Prealgebra (with Make the Grade and InfoTrac)

by McKeague, Charles P.

• ISBN13: 9780534434038
• ISBN10: 0534434037
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-20
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

You'll develop a thorough understanding of the concepts essential to success in mathematics with PREALGEBRA, 5th Edition. Each chapter-opening application is used as a common thread to introduce new concepts. Diagrams, charts, and graphs make it easier to grasp the material. McKeague's unique and successful EPAS system of Example, Practice, Answer, and Solution prepares you for working the problem sets. Your textbook purchase also includes a range of online and CD-ROM learning tools, including iLrn Testing and Tutorial, Personal Tutor with SMARTHINKING live online tutoring, the Digital Video Companion CD-ROM with MathCue, and a Book Companion Web Site.

Table of Contents

1. WHOLE NUMBERS

Place Value and Names for Numbers

Properties and Facts of Addition

Addition with Whole Numbers, and Perimeter

Rounding Numbers, Estimating Answers, and Displaying Information

Subtraction with Whole Numbers

Properties and Facts of Multiplication

The Distributive Property and Multiplication with Whole Numbers

Division with Whole Numbers

Exponents and Order of Operations

Area and Volume

Summary

Review

Test

2. 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

Multiplication Properties of Exponents

Adding and Subtracting Polynomials

Multiplying Polynomials: An Introduction

Summary

Review

Test

Cumulative Review

3. 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

Summary

Review

Test

Cumulative Review

4. 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

Summary

Review

Test

Cumulative Review

5. DECIMALS

Decimal Notation and Place Value

Addition and Subtraction with Decimals

Multiplication with Decimals; Circumference and Area of a Circle

Division with Decimals

Fractions and Decimals, and the Volume of a Sphere

Equations Containing Decimals

Square Roots and the Pythagorean Theorem

Simplifying Square Roots

Adding and Subtracting Roots

Summary

Review

Test

Cumulative Review

6. RATIO, PROPORTION, AND UNIT ANALYSIS

Ratios

Unit Analysis I: Length

Unit Analysis II: Area and Volume

Unit Analysis III: Weight

Converting Between the Two Systems

Proportions

Summary

Review

Test

Cumulative Review

7. PERCENT

Percents, Decimals, and Fractions

Basic Percent Problems

General Applications of Percent

Sales Tax and Commission

Percent Increase or Decrease, and Discount

Interest

Summary

Review

Test

Cumulative Review

Appendixes

I: One Hundred Addition Facts

II: One Hundred Multiplication Facts

III: Negative Exponents

IV: Scientific Notation

V: More About Scientific Notation

Solution to Selected Practice Problems

Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems

Index