Puzzling Algebra

This book was written to provide math teachers with supplemental resources they can use in their classrooms. This book can also be used by students to improve their skills. Tutorials are included with many of the activities so you can learn at your own pace. Topics can be used for Alg 1 and 2 as well as Integrated Math I II and III. Topics include: order of operations solving many types of equations exponents mult/divide scientific notation percentages distance formula Pythagorean Theorem area of triangles from determinants basic circles square roots mean median mode geometric mean box and whisker plots matrices (cryptography and inverses) plotting points graphing circles lines and parabolas long and synthetic division of polynomials FOIL Quadratic Formula logarithms factoring and the Binary number system.