Skills Handbook
Adding and Subtracting Fractions, 803
Bar Graphs, 810
Circle Graphs, 812
Exponents, 806
Factors and Multiples, 799
Fractions, Decimals, and Percents, 805
Fractions and Decimals, 802
Line Graphs, 811
Line Plots, 809
Multiplying and Dividing Fractions, 804
Perimeter, Area, and Volume, 808
Prime Numbers and Composite
Numbers, 798
Scientific Notation and Significant
Digits, 807
Simplifying Fractions, 801
Stem-and-Leaf Plots, 813
Using Estimation, 800
slope
defined, 295, 354
finding, 295-296, 332
formula for, 296
graphs of, 295-296, 307
of horizontal and vertical lines, 296
of a line, 297,414
negative, 295
of parallel lines, 330
of perpendicular lines, 331
positive, 295
rate of change as, 295
slope-intercept form, 308-311, 325,
331, 355
solution of an equation, 54, 61. See
also solving equations
solution of an inequality, 165, 223,
394
solution of a system of linear
inequalities, 400
solutions of linear inequalities, 394
solve a simpler problem, 24, 27, 32,
94, 96, 116, 249, 420, 427, 430,
500, 505, 520, 620, 634
Solve It!, 4, 10, 16, 23, 30, 38, 46, 53,
61, 81, 88 , 102, 109, 116, 124,
130, 137, 144, 164, 171, 178, 186,
194, 200, 207, 214, 234, 262, 268,
294, 301, 308, 315, 322, 330, 336,
346, 364, 372, 378, 387, 394, 400,
418, 425, 433, 439, 448, 453, 460,
467, 486, 492, 498, 504, 512, 518,
523, 529, 546, 553, 561, 568, 576,
582, 589, 596, 614, 619, 626, 633,
639, 645, 664, 670, 678, 684, 691,
698, 705, 726, 732, 738, 746, 753,
762, 769, 776
solving equations. See also equations
absolute value, 207-209
skewed histogram, 733 containing decimals, 97
containing fractions, 96
estimating, 55
identifying, 54
with infinitely many solutions, 374
linear, by graphing, 364-365, 366
linear, choosing method of, 387
linear, using elimination method,
378-379, 389
linear, using substitution method,
372-374, 387
multi-step, 94-97
one-step, 81-84
radical, 633-638
with rational expressions, 691-694
two-step, 88-90
with one variable, 456
with two variables, 61-62
using deductive reasoning, 90
using elimination method, 387
using graphs, 62, 387
using mental math, 55
using substitution, 373
using tables, 55, 62
Solving Equations and Inequalities, as
Big Idea, 79, 151, 152, 163, 221,
363, 407, 408, 545, 602, 603, 613,
652, 653, 663, 714, 715
solving inequalities
absolute value, 209-210
compound, 200-203
evaluating, 165
linear, 394
multi-step, 186-189
with no solution, 189
with sets, 218
special, 189
as union or intersection of sets, 218
using Addition Property of Inequality,
171-172
using set builder notation, 195
Solving Systems Using Algebra Tiles,
371
Solving Systems Using Tables and
Graphs, 370
Spanish vocabulary. See Glossary;
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Online
sphere(s)
surface area of, 438
volume of, 250, 509
square measurement, 121
square root function(s)
defined, 639, 656
domain of, 640
graphing, 639-640
square roots. See also radicals
defined, 17
Division Property of, 621
estimating, 17
Multiplication Property of, 619
negative, 39
simplifying expressions containing, 17,
39
solving quadratic equations using,
562-563
square(s)
of a binomial, 504
completing, 576, 583, 605
difference of two, 524
of integers, 17
perfect, 17, 523-524, 621
perfect-square trinomials, 523-526
Standard Deviation, 745
standard form
of linear equations, 322, 355
of polynomials, 487
of quadratic equations, 561, 604
transforming to, 324
using as a model, 324
Standardized Test Prep, 15, 22, 28, 36,
44, 66 , 87, 9 3 , 108, 114, 129, 143,
150, 170, 183, 199, 213, 239, 251,
267, 273, 306, 314, 328, 335, 350,
369, 384, 392, 399, 423, 431, 445,
452, 472, 496, 509, 517, 528, 533,
581, 588, 594, 601, 631, 638, 651,
676, 683, 697, 704, 731, 737, 759,
768, 774
stat key, of graphing calculator, 339
STEM, 17, 21, 22, 35, 42, 43, 51, 58, 84,
93, 106, 111, 113, 117, 123, 128,
133, 135, 169, 173, 183, 191, 205,
206, 210, 212, 236, 244, 258, 271,
302, 305, 306, 311, 319, 333, 338,
365, 390, 391, 411, 420, 422, 423,
427, 429, 430, 436, 437, 438, 443,
444, 445, 446, 450, 463, 466, 470,
471, 496, 508, 515, 524, 532, 551,
565, 570, 571, 593, 617, 618, 623,
628, 629, 630, 637, 640, 642, 650,
668 , 682, 696, 697, 699, 704, 711,
730, 743, 751, 770, 771
Stem-and-Leaf Plots, 813
step function, 348
stratified sample, 755
subset
defined, 17
of rational numbers, 18
substitution method
defined, 372
solving for a variable using, 373
solving systems of linear equations
using, 387-388
solving systems of quadratic equations
using, 598