Just the basics

The text 'Basic College Mathematics' is used at the college Where I tutor in mathematics as the foundational course for mathematics in all programs. While Many students out of this test level into algebraic topics, For Those Whose students is mathematics Decades old, gold Was never perfect In the Beginning, this book offers a fairly clear and systematic approach to mathematics topics.
The chapters cover the broad topics in this order: Whole Numbers, Including the basic arithmetical functions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division), Was well as basics of exponents and rounding; Fractions, Including the basic arithmetical functions as well as Beginning to deal with mixed numbers and order of operations; Decimals, basic arithmetical Including the functions as well as continuing with order of operations and decimal / fraction conversions; Ratio and proportion ideas; Percentages Theoretical and Applied; Basic Measurements and conversions of units entre British / American units and metric standards; Geometry at the MOST basic shapes and level of arithmetical formulas dealing with Those shapes for area, perimeter, etc .; Statistics at a very elementary level, Such As reading charts and graphs, histograms, and the three concepts of mean, median and mode; Signed and special numbers, Including the negative numbers, as well as scientific notation; and finally a brief introduction to Algebra, qui Introduces the basic concepts of variables, like terms, and equations.
Each of the chapters deals with things in a mathematical as well as an 'English' way - in words explaining the concepts and operations being white the carried out in the numbers. Each section of Each chapter covers only A Few key concepts, with enough problems for solving That Reinforce the principles Thoroughly. Each section aussi as word problems (story problems) to test the real-world applicability of the numerical / mathematical concepts presented being white, so When students ask (As They always do and `shall), 'When am I ever going to use this?' there are examples drawn from typical situations.
Tobey and Slater Worked aussi-have to make connections with various geometry, graphs and charts, tables, as well as Internet resources to Provide The Most up-to-dated and Useful text. There are specific problems along the way That assumes the use of calculators (as MOST of real-life mathematics now Involves calculators).
The book's design is interesting from a graphic-design Standpoint, drank from the Standpoint of clarity to the students, the pages are a bit 'busy'. While I appreciate the need to Reduce the number of pages in an attempt to keep the costs down (text-book prices are popular Typically Higher Than-book prices, and this text is no exception), more white space on the page Would probably help the accessibility and make it a little less intimidating.
This book reserves as a good foundation for students to proceed at our college forward into Beginning Algebra (Reviews another book by Tobey and Slater on this topic is used for the next-level course), And Then into further Top Intermediate Algebra and beyond.
This edition contains the answers, do be Advised goal, the thesis are easy answers, and not Worked out with all the steps. There is a student solutions manual contains That thesis.