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A problem solving approach to mathematics for elementary school teachers / Rick Billstein, Shlomo Libeskind, Johnny W. Lott.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Publisher: Boston, Mass. Addison Wesley, cop. 2010Edition: 10. edDescription: 1099 s. ill. 1 CD-skivaISBN:
  • 9780321639455
  • 0321639456
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 372.7 22
Other classification:
  • Eabt.04
  • Ta
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The new edition includes a new focus on active and collaborative learning, while maintaining its emphasis on developing skills and concepts.

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Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 An Introduction to Problem Solving
  • 1-1 Mathematics and Problem Solving
  • 1-2 Explorations with Patterns
  • 1-3 Reasoning and Logic: An Introduction
  • 2 Numeration Systems and Sets
  • 2-1 Numeration Systems
  • 2-2 Describing Sets
  • 2-3 Other Set Operations and Their Properties
  • 3 Whole Numbers and Their Operations
  • 3-1 Addition and Subtraction of Whole Numbers
  • 3-2 Algorithms for Whole-Number Addition and Subtraction
  • 3-3 Multiplication and Division of Whole Numbers
  • 3-4 Algorithms for Whole-Number Multiplication and Division
  • 3-5 Mental Mathematics and Estimation for Whole-Number Operations
  • 4 Algebraic Thinking
  • 4-1 Variables
  • 4-2 Equations
  • 4-3 Functions
  • 5 Integers and Number Theory
  • 5-1 Integers and the Operations of Addition and Subtraction
  • 5-2 Multiplication and Division of Integers
  • 5-3 Divisibility
  • 5-4 Prime and Composite Numbers
  • 5-5 Greatest Common Divisor and Least Common Multiple
  • 5-6 *Clock and Modular Arithmetic
  • 6 Rational Numbers as Fractions
  • 6-1 The Set of Rational Numbers
  • 6-2 Addition and Subtraction of Rational Numbers
  • 6-3 Multiplication and Division of Rational Numbers
  • 7 Decimals and Real Numbers
  • 7-1 Introduction to Decimals
  • 7-2 Operations on Decimals
  • 7-3 Nonterminating Decimals
  • 7-4 Real Numbers
  • 7-5 Using Real Numbers in Equations
  • 8 Proportional Reasoning, Percents and Applications
  • 8-1 Ratios, Proportions and Proportional Reasoning
  • 8-2 Percents
  • 8-3 Computing Interest
  • 9 Probability
  • 9-1 How Probabilities are Determined
  • 9-2 Multistage Experiments with Tree Diagrams and Geometric Probabilities
  • 9-3 Using Simulations in Probability
  • 9-4 Odds, Conditional Probability, and Expected Value
  • 9-5 Using Permutations and Combinations in Probability
  • 10 Data Analysis/Statistics: An Introduction
  • 10-1 Displaying Data: Part I
  • 10-2 Displaying Data: Part II
  • 10-3 Measures of Central Tendency and Variation
  • 10-4 Abuses of Statistics
  • 10-5 Designing Experiments/Collecting Data (found online on the catalog page under "Take a Closer Look")
  • 11 Introductory Geometry
  • 11-1 Basic Notions
  • 11-2 Polygons
  • 11-3 More about Angles
  • 11-4 Geometry in Three Dimensions
  • 11-5 *Networks
  • 12 Constructions, Congruence, and Similarity
  • 12-1 Congruence through Constructions
  • 12-2 Other Congruence Properties
  • 12-3 Other Constructions
  • 12-4 Similar Triangles and Similar Figures
  • 12-5 Lines and Linear Equations in a Cartesian Coordinate System
  • 12-6 Trigonometry Ratios via Similarity (found online on the catalog page under "Take a Closer Look")
  • 13 Concepts of Measurement
  • 13-1 Linear Measure
  • 13-2 Areas of Polygons and Circles
  • 13-3 The Pythagorean Theorem, Distance Formula, and Equation of a Circle
  • 13-4 Surface Areas
  • 13-5 Volume, Mass, and Temperature
  • 14 Motion Geometry and Tessellations
  • 14-1 Translations and Rotations
  • 14-2 Reflections and Glide Reflections
  • 14-3 Size Transformations
  • 14-4 Symmetries
  • 14-5 Tessellations of the Plane
  • The Appendices are now full chapters to help students with specific technology tools: Using a Spreadsheet, Graphing Calculators, and Using a Geometry Drawing Utility
  • These chapters are available in the Technology Manual, which can be shrink-wrapped at no additional cost with the new textbook
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  • Answers to All/Selected Exercises
  • Index
  • Photo Acknowledgments
  • *Optional Sections