The Student Support Edition of Basic College Mathematics, 8/e, brings comprehensive study skills support to students and the latest technology tools to instructors. In addition, the program now includes concept and vocabulary review material, assignment tracking and time management resources, and practice exercises and online homework to enhance student learning and instruction. With its interactive, objective-based approach, Basic College Mathematics provides comprehensive, mathematically sound coverage of topics essential to the basic college math course. The Eighth Edition features chapter-opening Prep Tests, real-world applications, and a fresh design--all of which engage students and help them succeed in the course. The Aufmann Interactive Method (AIM) is incorporated throughout the text, ensuring that students interact with and master concepts as they are presented.

With its complete, interactive, objective-based approach, Basic College Mathematics is the best-seller in this market. The Eighth Edition provides mathematically sound and comprehensive coverage of the topics considered essential in a basic college math course. Furthermore, the Instructor's Annotated Edition features a comprehensive selection of instructor support material. The Aufmann Interactive Method is incorporated throughout the text, ensuring that students interact with and master the concepts as they are presented. This approach is especially important in the context of rapidly growing distance-learning and self-paced laboratory situations.Study Tips margin notes provide point-of-use advice and refer students back to the AIM for Success preface for support where appropriate.Integrating Technology margin notes provide suggestions for using a calculator in certain situations. For added support and quick reference, a scientific calculator screen is displayed on the inside back cover of the text.Aufmann Interactive Method (AIM) Every section objective contains one or more sets of matched-pair examples that encourage students to interact with the text. The first example in each set is completely worked out; the second example, called 'You Try It, ' is for the student to work. By solving the You Try It, students practice concepts as they are presented in the text. Complete worked-out solutions to these examples in an appendix enable students to check their solutions and obtain immediate reinforcement of the concept. While similar texts offer only final answers to examples, the Aufmann texts' complete solutions help students identify their mistakes and preventfrustration.Integrated learning system organized by objectives. Each chapter begins with a list of learning objectives that form the framework for a complete learning system. The objectives are woven throughout the text (in Exercises, Chapter Tests, and Cumulative Reviews) and also connect the text with the print and multimedia ancillaries. This results in a seamless, easy-to-navigate learning system.AIM for Success Student Preface explains what is required of a student to be successful and demonstrates how the features in the text foster student success. AIM for Success can be used as a lesson on the first day of class or as a project for students to complete. The Instructor's Resource Manual offers suggestions for teaching this lesson. Study Tip margin notes throughout the text also refer students back to the Student Preface for advice.Prep Tests at the beginning of each chapter help students prepare for the upcoming material by testing them on prerequisite material learned in preceding chapters. The answers to these questions can be found in the Answer Appendix, along with a reference (except for chapter 1) to the objective from which the question was taken, which encourages students who miss a question to review the objective.Extensive use of applications that use real source data shows students the value of mathematics as a real-life tool.Focus on Problem Solving section at the end of each chapter introduces students to various problem-solving strategies. Students are encouraged to write their own strategies and draw diagrams in order to find solutions. These strategies are integrated throughout the text. Several open-ended problems are included, resulting in morethan one right answer and strengthening problem-solving skills.Unique Verbal/Mathematical connection is achieved by simultaneously introducing a verbal phrase with a mathematical operation. Exercises following the presentation of a new operation require that students make a connection between a phrase and a mathematical process.Projects and Group Activities at the end of each chapter offer ideas for cooperative learning. Ideal as extra-credit assignments, these projects cover various aspects of mathematics, including the use of calculators, collecting data from the Internet, data analysis, and extended applications.Eduspace helps instructors take the proven Aufmann Interactive Method to the next level. Eduspace provides instructors with online courses and content in multiple disciplines. By pairing the widely recognized tools of Blackboard with high-quality, text-specific content from Houghton Mifflin, Eduspace makes it easy for instructors to create all or part of a course online. Homework exercises, quizzes, tests, tutorials, and supplemental study materials all come ready to use. Instructors can choose to use the content as is, modify it, or even add their own. Students using Eduspace can review and reinforce concepts with interactive tutorials, prepare for tests using practice exercises, and access all material 24 hours a day.The Instructor's Annotated Edition features a reduced version of the student text with point-of-use instructor resources in the margins. These include Instructor Notes, In-Class Examples, Concept Checks, Discuss the Concepts, Optional Student Activities, Quick Quizzes, Answers to Writing Exercises, and Suggested Assignments, as well as lists of new orreview Vocabulary/Symbols/Formulas/Rules/Properties/Equations. Answers to all exercises are also provided.

With its complete, interactive, objective-based approach, Basic College Mathematics is the best-seller in this market. The Eighth Edition provides mathematically sound and comprehensive coverage of the topics considered essential in a basic college math course. Furthermore, the Instructor's Annotated Edition features a comprehensive selection of instructor support material. The Aufmann Interactive Method is incorporated throughout the text, ensuring that students interact with and master the concepts as they are presented. This approach is especially important in the context of rapidly growing distance-learning and self-paced laboratory situations.

Richard Aufmann is Professor of Mathematics at Palomar College in California. He is the lead author of two best-selling developmental math series, a best-selling college algebra and trigonometry series, as well as several derivative math texts. The Aufmann name is highly recognized and respected among college mathematics faculty.Vernon Barker has retired from Palomar College where he was Professor of Mathematics. He is a co-author on the majority of Aufmann texts, including the best-selling developmental paperback series.Joanne Lockwood is co-author with Dick Aufmann and Vernon Barker on the hardback developmental series, Business Mathematics, Algebra with Trigonometry for College Students, and numerous software ancillaries that accompany Aufmann titles. She is also the co-author of Mathematical Excursions with Aufmann.

Note: Each chapter begins with a Prep Test and concludes with a Chapter Summary, a Chapter Review, and a Chapter Test. Chapters 2-12 include Cumulative Review Exercises. AIM for Success 1. Whole Numbers 1.1 Introduction to Whole Numbers 1.2 Addition of Whole Numbers 1.3 Subtraction of Whole Numbers 1.4 Multiplication of Whole Numbers 1.5 Division of Whole Numbers 1.6 Exponential Notation and the Order of Operations Agreement 1.7 Prime Numbers and Factoring Focus on Problem Solving: Questions to Ask Projects and Group Activities: Order of Operations; Patterns in Mathematics; Search the World Wide Web 2. Fractions 2.1 The Least Common Multiple and Greatest Common Factor 2.2 Introduction to Fractions 2.3 Writing Equivalent Fractions 2.4 Addition of Fractions and Mixed Numbers 2.5 Subtraction of Fractions and Mixed Numbers 2.6 Multiplication of Fractions and Mixed Numbers 2.7 Division of Fractions and Mixed Numbers 2.8 Order, Exponents, and the Order of Operations Agreement Focus on Problem Solving: Common Knowledge Projects and Group Activities: Music; Construction; Fractions of Diagrams 3. Decimals 3.1 Introduction to Decimals 3.2 Addition of Decimals 3.3 Subtraction of Decimals 3.4 Multiplication of Decimals 3.5 Division of Decimals 3.6 Comparing and Converting Fractions and Decimals Focus on Problem Solving: Relevant Information Projects and Group Activities: Fractions as Terminating or Repeating Decimals 4. Ratio and Proportion 4.1 Ratio 4.2 Rates 4.3 Proportions Focus on Problem Solving: Looking for a Pattern Projects and Group Activities: The Golden Ratio; Drawing the Floor Plans for a Building; The U.S. House of Representatives 5. Percents 5.1 Introduction to Percents 5.2 Percent Equations: Part I 5.3 Percent Equations: Part II 5.4 Percent Equations: Part III 5.5 Percent Problems: Proportion Method Focus on Problem Solving: Using a Calculator as a Problem-Solving Tool; Using Estimation as a Problem-Solving Tool Projects and Group Activities: Health; Consumer Price Index 6. Applications for Business and Consumers 6.1 Applications to Purchasing 6.2 Percent Increase and Percent Decrease 6.3 Interest 6.4 Real Estate Expenses 6.5 Car Expenses 6.6 Wages 6.7 Bank Statements Focus on Problem Solving: Counterexamples Projects and Group Activities: Buying a Car 7. Statistics and Probability 7.1 Pictographs and Circle Graphs 7.2 Bar Graphs and Broken-Line Graphs 7.3 Histograms and Frequency Polygons 7.4 Statistical Measures 7.5 Introduction to Probability Focus on Problem Solving: Inductive Reasoning Projects and Group Activities: Deceptive Graphs; Collecting, Organizing, Displaying, and Analyzing Data 8. U.S. Customary Units of Measurement 8.1 Length 8.2 Weight 8.3 Capacity 8.4 Time 8.5 Energy and Power Focus on Problem Solving: Applying Solutions to Other Problems Projects and Group Activities: Nomographs; Averages 9. The Metric System of Measurement 9.1 Length 9.2 Mass 9.3 Capacity 9.4 Energy 9.5 Conversion Between the U.S. Customary and the Metric Systems of Measurement Focus on Problem Solving: Working Backward Projects and Group Activities: Name That Metric Unit; Metric Measurements for Computers 10. Rational Numbers 10.1 Introduction to Integers 10.2 Addition and Subtraction of Integers 10.3 Multiplication and Division of Integers 10.4 Operations with Rational Numbers 10.5 Scientific Notation and the Order of Operations Agreement Focus on Problem Solving: Drawing Diagrams Projects and Group Activities: Deductive Reasoning 11. Introduction to Algebra 11.1 Variable Expressions 11.2 Introduction to Equations 11.3 General Equations: Part I 11.4 General Equations: Part II 11.5 Translating Verbal Expressions into Mathematical Expressions 11.6 Translating Sentences into Equations and Solving Focus on Problem Solving: From Concrete to Abstract Projects and Group Activities: Averages 12. Geometry 12.1 Angles, Lines, and Geometric Figures 12.2 Plane Geometric Figures 12.3 Area 12.4 Volume 12.5 The Pythagorean Theorem 12.6 Similar and Congruent Triangles Focus on Problem Solving: Trial and Error Projects and Group Activities: Investigating Perimeter; Symmetry Final Exam Appendix Table of Geometric Forumulas Compound Interest Table Monthly Payment Table Table of Measurements Table of Properties Solutions to You-Try-Its Answers to Selected Exercises Glossary Index