Everyday Maths for Grown-Ups

✍ Scribed by Poskitt, Kjartan Poskitt

• Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 177
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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! 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.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Dedication
How This Book Came to be Written
Adding
Subtracting
Multiplying
Dividing
The Order of Play
Making a Rough Guess
Fractions
Ratios
Decimals
Powers and Roots
Averages
Algebra
Speed
Percentages
Interest
Measuring Systems and Conversions
Line, Area and Volume
How Does Chance Work?
Extra Maths
Glossary
QED
Acknowledgements