Fundamentals of Mathematics

Welcome to the 11th edition of Fundamentals of Mathematics. With this edition,we have achieved two significant milestones:

• It is the first college liberal arts mathematics textbook to incorporate— In a systematic and nonarbitrary manner —the National Research Council’sthree principles of how students learn mathematics: Principle 1: Engage students’ preconceptions, Principle 2: Link procedural knowledge and conceptual understanding and Principle 3: Promote students’ metacognition.

• It is the first book of its kind that addresses the textbook price issuewithout sacrificing content or quality: the net cost of this book is approximately 40% less than any other current college liberal arts mathematicstextbook.

The 11th edition also reflects a 33-year history of presenting topics and concepts in a simple and uncomplicated manner.