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There”s something fishy in the state of Illinois: 32 keeps getting selected. It happens every night. The public wants to know what”s going on, the media want to know who”s to blame, and the tall and stately Claudia Higginson loses her job as lottery drawing hostess. Numerologists, math professors and Native American activists step forward to explain the situation, and the government sets up a commission. But 32 goes right on winning. Narrator Monk Lewis puts it in sports terms: 32 is making a statement! Delivering a message! He wants respect! remarks that infuriate his 29-year-old daughter, Karen, and his friend Hector Martinez. She”s a gender equity specialist, and he”s a middle-aged Mexican-American grandfather. In their eyes, 32 is just a number, a symbolic representation of a value. They claim that numbers do not have personalities, but how would they know? Neither of them plays the lottery. Of course 32 has a personality. Why else would it continue to win?

This new manual prepares high school students in the state of Arizona for the math test that they must pass as a prerequisite to graduation. It provides extensive practice and review and covers all of the following test topics: number sense and operations; data analysis, probability, and discrete mathematics; patterns, algebra, and functions; geometry and measurement; and structure and logic. This book also presents one diagnostic test and three full-length practice tests with solutions to all problems plus a glossary of commonly used math terms.(back cover)liA diagnostic test will help you determine your strengths and weaknessesliAll practice tests with answers and explanations are similar in format, length, and subject matter to the most recent AIMS Math testsliA detailed subject review covers number sense and operations; data analysis, probability, and discrete mathematics; patterns, algebra, and functions; geometry and measurement; and structure and logic

Over 500 questions and answers written by certified teachers and college professors with a focus on exam preparation. Highlights the essential Algebra II and Trigonometry facts you need to know to test well. Prepare for quizzes, tests, ACT, CLEP, SAT II, PRAXIS II, and N.Y. Regents Math. Topics: Properties of Numbers, Exponents and Radicals, Absolute Values, Inequalities, Polynomials, Linear Equations, Quadratic Equations, Conic Sections, Logarithms, Angles, Trig. Functions, Trig. Identities, Oblique Triangles, Complex and Imaginary Numbers, Area and Volume, Sequences and Series . . . A COURSE in a BOX! Ace’s Algebra II-Trig. Exambusters Study Cards ISBN: 1-881374-89-0

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A math book for non-math people, this book–based on a popular course at Harvard University–communicates to readers some idea of the mathematical view of world, and what attracts people to math in the first place. It uses a sense of humor and lighthearted tone to give learners a positive, enjoyable experience of thinking in math, and an understanding of the increasingly important role that science and technology play in our lives. A four-part format presents readers with a fundamental introduction, shows how they can think about arithmetic in a new way–based on what they already know, introduces them to truly abstract mathematics, and teaches them about the special properties of modular arithmetic that are central to modern life. For anyone who has taken an algebra class in high school, and wants to take their understanding of math a little farther–and into everyday life. The Magic of Numbers was written with two goals in mind: first, to introduce the reader to some of the beauty of numbers–the patterns in their behavior that have fascinated mathematicians for millennia, and some surprising applications of those patterns; second, and equally important, to teach the reader something of the mathematical mode of thought: the feeling of exploration, excitement, and discovery that are part of how mathematics is developed.pThe book, written originally for the course Quantitative Reasoning 28 that the authors developed and taught at Harvard, draws the reader into the content through an engaging and informal writing style. Example-driven, it reduces to a minimum the abstract notation and formal argument that often creates a barrier between mathematicians and students, focusing more instead on the experimental aspect of the subject. Above all, the authors communicate to the reader a sense of the joy and fascination of learning mathematics.pAdditional exercises, problems, and sample exams are available at: www.prenhall.com/gross Principal topics include:ulliC@O‹…¸Qì ¾Û€

Duane Miller is a very talented basketball player with poor math grades. He is dismissed from the team until he can regroup academically. It”s his senior year so he must get his act together if he wants to graduate and more importantly earn an athletic scholarship to play basketball at a university. Enter Sarah Nugyen, his school crush and mathematics rival. She always earns good grades on tests, but Duane is too full of pride to listen to anyone. Will she break through to him when no one else can? Will Duane humble himself to improve his chances of playing college basketball? You won”t want to miss this sports adventure into the dramatic world of high school athletics and academics!

See geometry from all the right angles. Here is a non-intimidating, easy-to-understand, and fun companion to the textbooks required for high school and college geometry courses. Written by a math professor who developed a geometry class for liberal arts students, this book covers all standard curriculum conceptsafrom angles and lines to tangents and topology.

pbMarge Lial/bMarge Lial was always interested in math; it was her favorite subject in the first grade! Marge’s intense desire to educate both her students and herself has inspired the writing of numerous best-selling textbooks. Marge, who received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from California State University at Sacramento, is now affiliated with American River College./ppMarge is an avid reader and traveler. Her travel experiences often find their way into her books as applications, exercise sets, and feature sets. She is particularly interested in archeology. Trips to various digs and ruin sites have produced some fascinating problems for her textbooks involving such topics as the building of Mayan pyramids and the acoustics of ancient ball courts in the Yucatan./phrpbJohn Hornsby/bWhen John Hornsby enrolled as an undergraduate at Louisiana State University, he was uncertain whether he wanted to study mathematics, education, or journalism. His ultimate decision was to become a teacher, but after twenty-five years of teaching at the high school and university levels and ten years of writing mathematics textbooks, both of his goals have been realized. His love for teaching and for mathematics is evident in his passion for working with students and fellow teachers as well. His specific professional interests are recreational mathematics, mathematics history, and incorporating graphing calculators into the curriculum./ppJohn’s personal life is busy as he devotes time to his family (wife Gwen, and sons Chris, Jack, and Josh). He has been a rabid baseball fan all of his life. John’s other hobbies include numismatics (the study of coins) and record collecting. He loves the music of the 1960s and has an extensive collection of the recorded works of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons./phrpbTerry McGinnis/b- A native Midwesterner, Terry received her Bachelor}s of Science in Elementary Education (Mathematics concentration) from Iowa State@7œ(õÂ? ¾Û€