| Edition |
Revised edition. |
| Description |
x, 230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 227) and index. |
| Summary |
Reviews the practical math skills used in everyday personal and professional life; offers techniques for working with decimals and fractions; and demonstrates methods of figuring discounts, calculating interest rates, and working out time, rate, and distance problems. |
| Contents |
Simple multiplication -- Long multiplication -- Division -- Fast multiplication and division -- Multiplying and dividing with decimals -- Converting fractions into decimals and decimals into fractions -- Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions -- Advanced word problems -- Percentages -- Negative numbers -- The isolation of x -- Exponents and square roots -- Ratios and proportions -- Finding the areas of rectangles and triangles -- Finding the circumferences and areas of circles -- Rate, time, and distance problems -- Finding x: avanced problems -- Interest rates -- Big numbers -- A taste of statistics -- Personal finances -- Business math. |
| Subject |
Mathematics.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Slavin, Stephen L. All the math you'll ever need. Rev. ed. New York : Wiley, c1999 (OCoLC)671566945 |
| ISBN |
0471317519 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780471317517 paperback alkaline paper |
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