The Nature of Mathematics, 12th Edition
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This interactive site is excellent in giving practice solving linear equations with one variable.
http://www.hellam.net/algebra/linear2.html

This interactive site gives practice solving quadratic equations. It uses the quadratic formula, and if you input values for a, b, and c for which the expression under the radical (b^2 - 4ac) is less than 0, the quadratic formula will return a complex number (which is beyond the scope of this course). For our use, make sure b^2 - 4ac is not less than zero, and you will obtain the desired result.
http://jblanco_60.tripod.com/

Fermat's last theorem:
This is site from the PBS program, "The Proof":
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/proof/

Fermat's last theorem;
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Fermat's_last_theorem.html