Amazon.com description: Product Description: * Five-step problem solving process. A five-step methodology for solving problems is used throughout the text. Each step is clearly identified to help students focus on the process of breaking a problem into smaller components and then addressing the smaller components throughout the text. The five steps are: * State the problem clearly.* Describe the input and the output.* Work the problem by hand (or with a calculator) for a specific set of data.* Develop a solution that is general in nature.* Test the algorithm with a variety of data sets. * Key Topics Covered - arithmetic computations, control structures, array processing, external procedures, and data types, and pointers.* Includes real-world applications throughout.