Mathematics Its Power and Utility

Name: Mathematics Its Power and Utility
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ISBN: 9780495110521

ISBN-10: 0495110523

ISBN-13: 9780495110521

Edition: 8th 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Karl J. Smith

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This text explores the power of mathematics and shows how mathematics has revolutionized the world. The main theme throughout this book is problem solving. In the first part of the book, "The Power of Mathematics," Smith begins by discussing math anxiety and how to formulate the problem. Students develop confidence and then learn problem solving techniques from arithmetic, algebra, and geometry. In the second part of the book, "The Utility of Mathematics," students apply these techniques to topics that were selected because of their usefulness to students. The topics include managing money using the ideas of interest, installment buying, credit card buying, inflation, buying a car or home,…

Book details

List price: $233.95
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Publication date: 10/14/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 672
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.894
Language: English

Karl Smith is professor emeritus at Santa Rosa Junior College in Santa Rosa, California. He has written over 36 mathematics textbooks and believes that students can learn mathematics if it is presented to them through the use of concrete examples designed to develop original thinking, abstraction, and problem-solving skills. Over one million students have learned mathematics from Karl Smith's textbooks.




Foundations: The Power Of Mathematics



Arithmetic, Calculators, and Problem Solving


Math Anxiety


Formulating the Problem


Fractions and Decimals


Rounding and Estimation


Exponents and Prime Factorization


Common Fractions


Adding and Subtracting Fractions


Hindu-Arabic Numeration System


Different Numeration Systems


Summary and Review



Sets of Numbers


Symbol Shock


Addition of Integers


Subtraction of Integers


Multiplication of Integers


Division of Integers


Rational and Irrational Numbers


Summary and Review



Introduction to Algebra


Polynomials


Similar Terms


Simplification


Equations


Solving Equations


Problem Solving with Algebra


Inequalities


Summary and Review



Percents and Problem Solving


Ratio and Proportion


Problem Solving with Proportions


Percent


Problem Solving with Percents


Summary and Review



Introduction to Geometry


Euclidean Geometry


Polygons and Angles


Triangles


Similar Triangles


Summary and Review



Measurement and Problem Solving


Precision, Accuracy, and Estimation


Perimeter


Area


Volume and Capacity


Miscellaneous Measurements


Converting Units


Summary and Review



Applications : The Utility Of Mathematics



Applications of Percent


Discount, Sale Price, Sales Tax


Simple Interest


Buying On Credit


Credit Card Interest


Compound Interest


Buying a Home


Summary and Review



Sets and Logic


Introduction to Sets


Subsets


Operations with Sets


Venn Diagrams


Survey Problems Using Sets


Inductive and Deductive Reasoning


Summary and Review



Probability


Introduction to Probability


Probability Models


Odds and Conditional Probability


Mathematical Expectation


Summary and Review



Statistics


Frequency Distributions and Graphs


Measures of Central Tendency


Measures of Position


Measures of Dispersion


The Normal Curve and Sampling


Summary and Review



Graphs


Ordered Pairs and the Cartesian Coordinate System


Functions


Lines


Systems and Inequalities


Graphing Curves


Summary and Review


AppendiceS


Glossary


Tables


Answers to Selected Problems


Index