This handy guide gives you opportunities to practice solving problems that you'll encounter in your Algebra I course. You'll start with basic operations, move on to algebraic properties, polynomials, and quadratic equations, and finish up with graphing.

Includes index.

Signing on with signed numbers --Recognizing algebraic properties and notation -- Working with fractions and decimals -- Making exponential expressions and operations more compatible -- Raking in radicals -- Creating more user-friendly algebraic expressions -- Multiplying by one or more terms -- Dividing algebraic expressions -- Factoring basics -- Factoring binomials -- Factoring quadratic trinomials -- Other factoring techniques -- Solving linear equations -- Taking on quadratic equations -- Solving polynomials with powers three and higher -- Reining in radical and absolute value equations -- Making inequalities more fair -- Using established formulas -- Using formulas in geometric story problems -- Tackling traditional story problems -- Graphing basics -- Using the algebra of lines -- Other graphing topics.