For All Practical Purposes

Mathematical Literacy in Today's World

Eleventh Edition

Publication Date: April 15, 2022

Paperback ISBN: 9781319465025

Pages: 864

Bringing contemporary mathematical thinking to non-specialists.

For All Practical Purposes emphasises the valuable connections between contemporary mathematics and modern society. This foundational resource introduces students to real math applications without simply listing equations, but offering practice that is geared towards understanding what...

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Part I   MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
Chapter 1      Urban Services
Chapter 2      Business Efficiency
Chapter 3      Planning and Scheduling
Chapter 4      Mathematics in Your Daily Life: Linear Programming
Part II   STATISTICS: THE SCIENCE OF DATA
Chapter 5      Exploring Data: Distributions
Chapter 6      Exploring Data: Relationships
Chapter 7      Data for Decisions
Chapter 8      Probability: The Mathematics of Chance
Part III VOTING AND SOCIAL CHOICE
Chapter 9      Social Choice
Chapter 10    Weighted Voting Systems
Chapter 11    From Primaries to Presidency
Part IV FAIRNESS AND GAME THEORY
Chapter 12    Fair Division
Chapter 13    Apportionment
Chapter 14    Game Theory: The Mathematics of Competition
Part V ON SIZE AND GROWTH
Chapter 15    Growth and Form
Chapter 16    Symmetry and Pattern
Chapter 17    Tilings
Part VI YOUR MONEY AND THE WORLD’S RESOURCES
Chapter 18    Money Over Time
Chapter 19    Loan Models
Chapter 20    The Economics of Resources

A diverse author team of professors, with expertise in a variety of respective fields, combine their invested interest in maths education to communicate the value of mathematics to students.
Self-check review exercises placed in key spots throughout each chapter give students a chance to check their understanding of mathematical concepts as they go.
Skills questions at the end of each chapter let students test their basic grasp of the chapter material before continuing on with the more challenging chapter exercises.
Brief spotlight articles allow students to explore unique real-world applications, find out about key innovators in a variety of fields, and read about historic developments in mathematics.

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Short explanations and well-chosen counterexamples help students appreciate why hypotheses are needed in theorems.
An Appendix offers reviews of basic algebra concepts used in the text and includes straightforward examples, technology tips, and exercises.

COMAP

The Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP)—is an award-winning non-profit organization whose mission is to improve mathematics education for students of all ages. Since 1980, COMAP has worked with teachers, students, and business people to create learning environments where mathematics is used to investigate and model real issues in our world.

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