Fundamentals of Mathematics
Welcome to the 11th edition ofFundamentals 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% lessthan 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.