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Real World Mathematics
This book is intended as a resource for those who wish to teach and learn mathematics through real world applications.
The first part lists exercises which illustrate the use of various concepts and techniques at a level suitable for high schools and liberal arts colleges. Answers and brief notes accompany the questions.
The second part of this book discusses the scientific method, mathematical modelling, and provides the background for the exercises in the first part.
The authors are educators based in Singapore.
The first part lists exercises which illustrate the use of various concepts and techniques at a level suitable for high schools and liberal arts colleges. Answers and brief notes accompany the questions.
The second part of this book discusses the scientific method, mathematical modelling, and provides the background for the exercises in the first part.
The authors are educators based in Singapore.
148 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2014
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August 26, 2014
I won this copy. I like this book. We always have the question, when am I going to use math? This book answers that question. I like Chapter 10. Money in a nutshell. We all need to know how interest, supply and demand, cost and revenue. Good stuff.
September 12, 2014
I was given a copy of, “Real World Mathematics” in exchange for an honest review.
In a nutshell, I liked it. Written to make mathematics easier to wrap your head around, I think it did its job well. As a note it was written assuming that the reader is using an other book to cover your introduction to these subjects.
So use this book to make your text book more understandable.
The first part of the book (chapters 1-8) covers give list exercises with real-world scenarios. Answers are provided with brief explanations and notes.
The later half of the book (9-13) spend more time on the key ideas of economics and physical science which provide the background to a lot of the questions in part one.
Subjects covered (normally in a nutshell),
Polynomials and Rational Functions,
Exponents and Logarithms,
Simultaneous Equations and Matrices,
Geometry and Trigonometry,
Coordinate Geometry,
Differential and integral Calculus,
Vectors and Complex Numbers,
An Interdiction Mathematical Modelling,
How money works (Interest, Supply and Demand, Cost and Revenue),
Classical Physics,
Electromagnetism,
and Modern Physics.
I think this book would be a great for anyone studying mathematics.
In a nutshell, I liked it. Written to make mathematics easier to wrap your head around, I think it did its job well. As a note it was written assuming that the reader is using an other book to cover your introduction to these subjects.
So use this book to make your text book more understandable.
The first part of the book (chapters 1-8) covers give list exercises with real-world scenarios. Answers are provided with brief explanations and notes.
The later half of the book (9-13) spend more time on the key ideas of economics and physical science which provide the background to a lot of the questions in part one.
Subjects covered (normally in a nutshell),
Polynomials and Rational Functions,
Exponents and Logarithms,
Simultaneous Equations and Matrices,
Geometry and Trigonometry,
Coordinate Geometry,
Differential and integral Calculus,
Vectors and Complex Numbers,
An Interdiction Mathematical Modelling,
How money works (Interest, Supply and Demand, Cost and Revenue),
Classical Physics,
Electromagnetism,
and Modern Physics.
I think this book would be a great for anyone studying mathematics.
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