Download or read book Everyday Math Tricks for Grown ups written by Kjartan Poskitt and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Written with lively text and simple examples, this book will illustrate all the basics--addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division--and advanced topics such as ratios decimals, powers, and roots. Filled with shortcuts, tips, tricks, diagrams and a glossary, this book promises to provide many eureka moments as a light bulb goes off when you finally grasp concepts that may have mystified you up until now"--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book Everyday Math Tricks for Grown Ups written by Kjartan Poskitt and published by Readers Digest. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For all you adults out there who still secretly count on your fingers (and toes) or are hopeless without (or maybe even with) a calculator, this is the book for you. Does the thought of doing even the simplest of calculations put your stomach in a knot? Do you know how to quickly figure out the discount on that 15 percent off rack? Are you able to calculate your gas mileage or the cost per pound of a bunch of grapes? Imagine how much easier your life would be if you had a few easy-to-remember ways to deal with all of the math challenges you face each and every day. Everyday Math Tricks for Grown-Ups will show you how. Don't worry, this isn't the mind-numbingly boring math textbook you vaguely remember from your dreary schooldays. Lively text and simple examples illustrate all the basics-addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division-and even gets into some more advanced topics such as ratios, decimals, powers, and roots. You'll find yourself dipping in and out often whenever you need to brush up. This book promises to provide many eureka moments as a light bulb goes off when you finally grasp concepts that may have mystified you up until now. And along the way, reading about even the most boring of concepts will provide you with a few good laughs. As you will soon discover, this book will make everyday math problems as easy as pi!

Download or read book Everyday Maths for Grown Ups written by Kjartan Poskitt and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Everyday Maths for Grown ups written by Kjartan Poskitt and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 this book is the perfect solution! It 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; and, Angles, Triangles and Trig. This book contains all the shortcuts, fun tricks and new approaches you need to tackle even complex calculations with confidence.

Download or read book Mental Math written by Thomas Scofield and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-16 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn Tricks And Strategies To Solve Everyday Math Problems Easily Will you pay more a $19.99 shirt with a 20% discount or a $24.99 shirt with a 30% discount? Can you quickly calculate how many eggs you'll need to make 100 pancakes, if your recipe says that 2 eggs make 20 pancakes? Can you reckon how much will a $30/month gym membership cost over the course of 24 months without writing anything or pulling out a calculator? The truth is, most of the math you find yourself doing on a day to day basis it's usually done in your head, that's why improving your mental math skills is always useful. If you've grown up hating math, that's probably because you've been taught with the wrong approach. Math isn't just boring formulas and pointless calculations, it can actually be a really useful skill. It can help you calculate a discount on the fly, easily multiply big numbers or quickly figure out how much dough packs you'll need to make 50 cookies if one pack will be enough for 20. In this book you'll find many tricks and practical strategies to improve your math skills, learn how to make calculations faster and solve everyday math problems more easily. And don't worry... This isn't your average and boring book on math theory. You'll find helpful, to-the-point tips and tricks that will actually help you speed up and simplify the calculations you do in your everyday life. Here are some practical tricks you'll learn: How To Quickly Multiply Any Number By 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 And 10. Practical Math Strategies That Will Help You Solve Everyday Math Problems More Easily How To Use The Plugging In Numbers (PIN) Technique To Make Calculations Without Any Calculator The Right Way To Calculate Discounts On The Fly And Save More While Shopping Tips And Tricks To Add And Subtract Fractions Faster What Is Trigonometry And How It Can Be Helpful In Physics, Marine Biology, Criminology And Surveying How To Quickly Determine Mean, Median And Standard Deviation In Everyday Life A Complete List Of Conversion Factors To Easily Switch Between Different Units How To Mentally Determine Your Mortgage And Down Payment Amount And Much, Much More Solve Everyday Math Problems More Easily Scroll to the top and select BUY!

Download or read book Mental Math written by Thomas Scofield and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-11-09 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn Tricks And Strategies To Solve Everyday Math Problems Easily Will you pay more a $19.99 shirt with a 20% discount or a $24.99 shirt with a 30% discount? Can you quickly calculate how many eggs you

Download or read book Secrets of Mental Math written by Arthur Benjamin and published by Crown. This book was released on 2008-06-03 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These simple math secrets and tricks will forever change how you look at the world of numbers. Secrets of Mental Math will have you thinking like a math genius in no time. Get ready to amaze your friends—and yourself—with incredible calculations you never thought you could master, as renowned “mathemagician” Arthur Benjamin shares his techniques for lightning-quick calculations and amazing number tricks. This book will teach you to do math in your head faster than you ever thought possible, dramatically improve your memory for numbers, and—maybe for the first time—make mathematics fun. Yes, even you can learn to do seemingly complex equations in your head; all you need to learn are a few tricks. You’ll be able to quickly multiply and divide triple digits, compute with fractions, and determine squares, cubes, and roots without blinking an eye. No matter what your age or current math ability, Secrets of Mental Math will allow you to perform fantastic feats of the mind effortlessly. This is the math they never taught you in school.

Download or read book All the Math You ll Ever Need written by Steve Slavin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1999-03-29 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book More Rapid Math Tricks and Tips written by Edward H. Julius and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1996-03-13 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Math skills you can count on! In this eagerly awaited sequel to the popular Rapid Math Tricks andTips, Professor Ed Julius shows you how to master difficultproblems in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and divisionquickly, easily?and without a calculator. And have fun while doingit! By learning one to two tricks a day for thirty days, you'll beamazed at the increase in your number power. Discover how you canquickly subtract by oversubtracting. Speed up your calculating withplace-value multiplication. See how to add in seconds by breaking anumber apart. More Rapid Math Tricks and Tips includes: * Step-by-step examples to explain each technique * Over 1,400 sample problems and practice exercises * Challenging "brain builders" to keep you on your toes * Weekly quizzes and a final exam so you can check your progress * Fascinating mathematical curiosities and parlor tricks, such asthe Amazing Age-Divining Trick and the Phenomenal Fifth-Root Trick Whether calculating the total at the supermarket checkout,reconciling a bank statement, or figuring the sales tax on yourlatest purchase, More Rapid Math Tricks and Tips makes working withnumbers fast, fun, and easy. It's a must for math lovers, as wellas students, teachers, and anyone who works with numbers on aregular basis. "Ed Julius has written another engaging book that will definitelyexcite the mind." --Mick Horwitz, Founding Director Sierra CanyonCollege Preparatory School, "The original Rapid Math Tricks and Tips has been a staple in myclassroom for the past four years. The sequel is definitely anotherwinner!" --Laurie Curtis-Abbe, Teacher Anacapa Middle School, aCalifornia/National School of Excellence a U.S. Department ofEducation Blue Ribbon Exemplary School

Download or read book Everyday English written by Patrick Scrivenor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you puzzle over participles, argue over agreement, or throw up your hands over the comma? This back-to-basics overview of the English language includes just what you need to know to make a great impression every day—in school, in life, online, and on the job. Each chapter, covering all the essentials from parts of speech to pronunciation to common pitfalls, includes concise, easy-to-find definitions and explanations, countless examples, fun facts, and tips. · Parts of Speech: Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and more form the building blocks of the English language. Don’t get tripped up by tenses, possessive pronouns, or adverbs ever again. · Grammar: From the simplest sentences to the most complex, this quick guide to grammar shows how to construct phrases and clauses, fix fragments, maintain subject-verb agreement, and so much more. · Spelling and Pronunciation: Avoid embarrassing gaffes and typos with this guide to common spellings, vowel and consonant sounds, and word stress. · Punctuation: Eggs or egg’s, the Smiths or the Smith’s (or the Smiths’)—proper punctuation makes all the difference. Never misplace another comma, misuse another apostrophe, or mistake another semicolon for an ink smudge. · Clear Usage: Create sparkling sentences by using ten key principles of great writing, such as Don’t use no double negatives, Steer clear of clichés, and It is thought that using passive voice should be avoided. (CK final keys) · Pitfalls and Confusions: Avoid misunderstandings with this handy list of some of the most commonly confused words, spellings, and meanings—from affect and effect to your and you’re.

Download or read book Math Magic written by Scott Flansburg and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MATH MAGIC revised edition is for all of us who need and want to improve our understanding of math. Flansburg makes math what you may never have imagined it to be: easy and fun. Scott Flansburg’s heartfelt belief is that there are no “mathematical illiterates,” just people who have not learned how to make math work for them. But millions of otherwise successful adults are afraid to balance their checkbooks and don’t know how to figure interest on savings or credit. Millions of students dread their math classes and live in fear of the math section of the SAT. But, as Scott Flansburg demonstrates, anyone can put these phobias to rest and deal with essential everyday mathematical calculations with confidence. Learn how to: • Master the basics • The real way addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division work • Simplify calculations through estimation • Quick-check your answers • Convert metric measures to more familiar ones • Figure tips, taxes and percentages- Never get short changed again!

Download or read book Magic Tricks for Grown Ups written by Jon Tremaine and published by . This book was released on 2006-11-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mental Math written by Abhishek VR and published by Ofpad. This book was released on 2019-05-19 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the Mental Math Secrets to Become a Human Calculator! Schools taught you a way to do math that works when you have a pen & paper. But the same methods, takes a lot of effort when you have to do math in your head. This is because it uses a lot of your working memory (the short term memory used to complete a mental task). For example, try to mentally multiply 73,201 x 3. It might take only a few seconds to multiply the individual digits. But if you multiply right to left the way you learnt in school, you will rely on your working memory. You will use it to recall every single digit you calculate to put it back together and get your final answer. You may even find yourself calculating some digits again because you forgot one of the numbers. The difficulty increases further when you have to multiply larger numbers like 732 x 323. You will have to remember numbers across many steps. Mental arithmetic would be a lot easier to do in your head if you didn’t have to remember so many numbers. In school, you learnt to write the down numbers as you calculate to free up your working memory. In mental math, there are many other ways to do the same thing. One of the tricks to free up your working memory is to calculate from left to right instead of right to left. Try multiplying 73,201 x 3 from left to right, starting from 7 x 3 and ending with 1 x 3. You will find yourself calling out the answer before you even finish the whole problem. You can use this trick to solve any math problem in the future. But we have just scratched the surface. There are many more tricks inside the book that make doing mental math as easy as reading a comic. Here is a glimpse of what you will be able to master: • Mentally add large numbers(Example: Add 8739 + 5492 in your head in seconds) • Subtract numbers fast. (Example: Mentally subtract 7520 - 4998 without writing anything down) • Multiplication tricks to multiply three-digit numbers. (Example: Multiply 323 x 123 in your head) • Square large numbers in seconds (Example: Calculate 64 x 64 faster than a calculator) • Mentally divide large numbers (Example: Divide 601324 by 73 entirely in your head) • Quickly check a calculation with 90% accuracy without re-calculating • Overcome math anxiety • Cement your mental math skills with bonus weekly training. This book only has the best techniques used by over 27 mental and Vedic math experts across the world. The techniques in this book are so simple you will wonder why nobody taught you this before. You will be able to master it, even if you have failed math in school. Imagine waking up tomorrow being able to do lightning fast math in your head. Your family & friends will look at you like you are some kind of a genius. Since you do the calculations in your head, you will acquire better mental habits in the process. So you will not just look like a genius. You will actually be one. Buy Now To Become A Human Calculator Every minute you wait to buy this book, is another minute you don't see the benefit of being good with math & numbers. Put the power of mental math to work in your life so you can quickly & easily: • make math and numbers more useful • develop better memory habits • increase concentration • develop new ways to think • and do speed math entirely in your head faster than a calculator! Get your copy today! A MUST BUY for students of Vedic Mathematics, GMAT, GRE, SAT, Case Study Interview and Case Interview.

Download or read book Martin Gardner s Science Magic written by Martin Gardner and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-19 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fun and fascinating, 89 simple magic tricks will teach both children and adults the scientific principles behind electricity, magnetism, sound, gravity, water, and more. Only basic everyday items are needed. Includes 89 black-and-white illustrations.

Download or read book Math for Grownups written by Laura Laing and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-06-18 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wish you'd paid more attention in math class? From third grade to senior year of high school, it went in one ear and out the other, didn't it? But now you're staring at the new washer and dryer, trying to figure out the percentage of sales tax on the purchase price. You multiply something by something, right? Or you're scratching your head, wondering how to compute the odds that your football team will take next Sunday's game. You're pretty sure that involved ratios. The problem is, you can't quite remember. Here you get an adult refresher and real-life context—with examples ranging from how to figure out how many shingles it takes to re-roof the garage to the formula for resizing Mom's tomato sauce recipe for your entire family. Forget higher calculus—you just need an open mind. And with this practical guide, math can stop being scary and start being useful.

Download or read book Maths Sutra written by Gaurav Tekriwal and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you hate mathematics If you have always struggled to solve your maths problems in time If you are scared of complex calculations If you are attempting competitive or board exams Or if you would just like to improve your maths skills This book is for you! Based on the sixteen sutras, vedic maths is practically the only magical principle you need to tackle anything from simple arithmetic to algebra, algorithms, square roots, cube roots, trigonometry and many more mathematical concepts. In this book you will find easy methodology that will help you solve complex questions, and practice exercises that will test your understanding of these concepts. So go ahead, make Maths Sutra your essential guide to mathematics!

Download or read book New Math for Grown Ups written by Robin Satty and published by . This book was released on 2023-08-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Math can be useful in so many areas of our everyday lives: calculating the total cost of groceries, fitting a car into a tight parking spot, figuring out how much time our kids have to get ready and be out the door on time, helping our kids with their homework, and more.For some reason, the math on our kids' homework doesn't look like the math we remember from school. How have they managed to change math?I was as surprised as anyone else that math has changed so much, and that there are actually good reasons for it! The "New Math", as the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and similar standards are often described, is designed to help kids develop a better sense of how math really works. Rather than memorizing times tables, kids are now learning what multiplication means and how they can multiply one-digit, two-digit, and even larger numbers mentally, without writing it out or using a calculator. Rather than memorizing the names of numbers from 1-100, kids are now learning that our number system is a pattern of 0-9 that repeats for every 10, so that counting from 10-19 looks a lot like counting from 80-89 and even 450-459!As grown-ups, we know a lot of this stuff. But we probably had to figure it out on our own. Sometimes, it took a long time before the concepts "clicked". The "New Math" is an attempt to standardize the "clicking", the internal sense of how stuff works and how specific math rules can be extended and applied to other situations.This can look baffling on paper. You'll see rules, words, and tools you've never seen before. That's where I come in. I'm here to interpret all of that for you. I'm hoping to provide a user-friendly guidebook to the "New Math", so you know what's going on, how it connects to what you already know, what your kid needs to do with it, and why they're learning it this way. And most importantly, so you can learn how to confidently help them with their homework.