The Everything Everyday Math Book: From Tipping To Taxes, All The Real-World, Everyday Math Skills You Need - Softcover

Monahan, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1440566437 ISBN 13: 9781440566431

Publisher: Adams Media, 2013

Synopsis

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!

About this title

About the Author

Christopher Monahan has been a national instructor and trainer for Texas Instruments' Teachers Teaching with Technology professional development organization since 2001, and has frequently blogged advice for overcoming math anxiety and other topics online for Education.TI.com. He is a retired teacher with more than thirty years of mathematics classroom experience at the college and high school levels. He is the president of the Association of Mathematics Teachers of New York State, and the author of The Everything Guide to Algebra. He lives in Gansevoort, NY.

Edition details

• Publisher: Adams Media
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1440566437
• ISBN 13: 9781440566431
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288