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Pre-Algebra, a la Shmoop. Most things aren’t as much fun when you

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put a “pre” at the front of it. “Preschool” involves all of the playing

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with other kids in the middle of the day…

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…but without the chance to bring home an impressive report card to your parents.

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When you’re a “preteen,” you get all the immaturity and awkwardness…

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…but without the responsibility, respect and chest hair.

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And when you “preheat” an oven for a pizza, you have to wait around for it to be done.

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But Archimedes broke the mold with pre-algebra.

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Shmoop will guide you through what is arguably the most important branch of mathematics…

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…but without all the mind-numbing stuff you’ll be asked to learn in a couple of

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years. It’s a nice, easy introduction to a total

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sweetheart of a subject. We’ll give you the tools to perform the

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basic operations…

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…PEMDAS, Prime Factorization, Absolute Value, and so on.

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And don’t worry – we’ve blunted the edges, so you can’t hurt yourself.

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Fractions will no longer be your foes…

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…and we’ll help you decimate decimals. You’ll get a glimpse into Basic Geometry…

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…but only a glimpse.

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We don’t want you to ruin your appetite. Plus, we’ll help you make a smooth transition

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from pre-algebra…

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…into… plain old algebra. It’s okay… we’ll hold your hand until

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the very end.

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Although… don’t be offended if we use a spritz of Purell after we let go.

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YouTube Blurb: Since you’re reading this before watching

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the video on pre-algebra, we suppose this blurb is… pre-pre-algebra. Man, you’re

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really ahead of the game.

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