13.07.2015 Views

College of Marin Study Guide for Math 95 A,B - Pearson Learning ...

College of Marin Study Guide for Math 95 A,B - Pearson Learning ...

College of Marin Study Guide for Math 95 A,B - Pearson Learning ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

2 <strong>Study</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Math</strong> <strong>95</strong>A, B<strong>Study</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Math</strong> <strong>95</strong>A, BThe purpose <strong>of</strong> this <strong>Study</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> is to help you in learning the basic mathematical skillsand concepts that are taught in <strong>Math</strong> <strong>95</strong>A, B.This <strong>Study</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> consists <strong>of</strong> 13 lessons. Use it with your textbook and be sure to do themargin exercises whenever the textbook tells you to do so. Each lesson <strong>of</strong> this <strong>Study</strong><strong>Guide</strong> tells you what pages to read in the textbook and which problems to do <strong>for</strong> homework.After you have completed each lesson, you will be ready to take a test on that lesson.Show your homework and sample test to your instructor or another staff member.At that point you will be given a test <strong>for</strong> a grade on that lesson. There is a final examafter the first five lessons and this will end <strong>Math</strong> <strong>95</strong>A. There is also a final exam coveringthe last six lessons to end <strong>Math</strong> <strong>95</strong>B.The textbook is Basic <strong>Math</strong>ematics, Ninth Edition, by Marvin Bittinger. It is a worktext,which means that you can do the problems in the textbook if you wish. When youread the text, be sure to have a pencil ready. It is important that you do the Margin Exercises.They accompany the reading. The Margin Exercises are a check to ensure youunderstand the concepts that are explained, and also to help you gain the necessaryskills one step at a time.The answers to the Margin Exercises are on pages A-1 to A-29 in the back <strong>of</strong> the textbook.Also, on these pages you will find the answers to the odd-numbered problems inthe exercise sets and all the problems <strong>for</strong> the Skill Maintenance Chapter Summary andReview Exercises, and Chapter Tests. The sample tests given in this <strong>Study</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> aresolved in detail in the back <strong>of</strong> this <strong>Study</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>. The homework problems should bechecked one at a time. The complete sample test should be worked be<strong>for</strong>e beingchecked. There are 16 videotapes available that introduce each section <strong>of</strong> the textbookand work some <strong>of</strong> the exercises. On the next page is a list <strong>of</strong> these videotapes by sectionnumber, content description, and which exercises are worked.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!