Product Description For students who break out in a cold sweat at the mention of any math subject， Painless Algebra is a way to relax and learn without pain. The author's approach eliminates confusion by taking math details one at a time and transforming algebra into a subject everybody can master--and even enjoy! Painless Algebra is an ideal self-teaching text for middle-school students who need more help than they're getting in the classroom. It also makes fine preparation for those taking SAT， ACT and other tests where questions include math problems. A user-friendly introductory chapter gives meanings in simple English for algebraic terms， instructs on the correct order of operations when solving a problem， and outlines numbers properties and systems. Following chapters cover integers， equations with one variable， inequalities， systems of equations， exponents， roots and radicals， and quadratic equations. Each chapter contains fun-to-solve "brain tickler" problems， with answers. Card catalog description Introduces the language， number systems， integers， and different types of problems of algebra， including variables， quadratic equations， exponents， roots， and radicals.