Opis: Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach - William Briggs, Jeffrey Bennett, Bill Briggs

Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach prepares students for the mathematics they will encounter in college courses, their future career, and life in general. Its quantitative reasoning approach helps students to build the skills needed to understand major issues in everyday life, and compels students to acquire the problem-solving tools that they will need to think critically about quantitative issues in contemporary society. This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience-for you and your students. Here's how: *The real-world focus turns students' attention to the math they will need for college, career, and life. * A wide range of exercises and problem types end each unit, making it easy for instructors to create assignments to fit their course goals. *Study and review features in every chapter are designed to help students use their time effectively.Preface Acknowledgments Prologue: Literacy for the Modern World PART ONE: LOGIC AND PROBLEM SOLVING 1. Thinking Critically 1A Living in the Media Age 1B Propositions and Truth Values 1C Sets and Venn Diagrams 1D Analyzing Arguments 1E Critical Thinking in Everyday Life 2. Approaches to Problem Solving 2A Working with Units 2B Problem-Solving with Units 2C Problem-Solving Guidelines and Hints PART TWO: QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION IN EVERYDAY LIFE 3. Numbers in the Real World 3A Uses and Abuses of Percentages 3B Putting Numbers in Perspective 3C Dealing with Uncertainty 3D Index Numbers: The CPI and Beyond 3E How Numbers Can Deceive: Polygraphs, Mammograms, and More 4. Managing Money 4A Taking Control of Your Finances 4B The Power of Compounding 4C Savings Plans and Investments 4D Loan Payments, Credit Cards, and Mortgages 4E Income Taxes 4F Understanding the Federal Budget PART THREE: PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS 5. Statistical Reasoning 5A Fundamentals of Statistics 5B Should You Believe a Statistical Study? 5C Statistical Tables and Graphs 5D Graphics in the Media 5E Correlation and Causality 6. Putting Statistics to Work 6A Characterizing Data 6B Measures of Variation 6C The Normal Distribution 6D Statistical Inference 7. Probability: Living with the Odds 7A Fundamentals of Probability 7B Combining Probabilities 7C The Law of Large Numbers 7D Assessing Risk 7E Counting and Probability PART FOUR: MODELING 8. Exponential Astonishment 8A Growth: Linear versus Exponential 8B Doubling Time and Half-Life 8C Real Population Growth 8D Logarithmic Scales: Earthquakes, Sounds, and Acids 9. Modeling Our World 9A Functions: The Building Blocks of Mathematical Models 9B Linear Modeling 9C Exponential Modeling 10. Modeling with Geometry 10A Fundamentals of Geometry 10B Problem Solving with Geometry 10C Fractal Geometry PART FIVE: FURTHER APPLICATIONS 11. Mathematics and the Arts 11A Mathematics and Music 11B Perspective and Symmetry 11C Proportion and the Golden Ratio 12. Mathematics and Politics 12A Voting: Does the Majority Always Rule? 12B Theory of Voting 12C Apportionment: The House of Representatives and Beyond 12D Dividing the Political Pie Credits Answers Index

Szczegóły: Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach - William Briggs, Jeffrey Bennett, Bill Briggs

Tytuł: Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach
Autor: William Briggs, Jeffrey Bennett, Bill Briggs
Producent: Pearson
ISBN: 9781292062303
Rok produkcji: 2014
Ilość stron: 768
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 1.62 kg

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