Mathematics

Blitzer’s mathematical rigor is combined with an engaging, friendly and often fun presentation for greater student appeal.  Blitzer’s exceptionally clear, accessible writing style combines the nuts and bolts students need with interesting and relevant examples. 

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Blitzer is even more Accessible--Blitzer’s Exceptional Pedagogy

 

More Voice Balloons!  This popular feature–now 200 more in each book in the series–calls out key problem solving tips and the author’s observations to clarify the process and make explanations easy to follow.

 

Check Point exercises after every example make the text more interactive by offering students the opportunity to test their understanding of the example by working a similar exercise.  Answers to the Check Point are in the answer section. 

 

More Study Tips Boxes:  Blitzer offers suggestions for problem solving, points out common student errors and provides useful tips and suggestions to help students hone this all-important set of skills.

 

Chapter Summaries  are organized by section and highlight important concepts and topics with side-by-side examples to make it easy for students to study and check for mastery of important chapter content.

 

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Integrated coverage of problem solving: 

 

Blitzer is even more Relevant–Blitzer is Outstanding on the Math

Extensive, Enhanced Exercise Sets:  The Blitzer series is well-respected for providing excellent and thorough exercise sets.  Exercises are organized into seven categories:  Practice, Practice Plus, Applications, Writing in Mathematics, Technology, Critical Thinking and Review making it easy to create well-rounded homework assignments.

 

Section Opening Scenarios:  help motivate each section topic and enliven the section material.  Each Section Scenario is revisited in an example, discussion or exercise.

 

Updated and Revised Outstanding Real World Applications:  Blitzer has an indefatigable ability to create riveting applications that show students the relevance of math.  Blitzer’s applications captivate students’ imaginations with his passion for integrating the worlds of contemporary society, culture and art into math.  He loves to share the richness of mathematics–and it shows in his skillful, often witty integration of examples from daily life, the fine arts and interdisciplinary connections that motivate students to master topics.

 

Over 1400 new examples and exercises, and any redundancy of exercises between Introductory and Intermediate Algebra has been eliminated.

 

Graphing and Functions. Graphing is introduced in Chapter 1 and functions are introduced in Chapter 2, with an integrated graphing functional approach emphasized throughout the book. Graphs and functions that model data appear in nearly every section and exercise set. Examples and exercises use graphs of functions to explore relationships between data and to provide ways of visualizing a problem’s solution.

Graphing. Chapter 1 contains an introduction to graphing, a topic that is integrated throughout the book. Line, bar, circle, and rectangular coordinate graphs that use real data appear in nearly every section and exercise set. Many examples and exercises use graphs to explore relationships between data and to provide ways of visualizing a problem’s solution.

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New!  Chapter Test Prep Video provides the video solution to every textbook Chapter Test Problem.  Designed to help students move through the Chapter Test, particularly the night before the exam, each video provides a step-by-step walkthrough that students can pause and rewind. Students are saying the Chapter Test Prep Video makes it easier to study and master chapter content. It’s free inside the back cover.

 

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New! MyMathlab:  Powered by CourseCompass and MathXL, MyMathLab is a series of text-specific online courses that accompany select Prentice Hall Mathematics and Statistics textbooks. MyMathLab provides powerful homework and assessment functionality in addition to a rich and flexible set of course materials to accompany the text. Course management tools make it easy to customize online courses. MyMathLab provides everything necessary to deliver all or a portion of math courses online.

New!  Practice Plus Exercises:  More challenging exercises (452), some that require students to combine several skills or concepts, have been added to the exercise sets to give instructors the option of creating more challenging assignments. Blitzer has restored some of the discarded more difficult problems that were in previous Blitzer editions.

 

New!  Mid Chapter Check Points:  A new mid-chapter exercise set allows students to stop and review and assimilate the skills and concepts they’ve learned separately over several sections.  This mixed practice requires that students identify which concepts or skills to apply from the material in the first half of the chapter before moving on to the rest of the chapter.

 

New!  Brief Guide to Getting the Most From This Book:  a useful summary inside the front cover provides a framework for students to follow to effectively use the text as a learning resource.

 

 

New!  Practice Plus Exercises:  More challenging exercises (452), some that require students to combine several skills or concepts, have been added to the exercise sets to give instructors the option of creating more challenging assignments. Blitzer has restored some of the discarded more difficult problems that were in previous Blitzer editions.

 

New!  Mid Chapter Check Points:  A new mid-chapter exercise set allows students to stop and review and assimilate the skills and concepts they’ve learned separately over several sections.  This mixed practice requires that students identify which concepts or skills to apply from the material in the first half of the chapter before moving on to the rest of the chapter.

 

New!  Brief Guide to Getting the Most From This Book:  a useful summary inside the front cover provides a framework for students to follow to effectively use the text as a learning resource.

 

Where do your students get help the night before the test?

 

New!  Chapter Test Prep Video provides the video solution to every textbook Chapter Test Problem.  Designed to help students move through the Chapter Test, particularly the night before the exam, each video provides a step-by-step walkthrough that students can pause and rewind. Students are saying the Chapter Test Prep Video makes it easier to study and master chapter content. It’s free inside the back cover.

 

Do your students work enough problems?

Do you assign homework? Do you grade it?

How do your students get feedback?

New MyMathlab:  Powered by CourseCompass and MathXL, MyMathLab is a series of text-specific online courses that accompany select Prentice Hall Mathematics and Statistics textbooks. MyMathLab provides powerful homework and assessment functionality in addition to a rich and flexible set of course materials to accompany the text. Course management tools make it easy to customize online courses. MyMathLab provides everything necessary to deliver all or a portion of math courses online.

Organizational Changes

• Section 1.1 (Fraction) contains new discussions on mixed numbers and improper fraction , as well as the use of prime factorizations in reducing fractions and finding LCDs.
• Section 2.4 (Formulas and Percents) includes new discussions on percent increase, percent decrease, and ways percents are frequently used incorrectly.
• Section 10.1 (Solving Quadratic Equations by the Square Root Property) now includes a discussion of the distance between two points in rectangular coordinates.
• Section 10.6 (Introduction to Functions) provides a new introduction to relations and functions using data for calories burned in various activities.

 

CONTENTS

 

A Brief Guide to Getting the Most from This Book

Preface

To The Student

About the Author

 

Chapter 1: The Real Number System

1.1 Fractions

1.2 The Real Numbers

1.3 Ordered Pairs and Graphs

1.4 Basic Rules of Algebra

Mid-Chapter Check Point

1.5 Addition of Real Numbers

1.6 Subtraction of Real Numbers

1.7 Multiplication and Division of Real Numbers

1.8 Exponents, Order of Operations, and Mathematical Models

Group Project

Summary

Review Exercises

Chapter Test

Chapter 2: Linear Equations and Inequalities of One Variable

2.1 The Addition Property of Equality

2.2 The Multiplication Property of Equality

2.3 Solving Linear Equations

2.4 Formulas and Percents

Mid-Chapter Check Point

2.5 An Introduction to Problem Solving

2.6 Solving Linear Inequalities

Group Project

Summary

Cumulative Review Exercises (Chapters 1- 2)

Chapter Test

Chapter 3: Problem Solving

3.1 Further Problem Solving

3.2 Ratio and Proportion

Mid-Chapter Check Point

3.3 Problem Solving in Geometry

Group Project

Summary

Cumulative Review Exercises (Chapters 1- 3)

Chapter Test

Chapter 4: Linear Equations and Inequalities in Two Variables

4.1 Graphing Equations in Two Variables

4.2 Graphing Linear Equations Using Intercepts

4.3 Slope

4.4 The Slope-Intercept Form of the Equation of a Line

Mid-Chapter Check Point

4.5 The Point-Slope Form of the Equation of a Line

4.6 Linear Inequalities in Two Variables

Group Project

Summary

Cumulative Review Exercises (Chapters 1- 4)

Chapter Test

Chapter 5: Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities

5.1 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Graphing

5.2 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by the Substitution Method

5.3 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by the Addition Method

Mid-Chapter Check Point

5.4 Problem Solving Using Systems of Equations

5.5 Systems of Linear Inequalities

Group Project

Summary

Cumulative Review Exercises (Chapters 1- 5)

Chapter Test

Chapter 6: Exponents and Polynomials

6.1 Adding and Subtracting Polynomials

6.2 Multiplying Polynomials

6.3 Special Products

6.4 Polynomials in Several Variables

Mid-Chapter Check Point

6.5 Dividing Polynomials

6.6 Dividing Polynomials by Binomials

6.7 Negative Exponents and Scientific Notation

Group Project

Summary

Cumulative Review Exercises (Chapters 1- 6)

Chapter Test

Chapter 7: Factoring Polynomials

7.1 The Greatest Common Factor and Factoring By Grouping

7.2 Factoring Trinomials Whose Leading Coefficient Is One

7.3 Factoring Trinomials Whose Leading Coefficient Is Not One

Mid-Chapter Check Point  

7.4 Factoring Special Forms

7.5 A General Factoring Strategy

7.6 Solving Quadratic Equations By Factoring          

Group Project

Summary

Cumulative Review Exercises (Chapters 1- 7)

Chapter Test

Chapter 8: Rational Expressions

8.1 Rational Expressions and Their Simplification

8.2 Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions

8.3 Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions with the Same Denominator

8.4 Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions with Different Denominators

Mid-Chapter Check Point

8.5 Complex Rational Expressions

8.6 Solving Rational Equations

8.7 Applications Using Rational Equations and Variation

Group Project

Summary

Cumulative Review Exercises (Chapters 1- 8)

Chapter Test

Chapter 9: Roots and Radicals

9.1 Finding Roots

9.2 Multiplying and Dividing Radicals

9.3 Operations with Radicals

Mid-Chapter Check Point

9.4 Rationalizing the Denominator

9.5 Radical Equations

9.6 Rational Exponents

Group Project

Summary

Cumulative Review Exercises (Chapters 1- 9)

Chapter Test

Chapter 10: Quadratic Equations and Functions

10.1 Solving Quadratic Equations by the Square Root Property

10.2 Solving Quadratic Equations by Completing the Square Root

10.3 The Quadratic Formula

Mid-Chapter Check Point

10.4 Imaginary Numbers as Solutions of Quadratic Equations

10.5 Graphs of Quadratic Equations

10.6 Introduction to Functions

Group Project

Summary

Cumulative Review Exercises (Chapters 1- 10)

Chapter Test

 

Answers to Selected Exercises

Graphing Answer Section

Applications Index

Subject Index

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