Everyday Math for Everyday Life: A Handbook for When It Just Doesn't Add Up
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Mark Ryan
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Practical math skills for daily life decisions.
If you've ever stumbled on splitting a bill, budgeting for groceries, or deciding if that sale really saves you money, this book is for you. It offers clear, simple guidance to help you navigate numbers with confidence in everyday scenarios. It's like having a wise friend who's really good at math always ready to help you out.
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Everyday Math for Everyday Life: A Handbook for When It Just Doesn't Add Up
by
Mark Ryan
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ISBN: 9780446677264
Authors:
Mark Ryan
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date of Publication: 2002-12-01
Format: Paperback
Related Topics:
Finance,
Personal Development,
Self Help,
Business,
How To,
Personal Development,
Productivity
Goodreads rating: 3.55
(rated by 31 readers)
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For everyone who’s ever said, “I’m no good with numbers,” here’s a practical, user-friendly field guide to the math you really need. Your dinner bill came to $78.35, plus tip, divided amongst you and two friends. So how did you end up paying $50? In life, there are plenty of instances where a quick calculation would come in handy. Contrary to popular belief, the ability to calculate a tip, eyeball square area, or convert kilometers to miles—without using your fingers or moving your lips—is not inborn. Everyday math skills can be painlessly learned and easily mastered, transforming you from a person who doesn’t know the meaning of APR into someone who understands credit card rates and their long-term impact on your wallet. Broken into sections which review basic arithmetic from fractions to percents, provide situational problems from cooking to gambling, and demystify terms from statistics to relative magnitude to probability, this is the one guide that anyone who took “Math for English majors” can’t live without.
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Practical math skills for daily life decisions.
If you've ever stumbled on splitting a bill, budgeting for groceries, or deciding if that sale really saves you money, this book is for you. It offers clear, simple guidance to help you navigate numbers with confidence in everyday scenarios. It's like having a wise friend who's really good at math always ready to help you out.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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