A problem solving approach to mathematics for elementary school teachers / Rick Billstein (University of Montana), Barbara Boschmans (Northern Arizona University), Shlomo Libeskind (University of Oregon), Johnny W. Lott (University of Montana).
Material type: TextPublisher: Hoboken, NJ : Pearson Education, Inc., [2020]Edition: 13th editionDescription: xviii, 952 pages, 81 variously numbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780135183885
- 013518388X
- 372.7 23
- QA135.6 .B55 2020
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Includes index.
Preface -- An introduction to problem solving. Mathematics and problem solving ; Explorations with patterns -- Introduction to logic and sets. Reasoning and logic : an introduction ; Describing sets ; Other set operations -- Numeration systems and whole number operations. Numeration systems ; Addition of whole numbers ; Subtraction of whole numbers ; Multiplication of whole numbers ; Division of whole numbers -- Number theory. Divisibility ; Prime and composite numbers ; Greatest common divisor and least common multiple -- Integers. Addition and subtraction of integers ; Multiplication and division of integers -- Rational numbers and proportional reasoning. The set of rational numbers ; Addition, subtraction, and estimation with rational numbers ; Multiplication, division, and estimation with rational numbers ; Proportional reasoning -- Decimals, percents, and real numbers. Terminating decimals ; Operations on decimals ; Repeating decimals ; Percents ; Real numbers -- Algebraic thinking. Variables ; Equals relation and equations ; Functions ; Equations in a Cartesian coordinate system -- Probability. Determining probabilities ; Multistage experiments and modeling games ; Simulations and applications of probability ; Counting and techniques in probability -- Data analysis/statistics : an introduction. Designing experiments/collecting data ; Displaying data : Part I Displaying data : Part II ; Measures of central tendency and variation -- Introductory geometry. Basic notions ; Curves, polygons, and symmetry ; More about angles ; Geometry in three dimensions -- Congruence and similarity with constructions. Congruence through constructions ; Additional congruence theorems ; Additional constructions ; Similar triangles and other similar figures -- Area, Pythagorean theorem, and volume. Linear measure ; Areas of polygons and circles ; The Pythagorean theorem, distance formula, and equation of a circle ; Surface areas ; Volume and mass -- Transformations. Translations, rotations, and tessellations ; Reflections and glide reflections ; Dilations -- Answers to select problems.
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