Description
Book SynopsisSherri Messersmithâs 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
What makes P.O.W.E.R. a unique tool for the classroom? A major challenge in developmental courses is that students at this level struggle with basic study skills and habits. Maybe this is one of their first college courses or perhaps they are adults returning to school after a long absence. Either way, many of the individuals taking this course donât know how to be good students. Instructors often donât have the time, the resources or the expertise to teach success skills AND the math concepts. The new team of Messersmith, Perez and Feldman offer a scientifically based approach to meet this challenge. T
Table of ContentsBasic College Mathematics with P.O.W.E.R. Learning, First EditionChapter 1: Addition and Subtraction with Whole NumbersStudy Strategies: The P.O.W.E.R. FrameworkSection 1.1: Whole Numbers and Place ValueSection 1.2Introduction to AdditionSection 1.3Adding Whole NumbersSection 1.4Introduction to SubtractionSection 1.5Subtracting Whole NumbersPutting It All TogetherSection 1.6Rounding and EstimationSection 1.7Reading Pictographs, Bar Graphs, and Line GraphsemPOWERme: Who’s inChapter SummaryChapter 1 ReviewChapter 1 TestChapter 2: Multiplication and Division with Whole NumbersStudy Strategies: Strategies for Reading Math (and Other) TextbooksSection 2.1Introduction to MultiplicationSection 2.2Finding the Product with Whole NumbersSection 2.3Introduction to DivisionSection 2.4Divisibility Rules and Short DivisionSection 2.5Long DivisionPutting It All TogetherSection 2.6Exponents, Roots, and Order of OperationsSection 2.7 Solving Applied ProblemsemPOWERme: Discover Your Reading Attention SpanChapter SummaryChapter 2 ReviewChapter 2 TestCumulative Review for Chapters 12Chapter 3: Multiplying, Dividing, and Simplifying FractionsStudy Strategies: Time ManagementSection 3.1Introduction to FractionsSection 3.2Mixed NumbersSection 3.3FactorsSection 3.4Writing Fractions in Lowest TermsSection 3.5Multiplying FractionsSection 3.6Applications of MultiplicationSection 3.7Dividing FractionsPutting It All TogetherSection 3.8Multiplying and Dividing Mixed NumbersemPOWERme: Find Your Procrastination QuotientChapter SummaryChapter 3 ReviewChapter 3 TestCumulative Review for Chapters 13Chapter 4: Adding and Subtracting FractionsStudy Strategies: Taking Notes in ClassSection 4.1Adding and Subtracting Like FractionsSection 4.2Least Common MultiplesSection 4.3Finding the Least Common DenominatorSection 4.4Adding and Subtracting Unlike FractionsSection 4.5Adding and Subtracting Mixed NumbersPutting It All Together Section 4.6Order Relations and Order of OperationsemPOWERme: Active ListeningChapter SummaryChapter 4 ReviewChapter 4 TestCumulative Review for Chapters 1 – 4Chapter 5: DecimalsStudy Strategies: Taking Math TestsSection 5.1Reading and Writing DecimalsSection 5.2Rounding DecimalsSection 5.3Adding and Subtracting DecimalsSection 5.4Multiplying DecimalsSection 5.5Dividing Decimals and Order of OperationsPutting It All TogetherSection 5.6Writing Fractions as DecimalsSection 5.7Mean, Median, and ModeemPOWERme: Is Anxiety the Hardest Problem on the Test? Chapter SummaryChapter 5 ReviewChapter 5 TestCumulative Review for Chapters 15Chapter 6: Ratios, Rates, and ProportionsStudy Strategies: Doing Math HomeworkSection 6.1RatiosSection 6.2RatesSection 6.3ProportionsSection 6.4Solve ProportionsSection 6.5Solve Applied Problems Involving Proportions emPOWERme: The Right Approach to HomeworkChapter SummaryChapter 6 ReviewChapter 6 TestCumulative Review for Chapters 16Chapter 7: Measurement and ConversionStudy Strategies: The Writing ProcessSection 7.1Using U.S. Customary MeasurementsSection 7.2The Metric System: Length Section 7.3The Metric System: Capacity and Weight (Mass) Section 7.4Solve Applied Problems Involving Metric UnitsSection 7.5Metric – U.S. Customary Conversions and TemperatureemPOWERme: Becoming a Math Teacher to Reinforce Your Own UnderstandingChapter SummaryChapter 7 ReviewChapter 7 TestCumulative Review for Chapters 17Chapter 8: PercentsStudy Strategies: Public SpeakingSection 8.1Introduction to PercentSection 8.2Percents and FractionsSection 8.3Compute Basic Percents MentallySection 8.4Use an Equation to Solve Percent ProblemsSection 8.5Solve Applications Involving PercentsPutting It All TogetherSection 8.6More Applications with PercentsSection 8.7Simple InterestSection 8.8Compound InterestemPOWERme: What’s Your Level of Self-Consciousness? Chapter SummaryChapter 8 ReviewChapter 8 TestCumulative Review for Chapters 18
