The Life of Fred Beginning Algebra course consists of three books:
1. Life of Fred Beginning Algebra (Required)
2. Life of Fred Beginning Algebra Companion (Highly Recommended)
3. Life of Fred Zillions of Problems for Beginning Algebra (Optional)
Life of Fred Beginning Algebra
Find out about...
• What it takes to get drafted into the army at age 6
• New milkshake marketing techniques
• How Darlene tries to get Joe to fall in love with her
while learning all of beginning algebra, including...
- Numbers
- Integers
- Equations
- Motion & Mixture
- Two Unknowns
- Exponents
- Factoring
- Fractions
- Square Roots
- Quadratic Equations
- Functions & Slope
- Inequalities & Absolute Value
Unlike all other math programs, this one also has:
• 2000 digits of pi
• Prof. Fred Gauss's new teaching methods
• Five verses of the country western hit, "She ran away and took the dog"
• How beige, codeine, conscience, counterfeit, deify, efficient, Eileen, Einstein, either, feisty. . . all fit the "i before e rule"
Some answers are included in the textbook, the rest are included in the Companion Guide.
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Life of Fred Beginning Algebra is a hardcover textbook containing 320 pages. This book is not consumable. All answers are written on separate paper or in a notebook.
Number of Lessons: 108 Lessons as laid out in the Companion Guide
Life of Fred: Beginning Algebra Companion
The Companion Guide divides Beginning Algebra into daily lessons. It contains answers to all of the questions that do not have answers in the textbook. The Companion Guide also contains many additional beginning algebra exercises for those who want more drills.
Are you teaching a class using the Life of Fred Beginning Algebra? The Companion Guide will provide you with lecture notes and outlines for each lecture. There are additional problems to present at the blackboard that are not in the textbook, additional insights to present in class. It also provides quiz and test materials.
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Life of Fred Beginning Algebra Companion Guide is a hardcover textbook containing 128 pages. This book is not consumable. All answers are written on separate paper or in a notebook.
Life of Fred: Zillions of Practice Problems for Beginning Algebra
Need a lot of practice or stuck on a particular kind of problem? Requested by many readers, this book contains questions keyed directly to the chapters and topics of Life of Fred: Beginning Algebra. The answer to every problem is worked out in complete detail.
In this book you will find:
• Eleven mixture word problems are each worked out step by step, often using a whole page of explanation for each problem.
• Thirteen quadratic equations solved by completing the square.
• Thirteen examples of two equations with two unknowns solved by the elimination method.
This book is mandatory for those who need it. The Zillions of Practice Problems Slogan: If your cat can work through all the problems in this book, your cat can teach Beginning Algebra at any school in the nation.
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Life of Fred Zillions of Practice Problems for Beginning Algebra is a hardcover textbook containing 272 pages. This book is not consumable. All answers are written on separate paper or in a notebook. This is an optional book of extra questions for those who feel the need for extra practice.