Bob Miller’s Basic Math and Pre-Algebra for the Clueless

Bob Miller0071390162, 9780071390163, 9780071416757

With Bob Miller at your side, you never have to be clueless about math again!Algebra and calculus are tough on high school students like you. Professor Bob Miller, with more than 30 years’ teaching experience, is a master at making the complex simple, and his now-classic series of Clueless study aids has helped tens of thousands understand the tough subjects.Bob Miller expands on the previous edition for basic math and pre-algebra students, with new material designed to boost understanding and grades. Miller breaks open the tougher areas of mathematics so you can master the materials and ace every test.

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Table of contents :
Copyright……Page 5
TO THE STUDENT……Page 9
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS……Page 11
CONTENTS……Page 13
CONGRATULATIONS……Page 15
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTORY TERMS……Page 19
ORDER OF OPERATIONS, NUMERICAL EVALUATIONS……Page 24
SOME DEFINITIONS, ADDING AND SUBTRACTING……Page 26
PRODUCTS, QUOTIENTS, AND THE DISTRIBUTIVE LAW……Page 30
CHAPTER 2 INTEGERS PLUS……Page 35
ADDITION……Page 36
MULTIPLICATION……Page 38
RATIONAL NUMBERS……Page 42
DIVISION……Page 43
Short Division……Page 44
DISTRIBUTIVE LAW REVISITED……Page 45
Taking Out the Greatest Common Factor……Page 46
SHORT DIVISION REVISITED……Page 48
Fractions (the Positive Kind)……Page 49
REDUCING……Page 51
MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION……Page 52
ADDING AND SUBTRACTING……Page 55
ADDING MEDIUM DENOMINATORS……Page 56
ADDING LARGE DENOMINATORS……Page 57
DECIMALS……Page 60
Decimals (+, – , X ,÷)……Page 61
Decimals to Fractions and Fractions to Decimals……Page 62
CHAPTER 4 FIRST-DEGREE EQUATIONS……Page 65
SOLVING LINEAR EQUATIONS……Page 67
Solving Linear Equations (in General)……Page 68
PROBLEMS WITH WORDS……Page 73
GRAPHING POINTS……Page 75
GRAPHING LINES……Page 76
SLOPE……Page 79
EQUATION OF A LINE……Page 81
RATIOS AND PROPORTIONS……Page 85
CHANGING……Page 86
PERCENTAGE PROBLEMS……Page 87
CHAPTER 7 SOME BASICS ABOUT GEOMETRY AND SOME GEOMETRIC PROBLEMS WITH WORDS……Page 89
CHAPTER 8 TRIANGLES, SQUARE ROOTS, AND GOOD OLD PYTHAGORAS……Page 97
CHAPTER 9 RECTANGLES, SQUARES, AND OUR OTHER FOUR- SIDED FRIENDS……Page 109
CHATPER 10 SECURING THE PERIMETER AND AREAL SEARCH OF TRIANGLES AND QUADRILATERALS……Page 113
CHAPTER 11 ALL ABOUT CIRCLES……Page 121
CHATPER 12 VOLUMES AND SURFACE AREA IN 3-D……Page 127
INTRODUCTION: SIMILAR TRIANGLES……Page 133
TRIG……Page 135
RIGHT ANGLE TRIG……Page 139
SETS……Page 143
FUNCTIONS……Page 145
LINEAR INEQUALITIES……Page 149
ABSOLUTE VALUE……Page 152
MATRICES……Page 154
FIELD AXIOMS AND WRITING THE REASONS FOR THE STEPS TO SOLVE EQUATIONS……Page 157
TRANSFORMATIONS: PART 1……Page 160
Translations, Stretches, Contractions, Flips……Page 164
SCIENTIFIC NOTATION……Page 170
INDEX……Page 173
ABOUT BOB MILLER … IN HIS OWN WORDS……Page 177