Basic Mathematics, 10th Edition (Bittinger Developmental Mathematics Series) [Paperback]

Marvin L. Bittinger (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0321319060 | ISBN-13: 978-0321319067 | Publication Date: November 17, 2005 | Edition: 10th

Building on its reputation for accurate content and a unified system of instruction, the Tenth Edition of the Bittinger paperback series integrates success-building study tools, innovative pedagogy, and a comprehensive instructional support package with time-tested teaching techniques.

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Building on its reputation for accurate content and a unified system of instruction, the Tenth Edition of the Bittinger paperback series integrates success-building study tools, innovative pedagogy, and a comprehensive instructional support package with time-tested teaching techniques.

 

 

About the Author

Marvin Bittinger- For over thirty years Professor Marvin L. Bittinger has been teaching math at the university level. Since 1968 he has been employed as a professor of mathematics education at Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis. Professor Bittinger has authored 159 publications on topics ranging from Basic Mathematics to Algebra and Trigonometry to Brief Calculus. He received his BA in Mathematics from Manchester College in 1963 and his PhD in Mathematics Education from Purdue University in 1968. Special honors include being Distinguished Visiting Professor at the United States Air Force Academy and being elected to the Manchester College Board of Trustees from 1992 to 1999. His hobbies include hiking, baseball, golf, and bowling and he enjoys membership in the Professional Bowler's Association and the Society for the Advancement of Baseball Research.

Professor Bittinger has also had the privilege of speaking at a recent mathematics convention giving a lecture entitled, Baseball and Mathematics. In addition, he also has an interest in philosophy and theology, in particular, apologetics. Professor Bittinger currently lives in Carmel, Indiana with his wife Elaine. He has two grown and married sons, Lowell and Chris, and three grandchildren.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 816 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley; 10th edition (November 17, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321319060
• ISBN-13: 978-0321319067
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,442 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Basic Math at Your Own Pace, February 25, 2002

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This review is from: Basic Mathematics (8th Edition) (Paperback)

I consider my self not good at math and this book really taught me what I did not learn in high school. It has several exercises and several examples to follow. From fractions to geometry everything is lay out. Very easy to understand and right to the point.

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Exactly What is Wrong With Mathematics Education Today, July 31, 2006

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This review is from: Basic Mathematics (9th Edition) (Paperback)

This book would be fantastic for a review of (theoretically) common High School Arithmetic with a short review of basic pre-algebra. That is if, and only if you understood it the first time and have just "gotten rusty" at math. My wife never understood math and I spend the majority of my evenings writing examples and problems that will be appropriate to someone with "math phobia".

This book presents mathematics as a set of completely unrelated proceedures to memorize that would make aboslutley no sense to anyone who did not believe in magic. Even when the book attempts to give a clear explanation of the "steps" involved in a problem it leaves out key "pitfalls" and answers to common problems that students have with the proceedures.

Avoid this book if possible, If you can find Standard Arithmetic by Milne save yourself a lot of trouble and just learn arithmetic from the beggining with easier problems that will build your cofidence, help you memorize the new skill without using overcomplicated numbers in the problems. Trust me if you can add 1/6 + 3/5 you can add any fraction, you just need to build trust in the algorithm with numbers that you can verify quickly and then you'll be off to the races.

Unless your trying to pad your GPA with a class that uses this book that is well below your math skill level, just spend a few weeks doing all the basic types of problems in the simplest book you can find and test out of the durgery of computing the product of 3.06545 and 7.654654 or naming each place value in the aforementioned numbers. It's a waste of time, I've taken Physics with Calculus and have never had to compute such numbers by hand and if I did I'm confident enough in my use of the "steps" in solving a problem that I would get the correct answer.

This whole approach is like saying "well if jogging is good for you and wieght lifting is good for you I'll just jog with 300lbs on my back." It's just that silly. I could go on about the assumptions it makes about your understanding of interest rates, unit conversion, problem solving skills for appplications ect. but I'll just say I can't wait till this term is over and neither my wife or I will ever have to see this dreadful book again. In closing I wish Math Teachers could stop picking interesting excercises for them and start picking books that explain how to solve problems in Mathematics explicitly without taking anything for granted or without an number adequate of easy practice problems.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Refresher, April 13, 2008

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Kevin S. Epps (Bear, DE) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Basic Mathematics (9th Edition) (Paperback)

Most of what is in this book is taught by the 8th grade. If you like me, left the 8th grade way too many years ago to remember, and your have to help your kids out on thier math, then this may be of assistence. I use it to assist me in writing lesson plans for my class instead of using the district provided texts. This book is full of 'everyday' math instead of made up stuff that you never see or do.