Barron's arithmetic the easy way
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Barron's arithmetic the easy way
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9780812041972
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2nd ed.
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New York : Barron's Educational Series, ©1989.
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x, 450 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
General Note:
"Adapted from Barron's getting ready for the high school equivalency examination: beginning preparation in mathematics"--Title page verso.
Includes index.
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"Adapted from Barron's getting ready for the high school equivalency examination: beginning preparation in mathematics." Explains the principles of arithmetic and includes practice exercises with answers.
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Arithmetic the easy way.
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(back cover) ALL THE ESSENTIALS IN ONE CLEAR VOLUME by Edward Williams, M.A., and Katie Prindle, M.S. A helpful brush-up review for students and general readers Practice exercises in every chapter Answers at the back of the book Tables, charts, and line illustrations Addition and subtraction Multiplication and division Calculating with fractions Decimals and percentages Much more
Table of Contents
Preface | p. viii |
Introduction | p. ix |
Reference Tables | p. xii |
Chapter 1 We Can Work Together | p. 1 |
Pretest 1 | p. 2 |
1.1 Number Symbols We Use | p. 4 |
1.2 Counting and Tallying | p. 4 |
1.3 One-Digit, Two-Digit, and Larger Numbers | p. 5 |
1.4 Each Place Has a Value | p. 6 |
1.5 Even Nothing Means Something | p. 9 |
1.6 Old Number Systems Still Influence Us | p. 10 |
Chapter Test 1 | p. 14 |
Answers and Explanations to Chapter Test 1 | p. 15 |
Answers to Pretest and Practice Exercises | p. 17 |
Chapter 2 It All Adds Up! | p. 19 |
Pretest 2A | p. 19 |
2.1 Whole Numbers | p. 21 |
2.2 The Language of Addition | p. 21 |
2.3 Help from the Number Line | p. 25 |
2.4 Nothing Is Still Important | p. 29 |
2.5 Unequal Place Addition | p. 30 |
2.6 No Addition Problem Is Long | p. 31 |
2.7 Word Problems | p. 32 |
Chapter Test 2A | p. 34 |
Answers to Chapter Test 2A | p. 35 |
Answers to Pretest 2A and Practice Exercises | p. 36 |
Pretest 2B | p. 38 |
2.8 Every Number Has Its Place | p. 40 |
2.9 Place Value and Column Addition | p. 41 |
2.10 Longer Columns of Numbers | p. 46 |
2.11 When the Columns Are Broken | p. 47 |
2.12 Know the Combinations | p. 49 |
2.13 More Difficult Word Problems Requiring Addition | p. 52 |
2.14 More Problems with Addition | p. 54 |
Chapter Test 2B | p. 57 |
Answers and Explanations to Chapter Test 2B | p. 58 |
Answers to Pretest 2B and Practice Exercises | p. 60 |
Chapter 3 Take It Away! Subtraction | p. 63 |
Pretest 3 | p. 63 |
3.1 What Happens in Subtraction? | p. 65 |
3.2 The Language of Subtraction | p. 66 |
3.3 Help from the Number Line | p. 71 |
3.4 Unequal Place Subtraction | p. 72 |
3.5 Word Problems | p. 73 |
3.6 Subtraction by Addition | p. 74 |
3.7 Numbers Can Be Exchanged | p. 76 |
3.8 Exchanging in Subtraction | p. 78 |
3.9 More Difficult Word Problems Requiring Subtraction | p. 83 |
Chapter Test 3 | p. 85 |
Answers and Explanations to Chapter Test 3 | p. 86 |
Answers to Pretest and Practice Exercises | p. 89 |
Chapter 4 Remember Those Times? Multiplication | p. 93 |
Pretest 4 | p. 93 |
4.1 Multiplication Is Repeated Addition | p. 95 |
4.2 Help from the Number Line | p. 97 |
4.3 Multiplying Whole Numbers | p. 100 |
4.4 Those Old Combinations Again | p. 102 |
4.5 Multiplying by a One-Digit Number | p. 104 |
4.6 Word Problems | p. 109 |
4.7 Multiplying by a Number Having Two or More Digits | p. 110 |
4.8 Multiplication Applied to Measuring | p. 114 |
4.9 More Difficult Word Problems Requiring Multiplication | p. 119 |
Chapter Test 4 | p. 121 |
Answers and Explanations to Chapter Test 4 | p. 122 |
Answers to Pretest and Practice Exercises | p. 125 |
Chapter 5 Let's Divide It Up! | p. 131 |
Pretest 5 | p. 131 |
5.1 What Is Division? | p. 133 |
5.2 The Language of Division | p. 134 |
5.3 You Still Need Those Combinations | p. 135 |
5.4 Help from the Number Line | p. 137 |
5.5 Dividing by a One-Digit Number | p. 139 |
5.6 When the Quotient Contains Fewer Places Than the Dividend | p. 142 |
5.7 Zero as a Place Holder | p. 143 |
5.8 Dividing and Leaving a Remainder | p. 145 |
5.9 Carrying Remainders | p. 146 |
5.10 Word Problems Requiring Division | p. 149 |
5.11 Dividing by More Than a One-Digit Number | p. 150 |
5.12 More Difficult Word Problems Requiring Division | p. 155 |
5.13 Mean, Median, and Mode | p. 156 |
5.14 Division Applied to Area Measurement | p. 158 |
Chapter Test 5 | p. 158 |
Answers and Explanations to Chapter Test 5 | p. 159 |
Answers to Pretest and Practice Exercises | p. 163 |
Chapter 6 The Important Parts-Fractions | p. 169 |
Pretest 6 | p. 169 |
6.1 What Is a Fraction? | p. 172 |
6.2 The Language of a Fraction | p. 175 |
6.3 What Kinds of Fractions Are There? | p. 176 |
6.4 Simplifying Fractions | p. 178 |
6.5 Equivalent Fractions | p. 182 |
6.6 Which Fraction Is Larger or Smaller? | p. 185 |
6.7 Changing Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers | p. 189 |
6.8 Changing Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions | p. 192 |
Chapter Test 6 | p. 195 |
Answers and Explanations to Chapter Test 6 | p. 197 |
Answers to Pretest and Practice Exercises | p. 198 |
Chapter 7 Piece by Piece-Adding Fractions | p. 201 |
Pretest 7 | p. 201 |
7.1 Fractions Can Be Added | p. 204 |
7.2 After Adding, What Next? | p. 206 |
7.3 Fractions Whose Sum Is One | p. 207 |
7.4 Fractions Whose Sum Is Greater Than One | p. 208 |
7.5 Mixed Numbers Can Also Be Added | p. 210 |
7.6 Mixed Numbers Whose Sum May Be Simplified | p. 211 |
7.7 Mixed Numbers Whose Fractional Parts Add Up to One | p. 212 |
7.8 Mixed Numbers with Fractional Parts Whose Sum Is Greater Than One | p. 214 |
7.9 Word Problems | p. 215 |
7.10 What About Those Denominators? | p. 217 |
7.11 Mixing Them All Up | p. 219 |
7.12 More Difficult Word Problems | p. 222 |
Chapter Test 7 | p. 224 |
Answers and Explanations to Chapter Test 7 | p. 225 |
Answers to Pretest and Practice Exercises | p. 228 |
Chapter 8 Subtracting Fractions | p. 235 |
Pretest 8 | p. 235 |
8.1 Subtracting Fractions | p. 237 |
8.2 After Subtracting, What Next? | p. 240 |
8.3 Like Fractions Whose Difference Is One or Greater Than One | p. 241 |
8.4 Mixed Numbers Can Also Be Subtracted | p. 242 |
8.5 Exchanging in Subtracting Fractions | p. 244 |
8.6 Exchanging in Subtracting Mixed Numbers (Like Denominators) | p. 246 |
8.7 Word Problems | p. 248 |
8.8 Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators | p. 249 |
8.9 Subtracting Mixed Numbers | p. 252 |
8.10 Exchanging in Subtracting Mixed Numbers (Unlike Denominators) | p. 253 |
8.11 More Difficult Word Problems | p. 256 |
Chapter Test 8 | p. 258 |
Answers and Explanations to Chapter Test 8 | p. 259 |
Answers to Pretest and Practice Exercises | p. 261 |
Chapter 9 Multiplying and Dividing Fractions | p. 269 |
Pretest 9A | p. 269 |
9.1 The Product of Two Fractions | p. 271 |
9.2 Cancellation | p. 272 |
9.3 Finding Parts of Whole Numbers | p. 274 |
9.4 Multiplying Three or More Fractions | p. 276 |
9.5 Multiplying Mixed Numbers | p. 277 |
9.6 Word Problems | p. 279 |
Chapter Test 9A | p. 283 |
Answers and Explanations to Chapter Test 9A | p. 284 |
Answers to Pretest 9A and Practice Exercises | p. 285 |
Pretest 9B | p. 288 |
9.7 The Quotient of Two Fractions | p. 290 |
9.8 Dividing Mixed Numbers | p. 293 |
9.9 Word Problems | p. 296 |
Chapter Test 9B | p. 298 |
Answers and Explanations to Chapter Test 9B | p. 299 |
Answers to Pretest 9B and Practice Exercises | p. 301 |
Chapter 10 What's the Point? Decimals | p. 305 |
Pretest 10 | p. 305 |
10.1 Introducing Decimals | p. 308 |
10.2 Reading and Writing Decimals | p. 312 |
10.3 Which Fraction Equals Which Decimal? | p. 314 |
10.4 Comparing Decimals | p. 315 |
10.5 Rounding Off Decimals | p. 318 |
Chapter Test 10 | p. 321 |
Answers and Explanations to Chapter Test 10 | p. 322 |
Answers to Pretest and Practice Exercises | p. 323 |
Chapter 11 Adding and Subtracting Decimals | p. 327 |
Pretest 11A | p. 327 |
11.1 Adding Decimals | p. 329 |
11.2 Adding Mixed Decimals | p. 332 |
11.3 Word Problems Requiring the Addition of Decimals | p. 334 |
Chapter Test 11A | p. 337 |
Answers and Explanations to Chapter Test 11A | p. 338 |
Answers to Pretest 11A and Practice Exercises | p. 339 |
Pretest 11B | p. 341 |
11.4 Subtracting Decimals | p. 343 |
11.5 Subtracting Mixed Decimals | p. 345 |
11.6 Word Problems Requiring the Subtraction of Decimals | p. 348 |
Chapter Test 11B | p. 350 |
Answers and Explanations to Chapter Test 11B | p. 351 |
Answers to Pretest 11B and Practice Exercises | p. 353 |
Chapter 12 Multiplying Decimals | p. 355 |
Pretest 12 | p. 355 |
12.1 Multiplying a Decimal by a Whole Number | p. 357 |
12.2 Multiplying Decimal Numbers | p. 359 |
12.3 Special Multipliers of 10, 100, 1,000, and so on | p. 362 |
12.4 Word Problems Requiring the Multiplication of Decimals | p. 364 |
Chapter Test 12 | p. 366 |
Answers and Explanations to Chapter Test 12 | p. 367 |
Answers to Pretest and Practice Exercises | p. 368 |
Chapter 13 Dividing Decimals | p. 371 |
Pretest 13 | p. 371 |
13.1 Dividing a Decimal by a Whole Number | p. 373 |
13.2 Zero As a Place Holder in the Quotient | p. 375 |
13.3 Changing a Fraction into a Decimal | p. 377 |
13.4 Dividing a Decimal by a Decimal | p. 380 |
13.5 Zero As a Place Holder in the Dividend | p. 382 |
13.6 Word Problems Requiring the Division of Decimals | p. 384 |
13.7 Special Divisors of 10, 100, 1,000, and so on | p. 386 |
13.8 Changing a Decimal into a Fraction | p. 387 |
13.9 Rewriting Decimals with Fractions | p. 391 |
13.10 Word Problems Combining Fractions and Decimals | p. 392 |
Chapter Test 13 | p. 396 |
Answers and Explanations to Chapter Test 13 | p. 398 |
Answers to Pretest and Practice Exercises | p. 400 |
Chapter 14 Percents | p. 405 |
Pretest 14 | p. 405 |
14.1 Meaning of Percent | p. 407 |
14.2 Changing Percents to Decimals | p. 410 |
14.3 Changing Decimals to Percents | p. 412 |
14.4 Changing Percents to Fractions | p. 414 |
14.5 Changing Fractions to Percents | p. 415 |
14.6 Finding a Percent of a Number | p. 418 |
14.7 Finding the Percent That One Number Is of Another | p. 421 |
14.8 Finding a Number When a Percent of It is Known | p. 425 |
Chapter Test 14 | p. 429 |
Answers and Explanations to Chapter Test 14 | p. 430 |
Answers to Pretest and Practice Exercises | p. 432 |
Chapter 15 Measurement | p. 435 |
Pretest 15 | p. 435 |
15.1 Units of Measurement | p. 437 |
15.2 Adding Measures | p. 438 |
15.3 Subtracting Measures | p. 439 |
15.4 Multiplying Measures | p. 441 |
15.5 Dividing Measures | p. 443 |
15.6 Word Problems Requiring Measures | p. 444 |
15.7 Converting Metric Measures | p. 445 |
Chapter Test 15 | p. 448 |
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Farley, Eugene J.
Williams, Edward, 1926- Barron's getting ready for the high school equivalency examination.
Farley, Eugene J.
Arithmetic -- Problems, exercises, etc.
Williams, Edward, 1926-
Williams, Edward,
9780812041972
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