Electronic Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

Chicago, Illinois, October 30-November 2, 2003

Paper S021

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Edited by Corinna Mansfield, ISBN 0-321-30456-x, Copyright (C) 2005 by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.


Risky Business: Connecting Mathematics and Business Concepts

Ronald J. Harshbarger


University of South Carolina Beaufort
1 College Center
Hilton Head, SC 29928
USA


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Lisa S. Yocco


Georgia Southern University
P.O. Box 8093
Statesboro, GA 30460
USA


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ABSTRACT

Business and Economics majors will likely have careers that require reading and comprehension, problem solving skills, and the ability to analyze and interpret. Thus we have created group projects that require students to work collaboratively to solve problems that connect mathematics concepts and skills with business and economics applications.

Keyword(s): applications, calculus