Quantitative literacy through games and gambling /
This book was developed to address a need. Quantitative Literacy courses have been established in the mathematics curriculum for decades now. The students in these courses typically dislike and fear mathematics, and the result is often a class populated by many students who are unmotivated and unint...
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| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press,
2025.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Textbooks in mathematics (Boca Raton, Fla.)
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Basic Discrete Probability1.1. Elementary Set Theory1.2. Sample Spaces1.3. Events1.4. Definition of Probability1.5. Complimentary Events1.6. Expected Value1.7. Odds 2. Roulette2.1. The Rules of the Game2.2. Some Basic Probability Calculations2.3. Roulette "Systems" 3. Conditional Probability and Independence3.1. Definition of Conditional Probability3.2. Law of Total Probability3.3. Independent Events3.4. The Monty Hall Problem 4. Craps4.1. Rules of the Game4.2. Analysis of the Shooter's Game4.3. Other Bets 5. Counting Large Sets: An Introduction to Combinatorics5.1. Two Counting Rules5.2. Permutations and Combinations 6. Poker6.1. Poker Hands and their Probabilities6.2. Video Poker6.3. Texas Hold 'Em 7. Lotteries and Keno7.1. Lotteries and Powerball7.2. Keno 8. Blackjack8.1. Rules of the Game8.2. Basic Blackjack Calculations8.3. Card Counting 9. Farkle9.1. Rules of the Game9.2. Various Farkle Probability Calculations9.3. Should You Risk Another Roll? The Probability of Farkling 10. An Introduction to Game Theory10.1. Introduction and Basic Definitions10.2. Zero-sum Games: Domination10.3. Zero-sum Games: Saddle Points10.4. Zero-sum Games: No Saddle Points10.5. Solving 2 x 2 Zero-sum Games10.6. A Simplified Poker Game