Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: A Contemporary Approach, 8th Edition
ISBN: 9780470105832 | 0470105836
Edition: 8thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: WILEY
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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| Preface | p. xi |
| Introduction to Problem Solving | p. 1 |
| The Problem Solving Process and Strategies | p. 3 |
| Three Additional Strategies | p. 20 |
| Sets, Whole Numbers, and Numeration | p. 43 |
| Sets as a Basis for Whole Numbers | p. 45 |
| Whole Numbers and Numeration | p. 59 |
| The Hindu-Arabic System | p. 70 |
| Relations and Functions | p. 82 |
| ... MORE | p. 107 |
| Addition and Subtraction | p. 109 |
| Multiplication and Division | p. 123 |
| Ordering and Exponents | p. 140 |
| Whole Number Computation-Mental, Electronic, and Written | p. 155 |
| Mental Math, Estimation, and Calculators | p. 157 |
| Written Algorithms for Whole-Number Operations | p. 171 |
| Algorithms in Other Bases | p. 192 |
| Number Theory | p. 203 |
| Primes, Composites, and Tests for Divisibility | p. 205 |
| Counting Factors, Greatest Common Factor, and Least Common Multiple | p. 219 |
| Fractions | p. 237 |
| The Sets of Fractions | p. 239 |
| Fractions: Addition and Subtraction | p. 255 |
| Fractions: Multiplication and Division | p. 266 |
| Decimals, Ratio, Proportion, and Percent | p. 285 |
| Decimals | p. 287 |
| Operations with Decimals | p. 297 |
| Ratios and Proportion | p. 310 |
| Percent | p. 320 |
| Integers | p. 341 |
| Addition and Subtraction | p. 343 |
| Multiplication, Division, and Order | |
| Rational Numbers, Real Numbers, and Algebra | p. 379 |
| The Rational Numbers | p. 381 |
| The Real Numbers | p. 399 |
| Functions and Their Graphs | p. 417 |
| Statistics | p. 439 |
| Organizing and Picturing Information | p. 441 |
| Misleading Graphs and Statistics | p. 464 |
| Analyzing Data | p. 484 |
| Probability | p. 513 |
| Probability and Simple Experiments | p. 515 |
| Probability and Complex Experiments | p. 532 |
| Additional Counting Techniques | p. 549 |
| Simulation, Expected Value, Odds, and Conditional Probability | p. 560 |
| Geometric Shapes | p. 581 |
| Recognizing Geometric Shapes | p. 583 |
| Analyzing Shapes | p. 600 |
| Properties of Geometric Shapes: Lines and Angles | p. 615 |
| Regular Polygons and Tessellations | p. 628 |
| Describing Three-Dimensional Shapes | p. 640 |
| Measurement | p. 665 |
| Measurement with Nonstandard and Standard Units | p. 667 |
| Length and Area | p. 686 |
| Surface Area | p. 707 |
| Volume | p. 717 |
| Geometry Using Triangle Congruence and Similarity | p. 739 |
| Congruence of Triangles | p. 741 |
| Similarity of Triangles | p. 752 |
| Basic Euclidean Constructions | p. 765 |
| Additional Euclidean Constructions | p. 777 |
| Geometric Problem Solving Using Triangle Congruence and Similarity | p. 790 |
| Geometry Using Coordinates | p. 807 |
| Distance and Slope in the Coordinate Plane | p. 809 |
| Equations and Coordinates | p. 822 |
| Geometric Problem Solving Using Coordinates | p. 834 |
| Geometry Using Transformations | p. 849 |
| Transformations | p. 851 |
| Congruence and Similarity Using Transformations | p. 875 |
| Geometric Problem Solving Using Transformations | p. 893 |
| Epilogue: An Eclectic Approach to Geometry | p. 909 |
| Elementary Logic | p. 912 |
| Clock Arithmetic: A Mathematical System | p. 923 |
| Answers to Exercise/Problem Sets-Part A, Chapter Tests, and Topics A1 | |
| Photograph Credits P1 | |
| Index I1 | |
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