Math for the Automotive Trade (Math Skills) - Softcover

Peterson, John C.; Dekryger, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0827367120 ISBN 13: 9780827367128

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

Math for Automotive Trade, 3E is a text-workbook that provides the automotive technology student with examples and problems encountered in this occupation. This edition has been revised to reflect technological requirements of workers in automotive technology. The text has three parts: review of basic mathematics skills, math applications to specific automotive situations, and an examination of measurement aspects beginning with angle and linear measurements and ending with an extensive look at measurement tools used in the automotive trade.

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Review

"It is one of the best books on this topic I have seen. With the few items I have recommended I feel it would make a great addition to our automotive program."Anthony Allegro, Lincoln Tech (Union New Jersey Campus)

""I would recommend adoption of this text for [our] Automotive Tech Math sections."Mark Robinson, Triton College (CC, Suburban Chicago)

About the Author

John C. Peterson is a retired Professor of Mathematics at Chattanooga State Technical Community College, Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he received the Teaching Excellence Award. His professional experience includes teaching at middle school, high school, and university levels, as well as work in the automotive industry. In addition to MATH FOR THE TECHNICAL TRADE, 6th Edition, Dr. Peterson authored or coauthored four other Cengage books: Introductory Technical Mathematics, Technical Mathematics, Technical Mathematics with Calculus, and Mathematics for Machine Technology. A member of the team that revised the 2015 College Board of Mathematical Sciences cross-sectional survey of undergraduate mathematical science programs, Dr. Peterson has also served as a vice president of The American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges. He has published more than 90 journal papers and given more than 200 presentations. Dr. Peterson earned his PhD in Mathematics Education from The Ohio State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0827367120
• ISBN 13: 9780827367128
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 352