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Chapter 1 CRITICAL THINKING, LOGICAL REASONING, AND
PROBLEM SOLVING
Section 1.1: Truth Tables
Section 1.2: Answering Syllogisms Using Deduction And The Chain Rule
Section 1.3: Syllogism Quiz With Link To All Topics
Section 1.4: Polya's Prescription For Problem Solving
Chapter 2 NUMBERS AND NUMERACY
Section 2.4: Converting Repeating Decimals To Fractions
Section 2.5: Converting Percents To Fractions Or Decimals
Section 2.6: Exercises Using Exponents
Chapter 3 DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS--DATA AND PATTERNS
Section 3.1: Data Compared On Basic Statistical PlotsSection 3.3: A Look At Types Of Graphs And How To Mislead
Section 3.4: Box and Whiskers Plots for Barometric Pressure Statistics
Chapter 4 INFERENTIAL STATISTICS--DISTRIBUTIONS, SURVEYS,
SAMPLES, AND CONFIDENT PREDICTIONS
Section 4.1: Variance And Standard Deviation
Section 4.1: Z-scores
Section 4.2: Polling Errors And How They Relate To Statistics
Section 4.4: Java Applet For Finding Regression Line
Chapter 5 PROBABILITY
Section 5.1: A Look At The LotterySection 5.2: Fundamental Counting Principle Examples
Section 5.3: Roulette Probability
Section 5.3: Understanding Conditional Probability
Chapter 6 CONSUMER MATHEMATICS--BUYING AND SAVING
Section 6.1: Compound Interest CalculatorSection 6.1: A Look At A Real Company And Compound Interest
Section 6.2: Annual Percentage Rates And Payment Examples
Section 6.2: A Bank With Simple Interest Loans
Section 6.3: Amortization Calculator
Section 6.3: Finding Amortization Schedules
Section 6.4: Shopping For Mortgage
Section 6.5: Annuities Online
Chapter 7 GAME THEORY
Section 7.1: Interactive Rock, Scissors, PaperSection 7.1: Timeline History Of Game Theory
Chapter 8 MANAGEMENT MATHEMATICS
Section 8.1: Finding A Feasible Region For A System Of Linear InequalitiesSection 8.2: Linear Programming Models
Chapter 9 VOTING AND APPORTIONMENT
Section 9.1: Voting Program To DownloadSection 9.3: The Center For Voting And Democracy
Chapter 10 GEOMETRY
Section 10.1: Questions Using Pythagorean's TheoremSection 10.1: Tesselations
Section 10.3: Reflector Vs Refractor: The Use Of Parabolas On Telescopes
Section 10.3: Parabola
Section 10.4: Hyperbola
Section 10.4: Ellipse
Chapter 11 GROWTH AND SCALING
Section 11.1: Similar Triangles QuizSection 11.2: Area, Volume, Scaling
Section 11.3: Radioactive Decay, Half-Life And Carbon Dating
Section 11.3: Radioactive Decay Calculator
Section 11.3: Editorial And History Of Ponzi's Scheme
Chapter 12 RECURSION AND FRACTALS
Section 12.1: Indepth Look At Fibonacci Numbers And The Golden SectionSection 12.2: Why Does The Sierpinski Triangle Arise From The Chaos Game?
Section 12.2: Paradox Of The Sierpinski Gasket
Section 12.2: The Von Koch Snowflake
Section 12.3: Fractals In Nature
Section 12.3: Fractals: Julia Set
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