Prealgebra A Text/Workbook

by McKeague, Charles P.

• ISBN13: 9780495559917
• ISBN10: 0495559911
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-31
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

Pat McKeague's sixth edition of PREALGEBRA is the book for the modern student like you. Like its predecessors, the sixth edition is clear, concise, and patient in explaining the concepts. This new edition contains hundreds of new and updated examples and applications, a redesign that includes cleaner graphics and images (some from Google Earth) that allow you to see the connection between mathematics and your world. This includes references to contemporary topics like gas prices and some of today's most forward thinking companies like Google.

Table of Contents

Whole Numbers

Place Value and Names for Numbers

Addition with Whole Numbers, and Perimeter

Rounding Numbers, Estimating Answers, and Displaying Information

Subtraction with Whole Numbers

Multiplication with Whole Numbers

Division with Whole Numbers

Exponents, Order of Operations, and Averages

Area and Volume

Introduction to Algebra

Positive and Negative Numbers

Addition with Negative Numbers

Subtraction with Negative Numbers

Multiplication with Negative Numbers

Division with Negative Numbers

Simplifying Algebraic Expressions

Fractions and Mixed Numbers

The Meaning and Properties of Fractions

Prime Numbers, Factors, and Reducing to Lowest Terms

Multiplication with Fractions, and the Area of a Triangle

Division with Fractions

Addition and Subtraction with Fractions

Mixed-Number Notation

Multiplication and Division with Mixed Numbers

Addition and Subtraction with Mixed Numbers

Combinations of Operations and Complex Fractions

Solving Equations

The Distributive Property and Algebraic Expressions

The Addition Property of Equality

The Multiplication Property of Equality

Linear Equations in One Variable

Applications

Evaluating Formulas

Paired Data and Equations in Two Variables

The Rectangular Coordinate System

Graphing Straight Lines

Decimals

Decimal Notation and Place Value

Addition and Subtraction with Decimals

Multiplication with Decimals

Division with Decimals

Fractions and Decimals

Equations Containing Decimals

Square Roots and the Pythagorean Theorem

Ratio and Proportion

Ratios

Rates and Units Pricing

Proportions

Applications of Proportions

Similar Figures

Percent

Percents, Decimals, and Fractions

Basic Percent Problems

General Applications of Percent

Sales Tax and Commission

Percent Increase or Decrease and Discount

Interest

Pie Charts

Measurement

Unit Analysis I: Length

Unit Analysis II: Area and Volume

Unit Analysis III: Weight

Converting Between the Two Systems and Temperature

Operations with time and Mixed Units

Exponents and Polynomials, an Introduction

Multiplication Properties of Exponents

Adding and Subtracting Polynomials

Multiplying Polynomials: An Introduction

Negative Exponents

Scientific Notation

More about Scientific Notation

Appendixes

One Hundred Addition Facts

One Hundred Multiplication Facts

Solution to Selected Practice Problems

Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems, and Chapter Tests

Index

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