With its complete, interactive, objective-based approach, Introductory Algebra: An Applied Approach, is a best-seller in this market. The Seventh Edition provides mathematically sound and comprehensive coverage of the topics considered essential in a beginning algebra course. An Instructor's Annotated Edition features a comprehensive selection of instructor support materials. 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.

With its complete, interactive, objective-based approach, Introductory Algebra: An Applied Approach, is a best-seller in this market. The Seventh Edition provides mathematically sound and comprehensive coverage of the topics considered essential in a beginning algebra course. An Instructor's Annotated Edition features a comprehensive selection of instructor support materials. 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 (formerly Calculator Notes) 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 theirmistakes and prevent frustration.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 more than 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 aslists of new or review Vocabulary/Symbols/Formulas/Rules/Properties/Equations. Answers to all exercises are also provided.

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 Summary, Review Exercises, and Test. Chapters 2-6 are followed by Cumulative Review Exercises. 1. Prealgebra Review Section 1.1 Introduction to Integers Section 1.2 Addition and Subtraction of Integers Section 1.3 Multiplication and Division of Integers Section 1.4 Exponents and the Order of Operations Agreement Section 1.5 Factoring Numbers and Prime Factorization Section 1.6 Addition and Subtraction of Rational Numbers Section 1.7 Multiplication and Division of Rational Numbers Section 1.8 Concepts from Geometry Focus on Problem Solving: Inductive Reasoning Projects and Group Activities: The +/- Key on a Calculator 2. Variable Expressions Section 2.1 Evaluating Variable Expressions Section 2.2 Simplifying Variable Expressions Section 2.3 Translating Verbal Expressions into Variable Expressions Focus on Problem Solving: From Concrete to Abstract Projects and Group Activities: Prime and Composite Numbers 3. Solving Equations Section 3.1 Introduction to Equations Section 3.2 General Equations--Part I Section 3.3 General Equations--Part II Section 3.4 Translating Sentences into Equations Section 3.5 Geometry Problems Section 3.6 Mixture and Uniform Motion Problems Focus on Problem Solving: Trial-and-Error Approach to Problem Solving Projects and Group Activities: Nielsen Ratings 4. Polynomials Section 4.1 Addition and Subtraction of Polynomials Section 4.2 Multiplication of Monomials Section 4.3 Multiplication of Polynomials Section 4.4 Integer Exponents and Scientific Notation Section 4.5 Division of Polynomials Focus on Problem Solving: Dimensional Analysis Projects and Group Activities: Diagramming the Square of a Binomial 5. Factoring Section 5.1 Common Factors Section 5.2 Factoring Polynomials of the Form x2 + bx + c Section 5.3 Factoring Polynomials of the Form ax2 + bx + c Section 5.4 Special Factoring Section 5.5 Solving Equations Focus on Problem Solving: Making a Table Projects and Group Activities: Evaluating Polynomials Using a Graphing Calculator 6. Rational Expressions Section 6.1 Multiplication and Division of Rational Expressions Section 6.2 Expressing Fractions in Terms of the Least Common Multiple (LCM) Section 6.3 Addition and Subtraction of Rational Expressions Section 6.4 Complex Fractions Section 6.5 Solving Equations Containing Fractions Section 6.6 Ratio and Proportion Section 6.7 Literal Equations Section 6.8 Application Problems Focus on Problem Solving: Negations and If. . .then Sentences Projects and Group Activities: Intensity of Illumination 7. Linear Equations in Two Variables Section 7.1 The Rectangular Coordinate System Section 7.2 Linear Equations in Two Variables Section 7.3 Intercepts and Slopes of Straight Lines Section 7.4 Equations of Straight Lines Focus on Problem Solving: Counterexamples Projects and Group Activities: Graphing Linear Equations with a Graphing Utility 8. Systems of Linear Equations Section 8.1 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Graphing Section 8.2 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by the Substitution Method Section 8.3 Solving Systems of Equations by the Addition Method Section 8.4 Application Problems in Two Variables Focus on Problem Solving: Using a Table and Searching for a Pattern Projects and Group Activities: Finding a Pattern 9. Inequalities Section 9.1 Sets Section 9.2 The Addition and Multiplication Properties of Inequalities Section 9.3 General Inequalities Section 9.4 Graphing Linear Inequalities Focus on Problem Solving: Graphing Data Projects and Group Activities: Mean and Standard Deviation 10. Radical Expressions Section 10.1 Introduction to Radical Expressions Section 10.2 Addition and Subtraction of Radical Expressions Section 10.3 Multiplication and Division of Radical Expressions Section 10.4 Solving Equations Containing Radical Expressions Focus on Problem Solving: Deductive Reasoning Projects and Group Activities: Distance to the Horizon 11. Quadratic Equations Section 11.1 Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring or by Taking Square Roots Section 11.2 Solving Quadratic Equations by Completing the Square Section 11.3 Solving Quadratic Equations By Using the Quadratic Formula Section 11.4 Graphing Quadratic Equations in Two Variables Section 11.5 Application Problems Focus on Problem Solving: Algebraic Manipulation and Graphing Techniques Projects and Group Activities: Graphical Solutions of Quadratic Equations