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Each chapter ends with a Summary, Review Exercises, and a Chapter Test. Beginning with Chapter 2, each chapter also ends with a Cumulative Review. 1. Whole Numbers 1.1 Reading and Writing Whole Numbers Study Skills: Your Brain Can Learn Mathematics Study Skills: Using Your Textbook 1.2 Adding Whole Numbers 1.3 Subtracting Whole Numbers 1.4 Multiplying Whole Numbers 1.5 Dividing Whole Numbers 1.6 Long Division Summary Exercises on Whole Numbers 1.7 Rounding Whole Numbers 1.8 Exponents, Roots, and Order of Operations Study Skills: Taking Lecture Notes 1.9 Reading Pictographs, Bar Graphs, and Line Graphs 1.10 Solving Application Problems 2. Multiplying and Dividing Fractions 2.1 Basics of Fractions Study Skills: Homework: How, Why, When 2.2 Mixed Numbers 2.3 Factors 2.4 Writing a Fraction in Lowest Terms Study Skills: Using Study Cards: Part I Summary Exercises on Fractions 2.5 Multiplying Fractions 2.6 Applications of Multiplication 2.7 Dividing Fractions2.8 Multiplying and Dividing Mixed Numbers Study Skills: Using Study Cards: Part II Study Skills: Reviewing a Chapter Study Skills: Preparing for Tests 3. Adding and Subtracting Fractions 3.1 Adding and Subtracting Like Fractions Study Skills: Managing Your Time 3.2 Least Common Multiples 3.3 Adding and Subtracting Unlike Fractions Study Skills: Making a Mind Map 3.4 Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers 3.5 Order Relations and the Order of Operations Summary Exercises on Fractions Study Skills: Taking Tests 4. Decimals
4.1 Reading and Writing Decimals 4.2 Rounding Decimals 4.3 Adding and Subtracting Decimals 4.4 Multiplying Decimals Summary Exercises on Decimals 4.5 Dividing Decimals 4.6 Writing Fractions as Decimals Study Skills: Analyzing Your Test Results 5. Ratio and Proportion 5.1 Ratios 5.2 Rates 5.3 Proportions 5.4 Solving Proportions Summary Exercises on Ratios, Rates, and Proportions 5.5 Solving Application Problems with Proportions 6. Percent 6.1 Basics of Percent 6.2 Percents and Fractions 6.3 Using the Percent Proportion and Identifying the Components in a Percent Problem 6.4 Using Proportions to Solve Percent Problems 6.5 Using the Percent Equation Summary Exercises on Percent 6.6 Solving Application Problems with Percent 6.7 Simple Interest 6.8 Compound Interest Study Skills: Preparing for a Final Exam 7. Measurement 7.1 Problem Solving with U.S. Customary Measurement 7.2 The Metric System-Length 7.3 The Metric System-Capacity and Weight (Mass) Summary Exercises on U.S. Customary and Metric Units 7.4 Problem Solving with Metric Measurement 7.5 Metric-U.S. Customary Conversions and Temperature 8. Geometry 8.1 Basic Geometric Terms 8.2 Angles and Their Relationships 8.3 Rectangles and Squares 8.4 Parallelograms and Trapezoids 8.5 Triangles 8.6 Circles Summary Exercises on Perimeter, Circumference, and Area 8.7 Volume8.8 Pythagorean Theorem8.9 Similar Triangles 9. Basic Algebra 9.1 Signed Numbers 9.2 Adding and Subtracting Signed Numbers 9.3 Multiplying and Dividing Signed Numbers 9.4 Order of Operations Summary Exercises on Operations with Signed Numbers 9.5 Evaluating Expressions and Formulas 9.6 Solving Equations 9.7 Solving Equations with Several Steps 9.8 Using Equations to Solve Application Problems 10. Statistics 10.1 Circle Graphs 10.2 Bar Graphs and Line Graphs Summary Exercises on Graphs 10.3 Frequency Distributions and Histograms 10.4 Mean, Median, and Mode Appendix: Inductive and Deductive Reasoning Answers to Selected Exercises Solutions to Selected Exercises Index