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BL
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696944
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b519133
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| Title & Author
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For all practical purposes : : mathematical literacy in today's world
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| Edition Statement
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9th ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: W.H. Freeman and Co.,, c2013
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xviii, 867, 4, 30, 8 p. :: ill. (some col.) ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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1429243163 (alk. paper : student ed. : hardcover)
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: 1429254823 (student ed. : pbk.)
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: 9781429243162 (alk. paper : student ed. : hardcover)
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: 9781429254823 (student ed. : pbk.)
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| Notes
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By the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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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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| Subject
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Mathematical readiness, Textbooks
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Mathematics, Textbooks
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| Dewey Classification
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510
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| LC Classification
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QA7.F68 2013
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| Added Entry
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Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (U.S.)
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| Parallel Title
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Mathematical literacy in today's world
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