MATH for Liberal Arts (with Arts CourseMate with eBook Printed Access Card)
by Smith, Karl J.Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback w/ Access Card
Pub. Date: 2010-01-01
Publisher(s): Cengage Learning
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Summary
Created through a "student-tested, faculty-approved" review process, involving over 120 students and faculty members, MATH is an engaging and accessible solution that accommodates the busy lifestyles of today's learners at a value-based price. This paperback text offers a full suite of learning aids, including end-of-chapter review cards, downloadable flashcards and practice problems, online video tutorials, solutions to exercises and practice quizzes aimed at supplementing learning outside of the classroom. MATH presents concepts in a visual and approachable way, ideal for combating the math anxiety often found in Liberal Arts Math students. Also available is Cengage Learning's Enhanced WebAssign®—a complete online homework management system for students and professors.
Table of Contents
| The Nature of Numeration | |
| Math Anxiety Source | |
| What's the Problem? | |
| Early Numeration Systems | |
| Hindu-Arabic Numeration Systems | |
| Different Numeration Systems | |
| Binary Numeration Systems | |
| History of Calculating Devices | |
| The Nature of Numbers | |
| It's Natural | |
| Prime Numbers | |
| Numbers -- Up and Down | |
| It's a Long Way From Zero to One | |
| It's Irrational | |
| Be Real | |
| Mathematical Modeling | |
| The Nature of Algebra | |
| Polynomials | |
| Factoring | |
| Evaluation, Application, and Spreadsheets | |
| Equations | |
| Inequalities | |
| Algebra in Problem Solving | |
| Ratios, Proportions, and Problem Solving | |
| Percents | |
| Modeling Uncategorized Problems | |
| The Nature of Geometry | |
| Geometry | |
| Polygons and Angles | |
| Triangles | |
| Mathematics, Art, and Non-Euclidean Geometries | |
| Perimeter and Area | |
| Surface Area, Volume and Capacity | |
| The Nature of Networks | |
| Euler Circuits and Hamiltonian Cycles | |
| Trees and Minimum Spanning Trees | |
| Topology and Fractals | |
| The Nature of Growth | |
| Exponential Equations | |
| Logarithmic Equations | |
| Applications of Growth and Decay | |
| The Nature of Money | |
| It's Simple | |
| Buying on Credit | |
| Credit Card Interest | |
| Compound Interest | |
| Buying a Home | |
| The Nature of Sets and Logic | |
| Introduction to Sets | |
| Set Relationships | |
| Operations with Sets | |
| Venn Diagrams | |
| Survey Problems Using Sets | |
| Inductive and Deductive Reasoning | |
| The Nature of Counting | |
| Permutations | |
| Combinations | |
| Counting Without Counting | |
| Rubik's Cube and Instant Insanity | |
| The Nature of Chance | |
| It's Not Certain | |
| Probability Models | |
| Odds and Conditional Probability | |
| Mathematical Expectation | |
| Frequency Distributions and Graphs | |
| Descriptive Statistics | |
| It's Normal | |
| The Nature of Graphs - The Marriage of Algebra and Geometry | |
| Cartesian Coordinate System | |
| Functions | |
| Lines | |
| Systems and Inequalities | |
| Graphing Curves | |
| The Nature of Voting and Apportionment | |
| Voting | |
| Voting Dilemmas | |
| Apportionment | |
| Apportionment Paradoxes | |
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