Publisher's Synopsis
This timely revision presents arithmetic with an emphasis on skills, concepts, and their applications. The worktext format is well-suited for self-paced, lab situations but can be easily adapted to lecture settings. With the mature (or adult) audience, and varying abilities in mind, the authors pay particular attention to reducing math anxiety, promoting good study habits, showing the connection between mathematics and everyday adult life, and challenging students according to their individual levels of understanding. The text also takes into account teaching/learning by objective, teaching/learning by application, the importance of vocabulary, and the relationship between skills, concepts, and problem solving. Features: * Nationally acclaimed, class-proven pedagogy enhances the thorough, detailed topical coverage. Clearly stated Objectives are followed by an pplication, Vocabulary, How and Why explanations, Examples and Warm Up problems, section exercices, a Chapter Concept Review and Chapter Test. * "How and Why" segments explain and demonstrate concepts and skills and corresond to the objectives.;Throughout these segments skill boxes identify and outline skills in step-by-step form. Concept boxes highlight important properties, formulas, and theory. * Specially marked calculator examples provide opportunities to use the scientific calculator. Exercises and discussion in an appendix further emphasize calculator use. * Section exercises are paired so that odd-numbered exercises are equivalent in style and difficulty to the consecutive even-numbered exercises. With answers to the odd-numbered exercises in the back of the text, students can use these for practice and instructors can assign even-numbered exercises for homework. * Section exercises are organized in categories to help develop estimation, application, and communication skills, as well as opportunities for group work. * Application exercises represent professional and daily-life uses of mathematics and cover a wide range of fields including business, health, the envionment, consumer math, and science. * "Maintain Your Skills" exercises continually reinforce previously learned skills and concepts. * End-of-chapter exercises comprise "Chapter Concept Review" and "Chapter Test" exercises.;The true/false "Concept Review" helps students evaluate their understanding of concepts and gain experience with math vocabulary. The "Chapter Test" covers all chapter content and helps students access their mastery of skills. New to this edition: * Each section has been revised so that a single objective is presented with examples. This format is repeated for each objective in the section keeping students focused.
