Maths Resources Index
Algebra
- Videos, slides and mini quizzes from Warwick Refresher Maths for Economics
- Handouts from Mathtutor
- Refresher booklet, videos and self-tests from Mathtutor
- Formative assessments can be selected from the maths e.g. Numbers and Algebra topics especially:
Differentiation
- Videos, slides and mini quizzes from Warwick Refresher Maths for Economics
- Teaching and Learning guide from METAL
- Powerpoint slides from METAL
- Handouts from Mathtutor
- Self-test materials from Mathcentre
- Formative assessments can be selected from the maths e.g. Differentiation and Economics topics especially:
Differentiation: maxima and minima
- Slope, curvature and optimization: videos and quizzes from Warwick Refresher Mathematics for Economics
- Video, exercises and 10 page booklet from Mathtutor
- Leaflets and handout from Mathcentre
- Formative assessments can be selected from the maths e.g. Differentiation and Economics topics especially:
- Join our Question Bank for problem sets on this topic
Fractions and Percentages
- Films and animations from METAL
- Explanatory text and examples from Math You Need Econ
- Video clips, text and self-tests from Mathcentre
- Marginal Analysis: text and examples from Math You Need Econ
- Handouts on fractions, ratios, percentages and roots from Mathtutor
- Formative assessments can be selected from maths e.g. especially:
- Case study: "Measuring inequality: Using the Lorenz Curve and Gini Coefficient"
- Case study: "Economic Growth: What Factors Matter?"
- Join our Question Bank for problem sets on this topic
Functions and Graphs
- Functions and Inverses: video and quizzes from Warwick Refresher Mathematics for Economics
- Review of Graphs: Visual Display of Information from Syracuse University
- Understanding Graphs: text and self-test problems from Math You Need Econ
- Graphing Data: text and self-test problems from Math You Need Econ
- Handouts from Mathtutor
- Video clips, text and self-tests from Mathcentre
- Teaching and Learning Guide on Non-linear equations from METAL
- Formative assessments can be selected from the maths e.g. Algebra and Elementary Functions topics especially:
Geometric progressions: interest and growth
- Sequences and Series: video and quizzes from Warwick Refresher Mathematics for Economics
- Teaching and Learning guide: Finance and Growth from METAL
- Films and animations from METAL
- Videos and other materials on series from Mathtutor
- Video clips, text and self-tests from Mathcentre
- Formative assessments can be selected from the maths e.g. Algebra and Economics topics especially:
- Case study: "Affording the mortgage" (geometric progression)
- Case study: "Does income constrain household spending?"
- Case study: "UK house prices: Going through the roof?"
- Case study: "Spending on plastic: the potential for financial distress"
- Case study: "Saving for the Future: Don't leave it too late!"
- Case study: "Economic Growth: What Factors Matter?"
Integration
- Video and quizzes from Wawrwick Refresher Mathematics for Economics
- Teaching and Learning guide from METAL
- Introduction to Integration from MathsIsFun.com
- Handouts from Mathtutor
- Text and self-tests from Mathcentre
- Formative assessments can be selected from the maths e.g. Integration topic especially:
- Case study: "Estimating a demand curve for un-priced environmental goods" (example of using a definite integral)
- Case study: "Affording the mortgage" (definite integral)
- Case study: "Saving for the Future: Don't leave it too late!"
Linear Equations
- Teaching and Learning guide from METAL
- Slope: Explanatory text and examples from Math You Need Econ
- Linear Equations from MathsIsFun.com
- Films and animations from METAL
- Video, text and self-tests from Mathcentre
- Formative assessments can be selected from the maths e.g. Coordinate geometry topic especially:
- Case study: "Household spending: When income matters in the end"
Linear Programming
- Teaching and Learning Guide on Linear Programming from METAL
- Teaching and Learning Guide on Partial Differentiation from METAL
- Formative assessments can be selected from the maths e.g. Linear Programming topic especially:
Logarithms and Indices
- Videos and quizzes from Warwick Refresher Mathematics for Economics
- Two-page handout on indicial equations from Mathcentre
- Introduction to logarithms from MathsIsFun.com
- Video, handouts and self-tests in exponential & logarithmic functions from Mathcentre
- Formative assessments can be selected from the maths e.g. Algebra and Elementary Functions topics especially:
- Case study: "Do households smooth their consumption?"
- Case study: "Deriving constant price estimates of GDP: An illustration of chain-linking"
- Case study: "UK house prices: Going through the roof?"
- Case study: "Economic Growth: What Factors Matter?"
Matrices
- Videos and quizzes from Warwick Refresher Mathematics for Economics
- Teaching and Learning Guide from METAL
- Handouts and video from Mathcentre
- Formative assessments can be selected from the maths e.g. Matrices and Economics topics especially:
- Introduction to Matrices from MathsIsFun.com
- Essence of Linear Algebra (YouTube playlist) 3Blue1Brown
Probability and Expectation
- Probability from MathsIsFun.com
- Formative assessments can be selected from the maths e.g. Probability topic especially:
- Case study: "Counting the cost of effective health policy" (probability in sensitivity analysis)
- Case study: "Probability in action: Gambling, the US Presidency and the market for car insurance" (betting odds and conditional probabilities)
Sigma notation
- Introduction to Sigma Notation from MathsIsFun.com
- Sums, series and Sigma summation notation: video and quizzes from Warwick Refresher Mathematics for Economics
- Video, handout and self-tests from Mathcentre
- Formative assessments can be selected from the maths e.g. Algebra and Economics topics especially:
- Case study: "Measuring the competitiveness of sport: are the top teams getting too strong?" (Concentration ratio)
- Case study: "Is the Scottish Premier League less competitive than its English Counterpart?" (Hirschman-Herfindahl Index)
- Case study: "Measuring health improvements for a cost effectiveness analysis"
Simultaneous (linear) equations
- Systems of linear equations: video and quizzes from Warwick Refresher Mathematics for Economics
- Teaching and Learning guide from METAL
- Films and animations from METAL
- Explanatory text and practice problems from Math You Need Econ
- Video and animations from Mathtutor
- Video, text and self-tests from Mathcentre
- Formative assessments can be selected from the maths e.g. Algebra and Economics topics especially:
Printable resources
Our printable Maths Formula Sheet has helpful reminders for most of the above topics
Interactive Economics Facts and Formulae is a 12-page document by Martin Greenhow (Brunel University) with quick summaries for many applications of maths in economics, and copious links to questions in the Maths E.G. database.
Other links to resources
Teaching and learning materials
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George Orlov and Doug McKee, Cornell University
A freely usable library of standardised assessments for economics students, with an option to deliver the assessments online and have a summary report emailed to the lecturer. These are designed as "an objective, repeatable measure of what your students know about a particular subject" and so support testing of prerequisites for a course and enable pedagogical research.
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