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Seeing the relevance of the material motivates students to learn.

The authors emphasize Why This Is Important when presenting math concepts to help students make the connection between their lives and the mathematics they are learning. “Why This Is Important” notes appear in all chapter and section opener applications, as well as the “Mathematics Today” features.
Recreational Math boxes show how math is can be entertaining. In addition, Recreational Mathematics exercises are available the exercise sets so that they can be assigned as homework.
Mathematics Today boxes discuss current, real-life uses of the mathematical concept in the chapter. Each box ends with Why This Is Important.
Chapter and section openers incorporate applications as a way to motivate students. For example, the opener for Chapter 3 (Logic) demonstrates how logic has become important in electronic devices such as cell phones and digital cameras.

NEW! Many chapter and section openers contain new, interesting, and motivational information and applications that illustrate the real-world nature of the material.

Did You Know? are thoughtful boxes that highlight the connections of mathematics to a broad variety of disciplines including history, the arts, science, and technology.
Profiles in Mathematics present the stories of people who have advanced the discipline of mathematics in brief historical sketches and vignettes.

Support for problem solving and exam preparation helps students achieve success in the course.

Problem solving begins in Chapter 1, where students are introduced to problem-solving techniques and critical thinking. Problem solving exercises help develop these skills throughout the text.
Critical thinking skills are developed throughout the book, including the sections on inductive reasoning, estimation, and dimensional analysis. Challenge Problems also appear in the exercise sets to test a student’s ability to think critically.
Timely Tips are easy-to-identify boxes that help students with concept comprehension or relate the material to other sections of the book.
Chapter Summaries, organized in a chart format, provide an intuitive study and review experience. For each concept, definition, or idea presented, students are directed to the exact place in the text where the item is discussed.
Procedures are boxed and set apart from the text for easy identification and future reference.

Extensive opportunities to practice and apply the concepts help students learn by doing. In the Tenth Edition, approximately 30% of the examples and exercises are new or updated to reflect current data and topics of interest to today’s students.

Exercise sets begin with fill-in-the-blank Warm Up Exercises. Exercises also include Practice the Skills, Problem Solving, Challenge Problems/Group Activities, Recreational Mathematics, and Research Activities.

NEW! Data-driven improvements: the authors have analyzed usage and performance data from the previous edition's MyMathLab course to improve the quality and quantity of exercises that matter most to instructors and students.

Group Projects, available in MyMathLab, provide an opportunity for student collaboration.
Review Exercises are organized by section, helping students see where they are proficient and where they need additional study. In the Tenth Edition, Chapter Tests each contain 20 questions to provide consistency in exam preparation.
MyMathLab, available for course management and online homework, has increased exercise coverage, course options that minimize set-up time, and additional functionality to make it easier to teach the course.

Technology Tips explain how students can use calculators or Microsoft Excel^® to work certain types of application problems.

Also available with MyMathLab

MyMathLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and engage with media resources to help them absorb course material and understand difficult concepts. NEW! This edition’s MyMathLab course provides additional tools to help with understanding and preparedness.

NEW! A new video program walks students through the concepts from every section of the text in a fresh, modern presentation format.
NEW! Interactive Concept Videos require students’ input and interaction as they walk through a concept. Incorrect answers are followed by a video explanation of the solution, addressing the misconception that may have led to that particular mistake.

Corresponding assignable exercises allow instructors to check student understanding.

NEW! Video assessment questions check students’ understanding of the video lectures, allowing the videos to be truly assignable.
NEW! Learning Catalytics^™ uses students’ devices in the classroom to create an engagement, assessment, and classroom intelligence system that gives instructors real-time feedback on student learning. Learning Catalytics is available through MyMathLab

Premade quantitative literacy questions are available for assignment.
In the Annotated Instructor’s Edition, special Learning Catalytics annotations suggest which LC questions to use for that portion of the lesson, with a corresponding tag to search for that question.

NEW! An Integrated Review MyMathLab course option provides a complete liberal arts course with embedded review of select developmental topics at the chapter level.

Assignments on prerequisite topics are pre-assigned in this course—students begin with a Skills Check quiz on prerequisite topics needed for that chapter.
Students who prove mastery can move on to the Survey of Mathematics content, while students who need additional review can remediate using resources like the developmental videos and Integrated Review Worksheets.
This course solution can be used in a co-requisite course model, or simply to help underprepared students master prerequisite skills and concepts.

NEW! Skills for Success Modules are integrated into the MyMathLab course to help students succeed in college courses and prepare for their future professions.
NEW! Flashcards are available in a modern, mobile-ready format, so students can study and reinforce vocabulary on the go.
NEW! Group Projects have been moved from the text to the MyMathLab course and provide opportunities for students to collaborate.

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