Synopses & Reviews
Authors Gustafson and Frisk present simple arithmetic, geometry, and algebra concepts in a way that vividly shows how the language of numbers plays an integral role in day-to-day life. Because Essential Mathematics with Geometry is more comprehensive than most workbooks and reaches up into the topics of intermediate algebra, it provides the prerequisite background for either a college algebra or a finite mathematics course. Effective in both the classroom and the laboratory, this is one book that contains numerous features that help bring mathematics down to earth.
Synopsis
Authors Gustafson and Frisk present simple arithmetic, geometry, and algebra concepts in a way that vividly shows how the language of numbers plays an integral role in day-to-day life. Because Essential Mathematics with Geometry is more comprehensive than most workbooks and reaches up into the topics of intermediate algebra, it provides the prerequisite background for either a college algebra or a finite mathematics course. Effective in both the classroom and the laboratory, this is one book that contains numerous features that help bring mathematics down to earth.
About the Author
R. David Gustafson is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Rock Valley College in Illinois and has also taught extensively at Rockford College and Beloit College. He is coauthor of several best-selling mathematics textbooks, including Gustafson/Frisk/Hughes, College Algebra, Gustafson/Karr/Massey's Beginning Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, Beginning and Intermediate Algebra: A Combined Approach, and the Tussy/Gustafson and Tussy/Gustafson/Koenig developmental mathematics series. His numerous professional honors include Rock Valley Teacher of the Year and Rockford's Outstanding Educator of the Year. He has been very active in AMATYC as a Midwest Vice-president and has been President of IMACC, AMATYC's Illinois affiliate. He earned a Master of Arts from Rockford College in Illinois, as well as a Master of Science from Northern Illinois University.Peter D. Frisk, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Rock Valley College, earned both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in mathematics from University of Illinois. He is the coauthor of several best-selling math texts including BEGINNING ALGEBRA, INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA, BEGINNING AND INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA: A COMBINED APPROACH, ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS, and COLLEGE ALGEBRA. He has been the recipient of the Rock Valley Teacher of the Year award.
Table of Contents
1. The Integers 2. Fractions 3. Decimals 4. Percent 5. Measurement, Estimation, and Reading Graphs 6. Geometry 7. Real Numbers and Their Basic Properties 8. Equations and Inequalities 9. Graphing Linear Equations and Inequalities 10. Polynomials 11. Factoring Polynomials 12. Rational Expressions 13. Slope, Equations of Lines, and Functions 14. Roots and Radical Expressions 15. Quadratic Equations Appendix/Index