Using & Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach

For courses in Liberal Arts Mathematics and Quantitative Literacy.

The standard in quantitative reasoning instruction by authorities in the field
The 7th Edition of Using & Understanding Mathematics by Jeff Bennett and Bill Briggs aims to prepare students for the mathematics they will encounter in other college courses, future careers, and life. 

The authors' goal is to develop students ability to reason with quantitative information in a way that will help achieve success in their careers, and to give students the critical-thinking and quantitative reasoning skills needed to understand major life issues. Through new resources in MyLab Math and updated content within the text, the Bennett/Briggs team continues to set the standard in quantitative reasoning instruction.  

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

I. LOGIC AND PROBLEM SOLVING

• 1. Thinking Critically
  • Activity: Bursting Bubble
  • 1A. Living in the Media Age
  • In Your World: Fact Checking on the Web
  • 1B. Propositions and Truth Values
  • 1C. Sets and Venn Diagrams
  • Brief Review: Sets of Numbers
  • 1D. Analyzing Arguments
  • Mathematical Insight: Deductive Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem
  • 1E. Critical Thinking in Everyday Life
  • In Your World: Beware of Up to Deals
• 2. Approaches to Problem Solving
  • Activity: Global Melting
  • 2A. Understand, Solve, and Explain
  • Brief Review: Common Fractions
  • Brief Review: Decimal Fractions
  • Using Technology: Currency Exchange Rates
  • In Your World: Changing Money in Foreign Countries
  • 2B. Extending Unit Analysis
  • In Your World: Gems and Gold Jewelry
  • Brief Review: Powers of 10
  • Using Technology: Metric Conversions
  • In Your World: Save Money and Save the Earth
  • 2C. Problem-Solving Hints
  • Mathematical Insight: Zenos Paradox

II. QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION IN EVERYDAY LIFE

• 3. Numbers in the Real World
  • Activity: Big Numbers
  • 3A. Uses and Abuses of Percentages
  • Brief Review: Percentages
  • Brief Review: What Is a Ratio?
  • 3B. Putting Numbers in Perspective
  • Brief Review: Working with Scientific Notation
  • Using Technology: Scientific Notation
  • 3C. Dealing with Uncertainty
  • Brief Review: Rounding
  • Using Technology: Rounding in Excel
  • 3D. Index Numbers: The CPI and Beyond
  • Using Technology: The Inflation Calculator
  • In Your World: The Chained CPI and the Federal Budget
  • 3E. How Numbers Can Deceive: Polygraphs, Mammograms, and More
• 4. Managing Money
  • Activity: Student Loans
  • 4A. Taking Control of Your Finances
  • 4B. The Power of Compounding
  • Brief Review: Powers and Roots
  • Using Technology: Powers
  • Using Technology: The Compound Interest Formula
  • Using Technology: The Compound Interest Formula for Interest Paid More Than Once a Year
  • Using Technology: APY in Excel
  • Using Technology: Powers of e
  • Brief Review: Four Basic Rules of Algebra
  • In Your World: Effects of Low Interest Rates
  • 4C. Savings Plans and Investments
  • Mathematical Insight: Derivation of the Savings Plan Formula
  • Using Technology: The Savings Plan Formula
  • Using Technology: Fractional Powers (Roots)
  • In Your World: Building a Portfolio
  • 4D. Loan Payments, Credit Cards, and Mortgages
  • Using Technology: The Loan Payment Formula (Installment Loans)
  • Mathematical Insight: Derivation of the Loan Payment Formula
  • Using Technology: Principal and Interest Portions of Loan Payments
  • In Your World: Avoiding Credit Card Trouble
  • In Your World: Choosing or Refinancing a Loan
  • 4E. Income Taxes
  • 4F. Understanding the Federal Budget
  III. PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
• 5. Statistical Reasoning
  • Activity: Cell Phones and Driving
  • 5A. Fundamentals of Statistics
  • Using Technology: Random Numbers
  • 5B. Should You Believe a Statistical Study?
  • In Your World: The Gun Debate: Defensive Gun Use
  • 5C. Statistical Tables and Graphs
  • Using Technology: Frequenc

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jeffrey Bennett, Jeffrey O. Bennett, William Briggs, William L. Briggs
• Verlag: Pearson
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 28.09.2024
• EAN: 9780134705187
• ISBN: 978-0-13-470518-7
• Seiten: 800
• Abmessung: 221 mm x 279 mm x 25 mm
• Gewicht: 1678 g
• Thema: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Mathematik > Allgemeines, Lexika