Developmental Mathematics
Chapter 7: Introduction to Real Numbers and Algebraic Expressions

Becoming acquainted with the real-number system is our focus.

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The downloadable and on-line exercises and review material found on this web site support your practice of adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, and manipulating certain expressions.

Extra Practice exercises are downloadable worksheets of additional practice exercises. Print out these worksheets, work through the problems, and then check your work against the corresponding answer page.

InterAct math tutorials provide you with on-line practice problems and guided solutions.

Once you've practiced basic operations and simplifying expressions using real numbers, consider the everyday uses of real numbers. Refer back to page 395, the first page of Chapter 7 of your Developmental Mathematics textbook and review the card-counting systems application.

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After you've practiced and explored, don't forget to prepare for your upcoming Chapter Test. Work through the Chapter 7 Review and then check your answers. These free downloadable files are accessible by selecting the Chapter Review button at the top of this page.

Good luck!



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Table of Contents

Section 7.1 Introduction to Algebra
Section 7.2 The Real Numbers
Section 7.3 Addition of Real Numbers
Section 7.4 Subtraction of Real Numbers
Section 7.5 Multiplication of Real Numbers
Section 7.6 Division of Real Numbers
Section 7.7 Properties of Real Numbers
Section 7.8 Simplifying Expressions; Order of Operations