Co n t en t s in Brief
Welcome to Pea r son A l g eb r a 1 Com m on Co r e Edi t i on student book. Throughout this textbook,
you w ill find content that has been developed to cover m any of the High School Standards for
Mathematical Content and all of the Standards for Mathematical Practice from the Common
Core State Standards. The End-of-Course Assessment provides students with practice with all
of the Standards for Mathematical Content listed on pages xx to xxiii.
Using Your Book f or Su cce ss..............................................................................................................................viii
Co n t en t s............................................................................................................................................................................xxvi
En t r y - L e v e l A s s e s s m e n t ............................................................................................................................... xxxviii
CC Content Focus: Seeing Structure in Expressions
Chapter 1 Foundations for A lg e b ra.......................................................................................................................... 1
CC Content Focus: Reasoning with Equations and Inequalities
Chapter 2 Solving Equations..................................................................................................................................... 77
Chapter 3 Solving Inequalities................................................. 161
Chapter 4 An Introduction to Functions................................................................................................................ 231
CC Content Focus: Interpreting and B uilding Functions
Chapter 5 Linear Functions......................................................................................................................................^291
Chapter 6 Systems of Equations and In e q u a litie s........................................................................................... 361
Chapter 7 Exponents and Exponential Functions.............................................................................................. 415
CC Content Focus: Arithmetic with Polynomials and Rational Expressions
Chapter 8 Polynomials and Factoring................................................................................................................... 483
Chapter 9 Q u a d ra tic Functions a n d E q u a t io n s................................................................................................ 543
Chapter 10 Radical Expressions and Equations.................................................................................................... 611
Chapter 11 Rational Expressions and Functions................................................................................................ 661CC Content Focus: Interpreting C a te g o rica l and Q u a ntita tive Data
Chapter 12 Data Analysis and Probability.......................................................................................................... 723
En d - o f - Co u r se A s s e s s m e n t.................................................................................................................................. 792Sk i l l s H a n d b o o k.......................................................................................................................................................... 798
Ref eren ce............................................................................................................................................... 814
Visual Glo ssary............................................................................................................................................................ 821
Sel e ct e d A n s w e r s....................................................................................................................................................... 863
Ind ex........................................................................................................................................................ 924
Acknowledgm ents.................................................................................................................................................... 944