Basic College Mathematics

by K. Elayn Martin-Gay

The engaging Martin-Gay workbook series presents a user-friendly approach to the concepts of basic math and algebra, giving readers ample opportunity to practice skills and see how those skills relate to both their lives and the real world. The goals of the workbooks are to build confidence, increase motivation, and encourage mastery of basic skills and concepts. Martin-Gay enhances readers' perception of math by exposing them to real-life situations through graphs and applications and ensures that readers have an organized, integrated learning system at their fingertips. The integrated learning resources program features book-specific supplements including Martin-Gay's acclaimed tutorial videotapes, CD videos, and MathPro 5. This book covers topics such as multiplying and dividing fractions, decimals, ratios and proportion, percent, geometry, statistics and probability, as well as an introduction to algebra. For anyone who wishing to brush up on their basic mathematical skills.

1 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1998

Reviews

[William Schram · Rating 3 out of 5]

When you discuss a book called Basic College Mathematics, the first question that comes to mind is the difficulty level. How advanced is the book in what it teaches? Sadly, the book is far too under-leveled for me.

The book opens with remedial math. It talks about place value, how a number means something different depending on where it is in the number, and other simple topics. So if we have a number like 54,321, the number 4 indicates the thousands place, so it means four thousand are in the number. The full number is fifty-four thousand, three hundred and twenty-one.

Basic College Mathematics doesn't go too far out of its comfort zone. It discusses fractions, a little bit of probability, geometry, and algebra. Although the book is disappointing, I didn't buy it. My library had a copy on hand, and I took it out. The book isn't useless, but I didn't gain anything from it.

Thanks for reading my review, and see you next time.

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This really helped me brush up on my basic math skills which were poorly hurting 7 years out of college.

[Allison]

its math what els is there to say