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Basic College Mathematics, 5/E
John Tobey, Jr., North Shore Community College
Jeffrey Slater, North Shore Community College

ISBN-10: 0131490575
ISBN-13: 9780131490574

Publisher: Pearson
Copyright: 2005
Format: Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 816 pp
Published: 10/27/2004

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A worktext format for basic college math or arithmetic courses including lecture-based, self-paced, and modular classes.

John Tobey and Jeff Slater are experienced developmental math authors and active classroom teachers. The Tobey approach focuses on building skills one at a time by breaking math down into manageable pieces. This building block organization is a practical approach to basic math skill development that makes it easier for students to understand each topic, gaining confidence as they move through each section. Knowing students crave feedback, Tobey has enhanced the new edition with a "How am I Doing?" guide to math success. The combination of continual reinforcement of basic skill development, ongoing feedback and a fine balance of exercises makes the fifth edition of Tobey/Slater Basic College Mathematics even more practical and accessible.

Features

How does your current book provide students with repetition, reinforcement, and feedback?

New! Ongoing feedback: Now when a student thinks, "I wonder how I'm doing?" the can do more than just guess. A new "How Am I Doing" emphasis gives students the feedback they crave.

"How Am I Doing?" navigation guide to math success shows students how to more effectively use the text to succeed in this math course.

"How Am I Doing ?" mid-chapter review exercise set lets students pause at a critical juncture to assess whether they are 'getting it" so far.

"How Am I Doing ?" Chapter Test helps students determine whether they've mastered the important concepts in the chapter.

Where do your students get help the night before the test?

New Chapter Test Prep Video: The Chapter Test Prep Video provides step-by-step solutions to every problem in the textbook Chapter Test, free inside the back cover. The night before the exam is an important "teachable moment" and the CTPV helps students better prepare for the exam at a point when they most need it.

Do your students work enough problems?

Do you assign homework? Do you grade it?

How do your students get feedback?

New MyMathlab: Powered by CourseCompass and MathXL, MyMathLab is a series of text-specific online courses that accompany select Prentice Hall Mathematics and Statistics textbooks. MyMathLab provides powerful homework and assessment functionality in addition to a rich and flexible set of course materials to accompany the text. Course management tools make it easy to customize online courses. MyMathLab provides everything necessary to deliver all or a portion of math courses online.

Chapter Organizers neatly summarize the chapter topics, procedures and corresponding examples all in one place to simplify chapter review.

Develop Your Study Skills boxes throughout remind and encourage students to hone these all-important study skills.

A Mathematics Blueprint for Problem Solving provides a consistent and interactive outline that helps students organize their approach to problem solving. The Blueprint helps students know where to begin, and how to understand the process, plan subsequent steps, and successfully solve applications.

Problem Solving is thorough, integrated throughout and easy to follow with key steps highlighted with the pedagogical use of color.

Putting Your Skills to Work applications provide opportunities to solve real world situations using newly mastered math skills. Students utilize critical thinking skills, analyze and interpret data and solve using situations encountered in daily life.

Math in the Media exercises offer students yet another opportunity to see how the math they are learning applies to the world around them.

Exercises are paired and graded (easy to more difficult) and each exercise set includes Verbal and Writing Skills and Mixed Practice exercises.

A built-in solutions manual offers worked out solutions to the practice problems and reinforces the problem solving process.

New To This Edition

How does your current book provide students with repetition, reinforcement, and feedback?

New! Ongoing feedback: Now when a student thinks, "I wonder how I'm doing?" the can do more than just guess. A new "How Am I Doing" emphasis gives students the feedback they crave.

"How Am I Doing?" navigation guide to math success shows students how to more effectively use the text to succeed in this math course.

"How Am I Doing ?" mid-chapter review exercise set lets students pause at a critical juncture to assess whether they are 'getting it" so far.

"How Am I Doing ?" Chapter Test helps students determine whether they've mastered the important concepts in the chapter.

Where do your students get help the night before the test?

Do your students work enough problems?

Do you assign homework? Do you grade it?

How do your students get feedback?

Better Example, Practice Problem format. Although virtually all worktexts feature an example and corresponding practice problem, Tobey's format has been redesigned to provide better pairing of the practice problem and example into a cohesive "see it solved here, now try it yourself" pattern. Tobey knows that his successful students gain confidence as they move through each section by working the corresponding practice problems.

New and updated exercises and applications contain 30% contributed by students.

New Appendix A: Consumer Finance Applications Appendix covers three practical, common financial decisions--Balancing a Checkbook, Purchasing a Home, and Determining the Best Deal when Purchasing a Vehicle and includes Examples, Practice Problems and Exercises for each.

No major changes to the fifth edition organization/table of contents.

Table of Contents

Notes: All chapters conclude with: Chapter Organizer, Chapter Review Problems, How Am I Doing? Chapter Test, Cumulative Test (no Cumulative Test following ch. 1). The Diagnostic Pretest and all Chapter Pretests can now be found in the Instructor’s Resource Manual. The Putting Your Skills to Work feature still exists but is no longer mentioned in the TOC.

How Am I Doing? Guide (inside front cover– NEW! )

Preface

Acknowledgments

To The Student

Chapter 1 Whole Numbers

1.1 Understanding Whole Numbers

1.2 Adding Whole Numbers

1.3 Subtracting Whole Numbers

1.4 Multiplying Whole Numbers

1.5 Dividing Whole Numbers

How Am I Doing? Sections 1.1—1.5 NEW!

1.6 Exponents and the Order of Operations

1.7 Rounding and Estimating

1.8 Solving Applied Problems Involving Whole Numbers

Chapter 2 Fractions

2.1 Understanding Fractions

2.2 Simplifying Fractions

2.3 Converting Between Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers

2.4 Multiplying Fractions and Mixed Numbers

2.5 Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers

How Am I Doing? Sections 2.1—2.5 NEW!

Test on Sections 2.1 to 2.5

2.6 The Least Common Denominator and Creating Equivalent Fractions

2.7 Adding and Subtracting Fractions

2.8 Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers and the Order of Operations

2.9 Solving Applied Problems Involving Fractions

Chapter 3 Decimals

3.1 Using Decimal Notation

3.2 Comparing, Ordering, and Rounding Decimals

3.3 Adding and Subtracting Decimals

3.4 Multiplying Decimals

How Am I Doing? Sections 3.1—3.4 NEW!

3.5 Dividing Decimals

3.6 Converting Fractions to Decimals and the Order of Operations

3.7 Estimating and Solving Applied Problems Involving Decimals

Chapter 4 Ratio and Proportion

4.1 Ratios and Rates

4.2 The Concept of Proportions

How Am I Doing? Sections 4.1—4.2 NEW!

4.3 Solving Proportions

4.4 Solving Applied Problems Involving Proportions

Chapter 5 Percent

5.1 Understanding Percent

5.2 Changing Between Percents, Decimals, and Fractions

5.3 A Solving Percent Problems Using Equations

5.3 B Solving Percent Problems Using Proportions

How Am I Doing? Sections 5.1—5.3 NEW!

5.4 Solving Applied Percent Problems

5.5 Solving Commission, Percent of Increase or Decrease, and Interest Problems

Chapter 6 Measurement

6.1 American Units

6.2 Metric Measurements: Length

6.3 Metric Measurements: Volume and Weight

How Am I Doing? Sections 6.1—6.3 NEW!

6.4 Converting Units

6.5 Solving Applied Measurement Problems

Chapter 7 Geometry

7.1 Angles

7.2 Rectangles and Squares

7.3 Parallelograms, Trapezoids, and Rhombuses

7.4 Triangles

7.5 Square Roots

How Am I Doing? Sections 7.1—7.5 NEW!

7.6 The Pythagorean Theorem

7.7 Circles

7.8 Volume

7.9 Similar Geometric Figures

7.10 Solving Applied Problems Involving Geometry

Chapter 8 Statistics

8.1 Circle Graphs

8.2 Bar Graphs and Line Graphs

How Am I Doing? Sections 8.1—8.2 NEW!

8.3 Histograms

8.4 Mean, Median, and Mode

Chapter 9 Signed Numbers

9.1 Adding Signed Numbers

9.2 Subtracting Signed Numbers

9.3 Multiplying and Dividing Signed Numbers

How Am I Doing? Sections 9.1—9.3 NEW!

9.4 Order of Operations with Signed Numbers

9.5 Scientific Notation

Chapter 10 Introduction to Algebra

10.1 Variables and Like Terms

10.2 The Distributive Property

10.3 Solving Equations Using the Addition Property

10.4 Solving Equations Using the Division or Multiplication Property

10.5 Solving Equations Using Two Properties

How Am I Doing? Sections 10.1—10.5 NEW!

10.6 Translating English to Algebra

10.7 Solving Applied Problems

Practice Final Examination

Glossary

Appendix A: Consumer Finance Applications

A.1 Balancing a Checking Account

A.2 Purchasing a Home

A.3 Determining the Best Deal When Purchasing a Vehicle

Appendix B: Tables

Basic Addition Facts

Basic Multiplication Facts

Prime Factors

Square Roots

Appendix C: Scientific Calculators

Solutions to Practice Problems

Selected Answers

Index of Applications

Subject Index

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