When Are We Ever Going to Use This Stuff? College Math for the Liberal Arts Major: Active Learning Edition

Jim Matovina

ISBN 10: 1516589742 / ISBN 13: 9781516589746

Published by cognella Academic Publishing, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: When Are We Ever Going to Use This Stuff? College Math for the Liberal Arts Major: Active Learning Edition
• Publisher: cognella Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1516589742
• ISBN 13: 9781516589746
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 8th.
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

When Are We Ever Going to Use This Stuff? College Mathematics for the Liberal Arts Major is a college level mathematics textbook designed with liberal arts majors in mind. This text uses practical, entertaining topics presented in a readable, student-centered style to teach mathematics concepts and skills for the non-STEM major. While emphasizing practical application over symbolic manipulation, students learn where, when, why, and how the math they learn will help them in their lives. Specific topics include consumer math, apportionment, statistics, probability, set theory, geometry, right triangle trigonometry, and voting techniques, with the history of mathematics as a consistent motivational thread throughout. Concepts are taught within familiar contexts with a focus on the development of problem-solving skills. The eighth edition features a few new historical topics and additional readings in each chapter, updated examples to make the material more relevant, and “From a Different Point of View” sections throughout to emphasize alternative perspectives. To help students and teachers cope with the emerging national trend of reducing or eliminating prerequisite courses, a significant number of review passages have been woven throughout the material.