"Do the Math" Video Notebook for Elementary Algebra

by Michael Sullivan, Katherine Struve, Janet Mazzarella

Overview

The Video Notebook is an unbound, three-hole-punched workbook/note-taking guide that students use in conjunction with the Sullivan/Struve/Mazzarella “Author in Action” videos. The notebook helps them develop organized notes as they work along with the videos.

• A Video Guide for each section is organized by learning objective. Typically, there is one Author in Action video per objective, and students are asked to write down important definitions and procedures and work through key examples as they watch the video.
• The clean layout and ample space let students write out full definitions and show all work for the examples.
• The unbound, loose-leaf format allows students to insert additional notes from class and/or homework–so they can build a course notebook and good study skills for future classes!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780134591964
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	01/22/2017
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

With training in mathematics, statistics, and economics, Michael Sullivan III has a varied teaching background that includes 27 years of instruction in both high school and college-level mathematics. He is currently a full-time professor of mathematics at Joliet Junior College. Michael has numerous textbooks in publication, including an Introductory Statistics series and a Precalculus series, which he writes with his father, Michael Sullivan.

Michael believes that his experiences writing texts for college-level math and statistics courses give him a unique perspective as to where students are headed once they leave the developmental mathematics tract. This experience is reflected in the philosophy and presentation of his developmental text series.When not in the classroom or writing, Michael enjoys spending time with his three children, Michael, Kevin, and Marissa, and playing golf. Now that his two sons are getting older, he has the opportunity to do both at the same time!

Kathy Struve has been a classroom teacher for nearly 35 years, first at the high school level and, for the past 27 years, at Columbus State Community College. Kathy embraces classroom diversity: diversity of students’ age, learning styles, and previous learning success. She is aware of the challenges of teaching mathematics at a large, urban community college, where students have varied mathematics backgrounds and may enter college with a high level of mathematics anxiety.

Kathy served as Lead Instructor of the Developmental Algebra sequence at Columbus State, where she developed curriculum, conducted workshops, and provided leadership to adjunct faculty in the mathematics department. She embraces the use of technology in instruction, and has taught web and hybrid classes in addition to traditional face-to-face emporium-style classes. She is always looking for ways to more fully involve students in the learning process. In her spare time Kathy enjoys spending time with her two adult daughters, her four granddaughters, and biking, hiking, and traveling with her husband.

Born and raised in San Diego county, Janet Mazzarella spent her career teaching in culturally and economically diverse high schools before taking a position at Southwestern College 25 years ago. Janet has taught a wide range of mathematics courses from arithmetic through calculus for math/science/engineering majors and has training in mathematics, education, engineering, and accounting.

Janet has worked to incorporate technology into the curriculum by participating in the development of Interactive Math and Math Pro. At Southwestern College, she helped develop the self-paced developmental mathematics program. In addition, Janet was the Dean of the School of Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, the Chair of the Mathematics Department, the faculty union president, and the faculty coordinator for Intermediate Algebra. In the past, free time consisted of racing motorcycles off-road in the Baja 500 and rock climbing, but recently she has given up the adrenaline rush of these activities for the thrill of traveling in Europe.

Jessica Bernards and Wendy Fresh of Portland Community College have worked extensively with the author team to create the How to exercises, new Geogebra applet exercises, and have made the assignments for the New MyMathLab courses.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Operations on Real Numbers and Algebraic Expressions

1.1. Success in Mathematics

1.2. Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

1.3. The Number Systems and the Real Number Line

1.4. Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing Integers

1.5. Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing Rational Numbers

Putting the Concepts Together (Sections 1.2–1.5)

1.6. Properties of Real Numbers

1.7. Exponents and the Order of Operations

1.8. Simplifying Algebraic Expressions

Chapter 1 Activity: The Math Game

Chapter 1 Review

Chapter 1 Test

2. Equations and Inequalities in One Variable

2.1. Linear Equations: The Addition and Multiplication Properties of Equality

2.2. Linear Equations: Using the Properties Together

2.3. Solving Linear Equations Involving Fractions and Decimals; Classifying Equations

2.4. Evaluating Formulas and Solving Formulas for a Variable

Putting the Concepts Together (Sections 2.1–2.4)

2.5. Problem Solving: Direct Translation

2.6. Problem Solving: Problems Involving Percent

2.7. Problem Solving: Geometry and Uniform Motion

2.8. Solving Linear Inequalities in One Variable

Chapter 2 Activity: Pass to the Right

Chapter 2 Review

Chapter 2 Test

3. Introduction to Graphing and Equations of Lines

3.1. The Rectangular Coordinate System and Equations in Two Variables

3.2. Graphing Equations in Two Variables

3.3. Slope

3.4. Slope-Intercept Form of a Line

3.5. Point-Slope Form of a Line

3.6. Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

Putting the Concepts Together (Sections 3.1–3.6)

3.7. Linear Inequalities in Two Variables

Chapter 3 Activity: Graphing Practice

Chapter 3 Review

Chapter 3 Test

Cumulative Review Chapters 1–3

4. Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities in Two Variables

4.1. Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Graphing

4.2. Solving Systems of Linear Equations Using Substitution

4.3. Solving Systems of Linear Equations Using Elimination

Putting the Concepts Together (Sections 4.1–4.3)

4.4. Solving Direct Translation, Geometry, and Uniform Motion Problems Using Systems of Linear Equations

4.5. Solving Mixture Problems Using Systems of Linear Equations

4.6. Systems of Linear Inequalities

Chapter 4 Activity: Find the Numbers

Chapter 4 Review

Chapter 4 Test

5. Exponents and Polynomials

5.1. Adding and Subtracting Polynomials

5.2. Multiplying Monomials: The Product and Power Rules

5.3. Multiplying Polynomials

5.4. Dividing Monomials: The Quotient Rule and Integer Exponents

Putting the Concepts Together (Sections 5.1–5.4)

5.5. Dividing Polynomials

5.6. Applying the Exponent Rules: Scientific Notation

Chapter 5 Activity: What Is the Question?

Chapter 5 Review

Chapter 5 Test

Cumulative Review Chapters 1–5

6. Factoring Polynomials

6.1. Greatest Common Factor and Factoring by Grouping

6.2. Factoring Trinomials of the Form x^2 + bx + c

6.3. Factoring Trinomials of the Form ax^2 + bx + c, a ≠ 1

6.4. Factoring Special Products

6.5. Summary of Factoring Techniques

Putting the Concepts Together (Sections 6.1–6.5)

6.6. Solving Polynomial Equations by Factoring

6.7. Modeling and Solving Problems with Quadratic Equations

Chapter 6 Activity: Which One Does Not Belong?

Chapter 6 Review

Chapter 6 Test

7. Rational Expressions and Equations

7.1. Simplifying Rational Expressions

7.2. Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions

7.3. Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions with a Common Denominator

7.4. Finding the Least Common Denominator and Forming Equivalent Rational Expressions

7.5. Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions with Unlike Denominators

7.6. Complex Rational Expressions

Putting the Concepts Together (Sections 7.1–7.6)

7.7. Rational Equations

7.8. Models Involving Rational Equations

7.9. Variation

Chapter 7 Activity: Correct the Quiz

Chapter 7 Review

Chapter 7 Test

Cumulative Review Chapters 1–7

8. Roots and Radicals

8.1. Introduction to Square Roots

8.2. Simplifying Square Roots

8.3. Adding and Subtracting Square Roots

8.4. Multiplying Expressions with Square Roots

8.5. Dividing Expressions with Square Roots

Putting the Concepts Together (Sections 8.1–8.5)

8.6. Solving Equations Containing Square Roots

8.7. Higher Roots and Rational Exponents

Chapter 8 Activity: Working Together with Radicals

Chapter 8 Review

Chapter 8 Test

9. Quadratic Equations

9.1. Solving Quadratic Equations Using the Square Root Property

9.2. Solving Quadratic Equations by Completing the Square

9.3. Solving Quadratic Equations Using the Quadratic Formula

Putting the Concepts Together (Sections 9.1–9.3)

9.4. Problem Solving Using Quadratic Equations

9.5. The Complex Number System

Chapter 9 Activity: The Math Game

Chapter 9 Review

Chapter 9 Test

Cumulative Review Chapters 1–9

10. Graphs of Quadratic Equations in Two Variables and an Introduction to Functions

10.1. Quadratic Equations in Two Variables

10.2. Relations

Putting the Concepts Together (Sections 10.1 and 10.2)

10.3. An Introduction to Functions

Chapter 10 Activity: Discovering Shifting

Chapter 10 Review

Chapter 10 Test

Appendix A: Table of Square Roots

Appendix B: Geometry Review

Photo Credits

Answers to Selected Exercises

Graphing Answer Section

Applications Index

Subject Index