For All Practical Purposes Mathematical Literacy in Today's World

Name: For All Practical Purposes Mathematical Literacy in Today's World
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ISBN: 9780716769019

ISBN-10: 0716769018

ISBN-13: 9780716769019

Edition: 7th 2006

Authors: Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP) Staff

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This book presents mathematical concepts in the context of their applications to consumers, business, politics, history and the social sciences. Students work on real-world problems involving polling, voting methods and game theory.

Book details

List price: $139.99
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: W. H. Freeman & Company
Publication date: 11/5/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 780
Size: 7.25" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.146
Language: English




Management Sciences


Urban Services


Business Efficiency


Planning and Scheduling


Optimization: Finding the Best Solution



Statistics: The Science of Data


Exploring Data Distributions


Exploring Data: Relationships


Data for Decisions


Probability: The Mathematics of Chance



Voting and Social Choice


Social Dream: The Impossible Dream


The Manipulability of Voting Systems


Weighted Voting Systems


Electing the President



Fairness and Game Theory


Fair Division


Apportionment


Game Theory



The Digital Revolution


Identification Numbers


Managing Information



On Size and Growth


Growth and Form


Symmetry and Patterns


Tilings



Your Money and Resources


Savings Models


Borrowing Models


The Economics of Resources