Algebra is a pretty important tool for every other area of mathematics, which is why it comes first, after you learn arithmetic. It's the basic setting you use to handle the unknown, putting a situation into mathematical terms and using various strategies to figure out what's going on. And if you're having problems with it, that's okay-we all have our own specialties, and there's not an area in any subject that everyone is great at. That's what this brief course is for: to give you a hand where you're facing difficulties with algebra.