U Can: Basic Math and Pre-Algebra For Dummies (eBook)

Mark Zegarelli is a teacher, tutor, and cofounder of Simple Step Learning (simplestep.co), a web-based educational resource.

INTRODUCTION 1
PART I: GETTING STARTED WITH BASIC MATH AND PRE-ALGEBRA 5
Chapter 1: Playing the Numbers Game 7
Chapter 2: It's All in the Fingers: Numbers and Digits 15
PART II: GETTING A HANDLE ON WHOLE NUMBERS 21
Chapter 3: Putting the Big Four Operations to Work 23
Chapter 4: A Question of Values: Evaluating Arithmetic Expressions 59
Chapter 5: Say What? Turning Words into Numbers 81
Chapter 6: Divisibility and Prime Numbers 103
Chapter 7: Fabulous Factors and Marvelous Multiples 121
PART III: PARTS OF THE WHOLE: FRACTIONS, DECIMALS, AND PERCENTS 135
Chapter 8: Fooling with Fractions 137
Chapter 9: Parting Ways: Fractions and the Big Four Operations 161
Chapter 10: Dallying with Decimals 213
Chapter 11: Playing with Percents 253
Chapter 12: Word Problems with Fractions, Decimals, and Percents 273
PART IV: PICTURING AND MEASURING: MEASURES, STATS, AND SETS 289
Chapter 13: A Perfect Ten: Condensing Numbers with Scientific Notation 291
Chapter 14: How Much Have You Got? Weights and Measures 305
Chapter 15: Picture This: Basic Geometry 329
Chapter 16: Figuring Your Chances: Statistics and Probability 361
Chapter 17: Setting Things Up with Basic Set Theory 377
PART V: THE X-FILES: INTRODUCTION TO ALGEBRA 387
Chapter 18: Enter Mr. X: Algebra and Algebraic Expressions 389
Chapter 19: Unmasking Mr. X: Algebraic Equations 421
Chapter 20: Putting Mr. X to Work: Algebra Word Problems 447
PART VI: THE PART OF TENS 465
Chapter 21: Ten Little Math Demons That Trip People Up 467
Chapter 22: Ten Important Number Sets to Know 473
Chapter 23: Ten Curious Types of Numbers 479
Chapter 24: Ten Alternative Numeral and Number Systems 485
INDEX 493