Intermediate Algebra for College Students

Intermediate algebra is where familiar rules start doing more ambitious work: equations become models, graphs reveal relationships, and symbolic methods help make sense of practical problems. Allen R. Angel and Dennis C. Runde’s Intermediate Algebra for College Students builds through those ideas in a clearly ordered, college-level course text.

A structured route through intermediate algebra

The 10th edition opens with basic concepts, including real numbers, order of operations, exponents, and scientific notation. From there, it develops equations and inequalities, problem solving and applications, graphs and functions, and systems of equations and inequalities.

From polynomials to conic sections

Later chapters take students through polynomial functions, rational expressions and equations, roots and radicals, complex numbers, and quadratic functions. The final topics include exponential and logarithmic functions, conic sections, and sequences, series, and the binomial theorem—giving the book a broad reach across the standard intermediate algebra curriculum.

Practice built into the course

The contents list section-level instruction alongside mid-chapter tests, chapter summaries, review exercises, practice tests, and cumulative review tests. That recurring structure gives students opportunities to revisit methods and check their understanding as the material grows more advanced.

For college algebra students and independent reviewers

Designed for college students studying intermediate algebra, this textbook may also help learners who want a systematic refresher. Its progression from foundational number concepts to functions and higher-level algebraic topics makes it useful for following a course sequence or reviewing one subject area at a time.

For students ready to connect algebraic techniques with graphs, applications, and increasingly complex expressions, Angel and Runde’s text offers a substantial path through the subject.