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When not teaching or writing For Dummies books, she loves spending her time reading murder mysteries and fishing for her dinner. Dedication The author dedicates this book to her son, Sgt. James T. Sterling, USMC, and the other members of the 4th Air/Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Det Juliet (part of Operation Enduring Freedom 2012). Jim and the others in his unit have our utmost respect and appreciation. Authors Acknowledgments The author issues a big thank you to project editor Tim Gallan, who has taken on the huge challenge of creating this new product.

He has taken a lot of raw material and made it into this wonderful, finished workbook. Thank you so much for your hard work and patience. Also, a heartfelt thank you to the math editors, Suzanne Langebartels and Amy Nicklin. As careful as I may be to do all the problems correctly, there is always that chance of a silly error. The editors keep me honest! And, of course, a grateful thank you to acquisitions editor Lindsay Lefevere, who again found me another interesting project. Publishers Acknowledgments Were proud of this book; please send us your comments at http://dummies.custhelp.com .

For other comments, please contact our Customer Care Department within the U.S. at 877-762-2974, outside the U.S. at 317-572-3993, or fax 317-572-4002. Some of the people who helped bring this book to market include the following: Acquisitions, Editorial, and Vertical Websites Senior Project Editor: Tim Gallan Executive Editor: Lindsay Sandman Lefevere Copy Editors: Suzanne Langebartels, Christine Pingleton Assistant Editor: David Lutton Editorial Program Coordinator: Joe Niesen Technical Editor: Amy Nicklin Editorial Manager: Michelle Hacker Editorial Assistants: Rachelle S. Amick, Alexa Koschier Cover Photos: Nadia/iStockphoto.com Composition Services Senior Project Coordinator: Kristie Rees Layout and Graphics: Erin Zeltner Proofreaders: Lindsay Amones, Joni Heredia Language Services Indexer: Potomac Indexing, LLC Publishing and Editorial for Consumer Dummies Kathleen Nebenhaus, Vice President and Executive Publisher David Palmer, Associate Publisher Kristin Ferguson-Wagstaffe, Product Development Director Publishing for Technology Dummies Andy Cummings, Vice President and Publisher Composition Services Debbie Stailey, Director of Composition Services Introduction O ne-thousand-one algebra problems: You must wonder what inspired such an endeavor. (Okay, Im really stretching here, but why not?) 1,001 Arabian Nights is a collection of stories and folk tales, compiled over several centuries. (Okay, Im really stretching here, but why not?) 1,001 Arabian Nights is a collection of stories and folk tales, compiled over several centuries.

Likewise, 1,001 Algebra II Practice Problems For Dummies is a collection of math problems and explanations, and some of them involve interesting stories. This book wasnt compiled over centuries (though my editors say it seemed to take that long), but the concepts and ideas involved took mathematicians centuries to develop. Practice makes perfect. Unlike other subjects where you can just read or listen and absorb the information sufficiently, mathematics takes practice. The only way to figure out how the different algebraic rules work and interact with one another is to get into the problems get your hands dirty, so to speak. Many problems appear to be the same, on the surface, but different aspects and challenges have been inserted to make the different problems unique.

The concepts become more set in your mind when you work with the problems and have the properties confirmed with your solutions. Yes, whether its 1,001 algebra problems or 1,001 mathematical adventures, youll find them here. Enjoy! What Youll Find This book contains 1,001 algebra problems, their answers, and complete solutions to each. There are 17 problem chapters, and each chapter has many different sets of questions. The sets of questions are sometimes in a logical, sequential order, going from one part of a topic to the next and then to the next. Other times the sets of questions represent the different ways a topic can be presented.