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

Innehållsförteckning levererad av 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
• See 'Packages' tab for ordering information
• Answers to All/Selected Exercises
• Index
• Photo Acknowledgments
• *Optional Sections