For courses in Basic Math & Beginning Algebra . The perfect combination to master student-friendly writing, well-crafted exercises, and superb support The Lial Series has helped thousands of students succeed in developmental mathematics by combining clear, concise writing and examples with carefully crafted exercises to support skill development and conceptual understanding. The reader-friendly style delivers help precisely when needed. This revision continues to support students with enhancements in the text and MyLabTM Math course to encourage conceptual understanding beyond skills and procedures. Student-oriented features throughout the text and MyLab Math, including the Relating Concepts exercises, Guided Solutions, Test Your Word Power, and the Lial Video Library, make the Lial series one of the most well-rounded and student-friendly available. Also available with MyLab Math MyLabTM Math is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them absorb course material and understand difficult concepts. You are purchasing a standalone product; MyLabTM Math does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyLab Math, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyLab Math, search 0134769589 / 9780134769585 Developmental Basic Mathematics and Algebra Plus MyLab Math -- Title-Specific Access Card Package, 4/e Package consists
Marge Lial (late) was always interested in math; it was her favorite subject in the first grade! Her desire to educate both her students and herself inspired the writing of numerous best-selling textbooks. Marge, who received Bachelor's and Master's degrees from California State University at Sacramento, was most recently affiliated with American River College. An avid reader and traveler, Marge’s travel experiences often find their way into her books as applications, exercise sets, and feature sets. She was particularly interested in archeology. Trips to various digs and ruin sites produced some fascinating problems for her textbooks, involving such topics as the building of Mayan pyramids and the acoustics of ancient ball courts in the Yucatan.