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• Title:Real world algebra : understanding the power of mathematics / Edward Zaccaro.
  
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• Variant Title:Algebra
  
• Author/Creator:Zaccaro, Edward.
  
• Published/Created:Bellevue, Iowa : Hickory Grove Press, ©2001.
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QA152.2 .Z334 2001
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Algebra--Juvenile literature.
  Mathematics--Juvenile literature.
  
• Genre/Form:Literature.
  
• Description:310 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
  
• Summary:Algebra is often taught in an abstract manner with little or no emphasis on what algebra is or how it can be used to solve real problems. Just as English can be translated into other languages, word problems can be "translated" into the math language of algebra and easily solved. Real World Algebra explains this process in an easy to understand format using cartoons and drawings. This makes self-learning easy for both the student and any teacher who never did quite understand algebra. Solutions included. Includes chapters on the language of algebra, geometry and algebra, proportions and algebra, physics, levers, the Pythagorean Theorem, percents and algebra, simultaneous equations, and algebra and money.--publisher's website
  
• ISBN:0967991528 (pbk.)
  9780967991528 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Language of algebra
  Solving equations
  Using algebra to solve problems
  Negative numbers
  Distributive property
  Algebra and proportions
  Algebra and percents
  Exponents, radicals, and scientific notation
  Pythagorean theorem
  Geometry and algebra
  Algebra and levers
  Algebra and money
  Distance = rate x time
  Different kind of average
  Distance = rate x time (advanced)
  Work = rate x time simultaneousous equations
  Fun with variables
  Order of operations
  Fun with formulas
  Function machines
  Math contests
  Solutions.