Basic College Mathematics

1. Whole Numbers Study Skills Your Brain Can Learn Mathematics 1.1 Reading and Writing Whole Numbers Study Skills Using Your Text 1.2 Adding Whole Numbers 1.3 Subtracting Whole Numbers 1.4 Multiplying Whole Numbers 1.5 Dividing Whole Numbers 1.6 Long Division Summary Exercises Whole Numbers Computation 1.7 Rounding Whole Numbers 1.8 Exponents, Roots, and Order of Operations Study Skills Taking Lecture Notes 1.9 Reading Pictographs, Bar Graphs, and Line Graphs 1.10 Solving Application Problems 2. Multiplying and Dividing Fractions 2.1 Basics of Fractions Study Skills Homework: How, Why, and When 2.2 Mixed Numbers 2.3 Factors 2.4 Writing a Fraction in Lowest Terms Study Skills Using Study Cards Summary Exercises Fraction Basics 2.5 Multiplying Fractions 2.6 Applications of Multiplication 2.7 Dividing Fractions Study Skills Using Study Cards Revisited 2.8 Multiplying and Dividing Mixed Numbers Study Skills Reviewing a Chapter Study Skills Tips for Taking Math Tests 3. Adding and Subtracting Fractions 3.1 Adding and Subtracting Like Fractions Study Skills Managing Your Time 3.2 Least Common Multiples 3.3 Adding and Subtracting Unlike Fractions 3.4 Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers Summary Exercises Operations with Fractions Study Skills Making a Mind Map 3.5 Order Relations and the Order of Operations Study Skills Preparing for Tests 4. Decimals 4.1 Reading and Writing Decimal Numbers 4.2 Rounding Decimal Numbers 4.3 Adding and Subtracting Decimal Numbers 4.4 Multiplying Decimal Numbers Summary Exercises Adding, Subtracting, and Multiplying Decimal Numbers 4.5 Dividing Decimal Numbers 4.6 Fractions and Decimals Study Skills Analyzing Your Test Results 5. Ratio and Proportion 5.1 Ratios 5.2 Rates 5.3 Proportions 5.4 Solving Proportions Summary Exercises Ratios, Rates, and Proportions 5.5 Solving Application Problems with Proportions 6. Percent 6.1 Basics of Percent 6.2 Percents and Fractions 6.3 Using the Percent Proportion and Identifying the Components in a Percent Problem 6.4 Using Proportions to Solve Percent Problems 6.5 Using the Percent Equation Summary Exercises Using the Percent Proportion and Percent Equation 6.6 Solving Application Problems with Percent 6.7 Simple Interest 6.8 Compound Interest Study Skills Preparing for Your Final Exam 7. Measurement 7.1 Problem Solving with U.S. Measurement Units 7.2 The Metric System-Length 7.3 The Metric System-Capacity and Weight (Mass) Summary Exercises U.S. and Metric Measurement Units 7.4 Problem Solving with Metric Measurement 7.5 Metric-U.S. Measurement Conversions and Temperature 8. Geometry 8.1 Basic Geometric Terms 8.2 Angles and Their Relationships 8.3 Rectangles and Squares 8.4 Parallelograms and Trapezoids 8.5 Triangles 8.6 Circles Summary Exercises Perimeter, Circumference, and Area 8.7 Volume 8.8 Pythagorean Theorem 8.9 Similar Triangles 9. Basic Algebra 9.1 Signed Numbers 9.2 Adding and Subtracting Signed Numbers 9.3 Multiplying and Dividing Signed Numbers 9.4 Order of Operations Summary Exercises Operations with Signed Numbers 9.5 Evaluating Expressions and Formulas 9.6 Solving Equations 9.7 Solving Equations with Several Steps 9.8 Using Equations to Solve Application Problems 10. Statistics 10.1 Circle Graphs 10.2 Bar Graphs and Line Graphs Summary Exercises Graphs 10.3 Frequency Distributions and Histograms 10.4 Mean, Median, and Mode Appendix: Inductive and Deductive Reasoning