The perfect learning resource for students who want to enhance their Maths skills. For students who have not specialised in mathematics and have taken higher and further education courses. Ideally suited for students studying marketing, business studies, management, science, engineering, social science, geography, combined studies and design.
Foundation Maths 7th Edition by Croft and Davison is a book for students who have not specialised in mathematics on post-16 qualifications and require a working knowledge of mathematical and statistical tools.
With its careful and steady guidance in mathematical methods and a wealth of practice exercises to improve your maths skills, Foundation Maths imparts confidence in its readers.
Key features include:
Mathematical processes, described in everyday language
Key points highlighting important results for easy reference
Worked examples throughout the book to reinforce learning
Self-assessment questions to test understanding of essential concepts, with answers provided at the back of the book.
Demanding Challenge Exercises at the end of chapters to stretch the keenest of students
Designed for students with established mathematical expertise, this book will also be an ideal revision and reference guide for you. The style of the book also makes it a suitable self-study and distance learning material, with self-assessment questions and worked examples throughout.
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Preface
Publisher's acknowledgements
List of videos
Mathematical symbols
Using mathematical and statistical computer software and apps in Foundation Maths
Mathematical symbols
Using mathematical and statistical computer software and apps in Foundation Maths
Arithmetic of whole numbers
Fractions
Decimal numbers
Percentage and ratio
Algebra
Indices
Simplifying algebraic expressions
Factorisation
Algebraic fractions
Transposing formulae
Solving equations
Sequences and series
Sets
Number bases
Elementary logic
Functions
Graphs of functions
The straight line
The exponential function
The logarithm function
Measurement
Introduction to trigonometry
The trigonometrical functions and their graphs
Trigonometrical identities and equations
Solution of triangles
Vectors
Matrices
Complex numbers
Tables and charts
Statistics
Probability
Correlation
Regression
Gradients of curves
Techniques of differentiation
Integration and areas under curves
Techniques of integration
Functions of more than one variable and partial differentiation
Solutions
Solutions
Index