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Résumé :
Sherri Messersmith's successful hardcover franchise is expanded with the new softcover P.O.W.E.R. series. The conversational writing style, practical applications, innovative student resources and student friendly walk through of examples that users of the hard cover books noted and appreciated are also found in the pages of the P.O.W.E.R. series.

The P.O.W.E.R. Framework

The Math

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Biographie:
Sherri Messersmith has been teaching at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, since 1994. She has over 25 years of experience teaching many different courses from developmental mathematics through calculus. She earned a bachelor of science degree in the teaching of mathematics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and went on to teach at the high level for two years. Sherri returned to UIUC and earned a master of science in applied mathematics and stayed on at the university to teach and coordinate large sections of undergraduate math courses. Sherri has authored several textbook, and she has also appeared in videos accompanying several McGraw-Hill texts. Sherri lives outside of Chicago with her husband, Phil, and their daughters, Alex and Cailen. In her precious free time, she likes to read, play the guitar, and travel -- the manuscripts for this and her previous books have accompanied her from Spain to Greece and many points in between....

Sommaire:

Basic College Mathematics with P.O.W.E.R. Learning, First Edition

Study Strategies: The P.O.W.E.R. Framework

Section 1.1: Whole Numbers and Place Value

Section 1.2Introduction to Addition

Section 1.3Adding Whole Numbers

Section 1.4Introduction to Subtraction

Section 1.5Subtracting Whole Numbers

Putting It All Together

Section 1.6Rounding and Estimation

Section 1.7Reading Pictographs, Bar Graphs, and Line Graphs

emPOWERme: Who's in

Chapter Summary

Chapter 1 Review

Chapter 1 Test

Study Strategies: Strategies for Reading Math (and Other) Textbooks

Section 2.1Introduction to Multiplication

Section 2.2Finding the Product with Whole Numbers

Section 2.3Introduction to Division

Section 2.4Divisibility Rules and Short Division

Section 2.5Long Division

Putting It All Together

Section 2.6Exponents, Roots, and Order of Operations

Section 2.7 Solving Applied Problems

emPOWERme: Discover Your Reading Attention Span

Chapter Summary

Chapter 2 Review

Chapter 2 Test

Cumulative Review for Chapters 1?2

Study Strategies: Time Management

Section 3.1Introduction to Fractions

Section 3.2Mixed Numbers

Section 3.3Factors

Section 3.4Writing Fractions in Lowest Terms

Section 3.5Multiplying Fractions

Section 3.6Applications of Multiplication

Section 3.7Dividing Fractions

Putting It All Together

Section 3.8Multiplying and Dividing Mixed Numbers

emPOWERme: Find Your Procrastination Quotient

Chapter Summary

Chapter 3 Review

Chapter 3 Test

Cumulative Review for Chapters 1?3

Study Strategies: Taking Notes in Class

Section 4.1Adding and Subtracting Like Fractions

Section 4.2Least Common Multiples

Section 4.3Finding the Least Common Denominator

Section 4.4Adding and Subtracting Unlike Fractions

Section 4.5Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers

Putting It All Together

Section 4.6Order Relations and Order of Operations

emPOWERme: Active Listening

Chapter Summary

Chapter 4 Review

Chapter 4 Test

Cumulative Review for Chapters 1 - 4

Study Strategies: Taking Math Tests

Section 5.1Reading and Writing Decimals

Section 5.2Rounding Decimals

Section 5.3Adding and Subtracting Decimals

Section 5.4Multiplying Decimals

Section 5.5Dividing Decimals and Order of Operations

Putting It All Together

Section 5.6Writing Fractions as Decimals

Section 5.7Mean, Median, and Mode

emPOWERme: Is Anxiety the Hardest Problem on the Test?

Chapter Summary

Chapter 5 Review

Chapter 5 Test

Cumulative Review for Chapters 1?5

Study Strategies: Doing Math Homework

Section 6.1Ratios

Section 6.2Rates

Section 6.3Proportions

Section 6.4Solve Proportions

Section 6.5Solve Applied Problems Involving Proportions

emPOWERme: The Right Approach to Homework

Chapter Summary

Chapter 6 Review

Chapter 6 Test

Cumulative Review for Chapters 1?6

Study Strategies: The Writing Process

Section 7.1Using U.S. Customary Measurements

Section 7.2The Metric System: Length