| Description |
xiv, 435 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
CHAPTER ONE: MATHEMATICAL ESSENTIALS -- Operations with Integers -- Fractions -- Order of Operations -- Decimals -- Percents -- Roman Numerals -- CHAPTER TWO: ALGEBRA -- Solving Linear Equations -- Mixture Problems -- Solving Rational Equations -- Formula Manipulation -- Ratios and Proportions -- Solving Percent Problems -- Properties of Exponents -- Scientific Notation -- Significant Digits -- Using the Scientific Calculator -- CHAPTER THREE: MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND CONVERSION PROCEDURES -- Basic Dimensional Analysis -- Conversions within the Metric System -- Conversions between Metric and Nonmetric -- Apothecary and Household Systems -- Temperature Conversions -- CHAPTER FOUR: DILUTIONS, SOLUTIONS, AND CONCENTRATIONS -- Dilutions -- Concentrations -- Concentrations and Volumes of Two Solutions -- Percent Solutions -- CHAPTER FIVE: DRUG DOSAGES AND INTRAVENOUS CALCULATIONS -- Reading and Interpreting Drug Orders and Drug Labels -- Dosage Calculations: Formulas, Proportions, and Dimensional Analysis -- Parenteral Dosage Calculations -- Reconstitution of Solutions -- Intravenous Flow Rates -- Titration of Intravenous Medications -- Dosages Based on Weight -- Dosages Based on Body Surface Area -- CHAPTER SIX: LINEAR EQUATIONS, GRAPHING, AND VARIATION -- The Coordinate Plane -- Slope and Rate of Change -- Graphing Linear Equations Using the Slope -- Graphing Linear Equations Using Tables -- Interpreting Linear and Nonlinear Graphs -- Direct and Inverse Variation -- CHAPTER SEVEN: EXPONENTIAL AND LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS -- Functions and Inequalities -- Exponential Functions -- Applications of Exponential Functions: Growth and Decay -- Logarithms -- Applications of Logarithms -- CHAPTER EIGHT: GEOMETRY -- Angles and Lines -- Geometric Figures -- Understanding Area and Volume -- Surface Area -- Density -- CHAPTER NINE: CHARTS, TABLES, AND GRAPHS -- Collecting Data -- Organizing Data Using Frequency Distribution Tables -- Reading and Interpreting Tables and Charts -- |
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Constructing Charts and Graphs from Tables -- CHAPTER TEN: INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS -- Measures of Central Tendency -- Standard Deviation -- Normal Distribution -- z-Score -- Percentiles -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: TRIGONOMETRY -- Square Roots and the Pythagorean Theorem -- Special and Similar Triangles -- Sine, Cosine, and Tangent -- Related Trig Functions -- Applications of Trigonometry -- APPENDIX: ANSWERS TO ODD-NUMBERED PRACTICE AND TEST PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES -- GLOSSARY - INDEX |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 421) and index |
| Subject |
Algebra -- Study and teaching.
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Geometry -- Study and teaching.
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Mathematics -- Study and teaching.
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Mathematics.
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Medical care -- Mathematics.
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Medicine -- Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Statistics -- Study and teaching.
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| Genre/Form |
Problems and exercises.
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| LC no. |
2008944349 |
| ISBN |
1435441109 |
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9781435441101 |
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