All the Math You'll Ever Need : A Self-Teaching Guide

Slavin, Steve

ISBN 10: 0471317519 / ISBN 13: 9780471317517

Published by Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, 1999

About this Item

Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: All the Math You'll Ever Need : A Self-Teaching Guide
• Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471317519
• ISBN 13: 9780471317517
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A sharp mind, like a healthy body, is subject to the same rule of 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 figure you need? Turn to this revised and updated edition of All the Math You'll Ever Need, the friendliest, funniest, and easiest workout program around.

In no time, you'll have total command of all the powerful mathematical tools needed to make numbers work for you. In a dollars-and-cents, bottom-line world, where numbers influence everything, 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 and professional needs, with examples based on everyday situations.
• Offers straightforward techniques for working with decimals and fractions.
• Demonstrates simple ways to figure discounts, calculate mortgage interest rates, and work out time, rate, and distance problems.
• Contains no complex formulas and no unnecessary technical terms.

About the Author

STEVE SLAVIN, Ph.D., is a professor of economics at Union County College in Cranford, New Jersey. He is the author of several textbooks and self-teaching guides, including Quick Business Math, Math for Your First and Second Grader, and Economics (all from Wiley).