Books with author McMullen

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 logarithmsthe chain rule, product rule, and quotient rulesecond derivativeshow to find the extreme values of a functionlimits, including l’Hopital’s ruleantiderivatives of polynomials, trig functions, exponentials, and logarithmsdefinite and indefinite integralstechniques of integration, including substitution, trig sub, and integration by partsmultiple integralsThe 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.

What is sixth grade math? The goal is to become more fluent in arithmetic (including fractions, decimals, percents, exponents, and negative numbers) and also to prepare prealgebra skills. Not all schools and teachers around the world cover the same topics in the same depth in 6th grade, yet at this stage the student is generally learning a variety of arithmetic and prealgebra skills. This sixth grade math workbook includes:order of operationsratios and proportionsprime factorization (including factor trees and ladder diagrams)fractions, decimals, and percentsdata analysis (including histograms, box-and-whisker, stem-and-leaf, and dot plots)negative numbersexponents and squarerootsgeometric figures and the coordinate planedirect and inverse relationshipsa first introduction to working with variablesfinancial mathematicsand other sixth grade math and prealgebra skillsThe author, Chris McMullen, Ph.D., has over twenty years of experience teaching math skills to physics students. He prepared this workbook to share his strategies for applying arithmetic and prealgebra skills.

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 logarithmsthe chain rule, product rule, and quotient rulesecond derivativeshow to find the extreme values of a functionlimits, including l’Hopital’s ruleantiderivatives of polynomials, trig functions, exponentials, and logarithmsdefinite and indefinite integralstechniques of integration, including substitution, trig sub, and integration by partsmultiple integralsThe 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.

The author, Chris McMullen, Ph.D., has over twenty years of experience teaching math skills to physics students. He prepared this comprehensive workbook to share his strategies for mastering fractions. With 20 chapters and 250 pages, this workbook covers a variety of essential fractions skills, including:fractions, decimals, and percentageshow to find a common denominatorrepeating decimalsadding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractionsconverting between mixed numbers and improper fractionssolving problems with ratios or proportionsword problemslong division with remaindersreducing fractionsfinding reciprocalswhat a fraction means visuallyThis workbook includes a pretest and a posttest to help assess student learning. Comparing pretest and posttest scores helps to measure how much students have learned by using this workbook. Teachers, parents, and even students may find this helpful.

AUTHOR: Chris McMullen earned his Ph.D. in physics from Oklahoma State University and currently teaches physics at Northwestern State University of Louisiana. He developed the Improve Your Math Fluency series of workbooks to help students become more fluent in basic math skills.CONTENTS: This practice book is designed to help students develop proficiency with their multiplication skills by offering ample practice. This book is conveniently divided up into four parts:Part 1 reviews single-digit multiplication facts since swift knowledge of these is critical toward multiplication mastery.Part 2 is limited to multi-digit numbers times single-digit numbers. This way students are not challenged with too much too soon.Part 3 focuses on two-digit multiplication.Part 4 features a variety of multi-digit multiplication problems.An introduction describes how parents and teachers can help students make the most of this workbook.A multiplication table is provided to help students who are just learning their multiplication facts.PRACTICE: This is a practice workbook geared toward practicing problem-solving skills. As such, it consists of worksheets with practice problems in the spirit of old-fashioned practice sheets. This is suitable for students who need to practice basic skills, and is effective for many students. It is not one of the modern math textbooks that are designed to entertain bored students.PHOTOCOPIES: The copyright notice permits parents/teachers who purchase one copy or borrow one copy from a library to make photocopies for their own children/students only. This is very convenient if you have multiple children/students or if a child/student needs additional practice.

A girl discovers her boarding school is actually an elite spy-training program, and she must learn the skills of the trade in order to find her mother in this action-packed middle grade debut that’s perfect for fans of Stu Gibbs.After a botched escape plan from her boarding school, Abigail is stunned to discover the school is actually a cover for an elite spy ring called The Center, along with being training grounds for future spies. Even more shocking? Abigail’s mother is a top agent for The Center and she has gone MIA, with valuable information that many people would like to have—at any cost. Along with a former nemesis and charming boy from her grade, Abigail goes through a crash course in Spy Training 101, often with hilarious—and sometimes painful—results. But Abigail realizes she might be a better spy-in-training than she thought—and the answers to her mother’s whereabouts are a lot closer than she thinks…

AUTHOR: Chris McMullen earned his Ph.D. in physics from Oklahoma State University and currently teaches physics at Northwestern State University of Louisiana. He developed the Improve Your Math Fluency series of workbooks to help students become more fluent in basic math skills.WHAT TO EXPECT: This is a workbook designed to offer plenty of practice with essential skills. It is not a textbook designed to teach trigonometry, but a workbook designed to supplement a student’s instruction in trigonometry. Examples and a brief description of the concepts are included to serve as a quick refresher and a guide. If you need more instruction, you should use this workbook in combination with a textbook. The last chapter involves applications of trig identities, which is a challenging topic that will mostly interest more advanced students. A few chapters are intended to help students memorize the trig functions of common angles like 30, 150, or 315 degrees, which will be especially useful for students who may take exams without a calculator (that’s the case with the MCAT and many math and science courses). There may be more practice than many students need, which is much better than having too little practice. Any extra pages may be helpful for teachers or parents with multiple children.DESCRIPTION: This Trigonometry Essentials Practice Workbook with Answers provides ample practice for developing fluency in very fundamental trigonometry skills. Every problem can be answered without a calculator, which is very helpful for students who aren’t allowed to use a calculator. This is the case in some trig and physics courses, as well as some standardized exams (like the MCAT).CONTENTS: This workbook is conveniently divided up into 11 chapters so that students can focus on one trigonometry skill at a time. Skills include the following:converting between degrees and radians;expressing sine, cosine, tangent, secant, cosecant, and cotangent as fractions by looking at right triangles;solving for unknown sides and angles in 45°-45°-90° and 30°-60°-90° right triangles;determining the sine, cosine, tangent, secant, cosecant, and cotangent of multiples of 30° and 45° up to 360° (working with both degrees and radians);practice finding the reference angle for angles in Quadrants II, III, and IV;finding the inverse trig functions;applying the law of sines and the law of cosines to solve for unknown sides and angles in acute and obtuse triangles;solving problems with trig identities (like the angle sum and difference formulas);and solving algebraic equations that feature basic trig functions.EXAMPLES: Each section begins with a few pages of instructions for how to solve the problems followed by some examples. These examples should serve as a useful guide until students are able to solve the problems independently.ANSWERS: Answers to exercises are tabulated at the back of the book. This helps students develop confidence and ensures that students practice correct techniques, rather than practice making mistakes.PHOTOCOPIES: The copyright notice permits parents/teachers who purchase one copy or borrow one copy from a library to make photocopies for their own children/students only. This is very convenient if you have multiple children/students or if a child/student needs additional practice.INTRODUCTION: An introduction describes how parents and teachers can help students make the most of this workbook. Students are encouraged to time and score each page. In this way, they can try to have fun improving on their records, which can help lend them confidence in their math skills.

AUTHOR: Chris McMullen earned his Ph.D. in physics from Oklahoma State University and currently teaches physics at Northwestern State University of Louisiana. He developed the Improve Your Math Fluency series of workbooks to help students become more fluent in basic math skills.PRACTICE: This is a practice workbook geared toward practicing problem-solving skills. As such, it consists of worksheets with practice problems in the spirit of old-fashioned practice sheets. This is suitable for students who need to practice basic skills, and is effective for many students. It is not one of the modern math textbooks that are designed to entertain bored students.ANSWERS: An answer section at the back provides a complete answer key. It’s important for students to practice solving problems correctly, otherwise they will practice their mistakes. Students, parents, or teachers should use the answer key to help students check their answers.CONTENTS: This practice book is designed to help students develop proficiency with their long division skills by offering ample practice. This book is conveniently divided up into six parts:Part 1 reviews division facts with single-digit divisor and quotient since swift knowledge of these is critical toward long division mastery.Part 2 is limited to single-digit divisors. This way students are not challenged with too much too soon.Part 3 focuses on double-digit divisors.Parts 4 and 5 provide practice with remainders.Part 6 features a variety of multi-digit long division problems with and without remainders.An introduction describes how parents and teachers can help students make the most of this workbook.A multiplication table is provided to help students who are just learning their division facts.SCORING: Kids are encouraged to time and score each page. In this way, they can try to have fun improving on their records, which can help lend them confidence in their math skills.

Master the art of balancing chemical reactions through examples and practice:10 examples are fully solved step-by-step with explanations to serve as a guide.Over 200 chemical equations provide ample practice.Exercises start out easy and grow progressively more challenging and involved.Answers to every problem are tabulated at the back of the book.A chapter of pre-balancing exercises helps develop essential counting skills.Opening chapter reviews pertinent concepts and ideas.Not just for students: Anyone who enjoys math and science puzzles can enjoy the challenge of balancing these chemical reactions.

Shannon Hale’s Princess Academy meets Stu Gibbs’s Spy School series in the third book in the Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls series.Abby and her classmates have all been invited to Briar Academy to participate in The Challenge, a prep school competition where teams compete for prizes and the glory of being the best of the best. While there, they figure out their nemesis, The Ghost, is using Briar as headquarters to plan a devastating attack on his enemies (a.k.a. pretty much everyone) using a brand-new invention Toby developed. And this time, The Center and Mrs. Smith will be of no help as Abby suspects there is someone working for The Ghost on the inside—and they can trust no one.

Abby and the rest of her friends go international as they embark on their first “official” Center mission in this second book in the Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls series.After discovering the truth about her spy school/boarding school—and her super-spy mom—Abby Hunter is ready for her next adventure, but what’s about to happen is something she never would have guessed… Everyone at The Smith School is obsessed with Monster Mayhem, the latest reality video game craze. But when Drexel Caine, the mastermind behind the game, is suddenly kidnapped, it becomes clear that the kidnappers are playing for more than just special badges. After Drexel’s son—who is Abby’s friend, Toby—receives a cryptic message, Abby and her friends discover the kidnapping is part of a bigger scheme that could take down The Center for good. With the help of Abby’s frenemy (and reluctant mentor), Veronica Brooks, the group tackles their first official Center Mission. They tangle with the world’s most notorious hacker, get in trouble for the possible theft of the Mona Lisa, and prepare for the ultimate showdown in London. But not before they have to contend with one more hurdle: the agonizing Smith School Spring Formal. Along the way, they discover they are much stronger as a team than they can ever be alone. And with a little luck, they might just save the world.

This geometry workbook includes:64 proofs with full solutions.9 examples to help serve as a guide.A review of terminology, notation, and concepts.A variety of word topics are covered, including:Similar and congruent trianglesthe Pythagorean theoremcircles, chords, and tangentsalternate interior anglesthe triangle inequalitythe angle sum theoremquadrilateralsregular polygonsarea of plane figuresinscribed and circumscribed figuresthe centroid of a triangleThe author, Chris McMullen, Ph.D., has over twenty years of experience teaching math skills to physics students. He prepared this workbook to share his strategies for writing geometry proofs.