The Lial series has helped thousands of students succeed in developmental mathematics through its approachable writing style, supportive pedagogy, varied exercise sets, and complete supplements package. With this new edition, the authors continue to provide students and instructors with the best package for learning and teaching support–a book written with student success as its top priority, now with an emphasis on study skills growth and an expanded instructor supplements package.   Prealgebra Review; The Real Number System; Linear Equations, Inequalities, and Applications; Graphs of Linear Equations and Inequalities; Functions; Systems of Equations and Inequalities; Exponents and Polynomials; Factoring and Applications; Rational Expressions and Functions; Equations, Inequalities, and Systems Revisited; Roots, Radicals, and Root Functions; Quadratic Equations, Inequalities, and Functions; Exponential and Logarithmic Functions; Nonlinear Functions, Conic Sections, and Nonlinear Systems; Transition from Introductory to Intermediate Algebra (Review of Exponents, Polynomials, and Factoring); Strategies for Problem Solving   For all readers interested in beginning and intermediate algebra.