Mathematics Its Power and Utility

Name: Mathematics Its Power and Utility
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ISBN: 9781111577421

ISBN-10: 1111577420

ISBN-13: 9781111577421

Edition: 10th 2013 (Revised)

Authors: Karl J. Smith

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MATHEMATICS: ITS POWER AND UTILITY, Tenth Edition, combines a unique and practical focus on real-world problem solving allowing even the least-interested or worst-prepared student to appreciate the beauty and value of math while mastering basic concepts and skills they will apply to their daily lives. The first half of the book explores the POWER and historic impact of mathematics and helps students harness that POWER by developing an effective approach to problem solving. The second half builds upon this foundation by exploring the UTLITY and application of math concepts to a wide variety of real-life situations: money management; handling of credit cards; inflation; purchase of a car or…

Book details

List price: $231.95
Edition: 10th
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Publication date: 1/1/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 656
Size: 8.82" wide x 11.18" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 3.696
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.