Basic Mathematics

Description

Features

• The thorough explanations assume no mathematical background, breaking down every topic into its most basic ideas.
• Prior reinforces self-assessment and active participation with a variety of features.
  • Preparation Exercises at the start of every chapter help students review what they need to know before beginning the chapter.
  • A “You Need to Know” list references materials that students should understand to successfully complete the section objectives, which are clearly stated at the beginning of each section.
  • Multiple You Try It Exercises follow each example, allowing students to immediately practice and apply the concepts they have just learned, while effectively bringing exercise sets into each lesson.
• Think About It boxes pose thought-provoking questions that encourage discussion of the concepts and topics. The concepts covered in these boxes are revisited in the Think Again exercises that begin each exercise set.
• Aninteractive format and presentation style encourage students to keep the book open and write in its pages, fostering active learning. The spiral binding provides a convenient way for students to study from their texts while working at a computer.
• Student supplements are available on one DVD-ROM set, saving natural resources and passing cost savings on to students.

New to this Edition

Hallmark Features

• The thorough explanations assume no mathematical background, breaking down every topic into its most basic ideas.
• Prior reinforces self-assessment and active participation with a variety of integrated features.
  • Preparation Exercises at the start of every chapter help students to review what they need to know before beginning the chapter.
  • A “You Need to Know” list references materials that students should already know in order to successfully complete the section objectives, which are clearly stated at the beginning of each section.
  • Multiple You Try It Exercises follow each example, allowing students to immediately practice and apply the concepts they have just learned, while effectively bringing exercise sets into each lesson.
• Think About It boxes pose thought-provoking questions that encourage discussion of the concepts and topics. The concepts covered in these boxes are revisited in the Think Again exercises that begin each exercise set.
• An interactive format and presentation style encourage students to keep the book open and write in its pages, fostering active learning. The spiral binding provides a convenient way for students to study from their texts while working at a computer.
• Student supplements are available on DVD-ROM, saving natural resources and passing cost savings on to students.

Student Supplements

Student Resources on DVD-ROM Set for Basic Mathematics:
This all-in-one DVD-ROM set contains everything that students need to study efficiently. All of the following items are contained on a few discs, saving natural resources and providing a budget-friendly option for students.

• Chapter Test Prep Videos provide step-by-step solutions to every problem in the Chapter Tests. These videos provide guidance and support when students need the most help: the night before an exam.
• Video Lectures provide a lecture for each section of the textbook with an overview from the author. These lectures cover important definitions, procedures, and concepts from the section by working through examples and exercises from the textbook. Videos have optional English/Spanish subtitles.
• Student's Solutions Manual contains detailed, worked-out solutions to all You Try It Exercises, odd exercises, and chapter review and chapter test content in the text.

MyMathLab

MyMathLab course includes the following features:

• All features from the Student Resources on DVD-ROM set are also available through MyMathLab.
• Concept Videos illustrate the most difficult math topics in a visually appealing and accessible manner.
• English/Spanish Glossary allows students to see key mathematical terms and hear their definitions in either English or Spanish.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Whole Numbers and Number Sense

1.1 Whole Numbers

1.2 Definitions and Properties

1.3 Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers

1.4 Multiplying Whole Numbers

1.5 Dividing Whole Numbers

1.6 Equations

1.7 Solving Applications Using Equations

      Chapter 1 Review

      Chapter 1 Review Exercises

      Chapter 1 Test

Chapter 2. Factors and the Order of Operations

2.1 Exponents and Square Roots

2.2 The Order of Operations

2.3 Formulas

2.4 Factors

2.5 Prime Factorization

2.6 Common Factors

      Chapter 2 Review

      Chapter 2 Review Exercises

      Chapter 2 Test

      Chapters 1-2 Cumulative Review

Chapter 3. Fractions: Multiplication and Division

3.1 Introduction to Fractions

3.2 Simplifying Fractions

3.3 Multiplying Fractions

3.4 Dividing Fractions

3.5 Equations and Applications with Fractions

      Chapter 3 Review

      Chapter 3 Review Exercises

      Chapter 3 Test

Chapter 4. Fractions: Addition and Subtraction

4.1 Common Multiples

4.2 Building Up Fractions

4.3 Adding and Subtracting Like Fractions

4.4 Adding and Subtracting Unlike Fractions

4.5 Adding Mixed Numbers

4.6 Subtracting Mixed Numbers  

      Chapter 4 Review

      Chapter 4 Review Exercises

      Chapter 4 Test

      Chapters1-4 Cumulative Review

Chapter 5. Decimals

5.1 An Introduction to Decimals

5.2 Rounding Decimals

5.3 Adding and Subtracting Decimals

5.4 Multiplying Decimals

5.5 Dividing with Decimals

5.6 Applications Involving Decimals

      Chapter 5 Review

      Chapter 5 Review Exercises

      Chapter 5 Test

Chapter 6. Ratios, Proportions, and Percents

6.1 Ratios

6.2 Rates

6.3 Proportions

6.4 Percents

6.5 Solving the Percent Equation

6.6 Solving Percent Problems Using Proportions

6.7 Applications Involving Percents

      Chapter 6 Review

      Chapter 6 Review Exercises

      Chapter 6 Test

      Chapters 1-6 Cumulative Review

Chapter 7. Measurement and Geometry

7.1 U.S. Measures

7.2 Metric Measures

7.3 Converting U.S. and Metric Measures

7.4 Lines and Angles

7.5 Geometric Shapes

7.6 Perimeter

7.7 Area

7.8 Volume

      Chapter 7 Review

      Chapter 7 Review Exercises

      Chapter 7 Test

Chapter 8. Statistics and Probability

8.1 Bar Graphs and Circle Graphs

8.2 Histograms

8.3 Mean, Median, and Mode

8.4 Probability

      Chapter 8 Review

      Chapter 8 Review Exercises

      Chapter 8 Test

      Chapters 1-8 Cumulative Reivew

Chapter 9. Integers and Algebraic Expressions

9.1 Introduction to Algebra

9.2 Adding Signed Numbers

9.3 Subtracting Signed Numbers

9.4 Signed Fractions and Decimals

9.5 Multiplying and Dividing Signed Numbers

9.6 The Order of Operations for Signed Numbers

9.7 Algebraic Expressions: Combining Like Terms

9.8 Multiplying Algebraic Expressions

      Chapter 9 Review

      Chapter 9 Review Exercises

      Chapter 9 Test

Chapter 10. Equations

10.1 Solving Equations Involving One Operation

10.2 Solving Equations Involving Two Operations

10.3 Problem Solving

      Chapter 10 Review Exercises

      Chapter 10 Test

      Chapters 1-10 Cumulative Review

Answers

Glossary

Photograph Credits

Index of Applications

Index

Author

Bob Prior is an Associate Professor of at Riverside Community College's Norco Campus in southern California. He received his Bachelors degree from the University of California at San Diego and his Masters degree from California State University at Fullerton. Along with his teaching at the community college level, he has presented intensive summer institutes to high school algebra teachers and to upper elementary school educators. He has also presented at AMATYC, ICTCM, and at CMC3 (California), both North and South.

Bob has authored developmental math texts for use in three online classes for Riverside Community College (CA): Basic Math, Prealgebra, and Elementary Algebra. He is restructuring each of those texts, along with Intermediate Algebra, for Pearson. He lives with his wife Laura in Norco, California.