When you need just the essentials of college algebra, this Easy Outlines book is there to help. If you are looking for a quick nuts-and-bolts overview of college algebra, it's got to be Schaum's Easy Outline. This book is a pared-down, simplified, and tightly focused version of its Schaum's Outline cousin, with an emphasis on clarity and conciseness. Graphic elements such as sidebars, reader-alert icons, and boxed highlights stress selected points from the text, illuminate keys to learning, and give you quick pointers to the essentials. Perfect if you have missed class or need extra reviewGives you expert help from teachers who are authorities in their fields So small and light that it fits in your backpack! Topics include: Fundamental Tools of Algebra, Algebraic Expressions and Operations, Functions, Quadratic Equations, Sequences, Series, and Mathematical Induction, Permutations, Combinations, the Binomial Therorem, and Probability