Everyday Maths for Grown-ups: Getting to grips with the basics
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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
Author: Kjartan Poskitt
Format: Hardback, 176 pages, 135mm x 205mm, 314 g
Published: 2010, Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Popular Science
Description
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
Everyday Maths for Grown-ups: Getting to grips with the basics