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Problems Solved!
An Algebra Study Guide
Part I: Elementary Algebra

 Preface

PreAlgebra Review        ---------------------------------------------------------------

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Real Numbers and their Operations
Fractions
Percents
Order of Operations
Evaluating Variable Expressions
Distributive Property

Sample Exam
Sample Exam Solutions

  -----------------------------------------     Linear Equations and Inequalities    

Solving Linear Equations – Part I
Solving Linear Equations – Part II
Word Problems
Linear Inequalities
Sample Exam

Sample Exam Solutions

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Graphing Lines       ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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Method 1 – Plotting Points
Method 2 – Using x- and y-intercepts
Slope
Method 3 – Slope Intercept Form
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Function Notation
Linear Inequalities
Sample Exam
Sample Exam Solutions

  ----------------------------------------------------------     Solving Linear Systems   

Method 1 – Solve by Graphing
Method 2 – Solve by Substitution
Method 3 – Solve by Elimination
Word Problems

 Systems of Linear Inequalities 
 Sample Exam
Sample Exam Solutions

Cumulative Review
Sample Midterm Exam
Sample Midterm Exam Answers

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Polynomial Operations      -------------------------------------------------------------

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Rules of Exponents 
Negative Exponents 
Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
Multiplying Polynomials
Dividing Polynomials
Evaluating Expressions
Sample Exam
Sample Exam Solutions

--------------------------------------------   Factoring and Quadratic Equations   

GCF and Factoring by Grouping
Factoring Trinomials
Factoring Binomials
General Factoring
Solving by Factoring
Solving with the Quadratic Formula
Word Problems
Sample Exam
 Sample Exam Solutions

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Problems Solved! - Elementary Algebra
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