

Section A Review of Fractions

Section B Geometry Review

Section C Synthetic Division and the Remainder Theorem

Section D Determinants and Cramer’s Rule