Elementary Mathematics (SCHAUM) - Softcover

Schmidt, Philip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007176254X ISBN 13: 9780071762540

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2011

Synopsis

The ideal review for your elementary mathematics course

More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum’s Outlines for their expert knowledge and helpful solved problems. Written by renowned experts in their respective fields, Schaum’s Outlines cover everything from math to science, nursing to language. The main feature for all these books is the solved problems. Step-by-step, authors walk readers through coming up with solutions to exercises in their topic of choice.

• 2,500 fully worked problems of varying difficulty
• Clear, concise explanations of arithmetic, algebra, and geometry
• Outline format supplies a concise guide to the standard college courses in elementary mathematics
• Appropriate for the following courses: Basic Mathematics, Elementary Mathematics, Introduction to Mathematics, Review of Arithmetic, Elementary Algebra, Review of Algebra, Business Mathematics I, Math for the GED
• Detailed explanations and practice problems in arithmetic, algebra, and geometry
• Comprehensive review of specialized topics such as fractions, decimals, percents, ratios, proportions, and rates

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This solved-problem guide takes you quickly and expertly through all of elementary math, including algebra and geometry!

Review of Elementary Mathematics is students' #1 choice for mastering math. This easy-to-follow study guide can help anyone succeed in mathematics. Assuming no knowledge of math, it explains simply and clearly every important concept you need to know in a straightforward, uncomplicated way. It doesn't waste your time with things you don't need to know.

Thousands of sample problems show you step-by-step how to solve the kind of problems you will find on your exams. Hundreds more practice problems (with answers supplied) let you test your skills. Whether you use this excellent study guide to help you ace your math course, study it alone as a complete program in elementary mathematics, or use it for review before a standardized test, this Schaum's guide will save you study time and move you quickly from the definition of a number through the elements of algebra.

This edition of one of Schaum's most popular Outlines features added material on calculations both with and without a calculator. You've found the study guide that makes math comprehensible­­the one that's been chosen by generations of grateful students! Chapters include:

• Fundamentals of Arithmetic
• Numbers
• Fundamentals of Arithmetic and Introduction to Calculators
• Fractions
• Decimals
• Per Cents
• Signed Numbers
• Fundamentals of Algebra
• Laws and Operations
• Fundamentals of Algebra
• Equations and Formulas
• Ratios, Proportions, and Rates
• Fundamentals of Geometry

About the Author:

Philip A. Schmidt, Ph.D., has a B.S. from Brooklyn College (with a major in Mathematics), an M.A. in Mathematics, and a Ph.D. in Mathematics education from Syracuse University. He is Dean of the School of Education at SUNY College at New Paltz. He is author of 3000 Solved Problems in Precalculus and 2500 Solved Problems in College Algebra and Trigonometry as well as numerous journal articles.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 007176254X
• ISBN 13: 9780071762540
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 302