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All the math you'll ever need : a self-teaching guide / Carolyn C. Wheater, Steve Slavin.

Wheater, Carolyn C., 1951- (author.). Slavin, Steve, 1939- (author.).

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"All the Math You'll Ever Need, Third Edition is a practical, accessible guide that helps readers understand mathematical concepts that directly apply to daily life tasks. From learning to calculate monthly mortgage payments and time to pay off a credit card balance, this book helps readers understand how and why mathematical concepts work. This revised edition will reflect recent changes in rates, prices, and wages. It will also incorporate information on intelligent and efficient use of calculators and introduce mental math techniques that improve estimation skills. The primary addition to this revision is a new statistics chapter that features basic coverage of measures of spread and understanding common graphs"-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781119719182
  • ISBN: 1119719186
  • Physical Description: xi, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: Third edition.
  • Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, a Wiley brand, [2022]

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General Note:
Revised edition of: All the math you'll ever need by Steve Slavin. Rev. ed. c1999.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Getting started -- Essential arithmetic -- Focus on multiplication -- Focus on division -- Mental math -- Positive and negative numbers -- Fractions -- Decimals -- Converting fractions and decimals -- Ratios and proportions -- Solving problems -- Area and perimeter -- Circumference and area -- Percentages -- Solving simple equations -- Powers and roots -- Very large and very small numbers -- Algebra problems -- Interest rates -- Rate, time, and distance -- Personal finance -- Business math -- A taste of statistics -- Review.

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Subject: Mathematics.
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  • 3 of 3 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library Adults 510 WHE Nonfiction (Text) 34007002483761 Adult Area New Available -
Reading Public Library RPL - Main 510 Whe (Text) 33223008957986 Non-fiction Available -
Allentown Public Library 510 WHEA (Text) 34455006955005 Adult Nonfiction 1st FL Available -

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