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Graphic Arts Problem Solving

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ISBN-10: 0314027394

ISBN-13: 9780314027399

Edition: 1994

Authors: Frank Granger, Conty

List price: $172.95
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This math workbook is designed from a printing perspective and aimed at adults in graphic arts. It stresses the importance of increasing students' confidence by teaching basic math skills and by applying them to the equipment, techniques and procedures involved in printing. The text uses a practical, problem-solving approach. Theories are supported by real-life examples and concrete situations such as estimating and production planning.
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Book details

List price: $172.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Publication date: 1/1/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 302
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgments
Skill Builders
Pretest
Addition
Introduction
A New Way To Add
Long-List Addition
Checking Addition
Casting Out Nines
Subtraction
Addition Done Backwards
Simplifying Subtraction
Checking Subtraction
Multiplication
Multiplication table Patterns
The Peasant's Multiplication Method
Numbers that End in Five multiplied
Another Multiplication Technique
Multiplying
Multiplying Near One Hundred
Zeros in Multiplication
Simplifying Multiplication Problems
Checking Multiplication
Division
Reverse Multiplication
Peasant's Division Method
Making the Hard Problems Simple
Canceling Zeros
"Nearly Right," or Rounding Your Answers
Predicting Remainders
Decimals and Percentages
Decimal-The Basics
Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Multiplying Decimals
Dividing Decimals
Percentages
The 24-Hour Clock and the Decimal Clock
Basic Fractions
Fractions! What Are They? The Inch Ruler
Testing the Equality of Fractions
Simplifying Fractions
Fractions that Are "Not Proper."
Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers
Multiplication and Division of Fractions
Multiplying Fractions
Multiplying Whole and Mixed numbers
Converting and Reducing Fractions
Dividing Fractions
Canceling to Simplify Fractional Problems
Avoiding Confusion in Dividing Fractions
Problem Solving
Measurement Used in Printing
Customary Measurement
International Measurement
SI Area Measurement
Points and Picas
Adding and Subtracting Points & Picas
Ems, Ens, & Thins
Triangulation
Temperature
Design and Copy Preparation
Ratios
Proportions
Scaling with the Calculator
Scaling with the Proportion Wheel
Cropping
Other Uses for Proportions
Desktop Publishing
Type Parameters
Eight Easy Steps to Copyfitting
Costing Desktop Publishing
Process Photography
Exposure Controls
The Two Types of Copy
Establishing the Correct Exposure
The Light Integrator
The camera Operator's Sensitivity Guide
Image Assembly
Stripping Screens & Halftones
Dot Percentage
Screen Ruling
Screen Angle
Pressroom
The Offset Principle
The pH Scale
Conductivity
Densitometry
Micrometer
Bindery & Finishing
The Signature Dummy
Folding
Making a Dummy in Six Simple Steps
Checking for Correct Pagination
Imposition
Planning for Color
Printing Management
The Importance of Record Keeping
Averages
Graphics & Charts
How Charts Can Confuse & Distort the Facts
Interest
How to Make Money with Other People's Money (O.P.M.)
Return on Investment
Discounts
Your Paycheck, benefits, Taxes, & Withholdings
Statistical process Control (S.P.C.)
Paper Use
The Ways Paper Is Packaged
How to Read a Paper Label
How to Read a Paper Catalog
Paper Cutting
Estimating & Production Planning
Who is the Estimator?
The Estimator's Paperwork System
Some Estimating Decisions
Policies
Graphic Arts Tools
Calculator
Rulers
Line Gauges, and Scales
Proportion Wheel
Micrometer
Gray Scale
Roman Numerals for the Printer
Roman Numeral Reference Table
Useful Tables
Fraction to Decimal to Metric (mm)
Conversion Chart for Denominators of 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, & 64
Fraction to Decimal Conversion Chart for Denominators of 5 & 10
Fraction to Decimal Conversion Chart for Denominators of 9
Pica to fraction to Decimal Conversion Chart for Denominators of 3 & 6
Picas & Points to Decimal Inches Conversion Chart
Fractions to Picas and Points
SI and Conventional Measurement Conversions
Percentage to Fraction Conversion or Aliquot Parts of 100 minutes to Decimal Hours Conversion Table
Multiplication Table to 20
Annotated Answers to Exercises
Bibliography
Index