The Everything Everyday Math Book

The Everything Everyday Math Book

Author: Christopher Monahan

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-11-08

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 1440566445

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All the math basics you'll ever need! It's not too late to learn practical math skills! You may not need to use quadratic equations very often, but math does play a large part in everyday life. On any given day, you'll need to know how long a drive will take, what to tip a waiter, how large a rug to buy, and how to calculate a discount. With The Everything Everyday Math Book, you'll get a refresher course in all the basics you need, including: Adding and subtracting fractions Understanding percentages Using ratios Finding area and perimeter You'll the learn formulas and shortcuts to help in hundreds of everyday situations, from budgeting and paying bills to shopping, redecorating, preparing taxes, and evaluating loans and other financial instruments. With this easy-to-follow guide, you'll never get stuck on a math problem again!


Everyday Maths for Grown-Ups

Everyday Maths for Grown-Ups

Author: Kjartan Poskitt

Publisher:

Published: 2015-03-26

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781782433354

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Day-to-day life is full of scenarios where your skill with numbers is tested, whether it's dividing up your share of the restaurant bill, or working out whether you've been overcharged at the checkout. So many of us try to avoid these basic sums at all costs, waiting for someone else to step in with the answer, but Everyday Maths for Grown-Ups is the perfect solution! Includes chapters on: . How to Check a Till Receipt Quickly . Long Division . Multiplying and Dividing by 10, 100 or 1,000 . Money and Percentages . Converting Metres, Litres and Grams . Angles, Triangles and Trig. This book contains all the shortcuts, fun tricks and new approaches you need to tackle even complex calculations with confidence.


Merriam-Webster's Guide to Everyday Math

Merriam-Webster's Guide to Everyday Math

Author: Brian Burrell

Publisher: Merriam-Webster

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9780877796213

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Step-by-step guidance for clear answers to common math problems, this guide has extensive coverage of all situations involving numbers. Technical terms are highlighted and cross-referenced, and the book includes a concise directory to all information.


Everyday Maths

Everyday Maths

Author: Pauline Rogers

Publisher: Pascal Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9781741250435

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This book gives you a range of basic everyday maths tips, including: the maths of buying, selling and investing in property what your renovation will cost calculating the return from shares and short-term investments decoding your pay slip and s uper contributions calculating GST costs smart shoppin g calculating percentages and discounts


Everyday Mathematics 4th Edition, Grade 5, Student Reference Book

Everyday Mathematics 4th Edition, Grade 5, Student Reference Book

Author: Bell et al.

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Published: 2015-05-12

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9780021383566

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Everyday Mathematics is a comprehensive Pre-K through Grade 6 mathematics program engineered for the Common Core State Standards. Developed by The University of Chicago, School Mathematics Project, the Everyday Mathematics spiral curriculum continually reinforces abstract math concepts through concrete real-world applications. -- Provided by publisher.


Everyday Maths Through Everyday Provision

Everyday Maths Through Everyday Provision

Author: Elaine Bennett

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-03-15

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 1136739076

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Children are born naturally mathematical, so why is it sometimes so difficult to observe children being mathematical? Why do so many of us think we are ‘bad’ at maths and how does this subconsciously affect the provision, experiences and opportunities we provide for young children who are starting their mathematical learning journey? This easily accessible book will help you to realise the wonderful mathematical learning happening in your setting all day and every day through the familiar resources and experiences routinely offered to young children. It will help you to think more reflectively about what you are providing for children and suggest ways of making provision richer and more exciting for you and the children in your care. With chapters linked to areas of continuous provision including sand, water, dough, role play, music, outdoors and ICT among many others, this book features: A wide range of activities including key questions, vocabulary and advice on observations Lists of key resources Ideas to support children’s mathematical mark making Useful links to stories and rhymes to engage children and promote mathematical learning Links to other areas of learning and development Suggestions for involving parents Providing a wealth of exciting, meaningful, play-based ways to promote mathematical learning and create a maths rich environment, this highly practical book will help you to develop young children’s confidence and enjoyment of maths through your everyday provision. It is a perfect resource for Early Years Practitioners working in all settings, as well as those studying on childcare, Early Childhood and Early Years Professional Status courses.


How Not to Be Wrong

How Not to Be Wrong

Author: Jordan Ellenberg

Publisher: Penguin Press

Published: 2014-05-29

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1594205221

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A brilliant tour of mathematical thought and a guide to becoming a better thinker, How Not to Be Wrong shows that math is not just a long list of rules to be learned and carried out by rote. Math touches everything we do; It's what makes the world make sense. Using the mathematician's methods and hard-won insights-minus the jargon-professor and popular columnist Jordan Ellenberg guides general readers through his ideas with rigor and lively irreverence, infusing everything from election results to baseball to the existence of God and the psychology of slime molds with a heightened sense of clarity and wonder. Armed with the tools of mathematics, we can see the hidden structures beneath the messy and chaotic surface of our daily lives. How Not to Be Wrong shows us how--Publisher's description.


Everyday Math Tricks for Grown-Ups

Everyday Math Tricks for Grown-Ups

Author: Kjartan Poskitt

Publisher: Readers Digest

Published: 2011-08-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781606523292

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For all you adults out there who still secretly count on your fingers (and toes) or are hopeless without (or maybe even with) a calculator, this is the book for you. Does the thought of doing even the simplest of calculations put your stomach in a knot? Do you know how to quickly figure out the discount on that 15 percent off rack? Are you able to calculate your gas mileage or the cost per pound of a bunch of grapes? Imagine how much easier your life would be if you had a few easy-to-remember ways to deal with all of the math challenges you face each and every day. Everyday Math Tricks for Grown-Ups will show you how. Don't worry, this isn't the mind-numbingly boring math textbook you vaguely remember from your dreary schooldays. Lively text and simple examples illustrate all the basics-addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division-and even gets into some more advanced topics such as ratios, decimals, powers, and roots. You'll find yourself dipping in and out often whenever you need to brush up. This book promises to provide many eureka moments as a light bulb goes off when you finally grasp concepts that may have mystified you up until now. And along the way, reading about even the most boring of concepts will provide you with a few good laughs. As you will soon discover, this book will make everyday math problems as easy as pi!


Math in Everyday Life

Math in Everyday Life

Author: David E. Newton

Publisher: Math in Everyday Life

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780825142581

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With Math in Everyday Life, students apply basic math skills to all aspects of everyday life. Students use realistic and accurate forms, worksheets, and other paperwork to help build an understanding of an comfort level with the forms and related math applications that are part of daily living.


The Maths Handbook

The Maths Handbook

Author: Richard Elwes

Publisher: Quercus Publishing

Published: 2017-02-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781782069454

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This is the perfect introduction for those who have a lingering fear of maths. If you think that maths is difficult, confusing, dull or just plain scary, then The Maths Handbook is your ideal companion. Covering all the basics including fractions, equations, primes, squares and square roots, geometry and fractals, Dr Richard Elwes will lead you gently towards a greater understanding of this fascinating subject. Even apparently daunting concepts are explained simply, with the assistance of useful diagrams, and with a refreshing lack of jargon. So whether you're an adult or a student, whether you like Sudoku but hate doing sums, or whether you've always been daunted by numbers at work, school or in everyday life, you won't find a better way of overcoming your nervousness about numbers and learning to enjoy making the most of mathematics.