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Hot X algebra exposed

Actress and math genius Danica McKellar continues to shatter the "math nerd" stereotype by showing girls how to ace middle school math--and actually feel cool doing it! With Danica's trademark sass and style, this book tackles algebra: the most feared of all math classes and the most...

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Main Author: McKellar, Danica.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Hudson Street Press, c2010.
Subjects:
Algebra > Study and teaching (Secondary)
Algebra.
Summary: Actress and math genius Danica McKellar continues to shatter the "math nerd" stereotype by showing girls how to ace middle school math--and actually feel cool doing it! With Danica's trademark sass and style, this book tackles algebra: the most feared of all math classes and the most common roadblock to high school graduation. McKellar instantly puts her readers at ease, showing teenage girls--and anyone taking algebra--how to feel confident and master square roots, polynomials, quadratic equations, word problems and more, without breaking a sweat (or a nail).--From publisher description.
Item Description: Includes index.
Physical Description: xiv, 417 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9781594630705 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1594630704 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Author Notes: Danica Mae McKellar was born on January 3, 1975. She is an American actress, author and education advocate. She is best known for her role as Winnie Cooper in the television show The Wonder Years, and later as author of the two New York Times bestsellers, Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle-School Math without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail, and Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss, both of which encourage middle-school girls to learn mathematics. Her third math book, Hot X: Algebra Exposed, will be published later in 2010.

McKellar studied at UCLA, and majored in mathematics. (Bowker Author Biography)

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