KEY MESSAGE: Presented in a clear and concise style, theAkst/Braggseries teaches by example while expanding understanding with applications that are fully integrated throughout the text and exercise sets. Akst/Braggrsquo;s user-friendly design offers a distinctive side-by-side format that pairs each example and its solution with a corresponding practice exercise. The concise writing style keeps readers' interest and attention by presenting the mathematics with minimal distractions, and the motivating real-world applications demonstrate how integral mathematical understanding is to a variety of disciplines, careers, and everyday situations. KEY TOPICS: Whole Numbers, Fractions, Decimals, Basic Algebra: Solving Simple Equations, Ratio and Proportion, Percents MARKET: For all readers interested in Basic Mathematics
Table of Contents
Preface Walk-Through Index of Applications
1. Whole Numbers 1.1 Introduction to Whole Numbers 1.2 Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers 1.3 Multiplying
Whole Numbers 1.4 Dividing Whole Numbers 1.5 Exponents, Order of Operations, and Averages 1.6 More on Solving Word
Problems
2. Fractions 2.1 Factors and Prime Numbers 2.2 Introduction to Fractions 2.3 Adding and Subtracting Fractions
2.4 Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
3. Decimals 3.1 Introduction to Decimals 3.2 Adding and Subtracting Decimals 3.3 Multiplying Decimals 3.4 Dividing
Decimals
4. Basic Algebra: Solving Simple Equations 4.1 Introduction to Basic Algebra 4.2 Solving Addition and Subtraction
Equations 4.3 Solving Multiplication and Division Equations
5. Ratio and Proportion 5.1 Introduction to Ratios 5.2 Solving Proportions
6. Percents 6.1 Introduction to Percents 6.2 Solving Percent Problems 6.3 More on Percents Scientific Notation
