Elementary Algebra: Class Test Edition 1st edition

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Laura Bracken and Ed Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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  • Chapter 1: The Real Numbers
    • 1.1: The Real Numbers (18)
    • 1.2: Variable and Algebraic Expressions (25)
    • 1.3: Problem Solving (18)
    • 1.4: Integers, Rational Numbers, and Percent (20)
    • 1.5: Units of Measurement and Formulas (17)
    • 1.6: Irrational Numbers and Roots (26)

  • Chapter 2: Solving Equations and Inequalities
    • 2.1: The Properties of Equality (33)
    • 2.2: More Equations in One Variable (38)
    • 2.3: Variables on Both Sides (34)
    • 2.4: Solving an Equation for a Variable (16)
    • 2.5: Inequalities in One Variable (32)

  • Chapter 3: Linear Equations and Inequalities in Two Variables
    • 3.1: Linear Equations in Two Variables (17)
    • 3.2: Slope (23)
    • 3.3: Slope-Intercept Form (18)
    • 3.4: Writing the Equation of a Line (26)
    • 3.5: Relations and Functions (25)
    • 3.6: Linear Inequalities in Two Variables (17)

  • Chapter 4: Systems of Equations and Inequalities
    • 4.1: Systems of Linear Equations (19)
    • 4.2: The Substitution Method (20)
    • 4.3: The Elimination Method (19)
    • 4.4: Applications (24)
    • 4.5: Systems of Linear Inequalities (16)

  • Chapter 5: Exponents and Polynomials
    • 5.1: Exponential Expressions and the Exponent Rules (21)
    • 5.2: Scientific Notation (16)
    • 5.3: Introduction to Polynomials (18)
    • 5.4: Multiplication of Polynomials (22)
    • 5.5: Division of Polynomials (22)

  • Chapter 6: Factoring Polynomials
    • 6.1: Introduction to Factoring (22)
    • 6.2: Factoring Trinomials (21)
    • 6.3: Patterns (19)
    • 6.4: Factoring Completely (22)
    • 6.5: The Zero Product Property (25)

  • Chapter 7: Rational Expressions and Equations
    • 7.1: Simplifying Rational Expressions (16)
    • 7.2: Multiplication and Division of Rational Expressions (22)
    • 7.3: Combining Rational Expressions with the Same Denominator (17)
    • 7.4: Combining Rational Expressions with Different Denominators (21)
    • 7.5: Complex Rational Expressions (18)
    • 7.6: Rational Equations and Proportions (19)
    • 7.7: Variation (8)

  • Chapter 8: Radical Expressions and Equations
    • 8.1: Radical Expressions (16)
    • 8.2: Adding and Subtracting Radicals (17)
    • 8.3: Multiplying and Dividing Radicals (19)
    • 8.4: Rational Exponents (17)
    • 8.5: Radical Equations (25)
    • 8.6: Higher Index Radicals and Imaginary Numbers (12)

  • Chapter 9: Quadratic Equations
    • 9.1: Quadratic Equations in One Variable (22)
    • 9.2: Completing the Square (18)
    • 9.3: The Quadratic Formula (21)
    • 9.4: Quadratic Equations with Non-Real Solutions (19)
    • 9.5: Quadratic Equations in Two Variables (15)

  • Chapter A: Appendix
    • A.1: Whole Numbers and the Order of Operations
    • A.2: Fractions
    • A.3: Signed Numbers
    • A.4: Graphing Ordered Pairs
    • A.5: Reasonability and Problem Solving
    • A.6: Deriving the Quadratic Formula

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Chapter 1: The Real Numbers
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Chapter 2: Solving Equations and Inequalities
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Chapter 3: Linear Equations and Inequalities in Two Variables
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Chapter 4: Systems of Equations and Inequalities
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Chapter 5: Exponents and Polynomials
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Chapter 6: Factoring Polynomials
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Chapter 7: Rational Expressions and Equations
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7.7 8 005 011 013 017 023 025 044 052.FM
Chapter 8: Radical Expressions and Equations
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8.6 12 001 005 009 015 019 021 029 033 037 078 078.SP 079.FM
Chapter 9: Quadratic Equations
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9.5 15 003 005 007 009 011 015 027 031 035 039 043 064 065 070.FM 077
Total 1031