Basic College Mathematics with P.O.W.E.R. Learning
Sherri Messersmith,
College of DuPage Lawrence Perez,
Saddleback College Robert S Feldman,
University of MA
ISBN: 0073406244 Copyright year: 2014
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Addition and Subtraction with Whole Numbers
Section 1.1 Whole Numbers and Place Value
Section 1.2 Introduction to Addition
Section 1.3 Adding Whole Numbers
Section 1.4 Introduction to Subtraction
Section 1.5 Subtracting Whole Numbers
Putting It All Together
Section 1.6 Rounding and Estimation
Section 1.7 Reading Pictographs, Bar Graphs, and Line Graphs
Chapter Summary
Chapter 1 Review
Chapter 1 Test Chapter 2 Multiplication and Division with Whole Numbers
Section 2.1 Introduction to Multiplication
Section 2.2 Finding the Product with Whole Numbers
Section 2.3 Introduction to Division
Section 2.4 Divisibility Rules and Short Division
Section 2.5 Long Division
Putting It All Together
Section 2.6 Exponents, Roots, and Order of Operations
Section 2.7 Solving Applied Problems
Chapter Summary
Chapter 2 Review
Chapter 2 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-2 Chapter 3 Multiplying, Dividing, and Simplifying Fractions
Section 3.1 Introduction to Fractions
Section 3.2 Mixed Numbers
Section 3.3 Factors
Section 3.4 Writing Fractions in Lowest Terms
Section 3.5 Multiplying Fractions
Section 3.6 Applications of Multiplication
Section 3.7 Dividing Fractions
Putting It All Together
Section 3.8 Multiplying and Dividing Mixed Numbers
Chapter Summary
Chapter 3 Review
Chapter 3 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-3 Chapter 4 Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Section 4.1 Adding and Subtracting Like Fractions
Section 4.2 Least Common Multiples
Section 4.3 Finding the Least Common Denominator
Section 4.4 Adding and Subtracting Unlike Fractions
Section 4.5 Applications of Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Section 4.6 Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers
Putting It All Together
Section 4.7 Order Relations and Order of Operations
Chapter Summary
Chapter 4 Review
Chapter 4 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1 – 4 Chapter 5 Decimals
Section 5.1 Reading and Writing Decimals
Section 5.2 Rounding Decimals
Section 5.3 Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Section 5.4 Multiplying Decimals
Section 5.5 Dividing Decimals and Order of Operations
Putting It All Together
Section 5.6 Writing Fractions as Decimals
Section 5.7 Mean, Median, and Mode
Chapter Summary
Chapter 5 Review
Chapter 5 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-5 Chapter 6 Ratios, Rates, and Proportions
Section 6.1 Ratios
Section 6.2 Rates
Section 6.3 Proportions
Section 6.4 Solve Proportions
Section 6.5 Solve Applied Problems Involving Proportions
Chapter Summary
Chapter 6 Review
Chapter 6 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-6 Chapter 7 Measurement and Conversion
Section 7.1 Using U.S. Customary Measurements
Section 7.2 The Metric System: Length
Section 7.3 The Metric System: Capacity and Weight (Mass)
Section 7.4 Solve Applied Problems Involving Metric Units
Section 7.5 Metric – U.S. Customary Conversions and Temperature
Chapter Summary
Chapter 7 Review
Chapter 7 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-7 Chapter 8 Percents
Section 8.1 Introduction to Percent
Section 8.2 Percents and Fractions
Section 8.3 Compute Basic Percents Mentally
Section 8.4 Use an Equation to Solve Percent Problems
Section 8.5 Solve Applications Involving Percents
Putting It All Together
Section 8.6 More Applications with Percents
Section 8.7 Simple Interest
Section 8.8 Compound Interest
Chapter Summary
Chapter 8 Review
Chapter 8 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-8 Chapter 9 Geometry
Section 9.1 Introduction to Geometry
Section 9.2 Angles
Section 9.3 Rectangles and Squares
Section 9.4 Triangles
Section 9.5 Parallelograms and Trapezoids
Section 9.6 Circles
Section 9.7 Volume
Section 9.8 Square Roots and the Pythagorean Theorem
Section 9.9 Similar Triangles
Chapter Summary
Chapter 9 Review
Chapter 9 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-9 Chapter 10 Signed Numbers
Section 10.1 Introduction to Signed Numbers
Section 10.2 Adding Signed Numbers
Section 10.3 Subtracting Signed Numbers
Section 10.4 Multiplying and Dividing Signed Numbers
Section 10.5 Order of Operations
Chapter Summary
Chapter 10 Review
Chapter 10 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-10 Chapter 11 Introduction to Algebra
Section 11.1 Evaluating Expressions and Formulas
Section 11.2 Solving Equations
Section 11.3 More on Solving Equations
Section 11.4 Applications of Equations
Chapter Summary
Chapter 11 Review
Chapter 11 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-11 Appendix A Statistics
Section A1 Circle Graphs
Section A2 Bar Graphs
Section A3 Frequency Distributions and Histograms
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