How Deep Sea Divers Use Math

Whether searching for shipwrecks, new species, or lost civilizations under the waters' depths, deep sea divers use math to keep themselves safe and alive. How Deep Sea Divers Use Math shows how these underwater explorers use math to delve into the deepest oceans every day.
Concepts and skills emphasized include:
•Number Sense and Operations
•Problem Solving
•Estimation
•Measurement
•Data Analysis
•Algebraic Thinking
•Geometry and Spatial Sense.

How Fashion Designers Use Math

You wear clothes every day, but are you aware of how much math is involved in creating the outfits you put on? How Fashion Designers Use Math colorfully illustrates how designers use math to measure, create, and produce their fashions.
Concepts and skills emphasized include:
• Number Sense and Operations
• Problem Solving
• Estimation
• Measurement
• Data Analysis
• Algebraic Thinking
• Geometry and Spatial Sense.

A Hymn Before BattleWITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE...

With the Earth in the path of the rapacious Posleen, the peaceful and friendly races of the Galactic Federation offer their resources to help the backward Terrans -- for a price. Humanity now has three worlds to defend.
As Earth's armies rush into battle and special operations units scout alien worlds, the humans begin to learn a valuable lesson: You can protect yourself from your enemies, but may the Lord save you from your allies.

For a subject that is a challenge at all levels of education.

Parts 1 and 2 combined cover principles for basic algebra, intermediate algebra and college algebra courses.

Topics covered include:

* set theory
* operations of real numbers
* algebraic terms
* order of operations
* factoring & rational expressions
* roots & radicals
* and much more