Quantitative Literacy: Math and Money is a modern, application-driven textbook that equips students with the mathematical skills needed to navigate real financial decisions. Designed for national general education quantitative reasoning courses, the text blends clear explanations with authentic, data-drive examples drawn for personal finance, consumer decision-making, loans, credit, investing, and risk.
The publication emphasizes conceptual understanding through interactive multimedia, scaffolded practice, and real-world problem sets that build financial confidence. Its intuitive structure, consistent design, and accessibility-aligned formatting make it ideal for diverse student populations, including first-year students and non-STEM majors.
By integrating assignments, assessments, and a full suite of instructor and student ancillaries, the text provides a complete, ready-to-adopt course package for institutions seeking a practical, relevant, and engaging approach to quantitative literacy.
- Chapter 1 All the Money in the World
- Chapter 2 Piggybank
- Chapter 3 Game of Loans
- Chapter 4 Stocks, Bitcoin, and Lambos
- Chapter 5 Don't Pull All Your Eggs...
- Chapter 6 MTV Cribs
- Chapter 7 Death and Taxes
- Chapter 8 Big Money
- Chapter 9 Gov Injections
- Chapter 10 Your Vote Counts
- Chapter 11 Gerry and the Salamander
- Chapter 12 Ballin’ on a Budget