Record details

• ISBN: 9780071790130
• ISBN: 0071790136
• Physical Description: xii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
• Edition: 2nd edition
• Publisher: New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill, [2013]

Content descriptions

General Note:

"Complete with end-of-chapter quizzes and a final exam"--Cover.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (page 257) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Chapter 1 Numerals 1 -- Numeric Pictures 2 -- Roman Numerals 5 -- Arabic Numerals 7 -- What's the Base? 11 -- Quiz 20 -- Chapter 2 Quantities 23 -- Counting and Whole Numbers 24 -- Even and Odd Whole Numbers 26 -- Prime Numbers 29 -- Prime Factors 31 -- Negative Numbers and Integers 33 -- Between the Integers 36 -- Quiz 41 -- Chapter 3 Decimals 43 -- Powers of 10 44 -- Terminating Decimals 49 -- Endless Repeating Decimals 52 -- Terminating Decimal to Fraction 58 -- Endless Repeating Decimal to Fraction 60 -- Endless Nonrepeating Decimals 63 -- Quiz 65 -- Chapter 4 Proportions 67 -- Ratios 68 -- Direct Proportions 69 -- Inverse Proportions 71 -- Percentages 72 -- Percentages with Money 74 -- Percentages Up or Down 76 -- Rational or Irrational? 78 -- Real Numbers 81 -- Quiz 84 -- Chapter 5 Operations 87 -- Longhand Addition 88 -- Longhand Subtraction 92 -- Longhand Multiplication 97 -- Longhand Division 103 -- Quiz 117 -- Chapter 6 Objects 121 -- Perimeter and Circumference 122 -- Interior Area 126 -- Surface Area 130 -- Volume 134 -- Combining Areas and Volumes 138 -- Quiz 140 -- Chapter 7 Graphs 143 -- Smooth Curves 144 -- Bars and a Pie 146 -- Point-to-Point Graphs 150 -- Interpolation 152 -- Curve Fitting 154 -- Extrapolation 157 -- Trends 160 -- Paired Bar Graphs 162 -- Quiz 167 -- Chapter 8 Finances 169 -- Dollars and Change 170 -- Compound Interest 172 -- Loans and Amortization 176 -- Taxation 178 -- Quiz 186 -- Chapter 9 Extremes 189 -- Subscripts and Superscripts 190 -- Powers of 10 Revisited 190 -- Exponents in Action 196 -- Approximation and Precedence 203 -- Significant Figures 206 -- Quiz 211 -- Chapter 10 Measurements 213 -- Unit Systems 214 -- Primary Base Units 215 -- Secondary Base Units 219 -- Derived Units 223 -- Unit Conversions 227 -- Quiz 231.

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Subject:

Mathematics > Popular works.
Mathematics > Programmed instruction.

Genre:

Programmed instructional materials.

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