Your future success in all math depends entirely on your absolute mastery of these 11 pre-algebra skills.

1. Integer Operations: Flawless command of positive and negative numbers.

2. Fraction Operations: No fear. You can add, subtract, multiply, and divide them in your sleep.

3. The Order of Operations: PEMDAS is not a choice, it is the law.

4. Ratios and Proportions: Understanding the fundamental relationships between numbers.

5. Percentages: The ability to move between fractions, decimals, and percents effortlessly.

6. Basic Geometric Formulas: The area and perimeter of simple shapes.

7. Reading Graphs and Tables: The power to interpret visual data.

8. The Concept of a Variable: Comfort with the idea of an 'unknown'.

9. Simplifying Expressions: The art of combining like terms.