For all practical purposes: mathematical literacy in today's world. Mathematical literacy in today's world Solomon Garfunkel … [et. al] - 9th ed. - New York, NY: W.H. Freeman and Co., 2013. - xviii, 867, 4, 30, 8 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

By the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Management science: Urban services -- Business efficiency -- Planning and scheduling -- Linear programming -- Statistics: the science of data: Exploring data: distributions -- Exploring data: relationships -- Data for decisions -- Probability: the mathematics of chance -- Voting and social choice: Social choice: the impossible dream -- The manipulability of voting systems -- Electing the president -- Fairness and game theory: Fair division -- Apportionment -- Game theory: the mathematics of competition -- The digital revolution: Identification numbers -- Information science -- On size and growth: Growth and form -- Symmetry and patterns -- Tilings -- Your money and resources: Savings models -- Borrowing models -- The economics of resources --

ISBN: 9781429243162 (alk. paper : student ed. : hardcover) 1429243163 (alk. paper : student ed. : hardcover) 9781429254823 (student ed. : pbk.) 1429254823 (student ed. : pbk.)

LCCN: 2011937302

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mathematics--Textbooks.
Mathematical readiness--Textbooks.

LC Class. No.: QA7.F68