All the Math You'll Ever Need: A Self-Teaching Guide, Revised Edition (Wiley Self-Teaching Guides) - Softcover

Slavin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471317519 ISBN 13: 9780471317517

Publisher: Wiley, 1999

Synopsis

A sharp mind, like a healthy body, is subject to the same ruleof nature: Use it or lose it

Need a calculator just to work out a 15 percent service charge? Not exactly sure how to get the calculator to give you the figureyou need? Turn to this revised and updated edition of All the MathYou'll Ever Need, the friendliest, funniest, and easiest workoutprogram around.

In no time, you'll have total command of all the powerfulmathematical tools needed to make numbers work for you. In adollars-and-cents, bottom-line world, where numbers influenceeverything, none of us can afford to let our math skills atrophy.This step-by-step personal math trainer:

• Refreshes practical math skills for your personal andprofessional needs, with examples based on everyday situations.
• Offers straightforward techniques for working with decimals and fractions.
• Demonstrates simple ways to figure discounts, calculatemortgage interest rates, and work out time, rate, and distance problems.
• Contains no complex formulas and no unnecessary technical terms.

About this title

About the Author

STEVE SLAVIN, Ph.D., is a professor of economics at Union County College in Cranford, New Jersey. He is the author of several textbooks and self-teaching guides, including Quick Business Math, Math for Your First and Second Grader, and Economics (all from Wiley).

From the Back Cover

A sharp mind, like a healthy body, is subject to the same rule of nature: Use it or lose it.

Need a calculator just to work out a 15 percent service charge? Not exactly sure how to get the calculator to give you the figure you need? Turn to this revised and updated edition of All the Math You'll Ever Need, the friendliest, funniest, and easiest workout program around.

In no time, you'll have total command of all the powerful mathematical tools needed to make numbers work for you. In a dollars-and-cents, bottom-line world, where numbers influence everything, none of us can afford to let our math skills atrophy. This step-by-step personal math trainer:

• Refreshes practical math skills for your personal and professional needs, with examples based on everyday situations.
• Offers straightforward techniques for working with decimals and fractions.
• Demonstrates simple ways to figure discounts, calculate mortgage interest rates, and work out time, rate, and distance problems.
• Contains no complex formulas and no unnecessary technical terms.

From the Inside Flap

Completely updated—but just as fun and easy!
The classic refresher course in math survival returns.

ALL the MATH YOU'LL EVER NEED
A Self-Teaching Guide
Revised Edition

A sharp mind, like a healthy body, is subject to the same rule of nature: Use it or lose it. Need a calculator just to work out a 15 percent service charge? Not exactly sure how to get the calculator to give you the figure you need? Turn to this revised and updated edition of All the Math You'll Ever Need, the friendliest, funniest, and easiest workout program around.

In no time, you'll have total command of all the powerful mathematical tools needed to make numbers work for you. In a dollars-and-cents, bottom-line world, where numbers influence everything, none of us can afford to let our math skills atrophy. This step-by-step personal math trainer:

• Refreshes practical math skills for your personal and professional needs, with examples based on everyday situations
• Offers straightforward techniques for working with decimals and fractions
• Demonstrates simple ways to figure discounts, calculate mortgage interest rates, and work out time, rate, and distance problems
• Contains no complex formulas and no unnecessary technical terms

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471317519
• ISBN 13: 9780471317517
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240