Quick Arithmetic: A Self-Teaching Guide

by Robert A. Carman, Marilyn J. Carman

Overview

Master math at your own pace!

Does working with numbers often frustrate you? Do you need to brush up on your basic math skills? Do you feel math stands between you and your career goals, or a better grade at school?

Quick Arithmetic, Third Edition is the quickest and easiest way to teach yourself the basic math skills you need to advance on the job or in school. Using cartoons and a clear writing style, this practical guide provides a fresh start for learning or reviewing how to work with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percentages. The book's proven self-teaching approach allows you to work at your own pace and learn only the material you need. Previews and objectives at the beginning of each section help you determine your particular needs, while self-tests, practice problems, and a final exam let you measure your progress and reinforce what you've learned.

For anyone who has ever felt intimidated by a page of numbers, Quick Arithmetic, Third Edition has the answers!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471151340
Publisher:	Trade Paper Press
Publication date:	03/14/2002
Series:	Wiley Self-Teaching Guides , #159
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	24 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

ROBERT A. CARMAN, author of more than a dozen widely used math textbooks, was a professor at Santa Barbara Community College.
MARILYN J. CARMAN was a teacher and administrative coordinator with the Santa Barbara High School District.

Table of Contents

Preface.

How to Use this Book.

Whole Numbers.

Fractions.

Decimals.

Percent.

Final Exam.

Appendix.

Index.

Preface

Many very bright and competent people enrolled in colleges, universities, and community colleges are frustrated. They are eager, ambitious, and quite capable of succeeding in their careers or moving to a better job. They want to learn but find themselves handicapped because they do not have the basic mathematics skills needed to continue. They need help with these essential skills. If that describes where you are, this book is for you.

This book is designed to help you review or relearn basic arithmetic skills. It is more like a private tutor than a lecturer; you participate in the process rather than simply reading, listening, or sleeping through it. The book is organized in a format that respects your unique needs and interests and teaches you accordingly:

• You can use it for self-study, for study with a tutor or helper, or as a text in a formal course.
• Each chapter begins with a preview and a sample test to help you see your particular needs.
• You have the option of designing your own course, skipping familiar material to save time or working through all of it if you need it.
• Many practice problems and self-tests are included, including drill problems, practical applications, more difficult brain boosters, and problems where a calculator should be used. Each chapter ends with an optional self-test.
• Answers to all problems are in the back of the book.
• Unlike previous mathematics textbooks you may have used, this book is careful to explain every operation. Sometimes we even explain our explanations.

This book has been used by hundreds of thousands of students and they tell us it is helpful, interesting, and even fun to work through. We hope you agree with them.

It is a pleasure for us to acknowledge our debts to the many people who have contributed to the development of this book and to this third edition. Jeffrey Golick and the staff at John Wiley & Sons, Inc., have been most supportive and patient throughout the lengthy process of producing a book. We were fortunate to have W Royce Adams, formerly the director of the Reading Center at Santa Barbara Community College, read preliminary versions of the book and provide valuable assistance in improving its readability.

Finally, we wish to extend special thanks to our kindest critics and most enthusiastic helpers: our children-Pat, Laurie, Maire, and Ericour other works in collaboration.