Pearson - Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach, 5/E

In this section:

Description

Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach increases students‘ mathematical literacy so that they better understand the mathematics used in their daily lives.

Ideal for courses that emphasize quantitative reasoning, Bennett and Briggs prepare students to use math effectively to make better decisions throughout their lives. Contents are organized with that in mind, with engaging coverage in sections like Taking Control of Your Finances, Dividing the Political Pie, and a full chapter about Mathematics and the Arts.

This Fifth Edition offers new hands-on Activities for use with students in class, new ways for students to check their understanding through Quick Quizzes, and a new question type in MyMathLab that applies math to recent events in the news. In addition, the authors increase their coverage of consumer math, and provide a stronger emphasis on technology through new Using Technology features and exercises. The new Insider's Guide provides instructors with tips and ideas for effective use of the text in teaching the course.

Features

The real-world focus turns students’ attention to the math they will need for their daily lives, and keeps them engaged during the course.

The table of contents is organized by real-world context, not by mathematical content. Interesting, applicable coverage appears throughout, like Unit 4A: Taking Control of Your Finances, Chapter 11: Mathematics and the Arts, and Unit 12D: Dividing the Political Pie.
The modular organization makes the text flexible, allowing instructors to teach the topics they want to teach. Chapters are divided into self-contained units that can be rearranged if desired.
NEW! A hands-on Activity begins each chapter so that students are engaged from page one. Activities ask students to step through practical applications of the math, for example, using dice to simulate the chances of spreading disease in a population.
Using Technology boxes demonstrate how to use a graphing calculator, Excel^®, or other software when applying math concepts. For example, students use their calculators to build a savings plan and see its effect over time.
Practical Matters focus on common-sense applications and daily occurrences when math is applied, such as avoiding credit card trouble and spotting a bad cell phone deal.
Notes in the margin–By the Way, Historical Notes, and Take Note–appear beside key concepts to show their relevance to aspects of daily life and additional mathematical detail.

Study and review features in every chapter are designed to help students use their time effectively.

A Brief Review summarizes key mathematical skills that students should have learned previously. These appear wherever a particular skill is first needed, with exercises based on the review boxes can be found at the end of the unit. These can be skipped if students already have a firm grasp of the requisite skill.
Now Try exercise references appear at the end of every example and direct students to a specific exercise, immediately testing their comprehension of the material.
Time Out to Think appears throughout the book and poses short conceptual questions designed to help students reflect on important new ideas. These also serve as excellent starting points for classroom discussions.
Thinking About features build on the main narrative and are designed to encourage a deeper level of mathematical understanding. Examples include the proof of the Pythagorean Theorem and Zeno's paradox.

A wide range of exercises and problem types end each unit, making it easy for instructors to create assignments to fit their course goals.

Quick Quizzes appear before the problem sets, offering ten questions for students to briefly check their understanding of the unit’s concepts before attempting the homework.
Does It Make Sense? questions are qualitative exercise questions that test conceptual understanding by asking whether given statements are sensible, and then asking students to explain why or why not.
Basic Skills and Concepts cover concepts from the unit and provide exercises that can be used for homework assignments or for self-study. Answers to most odd-numbered exercises appear in the back of the book.
Web Projects require students to search for data or other information online. These can be used for extended projects, discussions, group activities, or essays.
Using Technology exercises provide students an opportunity to practice skills with a graphing calculator, Excel^®, or other software they might normally use.
In Your World exercises challenge students to find examples of unit concepts in the news or in their daily lives. These questions may be assigned as homework or used for class discussions.
Applications Exercises include updated current data for increased relevance for students.

Art Annotations enhance the figures, improving their effectiveness as learning tools.
MyMathLab^® provides students with a personalized interactive learning environment, where they can learn at their own pace and gain immediate feedback and help. MyMathLab engages students in active learning–it’s modular, self-paced, accessible anywhere with Web access, and adaptable to each student’s learning style. In addition, MyMathLab provides instructors with a rich and flexible set of text-specific resources, including course management tools, to support online, hybrid, or traditional courses. MyMathLab is available to qualified adopters. For more information, visit our website at www.mymathlab.com or contact your Pearson representative.

New To This Edition

A hands-on activity now begins each chapter, encouraging students to engage with math in a meaningful way, for example, using dice to simulate the chances of spreading disease in a population.
A full online Activity Manual now appears in MyMathLab, for those who wish to do more activities in the course. The contents of the Activity Manual are correlated to the textbook, making them easier to assign.
Using Technology boxes include content from Using Your Calculator boxes in the previous edition as well as new information on Excel^®, graphing calculators, and other interesting technology applications and software programs.
Using Technology exercises have been added to select units and include questions that use Excel, calculators, or other technology applications.
Approximately 30% of the exercises are new or updated.
Select examples are now displayed in two columns, so that multi-step problems can be stepped out for students in a way that helps them learn how to solve the problem type.
New content has been added to Chapter 4, Managing Your Money. This includes new coverage of stocks, bonds, taxes, credit card interest, payday loans, and sub-prime mortgages.
Quick Quizzes now end each unit to test students’ conceptual understanding before they begin the exercises. These multiple choice questions are designed to be answered with an explanation on why a particular answer was selected, and will help students prepare for the rest of the exercise set. Answers are included in the text so students can check their answers.
Insider’s Guide is written by instructors, for instructors. With teaching ideas, sample syllabi, tips for student success in each chapter, this guide will be invaluable for both new and experienced instructors who want to enliven their course.
New to the MyMathLab course:

A new problem type presents an excerpt from a current news article or video clip and asks students to apply math concepts to a real-world situation.
Live RSS feeds from news sources such as ABC News are available in MyMathLab for the new edition, so that instructors and students have access to regular news updates. These articles can be used in class discussions and projects as appropriate.
Increased exercise coverage in MathXL and MyMathLab gives students more problems to practice the skills.
The Image library contains all art from the text for instructors to use in their own presentations and handouts.

Table of Contents

Preface

Prologue: Literacy for the Modern World

Part 1 Logic and Problem Solving

Chapter 1 Thinking Critically

1A Recognizing Fallacies

1B Propositions and Truth Values

1C Sets and Venn Diagrams

1D Analyzing Arguments

1E Critical Thinking in Everyday Life

Chapter 2 Approaches to Problem Solving

2A The Problem-Solving Power of Units

2B Standardized Units: More Problem-Solving Power

2C Problem-Solving Guidelines and Hints

Part 2 Quantitative Information in Everyday Life

Chapter 3 Numbers in the Real World

3A Uses and Abuses of Percentages

3B Putting Numbers in Perspective

3C Dealing with Uncertainty

3D Index Numbers: The CPI and Beyond

3E How Numbers Deceive: Polygraphs, Mammograms, and More

Chapter 4 Managing Money

4A Taking Control of Your Finances

4B The Power of Compounding

4C Savings Plans and Investments

4D Loan Payments, Credit Cards, and Mortgages

4E Income Taxes

4F Understanding the Federal Budget

Part 3 Probability and Statistics

Chapter 5 Statistical Reasoning

5A Fundamentals of Statistics

5B Should You Believe a Statistical Study?

5C Statistical Tables and Graphs

5D Graphics in the Media

5E Correlation and Causality

Chapter 6 Putting Statistics to Work

6A Characterizing Data

6B Measures of Variation

6C The Normal Distribution

6D Statistical Inference

Chapter 7 Probability: Living with the Odds

7A Fundamentals of Probability

7B Combining Probabilities

7C The Law of Large Numbers

7D Assessing Risk

7E Counting and Probability

Part 4 Modeling

Chapter 8 Exponential Astonishment

8A Growth: Linear versus Exponential

8B Doubling Time and Half-Life

8C Real Population Growth

8D Logarithmic Scales: Earthquakes, Sounds, and Acids

Chapter 9 Modeling Our World

9A Functions: The Building Blocks of Mathematical Models

9B Linear Modeling

9C Exponential Modeling

Chapter 10 Modeling with Geometry

10A Fundamentals of Geometry

10B Problem Solving with Geometry

10C Fractal Geometry

Part 5 Further Applications

Chapter 11 Mathematics and the Arts

11A Mathematics and Music

11B Perspective and Symmetry

11C Proportion and the Golden Ratio

Chapter 12 Mathematics and Politics

12A Voting: Does the Majority Always Rule?

12B Theory of Voting

12C Apportionment: The House of Representatives and Beyond

12D Dividing the Political Pie

Credits

Answers

Index

Courses

Quantitative Literacy (Mathematics)
Liberal Arts Mathematics (Mathematics)

Previous Edition(s)

Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach, 4/E
Bennett & Briggs
©2008 | Pearson | Cloth; 848 pp | Out of Print
ISBN-10: 0321458206 | ISBN-13: 9780321458209
Brief Description |
Most students taking this course do so to fulfill a requirement, but the true benefit of the course is learning how to use and understand mathematics in daily life. This quantitative reasoning text is written expressly for those students, providing them with the mathematical reasoning and quantitative literacy skills they'll need to make good decisions throughout their lives. Common-sense applications of mathematics engage students while underscoring the practical, essential uses of math.
More Info

In this section:

Author Bios

Jeffrey Bennett specializes in mathematics and science education. He has taught at every level from pre-school through graduate school, including more than 50 college courses in mathematics, physics, astronomy, and education. His work on Using and Understanding Mathematics began in 1987, when he helped create a new mathematics course for the University of Colorado’s core curriculum. Variations on this course, with its quantitative reasoning approach, are now taught at hundreds of colleges nationwide. In addition to his work in mathematics, Dr. Bennett (whose PhD is in astrophysics) has written leading college-level textbooks in astronomy, statistics, and the new science of astrobiology, as well as books for the general public. He also proposed and developed both the Colorado Scale Model Solar System on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus and the Voyage Scale Model Solar System, a permanent, outdoor exhibit on the National Mall in Washington, DC. He has recently begun writing science books for children, including the award-winning Max Goes to the Moon and Max Goes to Mars. When not working, he enjoys swimming as well as hiking the trails of Boulder, Colorado with his family.

William L. Briggs has been on the mathematics faculty at the University of Colorado at Denver for 22 years. He teaches numerous courses within the undergraduate and graduate curriculum, and has special interest in teaching calculus, differential equations, and mathematical modeling. He developed the quantitative reasoning course for liberal arts students at University of Colorado at Denver supported by his textbook Using and Understanding Mathematics. He has written two other tutorial monographs, The Multigrid Tutorial and The DFT: An Owner's Manual for the Discrete Fourier Transform, as well as Ants, Bikes, Clocks, a mathematical problem solving text for undergraduates. He is a University of Colorado President's Teaching Scholar, an Outstanding Teacher awardee of the Rocky Mountain Section of the MAA, and the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Ireland. Bill lives with his wife, Julie, and their Gordon setter, Seamus, in Boulder, Colorado. He loves to bake bread, run trails, and rock climb in the mountains near his home.

Websites and Online Courses

In this section:

Websites and Online Courses

MathXL -- Instant Access -- for Using and Understanding Mathematics, 5/E
Bennett & Briggs
©2011 | Pearson | Website | Live
ISBN-10: 0321653106 | ISBN-13: 9780321653109
Online purchase price: $50.00More Info

MyMathLab with eBook -- Instant Access -- for Using and Understanding Mathematics, 5/E
Bennett & Briggs
©2011 | On-line Supplement; 744 pp | Access Code Required | Live
ISBN-10: 0321653092 | ISBN-13: 9780321653093
Online purchase price: $82.00Take a Tour | More Info

MyMathLabPlus for Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach, 5/E
Bennett & Briggs
©2011 | Pearson | Website | Live
ISBN-10: 055867688X | ISBN-13: 9780558676889
Online purchase price: $92.00More Info

In this section:

Instructor Resources

Downloadable Instructor Resources
Other Instructor Resources

Student Resources

Websites and online courses
Other student resources

eLearning & Assessment

Websites and Online Courses

Course & Discipline Resources

For the Mathematics Discipline

Activities Manual (Download only) for Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach, 5/E
Bennett & Briggs
©2011 | Pearson | On-line Supplement | Live
ISBN-10: 0321664167 | ISBN-13: 9780321664167

Insider's Guide for Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach, 5/E
Bennett & Briggs
©2011 | Pearson | Paper; 120 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321664175 | ISBN-13: 9780321664174

Instructor's Solutions Manual for Using and Understanding Mathematics, 5/E
Bennett & Briggs
©2011 | Pearson | Paper; 216 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321652932 | ISBN-13: 9780321652935

Instructor's Testing Manual (Download only) for Using and Understanding Mathematics, 5/E
Bennett & Briggs
©2011 | Pearson | On-line Supplement; 432 pp | Live
ISBN-10: 0321652959 | ISBN-13: 9780321652959

PowerPoint Slides (Download only) for Using and Understanding Mathematics, 5/E
Bennett & Briggs
©2011 | Pearson | On-line Supplement | Live
ISBN-10: 0321652967 | ISBN-13: 9780321652966

TestGen® Computerized Test Bank for Using and Understanding Mathematics, 5/E
Bennett & Briggs
©2011 | Pearson | On-line Supplement | Live
ISBN-10: 0321652983 | ISBN-13: 9780321652980

Websites and online courses

Annotated Instructor's Edition for Using and Understanding Mathematics, 5/E
Bennett & Briggs
©2011 | Pearson | Cloth; 768 pp | Out of Stock
ISBN-10: 0321652940 | ISBN-13: 9780321652942
More Info

Other student resources

Student Study Guide and Solutions Manual for Using and Understanding Mathematics, 5/E
Bennett & Briggs
©2011 | Pearson | Paper; 192 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321652975 | ISBN-13: 9780321652973
Net price: $27.50 (What's this?)More Info

Video Lectures on DVD for Using and Understanding Mathematics, 5/E
Bennett & Briggs
©2011 | Pearson | DVD | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321652991 | ISBN-13: 9780321652997
Net price: $25.00 (What's this?)More Info

For the Mathematics Discipline

Allied Health Study Card, 2/E
Forshier
©2006 | Pearson | Study Card | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321394747 | ISBN-13: 9780321394743
Net price: $3.00 (What's this?)More Info

Basic Math Review Card, 2/E
Addison-Wesley
©2006 | Pearson | Study Card; 6 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321394763 | ISBN-13: 9780321394767
Net price: $3.00 (What's this?)More Info

Center for Excellence Sticker
Addison Wesley Higher Education Group
©2000 | Pearson | Unknown / Other | Instock
ISBN-10: 0201716275 | ISBN-13: 9780201716276
Suggested retail price: $0.00Net price: $0.00 (What's this?)More Info

Concept Videos: Algebra
Addison-Wesley
©2008 | Pearson | Multiple Media Package | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321517199 | ISBN-13: 9780321517197
Suggested retail price: $36.67Net price: $27.50 (What's this?)More Info

Concept Videos: Basic Math & Prealgebra
Addison-Wesley
©2008 | Pearson | Multiple Media Package | Instock
ISBN-10: 032151758X | ISBN-13: 9780321517586
Suggested retail price: $36.67Net price: $27.50 (What's this?)More Info

Discovering Algebra: Examples with Keystrokes on the TI-83/TI-82 and TI-85/TI-86, A Laboratory Approach
Pirich & Bigliani
©1997 | Pearson | Paper; 195 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0136492037 | ISBN-13: 9780136492030
Net price: $35.85 (What's this?)More Info

Graphing Calculator Tutorial CD
Addison-Wesley
©2006 | Pearson | CD-ROM Only | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321357744 | ISBN-13: 9780321357748
Net price: $10.00 (What's this?)More Info

Overcoming Math Anxiety, 2/E
Davidson & Levitov
©2000 | Pearson | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321069188 | ISBN-13: 9780321069184
Net price: $27.50 (What's this?)More Info

Prealgebra Review Workbook
Wheel
©2006 | Pearson | Paper; 300 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321473329 | ISBN-13: 9780321473325
Net price: $27.50 (What's this?)More Info

Review of Algebra, A
Howard
©2002 | Pearson | Paper; 224 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0201773473 | ISBN-13: 9780201773477
Net price: $27.50 (What's this?)More Info

Spanish Basic Math Study Card
Leonarte
©2007 | Pearson | Study Card | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321438582 | ISBN-13: 9780321438584
Net price: $3.00 (What's this?)More Info

TestGen All-in-One 2005 Package
Addison-Wesley
©2005 | Pearson | CD-ROM Only | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321334469 | ISBN-13: 9780321334466
Suggested retail price: $0.00Net price: $0.00 (What's this?)More Info

Websites and Online Courses

Give your students a choice! PearsonChoices products are designed to give your students more value and flexibility by letting them choose from a variety of text and media formats to best match their learning style and their budget.

Pearson Higher Education offers special pricing when you choose to package your text with other student resources. If you're interested in creating a cost-saving package for your students, see the Packages Tab.

Pearson Custom Mathematics
Pearson
©2009 | Pearson | On-line Supplement | Live
ISBN-10: 0321625242 | ISBN-13: 9780321625243
More Info
Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach plus MyMathLab/MyStatLab Student Access Code Card, 5/E
Bennett & Briggs
©2011 | Pearson | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321708954 | ISBN-13: 9780321708953
Net price: $122.50 (What's this?)Brief Description |
This package consists of the textbook plus an access kit for MyMathLab/MyStatLab.

Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach increases students‘ mathematical literacy so that they better understand the mathematics used in their daily lives.

Ideal for courses that emphasize quantitative reasoning, Bennett and Briggs prepare students to use math effectively to make better decisions throughout their lives. Contents are organized with that in mind, with engaging coverage in sections like Taking Control of Your Finances, Dividing the Political Pie, and a full chapter about Mathematics and the Arts.

This Fifth Edition offers new hands-on Activities for use with students in class, new ways for students to check their understanding through Quick Quizzes, and a new question type in MyMathLab that applies math to recent events in the news. In addition, the authors increase their coverage of consumer math, and provide a stronger emphasis on technology through new Using Technology features and exercises. The new Insider's Guide provides instructors with tips and ideas for effective use of the text in teaching the course.

MyMathLab provides a wide range of homework, tutorial, and assessment tools that make it easy to manage your course online.
More Info
Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach, A La Carte with MML/MSL Student Access Kit (adhoc for valuepacks), 5/E
Bennett & Briggs
©2011 | Pearson | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321706064 | ISBN-13: 9780321706065
Net price: $78.50 (What's this?)Brief Description |
Books à la Carte are unbound, three-hole-punch versions of the textbook. This lower cost option is easy to transport and comes with same access code or media that would be packaged with the bound book.

Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach increases students‘ mathematical literacy so that they better understand the mathematics used in their daily lives.

Ideal for courses that emphasize quantitative reasoning, Bennett and Briggs prepare students to use math effectively to make better decisions throughout their lives. Contents are organized with that in mind, with engaging coverage in sections like Taking Control of Your Finances, Dividing the Political Pie, and a full chapter about Mathematics and the Arts.

This Fifth Edition offers new hands-on Activities for use with students in class, new ways for students to check their understanding through Quick Quizzes, and a new question type in MyMathLab that applies math to recent events in the news. In addition, the authors increase their coverage of consumer math, and provide a stronger emphasis on technology through new Using Technology features and exercises. The new Insider's Guide provides instructors with tips and ideas for effective use of the text in teaching the course.

This Package Contains:

Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach, Fifth Edition, (à la Carte edition) with MyMathLab/MyStatLab Student Access Kit

More Info
Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach, Books a la Carte Edition, 5/E
Bennett & Briggs
©2011 | Pearson | Unbound (Saleable); 744 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321691148 | ISBN-13: 9780321691149
Net price: $69.00 (What's this?)Brief Description |
This edition features the exact same content as the traditional text in a convenient, three-hole- punched, loose-leaf version. Books à la Carte also offer a great value–this format costs significantly less than a new textbook.

Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach increases students‘ mathematical literacy so that they better understand the mathematics used in their daily lives.

Ideal for courses that emphasize quantitative reasoning, Bennett and Briggs prepare students to use math effectively to make better decisions throughout their lives. Contents are organized with that in mind, with engaging coverage in sections like Taking Control of Your Finances, Dividing the Political Pie, and a full chapter about Mathematics and the Arts.

This Fifth Edition offers new hands-on Activities for use with students in class, new ways for students to check their understanding through Quick Quizzes, and a new question type in MyMathLab that applies math to recent events in the news. In addition, the authors increase their coverage of consumer math, and provide a stronger emphasis on technology through new Using Technology features and exercises. The new Insider's Guide provides instructors with tips and ideas for effective use of the text in teaching the course.
More Info
Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach, CourseSmart eTextbook, 5/E
Bennett & Briggs
©2011 | Pearson | Electronic Book; 788 pp | Available
ISBN-10: 0321664345 | ISBN-13: 9780321664341
Online purchase price: $60.99
Brief Description |
CourseSmart eTextbooks are a creative digital solution that offers the freedom and convenience of online, offline, and mobile access using a single platform. With a CourseSmart eTextbook, students can:
search the text
make notes online
print out reading assignments that incorporate lecture notes
bookmark important passages for later review
save money. As an alternative to purchasing the print textbook, students can subscribe to the same content online for a significant discount off the suggested list price of the print text.
For more information, or to subscribe to the CourseSmart eTextbook, visit www.coursesmart.com (for customers in U.S. and Canada) or www.coursesmart.co.uk (for customers in Europe, Middle East, and Africa).
More Info
| Students, buy access

I accept, proceed with download

This product is a member of the following series. Click on the series name to see the full list of products in the series.

Pearson Custom Mathematics

Password:

Forgot login/password? | Need to redeem an access code?

We're sorry!

We don't recognize your login or password. Please try again.

If you continue to have problems, try retrieving your login name password or contacting Customer Technical Support.

We're sorry!

The account you used to log in on the previous website does not contain IRC access.
If you have a separate IRC count, please log in using that login name and password.
If you do not have an IRC account, you canrequest access here

close window

Your access will expire soon.

To ensure uninterrupted service, you should renew your access for this site soon.

Renew now or proceed without renewing.

close window

We're sorry!

Your access to the Instructor Resource Center has expired.

To continue using the IRC, renew your access now.

An internal error has occurred. Please try again.

Instructor Resource Center File Download

This work is protected by local and international copyright laws and is provided solely for the use of instructors in teaching their courses and assessing student learning. Dissemination or sale of any part of this work (including on the World Wide Web) will destroy the integrity of the work and is not permitted. The work and materials from this site should never be made available to students except by instructors using the accompanying text in their classes. All recipients of this work are expected to abide by these restrictions and to honor the intended pedagogical purposes and the needs of other instructors who rely on these materials.

Cancel