R. Review of Basic Algebra

1. 1. Solving Linear Equations and Inequalities
2. 2. Graphs, Functions, and Applications
3. 3. Systems of Equations
4. 4. Polynomials and Polynomial Functions
5. 5. Rational Expressions, Equations, and Functions
6. 6. Radical Expressions, Equations, and Functions

• NEW! Increased coverage of skill-building, conceptual, and applications exercises, as well as new assignable Guided-Solution exercises, Skill Checks, and Reading Checks.
• NEW! Active Learning Figures, available for key concepts, foster conceptual understanding and are especially helpful for visual and tactile learners. Instructors can create media assignments with the figures.
• NEW! Bittinger Video Program includes all new To-the-Point Objective Videos and Chapter Test Prep Videos. To-the-Point Objective Videos include new Interactive Your Turn Exercises, where students solve exercises and receive instant feedback on their work. The videos also can be used hand-in-hand with the new MyMathGuide workbook.
• NEW! MyMathGuide: Notes, Practice, and Video Path is an objective-based workbook (available in MyMathLab) that provides guided, hands-on learning. It offers vocabulary, skill, and concept review –along with problem-solving practice, where students can fill-in the steps to guided solution problems. It can be used together with the To-the-Point Objective Video program–and students can fill-in steps as they watch the videos, listen to the instructor lecture, or read the textbook. It is a loose-leaf workbook with space to show work, write notes, and can serve as a good foundation for a hybrid or self-paced course notebook or lecture notes. MyMathGuide is incorporated into the Learning Path of the Ready to Go courses.
• Accessibility Enhancements continue Pearson’s commitment to make products accessible to as many students as possible. This latest course release is compatible with the JAWS screen reader enabling print-disabled students to access and interact with numerous problems as noted by an icon within the assignment manager. The course also works with the ZoomText enlarger. Additionally, all videos include closed captioning.

Guide Students’ Learning–Students are encouraged to use Your Guide to Success in Math, a four-step Learning Path and checklist available in the front of the text. The guide will help students identify the resources in the textbook, supplements, and MyMathLab that support their learning style.

• Step 1: Learn the Skills and Concepts–Students have several options for learning and practicing the math concepts.
• • NEW! Skills Checks. Each chapter begins with a brief assignment on the prerequisite skills needed for the chapter, giving students the chance to refresh and practice.
  • Textbook / eText. The textbook or eText is a great starting point for students to learn the material. It includes the hallmark Bittinger pedagogy with Skill to Review exercises at the start of each section, and Margin Exercises, plus NEW! Guided Solutions. The Guided Solution exercises are select margin exercises within the text that allow students to fill-in the blanks to learn how to work through the problem. These problem types are also assignable in MyMathLab, where the exercises are broken down into smaller steps for students to fill-in as they work through the problem.
  • The NEW! To-the-Point Objective Videos and NEW!MyMathGuide: Notes, Practice, and Video Path workbook are also the perfect resources for helping students learn the material.
• Step 2: Check Your Understanding–Students have frequent opportunities to check their work and confirm that they understand skills and concepts before moving on:
• • NEW!Reading Checks at the beginning of each set of section exercises in the text ask students to demonstrate that they understand the material. They are incorporated in the Ready to

• Chapter 8 (Exponential and Logarithmic Functions)–Changed order of objectives in Section 8.2:
  • Objective (d) is now Objective (a) in the Twelfth Edition.
  • Objectives (a), (b), (c) are now Objectives (b), (c), (d) in the Twelfth Edition.