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· 분류 : 외국도서 > 과학/수학/생태 > 수학 > 연산
· ISBN : 9781119293637
· 쪽수 : 384쪽
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Introduction 1
Part 1: Getting Started with Basic Math and Pre-Algebra 5
CHAPTER 1: Playing the Numbers Game 7
CHAPTER 2: It’s All in the Fingers: Numbers and Digits 23
CHAPTER 3: The Big Four: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division 29
Part 2: Getting a Handle on Whole Numbers 47
CHAPTER 4: Putting the Big Four Operations to Work 49
CHAPTER 5: A Question of Values: Evaluating Arithmetic Expressions 63
CHAPTER 6: Say What? Turning Words into Numbers 75
CHAPTER 7: Divisibility 87
CHAPTER 8: Fabulous Factors and Marvelous Multiples 95
Part 3: Parts of the Whole: Fractions, Decimals, and Percents 109
CHAPTER 9: Fooling with Fractions 111
CHAPTER 10: Parting Ways: Fractions and the Big Four Operations 125
CHAPTER 11: Dallying with Decimals 149
CHAPTER 12: Playing with Percents 171
CHAPTER 13: Word Problems with Fractions, Decimals, and Percents 183
Part 4: Picturing and Measuring — Graphs, Measures, Stats, and Sets 195
CHAPTER 14: A Perfect Ten: Condensing Numbers with Scientific Notation 197
CHAPTER 15: How Much Have You Got? Weights and Measures 205
CHAPTER 16: Picture This: Basic Geometry 217
CHAPTER 17: Seeing Is Believing: Graphing as a
Visual Tool 239
CHAPTER 18: Solving Geometry and Measurement Word Problems 247
CHAPTER 19: Figuring Your Chances: Statistics and Probability 259
CHAPTER 20: Setting Things Up with Basic Set Theory 271
Part 5: The X-Files: Introduction to Algebra 279
CHAPTER 21: Enter Mr X: Algebra and Algebraic Expressions 281
CHAPTER 22: Unmasking Mr X: Algebraic Equations 299
CHAPTER 23: Putting Mr X to Work: Algebra Word Problems 311
Part 6: The Part of Tens 321
CHAPTER 24: Ten Little Math Demons That Trip People Up 323
CHAPTER 25: Ten Important Number Sets to Know 329
Index 337
