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Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors 1. The Art of Problem Solving 1.1 Solving Problems by Inductive Reasoning 1.2 An Application of Inductive Reasoning: Number Patterns  1.3 Strategies for Problem Solving 1.4 Numeracy in Today’s World Chapter 1 Summary Chapter 1 Test 2. The Basic Concepts of Set Theory 2.1 Symbols and Terminology 2.2 Venn Diagrams and Subsets  2.3 Set Operations  2.4 Surveys and Cardinal Numbers  Chapter 2 Summary Chapter 2 Test  3. Introduction to Logic 3.1 Statements and Quantifiers  3.2 Truth Tables and Equivalent Statements  3.3 The Conditional and Circuits  3.4 The Conditional and Related Statements  3.5 Analyzing Arguments with Euler Diagrams  3.6 Analyzing Arguments with Truth Tables  Chapter 3 Summary Chapter 3 Test  4. Numeration Systems 4.1 Historical Numeration Systems  4.2 More Historical Numeration Systems  4.3 Arithmetic in the Hindu-Arabic System 4.4 Conversion between Number Bases  Chapter 4 Summary Chapter 4 Test  5. Number Theory 5.1 Prime and Composite Numbers  5.2 Large Prime Numbers  5.3 Selected Topics from Number Theory 5.4 Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple 5.5 The Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Ratio 5.6 Magic Squares (online) Chapter 5 Summary Chapter 5 Test  6. The Real Numbers and Their Representations 6.1 Real Numbers, Order, and Absolute Value 6.2 Operations, Properties, and Applications of Real Numbers  6.3 Rational Numbers and Decimal Representation 6.4 Irrational Numbers and Decimal Representation 6.5 Applications of Decimals and Percents  Chapter 6 Summary

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      Publisher: Pearson Education
      Publication Date: 1/13/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780321977076, 978-0321977076
      ISBN10: 0321977076

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      Table of Contents
      Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors 1. The Art of Problem Solving 1.1 Solving Problems by Inductive Reasoning 1.2 An Application of Inductive Reasoning: Number Patterns  1.3 Strategies for Problem Solving 1.4 Numeracy in Today’s World Chapter 1 Summary Chapter 1 Test 2. The Basic Concepts of Set Theory 2.1 Symbols and Terminology 2.2 Venn Diagrams and Subsets  2.3 Set Operations  2.4 Surveys and Cardinal Numbers  Chapter 2 Summary Chapter 2 Test  3. Introduction to Logic 3.1 Statements and Quantifiers  3.2 Truth Tables and Equivalent Statements  3.3 The Conditional and Circuits  3.4 The Conditional and Related Statements  3.5 Analyzing Arguments with Euler Diagrams  3.6 Analyzing Arguments with Truth Tables  Chapter 3 Summary Chapter 3 Test  4. Numeration Systems 4.1 Historical Numeration Systems  4.2 More Historical Numeration Systems  4.3 Arithmetic in the Hindu-Arabic System 4.4 Conversion between Number Bases  Chapter 4 Summary Chapter 4 Test  5. Number Theory 5.1 Prime and Composite Numbers  5.2 Large Prime Numbers  5.3 Selected Topics from Number Theory 5.4 Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple 5.5 The Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Ratio 5.6 Magic Squares (online) Chapter 5 Summary Chapter 5 Test  6. The Real Numbers and Their Representations 6.1 Real Numbers, Order, and Absolute Value 6.2 Operations, Properties, and Applications of Real Numbers  6.3 Rational Numbers and Decimal Representation 6.4 Irrational Numbers and Decimal Representation 6.5 Applications of Decimals and Percents  Chapter 6 Summary

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