This practical and inviting text helps students improve their computational skills by applying them to real-life experiences and offers a meaningful context for learning. Supplementary problems at the back of the text offer students additional practice on critical skills.
Features:
- Student-friendly text that presents concepts clearly,
- Stimulating chapter introduction to motivate student discussion,
- A calculator component that walks students through step-by-step,
- An abundance of practice and lesson reinforcement activities,
- Chapter Openers that relate skills to real-life applications,
- Chapter Reviews to assess skill mastery,
- Correlates with NTCM standards
Table of Contents: Counting Calories, Home Improvement, Using Mathematics in Sports, Games of Chance, Adjusting Recipes, Math and Crafts, Fractions in the Home, Spending Money, Earning Money, Traveling, Watching the Clock, Baseball Statistics, Using Percent, Working with Interest, Insurance, Lawn Care, and Using Energy.
The Student Workbook provides necessary practice and reinforcement activities.
The comprehensive, wraparound Teacher’s Edition provides instructional strategies at point of use. Everything from preparation guidelines to teaching tips and strategies are included in an easy-to-use format.
The Teacher's Resource Library CD-ROM contains the Student Workbook offering dozens of reinforcement activities (also available in print), Self-Study Guide for students wanting to work at their own pace, two forms of chapter tests, plus midterm and final tests. Just select and print out the materials as needed. Everything is reproducible. For Windows and Macintosh.
With the new Skill Track Software CD-ROM program, students can review each lesson and/or chapter within the textbook at their own pace. Includes over 1,000 multiple choice items that directly relate to the textbook’s content. Built-in teacher management software allows the instructor to track student progress and print reports. Plan lessons that target the skills your students need to work on, and use to communicate effectively with individual students. For Windows and Macintosh.
Each Curriculum Class Set includes 10 Student Editions, 1 Wraparound Teacher's Edition and 1 Teacher's Resource Library.
Each Curriculum/Software Class Set includes 10 Student Editions, 1 Wraparound Teacher's Edition, 1 Teacher's Resource Library plus Skill Track Software.
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