Samples from Intermediate Algebra: One Step at a Time

Dr. Robert J. Rapalje, Retired

Seminole State College of Florida

Sanford, FL  32773

You may click on the following chapters to download free sample sections from my textbook Intermediate Algebra:  One Step at a Time.  Regretfully, I have not been able to post sections from Chapters 3, 4, and 5.   Please see Intermediate Algebra:  Math in Living Color.

Chapter 1:  Order of Operations, Signed Numbers, Absolute Value, Calculators, Equation Solving,

                      Word Problems, Inequalities, Laws of Exponents, Polynomials

Chapter 2:  Factoring, Quadratic Equations by Factoring, Reducing Fractions, Multiplying and Dividing Fractions,

                      Adding and Subtracting Fractions, Complex Fractions, Fractional and Literal Equations,

                      Fractions in Review, Ratio and Proportion/Variation, Polynomials and Synthetic Division

Chapter 3:  Radicals, Operations with Radicals, Reducing Fractions with Radicals, Rationalizing Denominators,

                      Fractional Exponents, Complex Numbers, Radical Equations

Chapter 4:  Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities, Solving Quadratic Equations

                      by Completing the Square, Quadratic Formula, Theorem of Pythagoras

Chapter 5:  Graphing and Slope of a Line, Slope/Distance/Midpoint Formulas, Equation of a Line,

                      Systems of Equations, Inequalities and Systems of Inequalities, Functional Notation,

                      Functions, Domain, and Range