
Quantitative Literacy
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This course includes:

181
practice questions

149
engagement activities

199
assessment questions
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Quantitative Literacy Course Outline
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Unit 1.2: Compared To What? (Conversion)
Unit 1.3: Are You Fooling Me? (Simpson's Paradox)
Unit 1.4: Is That Fair? (Apportionment)
Unit 2.1: I Wouldn't Bet On It! Want To Understand Why? (Probability)
Unit 2.2: How To Not Get Rich And Know If You're Dead (Applications of Probability)
Unit 2.3: Describing Data, As An Art Form (Statistics)
Unit 2.4: How Can I Get To Conclusions Without Jumping To Them? (Polling)
Unit 3.1: Is This A Dependent Relationship? (Linear Modeling)
Unit 3.2: Is That A Good Growth Rate? (Exponential Modeling)
Unit 3.3: How Do We Determine Age? (Exponential Decay)
Unit 3.4: How Do We Measure Segregation? (Dissimilarity Index)
Unit 4.1: What Does This Mail From The Bank Mean? (Compound Interest)
Unit 4.2: Should I Save Or Should I Spend? (Annuities)
Unit 4.3: Why Is Life So Expensive? (Loans)
Unit 4.4: Taxes And Stocks And Bonds, Oh My! (Investment)
About the book
Quantitative Literacy

This course is designed to engage students in complex and realistic situations involving the mathematical phenomena of quantity, change and relationship, and uncertainty through project- and activity-based assessment. Emphasis is placed on authentic contexts which will introduce the concepts of numeracy, proportional reasoning, dimensional analysis, rates of growth, personal finance, consumer statistics, practical probabilities, and mathematics for citizenship.
About the editors:
Senior Contributing Editors
Dr. Sharilyn Owens, Forsyth Technical Community College
Grady Lee Wilsonwithers, Forsyth Technical Community College