The goal of all White Crane Education mathematics series is to teach mathematics through its connections to the real world. Algebra I, we have to admit, is the hardest subject to do this with.
The Core Curriculum
Essential Algebra 1 - The Parent's Guide is the companion text to Essential Algebra 1. It includes additional historical material, warm up questions, alternative methods for presenting the material and complete solutions to every problem in the student's text.
Essential Algebra 1 is our introductory algebra text. The books is written in clear, easy to read English with detailed, hands-on applications from fields as diverse as chemistry (measuring acidity), biology (exponential growth) and law enforcement (measuring the speed of a moving vehicle).Free Resources
The Online Algebra Reference is a free reference, fully indexed on our search page, that covers all of the material in the standard algebra class with pictures and examples.
Number Theory studies the positive integers, i.e. the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, ... What sounds like a really simple basis for a full branch of mathematics is actually a complex and diverse subject that is at the heart of modern cryptography.