| Acknowledgments |
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| Math Used to Totally Suck |
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| FAQs: How to Use This Book |
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| PART I: FACTORS AND MULTIPLES DON'T SUCK |
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Chapter 1: How to Make a Killing on eBay |
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Prime Numbers and Prime Factorization |
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Chapter 2: Do You Still Have a Crush on Him? ON THE COVER! |
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Finding the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) |
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Chapter 3: You Can Never Have Too Many Shoes |
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Multiples and the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) |
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Quiz #1: Are You a Mathophobe? ON THE COVER! |
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| PART II: FRACTIONS DON'T SUCK |
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Chapter 4: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Pizza but Were Afraid to Ask |
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Introduction to Fractions and Mixed Numbers |
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Chapter 5: How Many Iced Lattes Can These Actors Drink? |
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Multiplying and Dividing Fractions...and Reciprocals |
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Chapter 6: When to Seriously Stop Raiding the Refrigerator |
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Equivalent Fractions and Reducing Fractions |
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Chapter 7: Is Your Sister Trying to Cheat You out of Your Fair Share? |
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Chapter 8: How Much Do You and Your Best Friend Have in Common? |
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Common Denominators...and Adding and Subtracting Fractions |
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Chapter 9: Choosing the Perfect Necklace |
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Quiz #2: Do You Have Trouble Focusing or Are You a "Focus Superstar"? |
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| PART III: DECIMALS DON'T SUCK |
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Chapter 10: What Every Savvy Shopper Should Know |
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Chapter 11: Why Calculators Would Make Terrible Boyfriends |
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Converting Fractions and Mixed Numbers to Decimals |
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Chapter 12: How to Entertain Yourself While Babysitting a Devil Child |
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Converting Decimals to Fractions |
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What's Your Math Horoscope? ON THE COVER! |
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See What the Stars Say About You and Math! |
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| PART IV: PERCENTS JOIN THE PARTY...AND THEY DON'T SUCK, EITHER |
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Chapter 13: Sale of the Century! |
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Converting Percents to and from Decimals and Fractions |
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Chapter 14: A Choreographed Performance |
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Mixing Fractions, Decimals, and Percents Together |
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| PART V: WORD PROBLEMS DON'T SUCK |
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Chapter 15: The Universal Language of Love...and Math |
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Introduction to Word Problems and "Percent Of"/"Percent Off" |
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Chapter 16: Does She Ever Get Off the Phone? |
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Chapter 17: The Perks of a Southern Drawl |
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Chapter 18: Filmmaker Extraordinaire! |
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Chapter 19: Are You Drinking Enough Water? |
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QUIZ #3: What's Your Learning Style? |
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| PART VI: EVEN ALGEBRA DOESN'T SUCK |
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Chapter 20: Who's the Cute New Foreign Exchange Student? |
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Introduction to "Solving for x" |
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Chapter 21: Romeo and Juliet |
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Introduction to "Solving for x" in Word Problems |
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| Troubleshooting Guide: Where to Turn When You Don't Know What to Do! |
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| The Smart Girl's Resource Guide |
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| Multiplication Tables |
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| Answer Key |
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| Index |
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| About the Author |
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