Mark Zegarelli - Basic Math & Pre-Algebra: 1001 Practice Problems For Dummies (+ Free Online Practice)

Basic Math & Pre-Algebra: 1001 Practice Problems For Dummies

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Are you kidding 1,001 math problems, really?

Thats right, a thousand questions plus one to grow on, here in your hot little hands. Ive arranged them in order, starting with beginning arithmetic and ending with basic algebra. Topics include everything from the Big Four operations (adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing), through negative numbers and fractions, on to geometry and probability, and finally algebra plus lots more!

Every chapter provides tips for solving the problems in that chapter. And, of course, the back of the book includes detailed explanations of the answers to every question. Its all here, so get to work!

This book includes 1,001 basic math and pre-algebra problems, divided into 22 chapters. Each chapter contains problems focusing on a single math topic, such as negative numbers, fractions, or geometry. Within each chapter, topics are broken into subtopics so that you can work on a specific type of math skill until you feel confident with it. Generally speaking, each section starts with easy problems, moves on to medium ones, and then finishes with hard problems.

You can jump right in anywhere you like and solve these problems in any order. You can also take on one chapter or section at a time, working from easy to medium to hard problems. Or, if you like, you can begin with Question 1 and move right through to Question 1,001.

Additionally, each chapter begins with a list of tips for answering the questions in that chapter. Every question in , with a full explanation that walks you through how to understand, set up, and solve the problem.

This workbook includes 1,001 questions in .

Here are the topics covered by the 1,001 questions in this book:

• Basic arithmetic: In , you put all of this information together to answer arithmetic word problems, from easy to challenging.
• Divisibility, factors, and multiples: wraps up the section with word problems that sharpen and extend your skills at working with factors, multiples, remainders, and prime numbers.

• Fractions, decimals, percents, and ratios: , you work with fractions, including increasing the terms of fractions and reducing them to lowest terms. You change improper fractions to mixed numbers, and vice versa. You add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions, including mixed numbers. You also simplify complex fractions.

  In focuses on percents. You convert fractions and multiples to percents, and vice versa. You discover a few tricks for calculating simple percents. You also work on more difficult percent problems by creating word equations, which can then be translated into equations and solved.

  , you tackle even more word problems where you apply your skills working with fractions, decimals, and percents.

• Scientific notation, weights and measures, geometry, graphs, statistics and probability, and sets: In gives you some problems in basic set theory, including finding the union, intersection, relative complement, and complement. You also use Venn diagrams to solve word problems.
• Algebraic expressions and equations: To finish up, , you put these skills to use, solving a set of word problems with basic algebra.

In this part, you find answers to all 1,001 questions that appear in . Each answer contains a complete step-by-step explanation of how to solve the problem from beginning to end.