Table of Contents

Gridville In Case of Fire Linear Village Absolute Village Minimax Village Return to Gridville Strategies Decisions Changing Your Strategy Changing the Payoffs Optimal Strategies Optimal Strategies Revisited Games That Are Not Zero Sum Hidden Connections Connections Procedures Minimum Spanning Tree Algorithms Coloring to Avoid Conflicts Traveling Salesperson Problems Matching The Right Stuff Packaging Models Designing a Package Technological Solutions Getting the Facts Packaging Spheres Unit Summary Proximity Colorado Needs Rain! Neighborhoods Rainfall A Method of a Different Colour Digging for Answers Growth Growing Concerns Double Trouble Finding Time Sum Kind of Growth Mixed Growth Motion Learning Your Lines Falling in Line It Feels Like Fall What Goes Up Must Come Down The Grand Finale

Author Biography

COMAP, the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications, is a group of mathematicians and teachers dedicated to helping students learn by showing how mathematics is put to work in their lives.