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Mathematics for the Trades, 8/E
ISBN-10: 0132321025
ISBN-13: 9780132321020
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper; 848 pp
Published: 02/05/2007
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Description
For Basic Math, Math for the Trades, Occupational Math, and similar basic math skills courses servicing trade or technical programs at the undergraduate/graduate level.
THE leader in trades and occupational mathematics, Mathematics for the Trades: A Guided Approach focuses on fundamental concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. It supports these concepts with practical applications in a variety of technical and career vocations, including automotive, allied health, welding, plumbing, machine tool, carpentry, auto mechanics, HVAC, and many other fields. The workbook format of this text makes it appropriate for use in the traditional classroom as well as in self-paced or lab settings. For this revision, the authors have added over 150 new applications, new chapter summaries for quick review, and a new chapter on basic statistics. Student will find success in this clear and easy to follow format which provides immediate feedback for each step the student takes to ensure understanding and continued attention.
Features
For Basic Math, Math for the Trades, Occupational Math, and similar basic math skills courses servicing trade or technical programs at the undergraduate/graduate level.
THE leader in trades and occupational mathematics, Mathematics for the Trades: A Guided Approach focuses on fundamental concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. It supports these concepts with practical applications in a variety of technical and career vocations, including automotive, allied health, welding, plumbing, machine tool, carpentry, auto mechanics, HVAC, and many other fields. The workbook format of this text makes it appropriate for use in the traditional classroom as well as in self-paced or lab settings. For this revision, the authors have added over 150 new applications, new chapter summaries for quick review, and a new chapter on basic statistics. Student will find success in this clear and easy to follow format which provides immediate feedback for each step the student takes to ensure understanding and continued attention.
FEATURES/BENEFITS
Preview feature – A diagnostic pre-test is included in each chapter
- Students will be able to judge their level of competency.
Real life applications—Drawn from a variety of occupational, technical, and vocational areas. Practice problems are coded by occupation.
- Stimulates learning by providing students with exercises and problems in their specific fields building application skills they will use immediately on the job.
Calculator displays—Placed adjacent to the worked example problems to provide additional instruction in how to solve problems using a calculator.
- Helps students build skill using this important too.
Workbook format - Makes this text appropriate for use in both the traditional classroom as well as in self-paced or lab settings.
- Flexible format encourages student self-study
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New To This Edition
New - Index of Applications
An annotated index of applications listed by occupation or trade and by the chapter where the problem is new to this edition. This index helps students locate certain types of problems more easily. It is organized alphabetically by trade and then by chapter within each trade. Problem number is listed first followed by a brief description of the problem followed by the page number.
New - Chapter Summaries
Each chapter includes a summary containing chapter objectives, a preview of the concept covered in the chapter, and a worked example. Problems that appear in the chapter summary are taken from the corresponding preview. This provides the student with welcome feedback. Each chapter ends with a problem set including drill work and applications.
New - Statistics Chapter
This chapter, designed to give students a brief introduction to statistics, has been added for this edition covering practical descriptive statistics including statistical graphs and measures of central tendency and dispersion.
New - Over 150 New Applications
More than 150 new applications have been added to the text. These applications are selected from actual problems suggested by instructors using earlier versions of the text. Authors have reviewed previous editions line by line and made hundreds of small improvements.
New- Expanded Companion Website with Video Tutorials
Organized by learning objective, students can now watch a video showing how to solve problems prior to working through problem sets. Upon completing a problem set, students can submit their work for grading. Answers include full solutions with explanatory notes. Finally, students can take a self-grading practice test for each chapter in preparation for taking a test.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Arithmetic of Whole Numbers
Chapter 2 Fractions
Chapter 3 Decimal Numbers
Chapter 4 Ration, Proportion, and Percent
Chapter 5 Measurement
Chapter 6 Pre-Algebra
Chapter 7 Basic Algebra
Chapter 8 Pratical Plane Geometry
Chapter 9 Solid Figures
Chapter 10 Triangle Trigonometry
Chapter 11 Advanced Algebra
Chapter 12 Statistics
Answers to Previews
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Index
Index of Applications
Courses
Technical Mathematics
(Mathematics)
Technical Mathematics
(Technical Math / Technical Physics)
Mathematics for Machine Trades
(Building & Technical Trades)
Mathematics for Construction
(Construction Management & Civil Technology)
Trades/Technical Math
(Technical Math / Technical Physics)
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Mathematics for the Trades
A Guided Approach
Eighth Edition
Robert A. Carman, Hal M. Saunders
Mathematics for the Trades: A Guided Approach focuses on fundamental concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. It supports these concepts with practical applications in a variety of technical and career vocations, including automotive, allied health, welding, plumbing, machine tool, carpentry, auto mechanics, HVAC, and many other fields. The workbook format of this text makes it appropriate for use in the traditional classroom as well as in self-paced or lab settings.
The eighth edition includes:
- A light and lively conversational writing style combined with a highly visual approach to presenting math topics.
- Preview Tests tied to the Learning Objectives open each chapter.
- Carefully up-dated figures and exercises to reflect real situations and real numbers encountered in the work place.
- Over 100 new examples and exercises based on field experience.
- New End-of-Chapter Summaries to provide students with a quick review of major chapter concepts and applications
- Calculator examples, graphic displays, and specific instruction on the use of calculators
- Index of career applications expanded to show you where you can locate industry-specific examples and exercises
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