2 require "../eruby_util.rb"
6 <% print_end_matter_section_header('Three essential mathematical skills') %>\label{begin-skills}
8 More often than not when a search-and-rescue team finds a hiker dead in the wilderness, it turns
9 out that the person won a Darwin Award by not carrying some item from a short list of
10 essentials, such as water and a map. There are three mathematical essentials
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17 \formatlikesection{1. Converting units}
19 %------------------------------------------------
20 m4_include(../share/end/skills_conversions.tex)
21 %------------------------------------------------
23 Examples with solutions ---
24 <% list_some_problems([
25 "mg-to-kg","square-mm-to-cm"
28 Problems you can check at \url{lightandmatter.com/area1checker.html} ---
29 <% list_some_problems([
30 "micrograms","furlongs","estrogen","cubicft","liter-cube"
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37 \formatlikesection{2. Reasoning about ratios and proportionalities}
39 %------------------------------------------------
40 m4_include(../share/end/skills_ratios.tex)
41 %------------------------------------------------
43 Examples with solutions ---
44 <% list_some_problems([
45 "light-bucket","richter","martini","mars-drop-time"
48 Problems you can check at \url{lightandmatter.com/area1checker.html} ---
49 <% list_some_problems([
50 "mars-land-area","cd-hole","extrasolar","mars-trip","crash","therapy"
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57 \formatlikesection{3. Vector addition}\label{skills-vector-addition}
59 %------------------------------------------------
60 m4_include(../share/end/skills_vector_addition.tex)
61 %------------------------------------------------
63 Examples with solutions ---
64 <% list_some_problems([
65 "annieoakley","cargoplane","hockey-pucks"
68 Problems you can check at \url{lightandmatter.com/area1checker.html} ---
69 <% list_some_problems([
70 "walking","fossil","bird","climbing-anchors","planes"