When you need just the essentials of elementary algebra, this Easy Outlines book is there to help If you are looking for a quick nuts-and-bolts overview of elementary algebra, it's got to be Schaum's Easy Outline. This book is a pared-down, simplified, and tightly focused version of its Schaum's Outline cousin, with an emphasis on clarity and conciseness. Graphic elements such as sidebars, reader-alert icons, and boxed highlights stress selected points from the text, illuminate keys to learning, and give you quick pointers to the essentials. Perfect if you have missed class or need extra review Gives you expert help from teachers who are authorities in their fields So small and light that it fits in your backpack! Topics include: From Arithmetic to Algebra, Simple Equations and Their Solutions, Graphs of Linear Equations, Monomials and Polynomials, Problem Solving, Factoring, Fractions, Roots and Radicals, Quadratic Equations