Everyday Math Demystified - Softcover

Stan Gibilisco

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071431195 ISBN 13: 9780071431194

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2004

Synopsis

Say goodbye to dry presentations, gruelling formulas, and abstract theories that would put Einstein to sleep, now there's an easier way to master the disciplines you really need to know. "Everyday Math Demystified" has everything you need to know about essential mathematics, including arithmetic, ratios, and proportions, working with money, the International System of Units, perimeter and area, graphs, stock returns, square roots, rates of change, and much more.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

IT ALL ADDS UP: A GREAT NEW METHOD FOR LEARNING REAL-WORLD MATH

Now anyone with an interest in the math of daily life can gain a deeper understanding. Everyday Math Demystified provides an effective, fun, and totally painless way to improve your understanding and mastery of the math you find in newspapers, on TV, at the bank or store, on vacation, in school -- and just about everywhere.

With Everyday Math Demystified, you master the subject one simple step at a time — at your own speed. This unique self-teaching guide helps you decipher such topics as numbers and arithmetic, measurements, and fractions and graphs, and puts them into the context of real-life situations you’re sure to encounter.

If you want to build or refresh your everyday math skills, here's a fast and entertaining self-teaching course that's specially designed to reduce anxiety. Get ready to:

* Review arithmetic, ratios, proportions, money issues, international units, and scientific notation
* Master equations, solve for unknowns, and figure odds
* Calculate size, shape, and volume
* Read and create graphs in two and three dimensions
* Conquer scientific and engineering math, such as logarithms, exponents, angles, magnitude and direction, and rates of change
* Take a "final exam" and grade it yourself!

Simple enough for real beginners but challenging enough for math-savvy readers, Everyday Math Demystified is your direct route to learning or brushing up on the mathematical aspects of daily life.

About the Author:

Stan Gibilisco is one of McGraw-Hill's most prolific and popular authors. His clear, reader-friendly writing style makes his electronics books accessible to a wide audience, and his background in mathematics and research makes him an ideal editor for professional handbooks. He is the author of the TAB Encyclopedia of Electronics for Technicians and Hobbyists, Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics, and The Illustrated Dictionary of Electronics. Booklist named his McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Personal Computing a "Best Reference" of 1996.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0071431195
• ISBN 13: 9780071431194
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352