A Problem Solving Approach to Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers

by Billstein, Rick; Libeskind, Shlomo; Lott, Johnny W.

• ISBN13: 9780201347302
• ISBN10: 020134730X
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780321156808
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div
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Summary

Setting the Standard for Tomorrow' s Teachers: This best-selling text continues as a comprehensive, skills-based resource for future teachers. In this edition, students will benefit from additional emphasis on active and collaborative learning. Revised and updated content will better prepare your students for the day when they will be teachers with students of their own.

Table of Contents

An Introduction to Problem Solving	1	(57)
Sets, Whole Numbers, and Functions	58	(65)
Whole-Number Computation	123	(46)
Integers and Number Theory	169	(76)
Rational Numbers as Fractions	245	(48)
Decimals, Percents, and Real Numbers	293	(55)
Probability	348	(60)
Statistics: An Introduction	408	(53)
Introductory Geometry	461	(57)
Constructions, Congruence, and Similarity	518	(73)
Concepts of Measurement	591	(77)
Motion Geometry and Tessellations	668	(56)
Appendix I Logo Turtle Graphics	724	(19)
Appendix II Graphing Calculators	743	(8)
Appendix III Using a Geometry Drawing Utility	751	(8)
Appendix IV Using a Spreadsheet	759	(8)
Answers to Selected Problems	767	(46)
Index	813