For the third time in my career, I have been given the responsibility for revising
one of the late Dr. Barnett Rich’s exemplary texts. In 1987, I revised Geometry, and
in 1993 I revised Elementary Algebra. Although this text (Elementary Mathematics)
is quite distinct from those earlier revisions, Dr. Rich’s keen insights into developmental mathematics are once again clearly present in this text.
This text is unique in that it begins with a most elementary view of arithmetic,
but progresses through a thorough review of arithmetic, algebra, and geometry,
finally introducing the reader to trigonometry. All important principles are stated
in clear, crisp language, leading students who may have less than a substantial background in elementary arithmetic and algebra through a thorough set of tutorials in
secondary level mathematics