TY  - BOOK
AU  - 
ED  - Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (U.S.)
TI  - For all practical purposes: mathematical literacy in today's world
SN  - 9781429243162 (alk. paper : student ed. : hardcover)
AV  - QA7.F68 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - W.H. Freeman and Co.
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Textbooks
KW  - Mathematical readiness
N1  - 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 --
ER  -