Chapter 1 FOUNDAMENTAL OPERATIONS 1 Addition 2 Subtraction 3 Multiplication 4 Division 5 Raising to a Power 6 Zero and One 7 Several Operations 8 Parentheses 9 The Distributive Rule Chapter 2 FUNCTIONS AND GRAPHS 1 An Introduction to Functions 2 The Coordinate Graph 3 More on Functions 4 Direct Variation 5 Linear Functions 6 Inverse Variation Chapter 3 THE INTEGERS (can be brief) 1 The Integers 2 More on the Coordinate Graph 3 Addition 4 Subtraction 5 Multiplication 6 Division 7 Several Operations Chapter 4 THE RATIONAL NUMBERS 1 The Rational Numbers 2 Absolute Value and Addition 3 More on Operations with Rational Numbers 4 Approximations 5 More on Graphing Functions Chapter 5 EQUATIONS IN ONE VARIABLE (can be brief) 1 Equations 2 Inverse Operations 3 Equivalent Equations 4 Equivalent Expressions 5 More on Solving Equations 6 Length and Area 7 Distance, Rate, and Time 8 Rate Problems Chapter 6 EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES 1 Equations in Two Variables 2 Formulas 3 Graphing Linear Equations 4 Intercepts 5 Slope 6 The Slope-Intercept Form Chapter 7 SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS 1 Solving by Addition 2 Solving by Subtraction 3 More on Solving by Addition and Subtraction 4 Graphing Simultaneous Equations 5 Inconsistent and Equivalent Equations 6 Solving by Substitution 7 Mixture Problems Chapter 8 EXPONENTS 1 Large Numbers 2 A Fundamental Property of Exponents 3 Two More Properties of Exponents 4 Zero and Negative Exponents 5 Small Numbers 6 Powers of Products and Quotients 7 Exponential Functions