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For All Practical Purposes by COMAP - Tenth Edition, 2016 from Macmillan Student Store
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Covering nature, science and industry, politics, finance, and more, For All Practical Purposes shows you how math can be found throughout your everyday life. Classic and contemporary examples focus on high-interest topics such as business management, voting, and bar codes to keep you engaged in the content and help you succeed.

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Contents

Table of Contents

Part I MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

1. Urban Services

2. Business Efficiency

3. Planning and Scheduling

4. Linear Programming and the Transportation Problem


Part II STATISTICS: THE SCIENCE OF DATA

5. Exploring Data: Distributions

6. Exploring Data: Relationships

7. Data for Decisions

8. Probability: The Mathematics of Chance


Part III VOTING AND SOCIAL CHOICE

9. Social Choice: The Impossible Dream

10. The Manipulability of Voting Systems

11. Weighted Voting Systems

12. Electing the President


Part IV FAIRNESS AND GAME THEORY

13. Fair Division

14. Apportionment

15. Game Theory: The Mathematics of Competition


Part V THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION

16. Identification Numbers

17. Encoding Information


Part VI ON SIZE AND GROWTH

18. Growth and Form

19. Symmetry and Patterns

20. Tilings


Part VII YOUR MONEY AND RESOURCES

21. Savings Models

22. Borrowing Models

23. The Economics of Resources

  • Problem Solving
  • Sets
  • Logic
  • Geometry
  • Counting and Probability
  • Numeration Systems
  • Personal Finance

Authors

COMAP

COMAP--the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications-- 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.


Covering nature, science and industry, politics, finance, and more, For All Practical Purposes shows you how math can be found throughout your everyday life. Classic and contemporary examples focus on high-interest topics such as business management, voting, and bar codes to keep you engaged in the content and help you succeed.

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Table of Contents

Part I MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

1. Urban Services

2. Business Efficiency

3. Planning and Scheduling

4. Linear Programming and the Transportation Problem


Part II STATISTICS: THE SCIENCE OF DATA

5. Exploring Data: Distributions

6. Exploring Data: Relationships

7. Data for Decisions

8. Probability: The Mathematics of Chance


Part III VOTING AND SOCIAL CHOICE

9. Social Choice: The Impossible Dream

10. The Manipulability of Voting Systems

11. Weighted Voting Systems

12. Electing the President


Part IV FAIRNESS AND GAME THEORY

13. Fair Division

14. Apportionment

15. Game Theory: The Mathematics of Competition


Part V THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION

16. Identification Numbers

17. Encoding Information


Part VI ON SIZE AND GROWTH

18. Growth and Form

19. Symmetry and Patterns

20. Tilings


Part VII YOUR MONEY AND RESOURCES

21. Savings Models

22. Borrowing Models

23. The Economics of Resources

  • Problem Solving
  • Sets
  • Logic
  • Geometry
  • Counting and Probability
  • Numeration Systems
  • Personal Finance

COMAP

COMAP--the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications-- 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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