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From nature, to science and industry, to economics, finance, and politics, For All Practical Purposes uses both contemporary and classic examples that will reveal the value and application of math in your everyday life. The book offers a series of independent chapters on high-interest topics, including business management, data literacy, voting and elections, game theory, design, and finance. Quizzing and study tools online in Achieve further connect the relevant applications of the text to assessment to test your understanding and help you prepare for exams.

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Table of Contents

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

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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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From nature, to science and industry, to economics, finance, and politics, For All Practical Purposes uses both contemporary and classic examples that will reveal the value and application of math in your everyday life. The book offers a series of independent chapters on high-interest topics, including business management, data literacy, voting and elections, game theory, design, and finance. Quizzing and study tools online in Achieve further connect the relevant applications of the text to assessment to test your understanding and help you prepare for exams.

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Table of Contents

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

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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