9781429243162 (alk. paper : student ed. : hardcover)
(Number (ISBN
9781429254823 (student ed. : pbk.)
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b519133
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
For all practical purposes :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
mathematical literacy in today's world
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
9th ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
W.H. Freeman and Co.,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2013
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xviii, 867, 4, 30, 8 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. (some col.) ;
Dimensions
26 cm
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
By the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Part I. Management Science -- Urban services ; Business efficiency ; Planning and scheduling ; Linear programming -- Part II. Statistics: the science of data -- Exploring data: distributions ; Exploring data: relationships ; Data for decisions ; Probability: the mathematics of chance -- Part III. Voting and social change -- Social choice: the impossible dream ; The manipulability of voting systems ; Weighted voting systems ; Electing the President -- Part IV. Fairness and game theory -- Fair division ; Apportionment ; Game theory : the mathematics of competition -- Part V. The digital revolution -- Identification numbers ; Information science -- Part VI. On size and growth -- Growth and form ; Symmetry and patterns ; Tilings -- Part VII. Your money and resources -- Savings models ; Borrowing models ; The economics of resources
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PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Mathematical literacy in today's world
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Mathematical readiness, Textbooks
Mathematics, Textbooks
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
510
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QA7
Book number
.
F68
2013
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (U.S.)