Forgotten algebra
Subtitle: a self-teaching refresher course (with the optional use of the graphing calculator)
By: Barbara Lee Bleau, Meg Clemens, and Glenn Clemens
Contributors: Clemens, Meg; Clemens, Glenn
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Barron's
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Hauppauge, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 441
ISBN-13: 9781438001500
Subjects: Algebra; Problems, exercises
Other titles: Barron's educational series.
Description: "Set up as a workbook, Forgotten Algebra contains 32 units, starting with signed numbers, symbols and first-degree equations and progressing to include logarithms and right triangles. ... This fourth edition has been expanded to include step-by-step solutions for all exercises" --from cover, p. 4.
Notes: Includes index.

"Topics covered include: definitions and symbols, first-degree equations, second degree equations, operations with functions, systems of equations ... and more" --from cover.
Table of contents: title: Signed numbers; title: Grouping symbols and their removal; title: Solving first-degree equations; title: A special type of equation: the fractional equation; title: Another special type of equation: the literal equation; title: Applied problems; title: Positive integral exponents; title: Negative exponents; title: Division of powers; title: Review of fractions: addition and subtraction; title: Review of fractions: multiplication and division; complex fractions; title: Square roots and radicals; title: Fractional exponents; title: Simplifying expressions with fractional exponents; title: Additional practice with exponents; title: Multiplication of monomials and polynomials; title: Division of polynomials; title: Factoring polynomials; title: Factoring a special binomial; title: Factoring (continued); title: Solving quadratic equations; title: Solving quadratic equations (continued); title: Graphing linear equations in two variables; title: Graphing quadratic equations; title: Functions; title: Solving systems of equations; title: Solving systems of equations (continued); title: Solving inequalities: first-degree; title: Solving quadratic inequalities; title: Absolute value equations, inequalities, and graphs; title: Logarithms; title: Right triangles.