Pearson - Basic College Mathematics, 8/E - Margaret L. Lial, Stanley A. Salzman & Diana L. Hestwood

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The Lial series has helped thousands of students succeed in developmental mathematics through its approachable writing style, supportive pedagogy, varied exercise sets, and complete supplements package. With this new edition, the authors continue to provide students and instructors with the best package for learning and teaching support–a book written with student success as its top priority, now with an emphasis on study skills growth and an expanded instructor supplements package.

Features

The Lial team pairs an approachable writing style with supportive pedagogy to ensure student success.

NEW! Lial’s student-friendly examples have been further enhanced in this revision with new pointers from the authors that warn students about common pitfalls.
Margin exercises allow students to immediately practice the material covered in the examples before they start the exercise sets.
Cautions and Notes warn students about common errors and emphasize important ideas throughout the exposition. These are color-coded for easy reference.
NEW! A built-in solutions manual in the back of the text offers solutions for select exercises.

NEW! Study Skills Activities, integrated throughout the text, can be used in the classroom or assigned as homework to help your students further develop skills such as taking notes, preparing for tests, and creating study cards!
A wealth of exercises allows students to practice, apply, connect, and extend the skills they are learning. Students can watch an instructor work through complete solutions to exercises that are marked with a DVD icon on the Videos on DVD.
Extensive end-of-chapter material provides ample opportunities for review.

The Chapter Summary includes Key Terms with definitions and helpful graphics, New Symbols, Test Your Word Power, and a Quick Review of each section's content with additional examples.
A comprehensive set of end-of-chapter exercises include Chapter Review Exercises keyed to individual sections, Mixed Review Exercises, and the Chapter Test. The new Chapter Test Prep Video CD provides step-by-step solutions to every problem in the chapter tests, and is included with every copy of the book.

Real-life applications put math into context while motivating students.

Chapter Openers feature real-world applications of mathematics that are relevant to students.
NEW! Math in the Media activities show students how mathematical concepts are applied in real life, especially in the public media.

New To This Edition

New and Enhanced Features

Lial’s student-friendly examples have been further enhanced in this revision with new pointers from the authors that warn students about common pitfalls.
Study Skills Activities, integrated throughout the text, can be used in the classroom or assigned as homework to help your students further develop skills like taking notes, preparing for tests, and creating study cards!
A built-in solutions manual in the back of the text offers solutions for select exercises.
Math in the Media activities show students how mathematical concepts are applied in real life, especially in the public media.

New to the Supplements Package

The Chapter Test Prep Video CD provides step-by-step solutions to every problem in the Chapter Test, and is included with every copy of the book. These videos provide guidance and support when students need the most help: the night before an exam.
The Videos on DVD provide a lecture for each section of the textbook, covering important definitions, procedures, and concepts. NEW! Students can watch an instructor work through complete solution to exercises that are marked with a DVD icon on the Videos on DVD. All videos have optional subtitles in English. Lectures also have optional subtitles in Spanish.
Worksheets for Classroom or Lab Practice offer extra practice exercises for every section of the text, with ample space for students to show their work. These lab- and classroom-friendly workbooks also list the learning objectives and key vocabulary terms for every text section, along with vocabulary practice problems.
The updated Instructor’s Resource Manual will now include Mini Lectures to provide new instructors with objectives, key examples, and teaching tips for each section of the text.
Enhancements to MyMathLab

Chapter Test Prep Videos offer step-by-step solutions on video for all Chapter Test exercises.
All video content from the Videos on DVD is available in MyMathLab, giving students a complete lecture for every section of the textbook and step-by-step solutions for select exercises from the text.
Optional English subtitles are available for all videos, and Spanish subtitles are available for the section lectures.
Interactive Test Your Word Power exercises help students master their mathematical vocabulary.
An Interactive English/Spanish Glossary offers the definitions for key terms in both English and Spanish.
Concept Videos illustrate the most difficult math topics in a visually appealing and accessible manner.

Content Updates

30-40% of applications and exercises have been updated with current content to maintain student interest. Topics include cell phone plans, HDTV, current sports stars, movies, and travel, and more.
Summary exercises now appear in the middle of every chapter, providing students with the all-important mixed practice they need at critical points in their skill development.
Chapter 9, Basic Algebra, has additional coverage of two topics that cause students difficulty

Subtracting signed numbers, especially with fractions and decimals
Setting up an equation to solve an application problem

Table of Contents

Each chapter ends with a Summary, Review Exercises, and a Chapter Test. Beginning with Chapter 2, each chapter also ends with a Cumulative Review.

1. Whole Numbers

1.1 Reading and Writing Whole Numbers

Study Skills: Your Brain Can Learn Mathematics

Study Skills: Using Your Textbook

1.2 Adding Whole Numbers

1.3 Subtracting Whole Numbers

1.4 Multiplying Whole Numbers

1.5 Dividing Whole Numbers

1.6 Long Division

Summary Exercises on Whole Numbers

1.7 Rounding Whole Numbers

1.8 Exponents, Roots, and Order of Operations

Study Skills: Taking Lecture Notes

1.9 Reading Pictographs, Bar Graphs, and Line Graphs

1.10 Solving Application Problems

2. Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

2.1 Basics of Fractions

Study Skills: Homework: How, Why, When

2.2 Mixed Numbers

2.3 Factors

2.4 Writing a Fraction in Lowest Terms

Study Skills: Using Study Cards: Part I

Summary Exercises on Fractions

2.5 Multiplying Fractions

2.6 Applications of Multiplication

2.7 Dividing Fractions

2.8 Multiplying and Dividing Mixed Numbers

Study Skills: Using Study Cards: Part II

Study Skills: Reviewing a Chapter

Study Skills: Preparing for Tests

3. Adding and Subtracting Fractions

3.1 Adding and Subtracting Like Fractions

Study Skills: Managing Your Time

3.2 Least Common Multiples

3.3 Adding and Subtracting Unlike Fractions

Study Skills: Making a Mind Map

3.4 Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers

3.5 Order Relations and the Order of Operations

Summary Exercises on Fractions

Study Skills: Taking Tests

4. Decimals

4.1 Reading and Writing Decimals

4.2 Rounding Decimals

4.3 Adding and Subtracting Decimals

4.4 Multiplying Decimals

Summary Exercises on Decimals

4.5 Dividing Decimals

4.6 Writing Fractions as Decimals

Study Skills: Analyzing Your Test Results

5. Ratio and Proportion

5.1 Ratios

5.2 Rates

5.3 Proportions

5.4 Solving Proportions

Summary Exercises on Ratios, Rates, and Proportions

5.5 Solving Application Problems with Proportions

6. Percent

6.1 Basics of Percent

6.2 Percents and Fractions

6.3 Using the Percent Proportion and Identifying the Components in a Percent Problem

6.4 Using Proportions to Solve Percent Problems

6.5 Using the Percent Equation

Summary Exercises on Percent

6.6 Solving Application Problems with Percent

6.7 Simple Interest

6.8 Compound Interest

Study Skills: Preparing for a Final Exam

7. Measurement

7.1 Problem Solving with U.S. Customary Measurement

7.2 The Metric System-Length

7.3 The Metric System-Capacity and Weight (Mass)

Summary Exercises on U.S. Customary and Metric Units

7.4 Problem Solving with Metric Measurement

7.5 Metric-U.S. Customary Conversions and Temperature

8. Geometry

8.1 Basic Geometric Terms

8.2 Angles and Their Relationships

8.3 Rectangles and Squares

8.4 Parallelograms and Trapezoids

8.5 Triangles

8.6 Circles

Summary Exercises on Perimeter, Circumference, and Area

8.7 Volume

8.8 Pythagorean Theorem

8.9 Similar Triangles

9. Basic Algebra

9.1 Signed Numbers

9.2 Adding and Subtracting Signed Numbers

9.3 Multiplying and Dividing Signed Numbers

9.4 Order of Operations

Summary Exercises on Operations with Signed Numbers

9.5 Evaluating Expressions and Formulas

9.6 Solving Equations

9.7 Solving Equations with Several Steps

9.8 Using Equations to Solve Application Problems

10. Statistics

10.1 Circle Graphs

10.2 Bar Graphs and Line Graphs

Summary Exercises on Graphs

10.3 Frequency Distributions and Histograms

10.4 Mean, Median, and Mode

Appendix: Inductive and Deductive Reasoning

Answers to Selected Exercises

Solutions to Selected Exercises

Index

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Basic College Mathematics, 7/E
Lial, Salzman & Hestwood
©2006 | Pearson | Paper; 848 pp | Out of Print
ISBN-10: 0321257804 | ISBN-13: 9780321257802
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Lial/Salzman/Hestwood’s Basic Mathematics, 7e, gives students the necessary tools to succeed in their current math courses, preparing them for future math courses and the rest of their lives. The Lial team creates a pattern for success by emphasizing problem-solving skills, vocabulary comprehension, real-world applications, and strong exercise sets. In keeping with its proven track record, this revision includes an effective new design, many new exercises and applications, and increased Summary Exercises to enhance comprehension and challenge students’ knowledge of the subject matter.
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Marge Lial was always interested in math; it was her favorite subject in the first grade! Marge's intense desire to educate both her students and herself has inspired the writing of numerous best-selling textbooks. Marge, who received Bachelor's and Master's degrees from California State University at Sacramento, is affiliated with American River College. Marge is an avid reader and traveler. Her travel experiences often find their way into her books as applications, exercise sets, and feature sets. She is particularly interested in archeology. Trips to various digs and ruin sites have produced some fascinating problems for her textbooks involving such topics as the building of Mayan pyramids and the acoustics of ancient ball courts in the Yucatan.

When John Hornsby enrolled as an undergraduate at Louisiana State University, he was uncertain whether he wanted to study mathematics education or journalism. His ultimate decision was to become a teacher, but after twenty-five years of teaching at the high school and university levels and fifteen years of writing mathematics textbooks, both of his goals have been realized. His love for both teaching and for mathematics is evident in his passion for working with students and fellow teachers as well. His specific professional interests are recreational mathematics, mathematics history, and incorporating graphing calculators into the curriculum. John's personal life is busy as he devotes time to his family (wife Gwen, and sons Chris, Jack, and Josh). He has been a rabid baseball fan all of his life. John's other hobbies include numismatics (the study of coins) and record collecting. He loves the music of the 1960s and has an extensive collection of the recorded works of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

A native Midwesterner, Terry McGinnis received her Bachelor’s of Science in Elementary Education with a concentration in Mathematics from Iowa State University. She has taught elementary and middle school mathematics, and developed and implemented the curriculum used with her students. Terry has been involved in college mathematics publishing for over 20 years, working with a variety of authors on textbooks in developmental mathematics and precalculus. After working behind the scenes on many of the Lial/Hornsby textbooks and supplements for over 10 years, Terry joined Margaret Lial and John Hornsby in 2002 as coauthor of their developmental mathematics series that includes Introductory Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, and Introductory and Intermediate Algebra. When not working, Terry enjoys spinning at a local health club, walking, and reading fiction. She is the devoted mother of two sons, Andrew and Tyler.

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