Quantitative Reasoning: Tools for Today's Informed Citizen

Sevilla, Alicia; Somers, Kay

ISBN 10: 0470592710 ISBN 13: 9780470592717

Verlag: Wiley, 2017

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The 2nd Edition of Sevilla's Quantitative Reasoning: Tools for Today's Informed Citizen builds upon the 1st issue with more ways to help readers handle complex, real-life, every-day situations such as understanding credit card offers, balancing checkbooks, and computing restaurant tips. It provides more ways for connecting mathematics with applications in the real world as well as hands-on activities and explorations. It focuses on more and enhanced ways to apply quantitative reasoning skills to make informed decisions in daily lives.

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Alicia Sevilla has a Ph.D. in mathematics from Cornell University and is Professor of Mathematics at Moravian College, where she has taught for over 20 years. She participated in the two FIPSE projects that produced the COMPANION TO CALCULUS and mentored other institutions to adopt the integrated approach. She recently served as Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, and was co-director of a National Science Foundation grant to develop and implement a quantitative reasoning course. She is an active member of the Mathematical Association of America, and serves as Coordinat.

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• Verlag: Wiley
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0470592710
• ISBN 13: 9780470592717
• Einband: Ringeinband
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 640
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