Basic College Mathematics An Applied Approach

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ISBN: 9780618503056

ISBN-10: 0618503056

ISBN-13: 9780618503056

Edition: 8th 2006 (Student Manual, Study Guide, etc.)

Authors: Joanne S. Lockwood, Vernon C. Barker, Richard N. Aufmann

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With its complete, interactive, objective-based approach,Basic College Mathematicsis the best-seller in this market. The Eighth Edition provides mathematically sound and comprehensive coverage of the topics considered essential in a basic college math course. The text includes chapter-openingPrep Tests,updated applications, and a new design. Furthermore, the Instructor's Annotated Edition features a comprehensive selection of new instructor support material. The Aufmann Interactive Method is incorporated throughout the text, ensuring that students interact with and master the concepts as they are presented. This approach is especially important in the context of rapidly growing… distance-learning and self-paced laboratory situations. New!Study Tipsmargin notes provide point-of-use advice and refer students back to theAIM for Successpreface for support where appropriate. Integrating Technology(formerly Calculator Notes) margin notes provide suggestions for using a calculator in certain situations. For added support and quick reference, a scientific calculator screen is displayed on the inside back cover of the text. Enhanced!More bulleted annotationshave been added to the solution steps of examples and to theYou Try Itsolutions in the appendix. Enhanced!Examples have been clearly labeledHow To,making them more prominent to the student. Enhanced!More operation application problemsintegrated into theApplying the Conceptsexercises encourage students to judge which operation is needed to solve a word problem. New!Nearly100 new photosadd real-world appeal and motivation. Revised!TheChapter Summaryhas been reformatted to include an example column, offering students increased visual support. Enhanced!In response to instructor feedback, the number ofChapter Review ExercisesandCumulative Review Exerciseshas increased. Enhanced!This edition features additional coverage of time (Chapter 8), bytes (Chapter 9), and temperature (Chapter 11). Aufmann Interactive Method (AIM)Every section objective contains one or more sets of matched-pair examples that encourage students to interact with the text. The first example in each set is completely worked out; the second example, called 'You Try It,' is for the student to work. By solving the You Try It, students practice concepts as they are presented in the text. Complete worked-out solutions to these examples in an appendix enable students to check their solutions and obtain immediate reinforcement of the concept. While similar texts offer only final answers to examples, the Aufmann texts' complete solutions help students identify their mistakes and prevent frustration. Integrated learning system organized by objectives.Each chapter begins with a list of learning objectives that form the framework for a complete learning system. The objectives are woven throughout the text (in Exercises, Chapter Tests, and Cumulative Reviews) and also connect the text with the print and multimedia ancillaries. This results in a seamless, easy-to-navigate learning system. AIM for SuccessStudent Preface explains what is required of a student to be successful and demonstrates how the features in the text foster student success.AIM for Successcan be used as a lesson on the first day of class or as a project for students to complete. The Instructor's Resource Manual offers suggestions for teaching this lesson.Study Tipmargin notes throughout the text also refer students back to the Student Preface for advice. Prep Testsat the beginning of each chapter help students prepare for the upcoming material by testing them on prerequisite material learned in preceding chapters. The answers to these

Book details

List price: $225.95
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: CENGAGE Learning
Publication date: 1/7/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 704
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 3.080
Language: English

Vernon Barker has retired from Palomar College where he was Professor of Mathematics. He is a co-author on the majority of Aufmann texts, including the best-selling developmental paperback series.



Chapters 26 are followed by Cumulative Review Exercises



Whole Numbers



Introduction to Whole Numbers



Addition of Whole Numbers



Subtraction of Whole Numbers



Multiplication of Whole Numbers



Division of Whole Numbers



Exponential Notation and the Order of Operations Agreement



Prime Numbers and Factoring


Focus on Problem Solving: Questions to Ask Projects and Group Activities: Order of Operations, Patterns in Mathematics, Search the World Wide Web



Fractions



The Least Common Multiple and Greatest Common Factor



Introduction to Fractions



Writing Equivalent Fractions



Addition of Fractions and Mixed Numbers



Subtraction of Fractions and Mixed Numbers



Multiplication of Fractions and Mixed Numbers



Division of Fractions and Mixed Numbers



Order, Exponents, and the Order of Operations Agreement


Focus on Problem Solving: Common Knowledge Projects and Group Activities: Music, Construction, Fractions of Diagrams



Decimals



Introduction to Decimals



Addition of Decimals



Subtraction of Decimals



Multiplication of Decimals



Division of Decimals



Comparing and Converting Fractions and Decimals a fraction


Focus on Problem Solving: Relevant Information Projects and Group Activities: Fractions as Terminating or Repeating Decimals



Ratio and Proportion



Ratio



Rates



Proportions


Focus on Problem Solving: Looking for a Pattern Projects and Group Activities: The Golden Ratio, Drawing the Floor Plans for a Building, The U.S. House of Representatives



Percents



Introduction to Percents



Percent Equations: Part 1



Percent Equations: Part II



Percent Equations: Part III



Percent Problems: Proportion Method


Focus on Problem Solving: Using a Calculator as a Problem-Solving Tool, Using Estimation as a Problem-Solving Tool Projects and Group Activities: Health, Consumer Price Index



Applications for Business and Consumers



Applications to Purchasing



Percent Increase and Percent Decrease



Interest



Real Estate Expenses



Car Expenses



Wages



Bank Statements


Focus on Problem Solving: Counterexamples Projects and Group Activities: Buying a Car



Statistics and Probability



Pictographs and Circle Graphs



Bar Graphs and Broken-Line Graphs



Histograms and Frequency Polygons



Statistical Measures



Introduction to Probability


Focus on Problem Solving: Inductive Reasoning Projects and Group Activities: Deceptive Graphs; Collecting, Organizing, Displaying, and Analyzing Data



U.S. Customary Units of Measurement



Length



Weight



Capacity



Time



Energy and Power


Focus on Problem Solving: Applying Solutions to Other Problems Projects and Group Activities: Nomographs, Averages



The Metric System of Measurement



Length



Mass



Capacity



Energy



Conversion Between the U.S. Customary and the Metric Systems of Measurement


Focus on Problem Solving: Working Backward Projects and Group Activities: Name that Metric Unit, Metric Measurements for Computers



Rational Numbers



Introduction to Integers



Addition and Subtraction of Integers



Multiplication and Division of Integers



Operations with Rational Numbers



Scientific Notation and the Order of Operations Agreement


Focus on Problem Solving: Drawing Diagrams Projects and Group Activities: Deductive Reasoning



Introduction to Algebra



Variable Expressions



Introduction to Equations



General Equations: Part I



General Equations: Part II



Translating Verbal Expressions into Mathematical Expressions



Translating Sentences into Equations and Solving


Focus on Problem Solving: From Concrete to Abstract Projects and Group Activities: Averages



Geometry



Angles, Lines, and Geometric Figures



Plane Geometric Figures



Area



Volume



The Pythagorean Theorem



Similar and Congruent Triangles


Focus on Problem Solving: Trial and Error Projects and Group Activities: Investigating Perimeter, Symmetry