Bob Miller's Basic Math and Pre-Algebra for the Clueless, 2nd Ed.
2nd Edition
Published on 16. July 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
186 pages
978-0-07-148846-4 (ISBN)
Description
STUDENT TESTED AND APPROVED!
If you suffer from math anxiety, then sign up for private tutoring with Bob Miller!
Do mathematics and algebraic formulas leave your head spinning?
If so, you are like hundreds of thousands of other students who face math-especially, algebra-with fear. Luckily, there is a cure: Bob Miller's Clueless series! Like the teacher you always wished you had (but never thought existed), Bob Miller brings knowledge, empathy, and fun to math and pre-algebra. He breaks down the learning process in an easy, non-technical way and builds it up again using his own unique methods.
Meant to bridge the gulf between the student, the textbook, and the teacher, Basic Math and Pre-Algebra for the Clueless is packed with all the latest information you need to conquer basic math and pre-algebra, including:
Anxiety-reducing features on every pageQuick tips for solving difficult problemsFull explanations of basic principles to make hard problems easyBite-sized math portions that short study sessions (and attention spans)
"I am always delighted when a student tells me that he or she hated math ... but taking a class with me has made math understandable ... even enjoyable." Now it's your turn. Sharpen your #2 pencils, and let Bob Miller show you how to never be clueless again!
If you suffer from math anxiety, then sign up for private tutoring with Bob Miller!
Do mathematics and algebraic formulas leave your head spinning?
If so, you are like hundreds of thousands of other students who face math-especially, algebra-with fear. Luckily, there is a cure: Bob Miller's Clueless series! Like the teacher you always wished you had (but never thought existed), Bob Miller brings knowledge, empathy, and fun to math and pre-algebra. He breaks down the learning process in an easy, non-technical way and builds it up again using his own unique methods.
Meant to bridge the gulf between the student, the textbook, and the teacher, Basic Math and Pre-Algebra for the Clueless is packed with all the latest information you need to conquer basic math and pre-algebra, including:
Anxiety-reducing features on every pageQuick tips for solving difficult problemsFull explanations of basic principles to make hard problems easyBite-sized math portions that short study sessions (and attention spans)
"I am always delighted when a student tells me that he or she hated math ... but taking a class with me has made math understandable ... even enjoyable." Now it's your turn. Sharpen your #2 pencils, and let Bob Miller show you how to never be clueless again!
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Bob Miller (East Brunswick, NJ) has been a lecturer in Mathematics at City College of New York, a branch of the City University of New York, for more than twenty-eight years.
Content
To the StudentAcknowledgmentsCongratulationsChapter 1: Pre-Algebra 1: Introductory terms, order of operations, exponents, products, quotients, distributive lawChapter 2: Pre-Algebra 2: Integers plus; signed numbers, basic operations, short division, distributive law, the beginning of factoringChapter 3: Pre-Algebra 3: Fractions, with a taste of decimalsChapter 4: Pre-Algebra 4: First-degree equations and the beginning of problems with wordsChapter 5: Pre-Algebra 5: point well taken; graphing points and lines, slope, equation of a lineChapter 6: Pre-Algebra 6: Ratios, proportions, and percentagesChapter 7: Prebusiness: What you need to know about surviving the real world: checks, deposits and withdrawal slips, interest, what you should know about banks and credit cards, mortgages, bonds and stocksChapter 8: Pregeometry 1: Some basics about geometry and some geometric problems with wordsChapter 9: Pregeometry 2: Triangles, square roots, and good old PythagorasChapter 10: Pregeometry 3: Rectangles, squares, and our other four-sided friendsChapter 11: Pregeometry 4: Securing the perimeter and areal search of triangles and quadrilateralsChapter 12: Pregeometry 5: All about circlesChapter 13: Pregeometry 6: Volumes and surface area in 3-DChapter 14: Pretrig: Right angle trigonometry (how the pyramids were built)Chapter 15: Precounting, Preprobability, and PrestatisticsChapter 16: Miscellaneous