After completing this chapter, you should
- be able to distinguish between variables and constants
- be able to recognize a real number and particular subsets of the real numbers
- understand the ordering of the real numbers
- be able to distinguish between positive and negative real numbers
- be able to read signed numbers
- understand the origin and use of the double-negative product property
- understand the geometric and algebraic definitions of absolute value
- be able to add numbers with like signs and with unlike signs
- be able to use the calculator for addition of signed numbers
- understand the definition of subtraction
- be able to subtract signed numbers
- be able to use a calculator to subtract signed numbers
- be able to multiply and divide signed numbers
- be able to multiply and divide signed numbers using a calculator
"Used as supplemental materials for developmental math courses."