Basic College Mathematics [Misc. Supplies]

Ignacio Bello (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 16, 2008 | ISBN-10: 0077217888 | ISBN-13: 978-0077217884 | Edition: 3

Basic College Mathematics will be a review of fundamental math concepts for some students and may break new ground for others. Nevertheless, students of all backgrounds will be delighted to find a refreshing book that appeals to all learning styles and reaches out to diverse demographics. Through down-to-earth explanations, patient skill-building, and exceptionally interesting and realistic applications, this worktext will empower students to learn and master mathematics in the real world.

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Excellent pedagogy and interesting problems are the key to Bello's developmental mathematics texts. Each chapter begins with a pre-test that lets students determine their own strengths and weaknesses. Within chapters, every section opens with a set of numbered objectives, each followed by a related example and problem. All subsequent exercises are also keyed to the objectives and accompanied by applications to show students how their math skills can be used. Review questions and diagnostic tests at the end of every chapter help students gauge their own progress. The text's clear, structured format gives students ample review at every step and helps them find pertinent information wherever they encounter difficulties. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Ignacio Bello attended the University of South Florida (USF), where he earned a B.A. and M.A. in Mathematics. He began teaching at USF in 1967, and in 1971 became a member of the Faculty at Hillsborough Community College (HCC) and Coordinator of the Math and Sciences Department. Professor Bello instituted the USF/HCC remedial program, a program that started with 17 students taking Intermediate Algebra and grew to more than 800 students with courses covering Developmental English, Reading, and Mathematics. Aside from the present series of books (Basic College Mathematics, Introductory Algebra, and Intermediate Algebra), Professor Bello is the author of more than 40 textbooks including Topics in Contemporary Mathematics (ninth edition), College Algebra, Algebra and Trigonometry, and Business Mathematics. Many of these textbooks have been translated into Spanish. With Professor Fran Hopf, Bello started the Algebra Hotline, the only live, college-level television help program in Florida. Professor Bello is featured in three television programs on the award-winning Education Channel. He has helped create and develop the USF Mathematics Department Website (http://mathcenter.usf.edu), which serves as support for the Finite Math, College Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, and Introductory Algebra, and CLAST classes at USF. You can see Professor Bello’s presentations and streaming videos at this website, as well as at http://www.ibello.com. Professor Bello is a member of the MAA and AMATYC and has given many presentations regarding the teaching of mathematics at the local, state, and national levels.

Product Details

• Misc. Supplies: 608 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; 3 edition (January 16, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0077217888
• ISBN-13: 978-0077217884
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #675,133 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars SSM t/a Basic College Mathematics: A Real-World Approach, August 7, 2009

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Richard F. Carozza (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Student Solutions Manual for Basic College Mathematics: A Real-World Approach (Paperback)

A great book that shows the solutions step by step. Problems become simple as you begin to understand the steps and the order that they are applied.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes math easy, February 27, 2010

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Matt Loma - See all my reviews

This review is from: Basic College Mathematics (Paperback)

Contrary to some mean-spirited reviews, my daughter is a college student (English major) and has used Dr. Bello's textbooks for all of her required math classes. She was admittedly terrible at math and only passed her math classes after being introduced to the straight-forward nature of Dr. Bello's lessons. Of course not everyone needs every lesson, but the real-world approach of the math problems allows anyone to learn any math concept that was not fully understood previously. She is certainly not a math expert, but thanks to Dr. Bello, she can handle any common math problem in the real world.

0 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars NOT a college mathematics book, August 17, 2009

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M. Brubaker - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Basic College Mathematics (Misc. Supplies)

First of all, if you buy this book you probably should have the title truncated to just MATH, because if your reading level is on par with your math level, you can't read four-syllable words (and you probably cannot read complex sentences with parenthetical addenda). This is 2nd grade math and you should not be in college if you start from the beginning of this book.

Secondly, the author should never show his face in the "academic" community, which should laugh him out of a job for pretending 2nd through 7th grade math belongs in college. Anyone who needs this book never learned anything in K-12. This is absolutely pathetic.

Thirdly, if your intelligence is not insulted by the illustrations, you need to go back to second grade. C'mon, 4 groups of 3 pennies each illustrated to figure how many 3-cent stamps you can buy for 12 cents (p .62)? I did not find "how to count with your fingers" in this book, but I did find how to "add numbers on a calculator" using 6 + 8 (p. 30) and "Subtraction with a calculator is easy" using 35 - 15 as an example (p. 44).

It would be a generous euphemism if it were titled High School Remedial Math, but please don't pass this off as a college textbook, and for Pete's sake, don't use my tax dollars to send people to college who have not learned anything in K-12. This book is a shame and an embarrassment to any K-12 teacher whose students use it in college.