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Quantitative Problem Solving in Natural Resources
Description
This text is intended to support courses that bridge the divide between mathematics typically encountered in U.S. high school curricula and the practical problems that natural resource students might engage with in their disciplinary coursework and professional internships.
Publication Details
Published: October 5, 2018
Publisher: Iowa State University Digital Press
Location: Ames, IA
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31274/isudp.29
Downloads: 5326
Chapters
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Problem Solving as a Process
- 3. Some Teaser Problems
- 4. Quantities in the Real World
- 5. Working with Numbers
- 6. Reasoning with Data
- 7. Interlude: Collecting and Managing Data
- 8. Geometry and Geography
- 9. Triangles
- 10. Generalizing Relationships
- 11. Relationships Between Variables
- 12. Modeling
- 13. Models of Growth and Decay
Citation
Moore P. 2018. Quantitative Problem Solving in Natural Resources