Intermediate Algebra
Features
Condensed Review of Elementary Algebra
Chapter 1 reviews real numbers, exponents and polynomials. It can be covered in detail or simply left for reference, depending on the background of your students.
Examples
Each example is purposefully constructed to grow the student's understanding of the subject.
Real-Data Application Problems
This book includes many new problems that use real-world applications for the mathematical subject, making the concepts easier to understand. Many times the charts and graphics in the text look like the types of charts and graphics students see in the media.
Blueprint for Problem Solving
These are detailed outlines of the steps needed to successfully solve application problems. Intended as a guide to problem solving in general, the Blueprint overlays the solution process to all the application problems early in the book. As students become more accomplished at problem solving, the steps are streamlined.
Using Technology
Scattered throughout the book are exercises that demonstrate how graphing calculators, spreadsheets and computer graphing programs can be used to enhance the topics being covered.
Facts from Geometry
This feature gives students a chance to see how topics from geometry are related to the algebra they are using.
Additional Resources Available Online
Videos
Every example in the book is done in videos available online at MathTV.com. Students can choose from a variety of instructors — including the book's author — and see and hear the examples done in both English and Spanish.
Online Homework
XYZHomework.com is provided free of charge to teachers and students using XYZ Textbook-published books. The system provides teachers with an online gradebook and students with numerous dynamically generated problems.
Online textbooks
If students have Internet access, they have access to their textbook. An online version of the textbook is available to students as part of their purchase.
Additional Problems
In addition to an identical reproduction of their printed textbook, students also have access to additional resources such as Matched Problem sets, Multiple-choice questions and exercises where they must Find the Mistake.