| Description |
417 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : Hudson Street Press, 2010. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1: Meet the variables -- ch. 1. Alge-blah : up close and personal with algebra -- ch. 2. Happy birthday to me : GCFs and LCMs with variables -- ch. 3. Listen to your gut : factoring variables -- ch. 4. Meow mix : rational expressions : fractions with variables in them -- ch. 5. Eating pizza in the dark : adding and subtracting fractions with variables. |
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pt. 2: Solving for X -- ch. 6. Your holiday shopping list : strategies for solving for x -- ch. 7. How picky are you? : solving equations with absolute value -- ch. 8. Control freaks, unite! : solving inequalities with absolute value. |
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pt. 3: Functions, graphing, and systems of equations -- ch. 9. Can you keep a secret? : functions and relations -- ch. 10. They're going steady : equations of lines, and graphing lines and linear inequalities -- ch. 11. Mystery woman : writing equations for lines, including parallel / perpendicular lines -- ch. 12. Little Miss People Pleaser : solving and graphing systems of linear equations. |
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pt. 4: Word problems -- ch. 13. The guy of your dreams : motion problems using r x t = d -- ch. 14. Dip in the pool, anyone? : rate of work problems -- ch. 15. Savvy business chick? word problems: percents and simple interest -- ch. 16. The perfect party snack : work problems involving mixtures. |
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pt. 5: Exponents and square roots -- ch. 17. Ms. Exponent gets her whip : the product, power, and quotient rules for exponents -- ch. 18. Keep your day job : negative (and zero) exponents -- ch. 19 The benefits of a diary : intro to square roots and radical expressions. |
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pt. 6: Polynomials -- ch. 20. Chocolates for breakfast : intro to polynomials and adding / subtracting them -- ch. 21. A day at the hair salon : multiplying polynomials and the FOIL method -- ch. 22. The jewelry dilemma : factoring trinomials with reverse FOIL and grouping -- ch .23. Boyfriend or "special" friend : factoring special polynomials. |
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pt. 7: Quadratic equations -- ch. 24. Puppies, please? : solving quadratic equations by factoring -- ch. 25. The lemonade stand : solving quadratic equations by completing the square -- ch. 26. What you can learn at the mall : using the quadratic formula. |
| Summary |
Advises teen girls how to tackle algebra with confidence, sharing accessible step-by-step coverage of everything from square roots and polynomials to quadratic equations and word problems. |
| Subject |
Algebra -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- Juvenile literature.
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Algebra -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Juvenile literature.
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Algebra -- Popular works.
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Algebra.
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Algebra -- Study and teaching.
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Algebra. (OCoLC)fst00804885
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Algebra -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
(OCoLC)fst00804911
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Algebra -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
(OCoLC)fst00804913
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Algebra -- Study and teaching.
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Algebra.
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| Genre/Form |
Juvenile works (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
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| ISBN |
9780452297197 (pbk.) |
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0452297192 (pbk.) |
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9780606316118 (Turtleback Books bdg.) |
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0606316116 (Turtleback Books bdg.) |
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9781594630705 (hc.) |
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1594630704 (hc.) |
