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Solving problems using elementary mathematics / David Gay.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: San Francisco, Calif. : Dellen Pub. Co. ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada, c1992.Description: xxvii, 1028 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0023411015
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 510   20
Contents:
The purpose of this book is to get the student actively involved in solving problems with mathematics. Each chapter develops ideas and techniques that are related by a common theme. The first part of the chapter develops these in the following format: statement of a problem, solution of the problem, mathematical idea springing from the solution, exercises to try out the new idea. Second part of the chapter one or more sections of the following types. Looking Back, Looking Ahead, Extending Ideas and Calculators and Computers. End of the chapter features important ideas and techniques; Problem set. Problem set has two parts. Practicing Skills and Using Ideas. There is also a Three-Chapter Review, a sample test over the material of the previous three chapters. Solutions to the problems in these Reviews are in the back of the book.
Summary: In this book the author makes the learner an active participant in doing mathematics. He helps the reader discover how mathematical thinking can be used to analyze and solve varied problems, some of which should be of interest to almost anybody, no matter what his or her previous background
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Includes index.

The purpose of this book is to get the student actively involved in solving problems with mathematics. Each chapter develops ideas and techniques that are related by a common theme. The first part of the chapter develops these in the following format: statement of a problem, solution of the problem, mathematical idea springing from the solution, exercises to try out the new idea. Second part of the chapter one or more sections of the following types. Looking Back, Looking Ahead, Extending Ideas and Calculators and Computers. End of the chapter features important ideas and techniques; Problem set. Problem set has two parts. Practicing Skills and Using Ideas. There is also a Three-Chapter Review, a sample test over the material of the previous three chapters. Solutions to the problems in these Reviews are in the back of the book.

In this book the author makes the learner an active participant in doing mathematics. He helps the reader discover how mathematical thinking can be used to analyze and solve varied problems, some of which should be of interest to almost anybody, no matter what his or her previous background

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