The Mathematics Survival Kit (Maple Edition)
The Mathematics Survival Kit – Maple Edition (MSK) is a great resource for adult learners who need to spiff up rusty math skills.
The MSK consists of over 100 Maple worksheets based on the content of the popular book by the same title. Professor Jack Weiner (University of Guelph, in Guelph, Ontario) has spent over 30 years teaching mathematics and he knows first hand which problems and techniques consistently cause trouble for college math students.
This book addresses those trouble spots in way that is best described as Just In Time Math. This is an collection of math topics and techniques that are typically learned in high school, needed in college, but forgotten somewhere in between.
And the electronic edition of the book especially useful to adult learners who have rusty math skills. You can go directly to the topic you need help with where you will find a short clear explanation followed by a series of exercises. Because each lesson is a live Maple worksheet you'll get immediate feedback and help with the answers to the exercises.
A few randomly selected topics:
Finding the Difference of Cubes
Solving Three Linear Equations
Graphs of Basic Quadratic Relations
Solving Exponential Equations
Solving Quadratic Inequalities
Basic Trigonometric Graphs
And so on...
NOTE: You must have Maple to use the Maple Edition of this book. Maple is available to Empire State College students at reduced cost. You can find more information on getting Maple here.
The Maple Edition of the MSK is available from MapleSoft and it can be purchased downloaded over the Internet for $30.
If you don't want to purchase Maple the hardcopy version of the book can be purchased from many sources for the same price or less.
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