Mathematics in Action An Introduction to Algebraic, Graphical and Numerical Problem Solving 6th Edition By Published by Pearson (Test Bank)

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Table of Contents Below is an Activity-level Table of Contents for this title. Chapter 1. Number Sense Cluster 1: Introduction to Problem Solving Activity 1.1 The Bookstore: Steps in Problem Sol... ving Activity 1.2 The Classroom: Problem-Solving Strategies Activity 1.3 Properties of Arithmetic: Properties and Vocabulary for Arithmetic Calculations What Have I Learned? How Can I Practice? Cluster 2: Problem Solving with Fractions and Decimals (Rational Numbers) Activity 1.4 Top Chef: Operations with Fractions and Mixed Numbers Project Activity 1.5 Course Grades and Your GPA: Problem Solving Using Fractions and Decimals What Have I Learned? How Can I Practice? Cluster 3: Comparisons and Proportional Reasoning Activity 1.6 Everything Is Relative: Ratios as Fractions, Decimals, and Percents Activity 1.7 Antidepressant Use: Proportional Reasoning Activity 1.8 Who Really Did Better? Actual and Relative Change, Percent Increase and Decrease Activity 1.9 Going Shopping: Growth and Decay Factors Activity 1.10 Take an Additional 20% Off: Consecutive Growth and Decay Factors Activity 1.11 Fuel Economy: Rates and Unit Analysis What Have I Learned? How Can I Practice? Cluster 4: Problem Solving with Signed Numbers Activity 1.12 Celsius Thermometers: Addition and Subtraction of Integers Activity 1.13 Shedding the Extra Pounds: Multiplication and Division of Integers Activity 1.14 Order of Operations Revisited: Negative Exponents and Scientific Notation What Have I Learned? How Can I Practice? Chapter 1 Summary Chapter 1 Gateway Review Chapter 2. Variable Sense Cluster 1: Symbolic Rules and Expressions Activity 2.1 Symbolizing Arithmetic: Formulas and Algebraic Expressions Activity 2.2 Blood Alcohol Levels: Represent a Two-Variable Relationship Algebraically, Numerically, and Graphically Activity 2.3 College Expenses: Symbolic Rules Activity 2.4 Are They the Same? Equivalent Expressions and Grouping Symbols What Have I Learned? How Can I Practice? Cluster 2: Solving Equations Activity 2.5 Let’s Go Shopping: Solve an Equation Containing One Operation Activity 2.6 Leasing a Copier: Solve an Equation Containing Two or More Operations Activity 2.7 The Algebra of Weather: Solve a Formula for a Specified Variable Activity 2.8 Four out of Five Dentists Prefer Crest: Proportions What Have I Learned? How Can I Practice? Cluster 3: More Problem Solving Using Algebra Activity 2.9 Do It Two Ways: Distributive Property, Greatest Common Factor, and Combining Like Terms Activity 2.10 Decoding: Simplifying Algebraic Expressions Activity 2.11 Comparing Energy Costs: Mathematical Models, General Strategy for Solving Linear Equations Project Activity 2.12 Summer Job Opportunities: Problem Solving Using Linear Equations What Have I Learned? How Can I Practice? Chapter 2 Summary Chapter 2 Gateway Review Chapter 3. Function Sense and Linear Functions Cluster 1: Function Sense Activity 3.1 Summer Olympics: Functions, Numerical and Graphical Representation of Functions Activity 3.2 How Fast Did You Lose? Average Rate of Change Project Activity 3.3 Comparing Symbolically Defined Functions and Their Graphs Activity 3.4 Course Grade: Representing Functions Symbolically What Have I Learned? How Can I Practice? Cluster 2: Introduction to Linear Functions Activity 3.5 The Snowy Tree Cricket: Slope and Intercepts of a Line Activity 3.6 Software Sales: Slope-Intercept Equation of a Line Activity 3.7 Predicting Population: Problem Solving Using Slope-Intercept Equation of a Line Activity 3.8 College Tuition: Point-Slope Equation of a Line What Have I Learned? How Can I Practice? Cluster 3: Linear Regression, System, and Inequalities Activity 3.9 Education Pays: Line of Best Fit and Regression Lines Lab Activity 3.10 Body Parts: Problem Solving Using Regression Equations Activity 3.11 Smartphone Plan Options: Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables Activity 3.12 Healthy Lifestyle: Solving a System of Linear Equations in Two Variables Using the Addition Method Project Activity 3.13 Modeling a Business: Problem Solving Using Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables Activity 3.14 How Long Can You Live? Linear Inequalities What Have I Learned? How Can I Practice? Chapter 3 Summary Chapter 3 Gateway Review Chapter 4. An Introduction to Nonlinear Problem Solving Cluster 1: Mathematical Modeling Involving Polynomials Activity 4.1 Fatal Crashes: Polynomials Activity 4.2 Volume of a Storage Box: Properties of Exponents Activity 4.3 Room for Work: Operations with Polynomials What Have I Learned? How Can I Practice? Cluster 2: Problem Solving with Quadratic Equations and Functions Activity 4.4 The Amazing Property of Gravity: Solving Quadratic Equations Activity 4.5 What Goes Up, Comes Down: Quadratic Functions and Their Graphs Activity 4.6 How High Did It Go? Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring Activity 4.7 More Ups and Downs: Solving Quadratic Equations Using the Quadratic Formula What Have I Learned? How Can I Practice? Cluster 3: Other Nonlinear Functions Activity 4.8 Inflation: Exponential Functions Activity 4.9 A Thunderstorm: Direct Variation Activity 4.10 Diving under Pressure, or Don‘t Hold Your Breath: Inverse Variation Activity 4.11 Hang Time: Square Root Functions What Have I Learned? How Can I Practice? Chapter 4 Summary Chapter 4 Gateway Review Appendices Appendix A: Fractions Appendix B: Decimals Appendix C: Skills Checks Appendix D: Algebraic Extensions Appendix E: Getting Started with the TI-84 Plus Family of Calculators [Show More]

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