Actually, What Is an Actuary?.

Oudshoorn, Susan; Finkelstein, Gary

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Publication Date: 1991

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Actually, What Is an Actuary?

Oudshoorn, Susan; Finkelstein, Gary

Australian Mathematics Teacher, v47 n1 p20-22 Apr 1991

The actuarial profession is described to provide secondary school mathematics teachers insights into how actuaries use mathematics in solving real life problems. Examples are provided involving compound interest, the probability of dying, and inflation with computer modeling. (MDH)

Descriptors: Career Awareness, Careers, Computer Oriented Programs, Inflation (Economics), Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Formulas, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Probability, Secondary Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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