DOING SIMPLE MATH IN YOUR HEAD - Softcover

W J HOWARD

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1556524234 ISBN 13: 9781556524233

Publisher: A CAPPELLA BOOKS, 2001

Synopsis

Almost all adults suffer a little math anxiety, especially when it comes to everyday problems they think they should be able to figure out in their heads. Want to figure the six percent sales tax on a $34.50 item? A 15 percent tip for a $13.75 check? The carpeting needed for a 121/2-by-17-foot room? No one learns how to do these mental calculations in school, where the emphasis is on paper-and-pencil techniques. With no math background required and no long list of rules to memorize, this book teaches average adults how to simplify their math problems, provides ample real-life practice problems and solutions, and gives grown-ups the necessary background in basic arithmetic to handle everyday problems quickly.

About this title

Review:

"An antidote to the way math is taught in schools." --Library Journal

Synopsis:

Almost all adults suffer a little maths anxiety, especially when it comes to everyday problems they think they should be able to work out in their heads. No one learns how to do these mental calculations in school, where the emphasis is on paper-and-pencil techniques. With no math background required and no long list of rules to memorise, this book teaches average adults how to simplify their math problems, provides ample real-life practice problems and solutions, and gives grown-ups the necessary background in basic arithmetic to handle everyday problems quickly.

About this edition

• Publisher: A CAPPELLA BOOKS
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1556524234
• ISBN 13: 9781556524233
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1