Prealgebra Essentials For Dummies

Anxious about stepping into algebra? This guide walks through the pre-algebra skills that matter most, so students and their parents can make that move with more confidence. Each topic is handled in its own self-contained explanation, and the book skips the introductory ramp-up material to stay focused on essentials. Coverage includes fractions, decimals, and percents, along with scientific notation and simple equations with variables.

Parents who are helping with homework will find it useful for brushing up on core ideas, and adults returning to school can use it to refresh what they once learned. It is part of Dummies' The Essentials For Dummies series, a set of concise review guides that cover a whole course by concentrating on its most important concepts. The series spans subjects from algebra and chemistry to grammar and Spanish.