Hot X
by Mckellar, DanicaEdition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 2011-06-28
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Summary
Danica McKellar's New York Timesbestseller tackles the most feared of all math classes: Algebra! Algebra: The word alone has been known to strike fear in the hearts of even the best students, but help is here! With her two earlier books, actress and math genius Danica McKellar shattered the "math nerd" stereotype and empowered girls to conquer middle-school math and pre- algebra. Sizzling with McKellar's trademark sass and style, Hot X: Algebra Exposednow shows them how to master algebra topics like square roots, polynomials, quadratic equations, word problems, and more. In addition to fun extras like personality quizzes, reader polls, and boy-crazy confessionals, Hot Xincludes "time-saving tips and tricks "sample problems with detailed solutions "relatable real-world examples Parents and daughters alike will cheer McKellar as they watch their test scores rise!
Author Biography
Danica McKellar is the bestselling author of Math Doesn't Suck, Kiss My Math, and, most recently, Girls Get Curves. Best known for her roles on The Wonder Years and The West Wing, Danica is also an internationally recognized mathematician and advocate for math education. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA with a degree in Mathematics, she has been honored in Britain’s esteemed Journal of Physics and The New York Times for her work in mathematics, most notably for her role as co-author of a groundbreaking mathematical physics theorem, which bears her name (The Chayes-McKellar-Winn Theorem.) Her passion for promoting girls’ math education began in 2000, when she was invited to speak before Congress on the importance of women in math and science. Since then, Danica has made it a priority to find time in her busy acting schedule to promote math education, often appearing around the country as a speaker at national mathematics conferences.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. vi |
| HotàX | p. xi |
| Faqs: How to Use This Book | p. xiii |
| Meet the Variables | |
| Alge-blah Up Close and Personal with Algebra | p. 1 |
| Happy Birthday to Me GCFs and LCMs with Variables | p. 15 |
| Listen to Your Gut Factoring with Variables | p. 30 |
| Confessional: Are You Boy Crazy? On the Cover | p. 39 |
| Meow Mix Rational Expressions: Fractions with Variables in Them | p. 42 |
| Eating Pizza in the Dark Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Variables | p. 57 |
| Quiz: Are You Bold or Shy? On the Cover | p. 72 |
| solving for X | |
| Your Holiday Shopping List Strategies for Solving for X | p. 76 |
| How Picky Are You? Solving Equations with Absolute Value | p. 91 |
| Control Freaks, Unite! Solving Inequalities with Absolute Value | p. 99 |
| Mood Zapper: Take Control of your Feelings! | p. 113 |
| Functions, Graphing, And Systems of Equations | |
| Can You Keep a Secret? Functions and Relations | p. 116 |
| They're Going Steady Equations of Lines, and Graphing Lines and Linear Inequalities | p. 130 |
| Mystery Woman Writing Equations for Lines, Including Parallel/ Perpendicular Lines | p. 147 |
| Little Miss People Pleaser Solving and Graphing Systems of Linear Equations | p. 164 |
| Confessional: Dumbing Ourselves Downùthe Sequel! | p. 182 |
| Word Problems | |
| The Guy of Your Dreams Motion Problems: Using r.t = d | p. 184 |
| Dip in the Pool, Anyone? Rate of Work Problems | p. 198 |
| Savvy Business Chick Word Problems: Percents and Simple Interest | p. 208 |
| The Perfect Party Snack Word Problems Involving Mixtures | p. 224 |
| Exponents And Square Roots | |
| Ms. Exponent Gets Her Whip The Product, Power, and Quotient Rules for Exponents | p. 239 |
| Keep Your Day Job Negative (and Zero) Exponents | p. 257 |
| The Benefits of a Diary Intro to Square Roots and Radical Expressions | p. 273 |
| Confessional: How Can I Focus and Avoid Distractions? | p. 291 |
| Polynomials | |
| Chocolates for Breakfast Intro to Polynomials and Adding/Subtracting Them | p. 294 |
| A Day at the Hair Salon Multiplying Polynomials and the FOIL, Method | p. 309 |
| The Jewelry Dilemma Factoring Trinomials with Reverse FOIL and Grouping | p. 323 |
| Boyfriend or "Special" Friend Factoring Special Polynomials | p. 343 |
| QuiZ: Are You a Perfectionist? | |
| Quadratic Equations | |
| Puppies, Please? Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring | p. 353 |
| The Lemonade Stand Solving Quadratic Equations by Completing the Square | p. 369 |
| What You Can Learn at the Mall Using the Quadratic Formula | p. 385 |
| A Final Word | p. 397 |
| Appendix | p. 398 |
| Answer Key | p. 402 |
| Index | p. 413 |
| About the Author | p. 418 |
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