Introduction 1 Part 1: Getting Started with Basic Math and Pre-Algebra 5 CHAPTER 1: Playing the Numbers Game 7 CHAPTER 2: It's All in the Fingers: Numbers and Digits 23 CHAPTER 3: The Big Four Math Operations 31 Part 2: Getting a Handle on Whole Numbers 47 CHAPTER 4: Putting the Big Four Operations to Work 49 CHAPTER 5: PEMDAS: The Order of Operations 65 CHAPTER 6: Say What? Turning Words into Numbers 77 CHAPTER 7: Divisibility 87 CHAPTER 8: Fabulous Factors and Marvelous Multiples 95 Part 3: Parts of the Whole: Fractions, Decimals, and Percents 109 CHAPTER 9: Fooling with Fractions 111 CHAPTER 10: Fractions and the Big Four Operations 127 CHAPTER 11: Dallying with Decimals 153 CHAPTER 12: Playing with Percents 177 CHAPTER 13: Word Problems with Fractions, Decimals, and Percents 189 Part 4: Picturing and Measuring: Graphs, Measures, Stats, and Sets 201 CHAPTER 14: A Perfect Ten: Condensing Numbers with Scientific Notation 203 CHAPTER 15: How Much Have You Got? Weights and Measures 211 CHAPTER 16: Picture This: Basic Geometry 223 CHAPTER 17: Seeing Is Believing: Graphing as a Visual Tool 245 CHAPTER 18: Solving Geometry and Measurement Word Problems 253 CHAPTER 19: Figuring Your Chances: Statistics and Probability 265 CHAPTER 20: Setting Things Up with Basic Set Theory 277 Part 5: The X-Files: Introduction to Algebra 285 CHAPTER 21: Enter Mr X: Algebra and Algebraic Expressions 287 CHAPTER 22: Unmasking Mr X: Algebraic Equations 303 CHAPTER 23: Putting Mr X to Work: Algebra Word Problems 313 Part 6: The Part of Tens 323 CHAPTER 24: Ten Little Math Demons That Trip Students Up 325 CHAPTER 25: Ten Important Number Sets to Know 331 Index 339.