Whether you are returning to school, studying for an adult numeracy
test, helping your kids with homework, or seeking the confidence
that a firm maths foundation provides in everyday encounters, Basic
Maths For Dummies, UK Edition, provides the content you need to
improve your basic maths skills. Based upon the Adult Numeracy Core
Curriculum, this title covers such topics as: * Getting started
with the building blocks of maths and setting yourself up for
success * Dealing with decimals, percentages and tackling fractions
without fear * Sizing Up weights, measures, and shapes * How to
handle statistics and gauge probability Filled with real-world
examples and written by a PhD-level mathematician who specialises
in tutoring adults and students, Basic Maths For Dummies also
provides practical advice on overcoming maths anxiety and a host of
tips, tricks, and memory aids that make learning maths (almost)
painless - and even fun.
Make numbers dance to your tune -in no time!
No head for numbers? Feel like maths isn't your thing? Stop
selling yourself short. Maths tutor Colin Beveridge believes that
doing maths comes as naturally to humans as swimming does to fish,
and he proves it in Basic Maths For Dummies. Encompassing the Adult
Numeracy Core Curriculum, and using Colin's proven formula for
turning anybody - even the most maths-phobic student - into a
natural number-cruncher, this book arms you with the confidence and
skills you need to handle everyday maths challenges, return to
school, pass skills and employability exams with flying colours,
and help the kids with their homework.
Face down the competition - overcome maths anxiety and set yourself
up for success
Get a firm footing - master the building blocks of maths, including
addition, subtraction and long division
Take their measure - size up weights, measures, rates, conversions
and geometric shapes
Show 'em who's boss - give fractions no quarter, put
decimals in their place and accept nothing less than 100% from
percentages
Beat the odds - discover how to decipher statistics, gauge odds and
predict probabilities
Shoot from the hip - learn simple tricks for making reliable
estimates - fast
Open the book and find:
Tricks for conquering maths anxiety
Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division made easy
Advice on money, weights, measures and shapes
How to read charts, tables and graphs at a glance
Guidance on conquering fractions, decimals and percentages
How to decipher statistics and probabilities
How to handle ballpark estimates and rough calculations in your
head
Learn to:
Add, subtract, multiply and divide with confidence
Deal with decimals, tackle fractions and make sense of
percentages
Size up weights, measures and shapes
Prepare effectively for maths tests
Colin Beveridge holds a doctorate in mathematics from the University of St Andrews. He gave up a position as a researcher at Montana State University (working with NASA, among other projects) to become a full-time maths tutor, helping adults, GCSE, A-level and university students overcome their fear of maths - a position he finds 'far more enjoyable than real work'.
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Introduction 1 Part I: Whole Numbers: The Building Blocks of Maths 7 Chapter 1: Getting Started 9 Chapter 2: Setting Yourself Up for Success 23 Chapter 3: It All Adds Up: Addition and Subtraction 35 Chapter 4: Equal Piles: Multiplying and Dividing 53 Chapter 5: Are We Nearly There Yet? Rounding and Estimating 75 Part II: Parts of the Whole 89 Chapter 6: Cake or Death: Fractions without Fear 91 Chapter 7: What's the Point? Dealing with Decimals 107 Chapter 8: It's All Relative: Ratios and Proportions 123 Chapter 9: Perfect Percentages, 100% of the Time 137 Part III: Sizing Up Weights, Shapes and Measures 151 Chapter 10: Clocking Time 153 Chapter 11: Working with Cold, Hard Cash 163 Chapter 12: Taking the Weight Off Your Shoulders 175 Chapter 13: Feeling the Heat 189 Chapter 14: That's About the Size of It 203 Chapter 15: Shaping Up 223 Part IV: Statistically Speaking 237 Chapter 16: Data Mining (No Hard Hat Required) 239 Chapter 17: Top of the Charts 255 Chapter 18: Average Joe 275 Chapter 19: What Are the Chances? 289 Part V: The Part of Tens 305 Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Prepare Yourself Before You Start Studying 307 Chapter 21: Ten Tricks for Remembering Your Number Facts 313 Chapter 22: Ten Pitfalls to Avoid 323 Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Make Any Exam Easier 327 Index 333
