Understanding algebra is as easy as 1,2,3 with Richelle Blair’s Intermediate Algebra. Blair’s engaging intermediate algebra text helps readers continue to develop their algebraic thinking skills while also building their confidence in their abilityto learn mathematics. Blair’s textbook incorporates best practices from academic research and embraces the soon-to-be-released Beyond Crossroads standards of the American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges, as well as the standards of theNational Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the Mathematical Association of America. Real Numbers, Review of Introductory Algebra, and the Cartesian Plane, Linear Equations, Inequalities, and Absolute Value, Relations and Functions, Systems of Equations, Polynomials and Polynomial Functions, Rational Expressions, Equations, and Functions, Radical Expressions, Equations, and Functions, Quadratic Equations, Inequalities, and Functions, Exponential and Logarithmic Expressions, Functions, andEquations, Conic Sections. For all readers interested in algebra and continuing to develop their algebraic think skills while also building their confidence in their ability to learn mathematics.