Chase M. Technical Mathematics 2ed 2024

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This developmental-level mathematics textbook is intended for career-technical students. The approach is conversational—inviting rather than intimidating—and many of the examples are drawn from everyday life rather than from the technical trades.
Introduction.
Order of Operations.
Negative Numbers.
Decimals.
Fractions.
Accuracy and Significant Figures.
Precision and GPE.
Formulas.
Perimeter and Circumference.
Percents Part 1.
Ratios, Rates, Proportions.
Scientific Notation.
Percents Part 2 and Error Analysis.
The US Measurement System.
The Metric System.
Converting Between Systems.
Other Conversions.
Angles.
Triangles.
Area of Polygons and Circles.
Composite Figures.
Converting Units of Area.
Surface Area of Common Solids.
Area of Regular Polygons.
Volume of Common Solids.
Converting Units of Volume.
Pyramids and Cones.
Percents Part 3.
Mean, Median, Mode.
Probability.
Standard Deviation.
Right Triangle Trigonometry.
Slope.
Non-Right Triangle Trigonometry.
Radian Measure.
Exercise Answers.
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