Common sense mathematics : Vol. 63 / Ethan D. Bolker & Maura B. Mast

By:

Bolker, Ethan D

Contributor(s):

Mast, Maura B

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Washington : Mathematical Association of America, 2021.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xx, 308 p.: ill. ; 26 cmISBN:

9781470461348

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 510 BOL

Contents:

1. Calculating on the Back of an Envelope 2. Units and Unit Conversions 3. Percentages, Sales Tax and Discounts 4. Inflation 5. Average Values 6. Income Distribution 7. Excel, Charts, and Statistics 8. Electricity Bills and Income Taxes 9. Linear Functions 10. Climate Change 11. Linear Models 12. Compound Interest 13. Exponential Growth 14. Borrowing and Saving 15. Probability 16. Counting, Betting, Insurance 17. Break the Bank 18. Independent Events 19. How Good Is That Test?

Summary: Common Sense Mathematics is a text for a one semester college-level course in quantitative literacy. The text emphasizes common sense and common knowledge in approaching real problems through popular news items and finding useful mathematical tools and frames with which to address those questions. We asked ourselves what we hoped our students would remember about this course in ten year's time. From that ten year perspective thoughts about syllabus-"what topics should we cover?"--Seemed much too narrow. What matters more is our wish to change the way our students' minds work-the way they approach a problem, or, more generally, the way they approach the world. Most people "skip the numbers" in newspapers, magazines, on the web and (more importantly) even in financial information. We hope that in ten years our students will follow the news, confident in their ability to make sense of the numbers they find there and in their daily lives. Most quantitative reasoning texts are arranged by mathematical topics to be mastered. Since the mathematics is only a part of what we hope students learn, we've chosen another strategy. We look at real life stories that can be best understood with careful reading and a little mathematics

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1. Calculating on the Back of an Envelope
2. Units and Unit Conversions
3. Percentages, Sales Tax and Discounts
4. Inflation
5. Average Values
6. Income Distribution
7. Excel, Charts, and Statistics
8. Electricity Bills and Income Taxes
9. Linear Functions
10. Climate Change
11. Linear Models
12. Compound Interest
13. Exponential Growth
14. Borrowing and Saving
15. Probability
16. Counting, Betting, Insurance
17. Break the Bank
18. Independent Events
19. How Good Is That Test?

Common Sense Mathematics is a text for a one semester college-level course in quantitative literacy. The text emphasizes common sense and common knowledge in approaching real problems through popular news items and finding useful mathematical tools and frames with which to address those questions. We asked ourselves what we hoped our students would remember about this course in ten year's time. From that ten year perspective thoughts about syllabus-"what topics should we cover?"--Seemed much too narrow. What matters more is our wish to change the way our students' minds work-the way they approach a problem, or, more generally, the way they approach the world. Most people "skip the numbers" in newspapers, magazines, on the web and (more importantly) even in financial information. We hope that in ten years our students will follow the news, confident in their ability to make sense of the numbers they find there and in their daily lives. Most quantitative reasoning texts are arranged by mathematical topics to be mastered. Since the mathematics is only a part of what we hope students learn, we've chosen another strategy. We look at real life stories that can be best understood with careful reading and a little mathematics

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