Table of Contents

Letter to Homeschooling Parents

Chapter 1: Algebra Basics

Lesson 1Advanced Arithmetic

Lesson 2The Purpose of Algebra
Lesson 3Undoing and the Golden Rule of Algebra
Lesson 4Undoing Multiplication and Division
Lesson 5Commutative Properties
Lesson 6Algebra Notation
Lesson 7Percent Problems
Lesson 8Banking and Business
Lesson 9Moon Vacation
Lesson 10Extending the Concept of Speed

Chapter 2: Working with Integers

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Lesson 11Less than Zero

Lesson 12Negatives in Action
Lesson 13Adding with Negatives
Lesson 14Subtracting with Negatives
Lesson 15Multiplying Negatives
Lesson 16Dividing Negatives
Lesson 17Undoing Equations with Negatives
Lesson 18Negatives and Fractions
Lesson 19Changing x to x

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Lesson 20Order of Operations

Lesson 21Equations Too
Lesson 22Help from the Fraction Bar
Lesson 23Undoing In Reverse Order
Lesson 24Undoing with Division
Lesson 25More than Two Operations
Lesson 26Using the Associative Property
Lesson 27More on the Associative Property

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Chapter 3: Order of Operations

Chapter 4: Combining Like Terms

Lesson 28Combining xs
Lesson 29More on Rates
Lesson 30Invisible Coefficients
Lesson 31Getting Bigger/Getting Smaller
Lesson 32Two Unknowns

Chapter 5: Equation-Solving Techniques

Lesson 33Freeing x from Parentheses
Lesson 34More Distributing
Lesson 35Minus Sign Outside

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Lesson 36Clashing Knights

Lesson 37Parentheses within Parentheses
Lesson 38Freeing x from a Fraction (Part 1)
Lesson 39Freeing x from a Fraction (Part 2)

Chapter 6: xs on Both Sides

Lesson 40From one Side to the Other

Lesson 41Moving Shortcuts
Lesson 42Chase Scene
Lesson 43Mixing it All Up
Lesson 44Mixture Problems Again
Lesson 45Solving Freestyle
Lesson 46False Equations and Identities

Chapter 7: Rational Expressions

Lesson 47Reducing Fractions

Lesson 48Factoring into Prime Numbers
Lesson 49Reducing Rational Expressions
Lesson 50Rational Expressions and Parentheses
Lesson 51Distributing in Reverse (Part 1)
Lesson 52Distributing in Reverse (Part 2)
Lesson 53Multiplying Rational Expressions
Lesson 54Dividing Rational Expressions
Lesson 55Adding Rational Expressions
Lesson 56Subtracting Rational Expressions

Chapter 8: Solving Rational Equations

Lesson 57Rational Equations

Lesson 58More than x in the Bottom
Lesson 59Ratios and Proportions
Lesson 60Clearing More than One Fraction
Lesson 61When the Denominators are Different
Lesson 62Finding the Lowest Common Denominator
Lesson 63Rational Equations with Complicated Denominators

Chapter 9: Powers and Exponents

Lesson 64Raising a Number to a Power

Lesson 65Scientific Notation
Lesson 66Order of Operations and Powers
Lesson 67Combining Powers
Lesson 68Multiplying Powers
Lesson 69Advanced Distributing
Lesson 70Dividing Powers
Lesson 71More Scientific Notation
Lesson 72Harder Rational Expressions
Lesson 73Combining Harder Rational Expressions

Chapter 10: Radical Expressions

Lesson 74Root: The Inverse of a Power

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Lesson 75Undoing Powers and Roots

Lesson 76Irrational Roots
Lesson 77Estimating Irrationals
Lesson 78The Pythagorean Theorem

Chapter 11: Quadratic Equations

Lesson 79Two Solutions

Lesson 80Undoing Several Operations
Lesson 81The Uncombinables
Lesson 82More Solving by Factoring
Lesson 83Advanced Reverse Distributing
Lesson 84Equations that Wont Factor Easily
Lesson 85Completing the Square
Lesson 86Building a Pool Deck

Chapter 12: Powers, Polynomials, and Radicals

Lesson 87Relations, Functions, and Equations
Lesson 88Solving for the Other Variable
Lesson 89Calculating Profits
Lesson 90Galileo Analyzes Motion
Lesson 91Kepler Tracks the Planets
Lesson 92Equations with Several Variables
Lesson 93Newtons Equation of the Universe

Chapter 13: More on Polynomials and Rational Expressions

Lesson 94Adding and Subtracting with Several Variables

Lesson 95Multiplying with Several Variables
Lesson 96Distributing with Several Variables
Lesson 97Reducing Rational Expressions with Several Variables
Lesson 98More Reducing with Several Variables
Lesson 99Finding the Right Pair with Several Variables
Lesson 100Difference of Two Squares
Lesson 101Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions with Several Variables
Lesson 102Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions with Several Variables
Lesson 103Equation-Solving Strategies
Lesson 104Curved Mirrors and Headlights

Chapter 14: Graphing Functions and Slope

Lesson 105Drawing a Picture
Lesson 106Graphing Linear Equations
Lesson 107Graphing Higher-Degree Equations
Lesson 108Graphing Shortcuts

Chapter 15: Rate of Change and Slope

Lesson 109Change in y over Change in x
Lesson 110Different Kinds of Slopes
Lesson 111Horizontal and Vertical Lines
Lesson 112Slope Intercept Form
Lesson 113Point-Slope Form

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Chapter 16: Systems of Equations

Lesson 114Solving Systems

Lesson 115Solving Systems by Subtraction
Lesson 116More on the Addition and Subtraction Methods
Lesson 117Solving Systems by Substitution
Lesson 118Graphing Systems
Lesson 119Inconsistent and Dependent Systems

Chapter 17: Inequalities and Radicals

Lesson 120Inequalities
Lesson 121Undoing Inequalities
Lesson 122Undoing Inequalities in Reverse Order
Lesson 123Multiplying Irrationals
Lesson 124Dividing Irrationals
Lesson 125Adding and Subtracting Irrationals
Lesson 126Simplifying Irrationals
Lesson 127Compound Inequalities
Lesson 128Two-Variable Inequalities
Lesson 129Graphing Two-Variable Inequalities
Lesson 130Systems of Two-Variable Inequalities

Chapter 18: Absolute Value and the Function Concept

Lesson 131Absolute Value
Lesson 132Absolute Value Equations
Lesson 133Solving Absolute Value Equations with Algebra
Lesson 134Function Basics
Lesson 135Working with Functions

Chapter 19: Statistics and Probability

Lesson 136Statistics
Lesson 137Measures of Dispersion
Lesson 138More Measures of Dispersion
Lesson 139Probability
Lesson 140Probability Shortcuts

Chapter 20: Additional Topics

Lesson 141The Quadratic Formula

Lesson 142Using a Graphing Calculator

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