Jousting Armadillos & Other Equations: An Introduction to Algebra (Arbor Algebra Series, 1)

Lessons

• 1 1.1 How do We Know Things?p. 12
• 2 1.2 Some Problems p. 14
• 3 1.3 Inductive Reasoning and it's Limitations p. 18
• 4 1.4 Some Puzzles and Games p. 22
• 5 1.5 Deductive Reasoning p.25
• 6 1.6 Does Deductive Reasoning Have Limitations? p.27
• 7 1.7 A Few Brief Thoughts Before we Move On p. 30
• 8 2.1 A Little History, or What's Algebra All About?
• 9 2.2 Adding and Subtracting
• 10 2.3 Multiplying
• 11 2.4 Dividing
• 12 2.5 Exponents
• 13 2.6 One & Zero
• 14 2.7 The Order of Operations
• 15 2.8 The Distributive Property
• 16 3.1 What's a Negative Number?
• 17 3.2 Adding with Negatives
• 18 3.3 Subtracting with Negatives
• 19 3.4 Multiplying & Dividing with Negatives
• 20 3.5 Absolute Value, or Tying It All Together
• 21 4.1 Breaking Numbers Down, or Prime Factorization
• 22 4.2 Greatest Common Factor
• 23 4.3 Least Common Multiple
• 24 4.4 Simplifying Algebraic Functions
• 25 4.5 Ratios
• 26 4.6 Multiplying & Dividing Algebraic Fractions
• 27 4.7 Adding & Subtracting Algebraic Fractions
• 28 5.1 Expressions and Equations
• 29 5.2 Telling the Truth
• 30 5.3 Equations as Pan Balances
• 31 5.4 Solving Proportioins
• 32 5.5 Percent Problems as Proportions
• 33 5.6 Representing Inequalities
• 34 5.7 Solving Single-Variable Inequalities
• 35 6.1 Multi-Step Equations
• 36 6.2 More Multi-Step Equations
• 37 6.3 Problem-Solving Situations
• 38 6.4 Distance, Rate, & Time Problems