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More than 1 million books sold in the Practice Makes Perfect series!Based on the successful approach of the Practice Makes Perfect series, a basic math workbook that allows students to reinforce their skills through key concepts and 500 exercises About the BookA no-nonsense practical guide to this subject, Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Math offers practice in very basic mathematics skills in an area also sometimes called remedial math. It covers the skills necessary to pass the GED and the math students need to know for community college. Students get reviews of arithmetic, multiplication, division, basic geometry and algebra, as well as negative numbers, square roots, working with fractions, and more.Offering a winning formula for getting a handle on mathematics right away, Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Math is an indispensable resource for anyone who wants a solid understanding of the fundamentals.Key Selling FeaturesNot focused on any particular test or exam, but complementary to most basic math curriculaMore than 500 exercises and answers covering all aspects of basic mathLarge trim allows clear presentation of exercises, worked problems, and explained answersThe Practice Makes Perfect series has sales of 1 million-plus copies in the language category--now applied to mathematicsMarket/AudienceFor students who need to review and practice basic math, whether to keep up with class work or to prepare for a test or examAuthor InformationCarolyn Wheater (Hawthorne, NJ) teaches middle school and upper school mathematics at the Nightingale-Bamford School in New York City. Educated at Marymount Manhattan College and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, she has taught math and computer technology for 30 years to students from preschool through college. She is a member of National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the Association of Teachers in Independent Schools.
Contents
IntroductionPart I: Number SenseChapter 1: Talking about NumbersThe families of numbersVocabulary and symbolsChapter 2: The Size of ThingsLarge and SmallEstimation and RoundingChapter 3: Ins and OutsPrime or CompositeEven or OddFactors, Divisors, and MultiplesPart II: CalculationChapter 4: Number CrunchingOrder of OperationsIntegersChapter 5: Part TimeFractions DecimalsPercentChapter 6: Powers PlayPowersRootsPart III: Algebraic ReasoningChapter 7: Changing the Look of ExpressionsRemoving ParenthesesCombining Like TermsLifting RadicalsDealing with DenominatorsChapter 8: Finding a SolutionSolving Linear EquationsSolving InequalitiesChapter 9: Solving Quadratic EquationsFactoringSquare RootsQuadratic FormulaChapter 10: Functions and their GraphsLinear FunctionsQuadratic FunctionsPart IV: Geometric RelationshipsChapter 11: Measurement MattersSegmentsAnglesChapter 12: The Shape of ThingsTrianglesQuadrilateralsOther PolygonsChapter 13: Round About CirclesAngles and ArcsLines and SegmentsChapter 14: AreaThree and Four More CirclesSurface AreaChapter 15: VolumeStraight TalkTo the PointPart V: Statistical ThinkingChapter 16: Counting on the ProbabilityGetting a CountUnderstanding Your ChancesChapter 17:Every Picture Tells a StoryTypes of GraphsGood and BadReading GraphsChapter 18: Making SenseSummarizing DataExpressing RelationshipsAnswer KeyNER(01): WOW
