Student Solutions Manual for Basic College Mathematics

<p><strong>1. Whole Numbers</strong></p> <p><strong>Study Skills </strong>Your Brain <strong>Can </strong>Learn Mathematics</p> <p><strong>1.1 </strong>Reading and Writing Whole Numbers</p> <p><strong>Study Skills </strong>Using Your Text</p> <p><strong>1.2 </strong>Adding Whole Numbers</p> <p><strong>1.3 </strong>Subtracting Whole Numbers</p> <p><strong>1.4 </strong>Multiplying Whole Numbers</p> <p><strong>1.5 </strong>Dividing Whole Numbers</p> <p><strong>1.6 </strong>Long Division</p> <p><strong>Summary Exercises </strong>Whole Numbers Computation</p> <p><strong>1.7 </strong>Rounding Whole Numbers</p> <p><strong>1.8 </strong>Exponents, Roots, and Order of Operations</p> <p><strong>Study Skills </strong>Taking Lecture Notes</p> <p><strong>1.9 </strong>Reading Pictographs, Bar Graphs, and Line Graphs</p> <p><strong>1.10 </strong>Solving Application Problems</p> <p><strong>2. Multiplying and Dividing Fractions</strong></p> <p><strong>2.1 </strong>Basics of Fractions</p> <p><strong>Study Skills </strong>Homework: How, Why, and When</p> <p><strong>2.2 </strong>Mixed Numbers</p> <p><strong>2.3 </strong>Factors</p> <p><strong>2.4 </strong>Writing a Fraction in Lowest Terms</p> <p><strong>Study Skills </strong>Using Study Cards</p> <p><strong>Summary Exercises </strong>Fraction Basics</p> <p><strong>2.5 </strong>Multiplying Fractions</p> <p><strong>2.6 </strong>Applications of Multiplication</p> <p><strong>2.7 </strong>Dividing Fractions</p> <p><strong>Study Skills </strong>Using Study Cards Revisited</p> <p><strong>2.8 </strong>Multiplying and Dividing Mixed Numbers</p> <p><strong>Study Skills </strong>Reviewing a Chapter <br><strong>Study Skills </strong>Tips for Taking Math Tests</p> <p><strong>3. Adding and Subtracting Fractions</strong></p> <p><strong>3.1 </strong>Adding and Subtracting Like Fractions</p> <p><strong>Study Skills </strong>Managing Your Time</p> <p><strong>3.2 </strong>Least Common Multiples</p> <p><strong>3.3 </strong>Adding and Subtracting Unlike Fractions</p> <p><strong>3.4 </strong>Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers</p> <p><strong>Summary Exercises </strong>Operations with Fractions</p> <p><strong>Study Skills </strong>Making a Mind Map</p> <p><strong>3.5 </strong>Order Relations and the Order of Operations</p> <p><strong>Study Skills </strong>Preparing for Tests</p> <p><strong>4. Decimals</strong></p> <p><strong>4.1 </strong>Reading and Writing Decimal Numbers</p> <p><strong>4.2 </strong>Rounding Decimal Numbers</p> <p><strong>4.3 </strong>Adding and Subtracting Decimal Numbers</p> <p><strong>4.4 </strong>Multiplying Decimal Numbers</p> <p><strong>Summary Exercises </strong>Adding, Subtracting, and Multiplying Decimal Numbers</p> <p><strong>4.5 </strong>Dividing Decimal Numbers</p> <p><strong>4.6 </strong>Fractions and Decimals</p> <p><strong>Study Skills </strong>Analyzing Your Test Results</p> <p><strong>5. Ratio and Proportion</strong></p> <p><strong>5.1 </strong>Ratios</p> <p><strong>5.2 </strong>Rates</p> <p><strong>5.3 </strong>Proportions</p> <p><strong>5.4 </strong>Solving Proportions</p> <p><strong>Summary Exercises </strong>Ratios, Rates, and Proportions</p> <p><strong>5.5 </strong>Solving Application Problems with Proportions</p> <p><strong>6. Percent</strong></p> <p><strong>6.1 </strong>Basics of Percent</p> <p><strong>6.2 </strong>Percents and Fractions</p> <p><strong>6.3 </strong>Using the Percent Proportion and Identifying the Components in a Percent Problem</p> <p><strong>6.4 </strong>Using Proportions to Solve Percent Problems</p> <p><strong>6.5 </strong>Using the Percent Equation</p> <p><strong>Summary Exercises </strong>Using the Percent Proportion and Percent Equation</p> <p><strong>6.6 </strong>Solving Application Problems with Percent</p> <p><strong>6.7 </strong>Simple Interest</p> <p><strong>6.8 </strong>Compound Interest</p> <p><strong>Study Skills </strong>Preparing for Your Final Exam</p> <p><strong>7. Measurement</strong></p> <p><strong>7.1 </strong>Problem Solving with U.S. Measurement Units</p> <p><strong>7.2 </strong>The Metric System—Length</p> <p><strong>7.3 </strong>The Metric System—Capacity and Weight (Mass)</p> <p><strong>Summary Exercises </strong>U.S. and Metric Measurement Units</p> <p><strong>7.4 </strong>Problem Solving with Metric Measurement</p> <p><strong>7.5 </strong>Metric—U.S. Measurement Conversions and Temperature</p> <p><strong>8. Geometry</strong></p> <p><strong>8.1 </strong>Basic Geometric Terms</p> <p><strong>8.2 </strong>Angles and Their Relationships</p> <p><strong>8.3 </strong>Rectangles and Squares</p> <p><strong>8.4 </strong>Parallelograms and Trapezoids</p> <p><strong>8.5 </strong>Triangles</p> <p><strong>8.6 </strong>Circles</p> <p><strong>Summary Exercises </strong>Perimeter, Circumference, and Area</p> <p><strong>8.7 </strong>Volume</p> <p><strong>8.8 </strong>Pythagorean Theorem</p> <p><strong>8.9 </strong>Similar Triangles</p> <p><strong>9. Basic Algebra</strong></p> <p><strong>9.1 </strong>Signed Numbers</p> <p><strong>9.2 </strong>Adding and Subtracting Signed Numbers</p> <p><strong>9.3 </strong>Multiplying and Dividing Signed Numbers</p> <p><strong>9.4 </strong>Order of Operations</p> <p><strong>Summary Exercises </strong>Operations with Signed Numbers</p> <p><strong>9.5 </strong>Evaluating Expressions and Formulas</p> <p><strong>9.6 </strong>Solving Equations</p> <p><strong>9.7 </strong>Solving Equations with Several Steps</p> <p><strong>9.8 </strong>Using Equations to Solve Application Problems</p> <p><strong>10. Statistics</strong></p> <p><strong>10.1 </strong>Circle Graphs</p> <p><strong>10.2 </strong>Bar Graphs and Line Graphs</p> <p><strong>Summary Exercises </strong>Graphs</p> <p><strong>10.3 </strong>Frequency Distributions and Histograms</p> <p><strong>10.4 </strong>Mean, Median, and Mode</p> <p><strong>Appendix: Inductive and Deductive Reasoning</strong></p>