Basic College Mathematics (Mandatory Package) |  | Author: Ignacio Bello
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 159906
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Pages: 608
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 1
ISBN: 0077217888
Dewey Decimal Number: 513
EAN: 9780077217884
ASIN: 0077217888
Publication Date: January 16, 2008
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Product Description
Basic College Mathematics will be a review of fundamental math concepts for some students and may break new ground for others. Nevertheless, students of all backgrounds will be delighted to find a refreshing book that appeals to all learning styles and reaches out to diverse demographics. Through down-to-earth explanations, patient skill-building, and exceptionally interesting and realistic applications, this worktext will empower students to learn and master mathematics in the real world.
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 NOT a college mathematics book August 17, 2009
M. Brubaker
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
First of all, if you buy this book you probably should have the title truncated to just MATH, because if your reading level is on par with your math level, you can't read four-syllable words (and you probably cannot read complex sentences with parenthetical addenda). This is 2nd grade math and you should not be in college if you start from the beginning of this book.
Secondly, the author should never show his face in the "academic" community, which should laugh him out of a job for pretending 2nd through 7th grade math belongs in college. Anyone who needs this book never learned anything in K-12. This is absolutely pathetic.
Thirdly, if your intelligence is not insulted by the illustrations, you need to go back to second grade. C'mon, 4 groups of 3 pennies each illustrated to figure how many 3-cent stamps you can buy for 12 cents (p .62)? I did not find "how to count with your fingers" in this book, but I did find how to "add numbers on a calculator" using 6 + 8 (p. 30) and "Subtraction with a calculator is easy" using 35 - 15 as an example (p. 44).
It would be a generous euphemism if it were titled High School Remedial Math, but please don't pass this off as a college textbook, and for Pete's sake, don't use my tax dollars to send people to college who have not learned anything in K-12. This book is a shame and an embarrassment to any K-12 teacher whose students use it in college.
 SSM t/a Basic College Mathematics: A Real-World Approach August 7, 2009
Richard F. Carozza (USA)
A great book that shows the solutions step by step. Problems become simple as you begin to understand the steps and the order that they are applied.
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