This book will help you master the key foundational principles and concepts of math, regardless of your current level of understanding. Each idea is clearly developed, requiring very little (if any) prior knowledge. I recommend reading it in order, especially if you are struggling (or have struggled) with the key concepts contained in the book. However, you may also use it as a reference guide, jumping around to those sections that you may be particularly interested in. This book is ideal for you if you... - Need to prepare for a high school math course and any of their related tests (such as Algebra I, Algebra II, Precalculus, Calculus, Statistics, Liberal Arts Math, etc...). - Need to prepare for a high school test required for graduation. - Need to prepare for a college entrance exam. - Need to prepare for a college-level math course or any of their related tests. - Are planning on attending an English-speaking college or university, and you learned math in a non-English environment. Although math is itself a universal language, it is critical that if you are going to enroll in a math course that is given in English, that you understand how math translates into the English language and be aware of its nuances and rules. - Want to truly understand math's basic principles once and for all, so that you may successfully perform all of the everyday calculations that modern life requires us to perform (balance checkbooks, figure out discounts, filing taxes, etc...). - Would simply like to give math a second chance, and finally be good at it In writing this book, I was able to draw from my 20+ years of math teaching experience (and counting...). More importantly, however, the book approaches the explanation of each math idea taking into account many of the learning differences that the students I've met along the way have possessed. Math can be truly simple to learn... I hope you give yourself this chance to truly master it, once and for all