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Praxis Core For Dummies with Online Practice Tests, 2nd Edition
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Praxis Core For Dummies with Online Practice Tests, 2nd Edition

by Carla C. Kirkland, Chan Cleveland
February 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
456 pages
14h 39m
English
For Dummies
Content preview from Praxis Core For Dummies with Online Practice Tests, 2nd Edition

Chapter 5

Introducing Letters: Algebra and Functions

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Coming to terms with variables

check Solving equations and inequalities

check Facing the facts of factoring

check Making quick work of word problems

check Looking at patterns and conditional statements

Now’s the time to revisit your days as an algebra student. When you start treating letters as numbers, you’re entering algebra territory. That’s what this chapter is about. The Praxis Core exam tests basic algebra knowledge, generally the material that’s covered in pre-algebra and perhaps some Algebra I courses, depending on where you went to school and when. Algebra questions make up 30 percent of the math section of the Praxis Core. Also, many of the geometry questions on the test involve algebra, so this chapter goes a long way toward preparing you for the math test of the exam.

Variables: When Letters Represent Numbers

You are very familiar with letters, and algebra just involves using letters in some different ways. Algebra is the ...

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