The "Algebra Handbook for Gifted Middle School Students" gives you the most effective methods, tips, and strategies for solving algebra problems in both conventional and unconventional ways. The techniques taught here will allow students to arrive at answers to algebra questions more quickly and to avoid making careless errors. The material in this book includes: 700+ algebra questions with full explanations A comprehensive review of the most important algebra topics The questions presented in this book were created to prepare middle school students for the MATHCOUNTS competition and include many types of number theory, algebra, probability and statistics questions that one can expect to find on the MATHCOUNTS exams. Algebra Handbook Table Of Contents (Selected) Here's a selection from the table of contents: Integers Operations with Integers Consecutive Integers Odd and Even Integers Factorials Number Theory Prime Numbers Prime Factorization ... Proportionality Ratios Direct Proportionality Inverse Proportionality Exponents Negative and Fractional Exponents Exponential Equations ... Other Bases Changing to Base Ten Changing From Base Ten to another Base Arithmetic in Other Bases Additional Problems - Questions