Sherri Messersmith, Nathalie Vega-Rhodes, Robert S Feldman

Prealgebra with P.O.W.E.R. Learning

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

P.O.W.E.R. learning: Prepare, Organize, Work, Evaluate, and Rethink.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 896
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 272mm x 216mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1542g
• ISBN-13: 9781259610295
• ISBN-10: 1259610292
• Artikelnr.: 49091762

Autorenporträt

Sherri Messersmith has been teaching at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, since 1994. She has over 25 years of experience teaching many different courses from developmental mathematics through calculus. She earned a bachelor of science degree in the teaching of mathematics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and went on to teach at the high level for two years. Sherri returned to UIUC and earned a master of science in applied mathematics and stayed on at the university to teach and coordinate large sections of undergraduate math courses. Sherri has authored several textbook, and she has also appeared in videos accompanying several McGraw-Hill texts. Sherri lives outside of Chicago with her husband, Phil, and their daughters, Alex and Cailen. In her precious free time, she likes to read, play the guitar, and travel -- the manuscripts for this and her previous books have accompanied her from Spain to Greece and many points in between.

Inhaltsangabe

Prealgebra with P.O.W.E.R. Learning, 2nd Edition
Chapter 1: Operations with Integers
Study Strategies: An Introduction to the P.O.W.E.R. Framework
Section 1.1Place Value and Rounding
Section 1.2Introduction to Integers
Section 1.3Adding Integers
Section 1.4Subtracting Integers
Section 1.5Estimating a Sum or Difference
Section 1.6Multiplying Integers and Estimation
Section 1.7Dividing Integers and Estimation
Putting It All Together
Section 1.8Exponents, Roots, and Order of Operations
Group Activity
emPOWERme: Who's in Charge?
Chapter 1 Summary
Chapter 1 Review
Chapter 1 Test
Chapter 2: Expressions and Equations
Study Strategies: Strategies for Reading Math (and other) Textbooks
Section 2.1Introduction to Algebra
Section 2.2Simplifying Expressions
Section 2.3Solving Linear Equations Part I
Section 2.4Solving Linear Equations Part II
Section 2.5Solving Linear Equations Part III
Section 2.6Solve Applied Problems Involving One Unknown
Section 2.7Solve Applied Problems Involving Two Unknowns
Group Activity
emPOWERme: Discover Your Reading Attention Span
Chapter Summary
Chapter 2 Review
Chapter 2 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-2
Chapter 3: Operations with Signed Fractions
Study Strategies: Time Management
Section 3.1Introduction to Signed Fractions
Section 3.2Writing Fractions in Lowest Terms
Section 3.3Multiplying and Dividing Signed Fractions
Section 3.4Adding and Subtracting Like Fractions and Finding a Least Common
Denominator
Section 3.5Adding and Subtracting Unlike Fractions
Section 3.6Operations with Mixed Numbers
Putting It All Together
Section 3.7Order Relations and Order of Operations
Section 3.8Solving Equations Containing Fractions
Group Activity
emPOWERme: Find Your Procrastination Quotient
Chapter Summary
Chapter 3 Review
Chapter 3 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-3
Chapter 4: Basic Geometry Concepts and Algebra
Study Strategies: Taking Notes in Class
Section 4.1 Introduction to Geometry
Section 4.2Rectangles, Squares, Parallelograms, and Trapezoids
Section 4.3Triangles
Section 4.4Volume and Surface Area
Putting It All Together
Section 4.5Solving Geometry Applications Using Algebra
Group Activity
emPOWERme: Active Listening
Chapter Summary
Chapter 4 Review
Chapter 4 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-4
Chapter 5: Signed Decimals
Study Strategies: Taking Math Tests
Section 5.1Reading and Writing Decimals
Section 5.2Rounding Decimals
Section 5.3Adding and Subtracting Signed Decimals
Section 5.4Multiplying Signed Decimals
Section 5.5Dividing Signed Decimals and Order of Operations
Putting It All Together
Section 5.6Writing Fractions as Decimals
Section 5.7Mean, Median, and Mode
Section 5.8Solving Equations Containing Decimals
Section 5.9Square Roots and the Pythagorean Theorem
Section 5.10Circles, Spheres, Cylinders, and Cones
Group Activity
emPOWERme: Is Anxiety the Hardest Problem on the Test?
Chapter Summary
Chapter 5 Review
Chapter 5 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-5
Chapter 6: Ratios, Rates, and Proportions
Study Strategies: Doing Math Homework
Section 6.1Ratios
Section 6.2Rates
Section 6.3Proportions
Section 6.4Solve Proportions
Section 6.5Solve Applied Problems Involving Proportions
Section 6.6Angles
Section 6.7Solve Applied Problems Involving Congruent and Similar Triangles
Group Activity
emPOWERme: The Right Approach for Homework
Chapter Summary
Chapter 6 Review
Chapter 6 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-6
Chapter 7: Measurement and Conversion
Study Strategies: Know Your School
Section 7.1Using U.S. Customary Measurements
Section 7.2The Metric System: Length
Section 7.3The Metric System: Capacity and Weight (Mass)
Section 7.4Solve Applied Problems Involving Metric Units
Section 7.5Metric - U.S. Customary Conversions and Temperature
Group Activity
emPOWERme: My School
Chapter Summary
Chapter 7 Review
Chapter 7 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-7
Chapter 8: Percents
Study Strategies: Using the Internet to Supplement Your Learning
Section 8.1Percents, Fractions, and Decimals
Section 8.2Compute Basic Percents Mentally
Section 8.3Use an Equation to Solve Percent Problems
Section 8.4Solve Applications Involving Percents
Putting It All Together
Section 8.5More Applications with Percents
Section 8.6Simple and Compound Interest
Group Activity
emPOWERme: The Internet, Learning, and Me
Chapter Summary
Chapter 8 Review
Chapter 8 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-8
Chapter 9: Graphs and the Rectangular Coordinate System
Study Strategies: Beginning Financial Literacy
Section 9.1Reading Tables, Pictographs, Bar Graphs, and Line Graphs
Section 9.2Frequency Distributions and Histograms
Section 9.3Using and Making Circle Graphs
Section 9.4Introduction to Linear Equations in Two Variables
Section 9.5Graphing Linear Equations in Two Variables
Group Activity
emPOWERme: Discover Your Personal Financial Philosophy
Chapter Summary
Chapter 9 Review
Chapter 9 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-9
Chapter 10: The Rules of Exponents and Polynomials
Study Strategies: Improving Your Memory
Section 10.1The Product Rule and Power Rules
Section 10.2Integer Exponents and the Quotient Rule
Putting It All Together
Section 10.3Scientific Notation
Section 10.4Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
Section 10.5Multiplying Polynomials
Group Activity
emPOWERme: What's Your Memory Style?
Chapter Summary
Chapter 10 Review
Chapter 10 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-10
Chapter 11 (Online): Transition to Algebra
Study Strategies: The Writing Process
Section 11.1 Sets of Numbers
Section 11.2 More on Solving Linear Equations
Section 11.3Solve a Formula for a Specific Variable
Section 11.4Solving Linear Inequalities in One Variable
Group Activity
emPOWERme: Writing Clearly
Appendix A: Whole Number Arithmetic
Section A.1Adding Whole Numbers
Section A.2Subtracting Whole Numbers
Section A.3Multiplying Whole Numbers
Section A.4Introduction to Division and Short Division
Section A.5Long Division of Whole Numbers
Appendix B (Online)
Section B.1 Deriving the Area of a Parallelogram and the Area of a Triangle
Section B.2 Inductive and Deductive Reasoning