Essential Calculus Skills Practice Workbook with Full Solutions


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The author, Chris McMullen, Ph.D., has over twenty years of experience teaching math skills to physics students. He prepared this comprehensive workbook (with full solutions to every problem) to share his strategies for mastering calculus. This workbook covers a variety of essential calculus skills, including: derivatives of polynomials, trig functions, exponentials, and logarithms the chain rule, product rule, and quotient rule second derivatives how to find the extreme values of a function limits, including l'Hopital's rule antiderivatives of polynomials, trig functions, exponentials, and logarithms definite and indefinite integrals techniques of integration, including substitution, trig sub, and integration by parts multiple integrals The goal of this workbook isn't to cover every possible topic from calculus, but to focus on the most essential skills needed to apply calculus to other subjects, such as physics or engineering




Calculus For Dummies


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Slay the calculus monster with this user-friendly guide Calculus For Dummies, 2nd Edition makes calculus manageable—even if you're one of the many students who sweat at the thought of it. By breaking down differentiation and integration into digestible concepts, this guide helps you build a stronger foundation with a solid understanding of the big ideas at work. This user-friendly math book leads you step-by-step through each concept, operation, and solution, explaining the "how" and "why" in plain English instead of math-speak. Through relevant instruction and practical examples, you'll soon learn that real-life calculus isn't nearly the monster it's made out to be. Calculus is a required course for many college majors, and for students without a strong math foundation, it can be a real barrier to graduation. Breaking that barrier down means recognizing calculus for what it is—simply a tool for studying the ways in which variables interact. It's the logical extension of the algebra, geometry, and trigonometry you've already taken, and Calculus For Dummies, 2nd Edition proves that if you can master those classes, you can tackle calculus and win. Includes foundations in algebra, trigonometry, and pre-calculus concepts Explores sequences, series, and graphing common functions Instructs you how to approximate area with integration Features things to remember, things to forget, and things you can't get away with Stop fearing calculus, and learn to embrace the challenge. With this comprehensive study guide, you'll gain the skills and confidence that make all the difference. Calculus For Dummies, 2nd Edition provides a roadmap for success, and the backup you need to get there.




Calculus Workbook For Dummies


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Your light-hearted, practical approach to conquering calculus Does the thought of calculus give you a coronary? You aren't alone. Thankfully, this new edition of Calculus Workbook For Dummies makes it infinitely easier. Focusing "beyond the classroom," it contains calculus exercises you can work on that will help to increase your confidence and improve your skills. This hands-on, friendly guide gives you hundreds of practice problems on limits, vectors, continuity, differentiation, integration, curve-sketching, conic sections, natural logarithms, and infinite series. Calculus is a gateway and potential stumbling block for students interested in pursuing a career in math, science, engineering, finance, and technology. Calculus students, along with math students in nearly all disciplines, benefit greatly from opportunities to practice different types of problems—in the classroom and out. Calculus Workbook For Dummies takes you step-by-step through each concept, operation, and solution, explaining the "how" and "why" in plain English, rather than math-speak. Through relevant instruction and practical examples, you'll soon learn that real-life calculus isn't nearly the monster it's made out to be. Master differentiation and integration Use the calculus microscope: limits Analyze common functions Score your highest in calculus Complete with tips for problem-solving and traps to avoid, Calculus Workbook For Dummies is your sure-fire weapon for conquering calculus!




Schaum's Outline of Calculus, 6th Edition


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Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time? Fortunately, there's Schaum's. This all-in-one-package includes more than 1,100 fully solved problems, examples, and practice exercises to sharpen your problem-solving skills. Plus, you will have access to 30 detailed videos featuring Math instructors who explain how to solve the most commonly tested problems--it's just like having your own virtual tutor! You’ll find everything you need to build confidence, skills, and knowledge for the highest score possible. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills. This Schaum's Outline gives you 1,105 fully solved problems Concise explanations of all calculus concepts Expert tips on using the graphing calculator Fully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum's highlights all the important facts you need to know. Use Schaum's to shorten your study time--and get your best test scores!




Calculus Practice Workbook


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What you will love is this book features a ton of different TYPES of calcalus math problems from easy to more advanced for your child to practice. This book features problems like: Limits and Continuity Essential discontinuities Polynomials Derivatives Differentiation Newton's Method L'Hopital Quadratic Logarithmic Functions Inverse functions Instantaneous Rate Trigonometric Tangents Graphs Implicit Infinity And more, with answer keys in the back of the book.




The Humongous Book of Algebra Problems


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Presents algebra exercises with easy-to-follow guidelines, and includes over one thousand problems in numerous algebraic topics.




Calculus


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This study guide is designed for students taking courses in calculus. The textbook includes practice problems that will help students to review and sharpen their knowledge of the subject and enhance their performance in the classroom. Offering detailed solutions, multiple methods for solving problems, and clear explanations of concepts, this hands-on guide will improve student’s problem-solving skills and basic understanding of the topics covered in their calculus courses. Exercises cover a wide selection of basic and advanced questions and problems; Categorizes and orders the problems based on difficulty level, hence suitable for both knowledgeable and under-prepared students; Provides detailed and instructor-recommended solutions and methods, along with clear explanations; Can be used along with core calculus textbooks.




Calculus with Multiple Variables Essential Skills Workbook


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For students who are already fluent with single-variable derivatives and integrals, this workbook offers practice with essential skills from multivariable calculus (including vector calculus). Each chapter begins with a review of the essential ideas and includes fully solved examples to help serve as a guide. The full solution to every exercise can be found at the back of the book. Authored by experienced teacher, Chris McMullen, Ph.D., this self-study math workbook covers: partial derivatives, extreme values with multiple variables (including saddle points), vectors, vector analysis (such as the dot and cross products), vector calculus, the gradient, divergence, the curl, the main coordinate systems (Cartesian, 2D polar, spherical, and cylindrical), path integrals, surface integrals, volume integrals, flux integrals, center of mass, moment of inertia, tangent and normal vectors, and more. The author, Chris McMullen, Ph.D., has over twenty years of experience teaching math skills to physics students. He prepared this workbook of the Improve Your Math Fluency series to share his strategies for solving calculus problems with multiple variables or vectors.




FUN with CALCULUS


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It is generally known that for some students, Calculus might be a hard subject. This book provides students with a tool to improve their knowledge in Calculus; this is done in a light hearted manner in order to help students having fun while practicing Calculus. The chapters are: Functions, Limits, Derivatives, Integrals. The questions to be answered in this book come from general knowledge regarding different fields, such as: the Roman Empire, cars, animals, mountains, Apollo missions to the Moon, and architecture. This, in turn, will refresh some of the knowledge the students acquired in Science and Social Studies, and hopefully make studying easier and fun.




Pre-Calculus Workbook For Dummies


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Get a handle on pre-calculus in a pinch! If you’re tackling pre-calculus and want to up your chances of doing your very best, this hands-on workbook is just what you need to grasp and retain the concepts that will help you succeed. Inside, you’ll get basic content review for every concept, paired with examples and plenty of practice problems, ample workspace, step-by-step solutions, and thorough explanations for each and every problem. In Pre-Calculus Workbook For Dummies, you’ll also get free access to a quiz for every chapter online! With all of the lessons and practice offered, you’ll memorize the most frequently used formulas, see how to avoid common mistakes, understand tricky trig proofs, and get the inside scoop on key concepts such as quadratic equations. Get ample review before jumping into a calculus course Supplement your classroom work with easy-to-follow guidance Make complex formulas and concepts more approachable Be prepared to further your mathematics studies Whether you’re enrolled in a pre-calculus class or you’re looking for a refresher as you prepare for a calculus course, this is the perfect study companion to make it easier.