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1) Arithmetic
Author
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Educator Paul Lockhart's goal is to demystify arithmetic: to bring the subject to life in a fun and accessible way, and to reveal its profound and simple beauty, as seen through the eyes of a modern research mathematician. The craft of arithmetic arises from our natural desire to count, arrange, and compare quantities. Over the centuries, humans have devised a wide variety of strategies for representing and manipulating numerical information: tally...
3) Finite math
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Finite math takes everything you've learned in your previous math courses and brings them together into one course with a focus on organizing and analyzing information, creating mathematical models for approaching business decisions, using statistics principles to understand future states, and applying logic to data organization.Finite Math For Dummies tracks to a typical college-level course designed for business, computer science, accounting, and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Visible Ink Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"From modern-day challenges such as balancing a checkbook, following the stock market, buying a home, and figuring out credit card finance charges to appreciating historical developments by Pythagoras, Archimedes, Newton, and other mathematicians, this engaging resource addresses more than 1,000 questions related to mathematics. Organized into chapters that cluster similar topics in an easily accessible format, this reference provides clear and concise...
Author
Publisher
Well-Trained Mind Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Giving your preschooler a great start in math doesn't have to be complicated. Learn how to use fun but purposeful games and activities to give your young child the best possible foundation. Preschool Math at Home will guide you step-by-step as you introduce your preschooler to the world of numbers. Your child will develop a thorough understanding of the numbers up to ten, including: counting, comparing and ordering numbers, recognizing written numerals,...
9) Finding Fibonacci: the quest to rediscover the forgotten mathematical genius who changed the world
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In 2000, Keith Devlin set out to research the life and legacy of the medieval mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, popularly known as Fibonacci, whose book Liber abbaci has quite literally affected the lives of everyone alive today. Although he is most famous for the Fibonacci numbers--which, it so happens, he didn't invent--Fibonacci's greatest contribution was as an expositor of mathematical ideas at a level ordinary people could understand. In 1202,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Barrons Test Prep
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"This new edition in Barron's Easy Way Series contains everything students need to prepare for a math class. Math: The Easy Way provides key content review and practice exercises to help students learn math the easy way. Topics covered in this detailed review of algebra include whole numbers, fractions, percentages, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, word problems, probability, and statistics. Math: The Easy Way includes a diagnostic test to identify...
11) Quick(er) calculations: how to add, subtract, multiply, divide, square, and square root more swiftly
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
How fast can you calculate? Would you like to be faster? This book presents the time honored tricks and tips of calculation, from a fresh perspective, to boost the speed at which you can add -- whether a couple of numbers, or columns so long an accountant may faint. Find out how to subtract, multiply, divide, and find square roots more quickly. What's more, this book gives suggestions for how to find answers that are “good enough” for tricky tasks...
Author
Publisher
J. Wiley
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
The sequel to the runaway success Rapid Math Tricks and Tips, this book is packed with even more fun and useful math shortcuts that can be done without a calculator. Among the tricks covered are subtracting without borrowing, squaring virtually are number in seconds, and the sublime art of "multiplying in chunks". Offers 54 math tricks.
Author
Series
Publisher
Barron's
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Everybody uses arithmetic on virtually a daily basis, and this book serves as a brush-up for general readers while it also helps students master basic skills that they need before moving up to high-school-level math and beyond. It reviews addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, then moves on to calculating with fractions, decimals, and percentages. A concluding chapter reviews units of measurement and word problems. Chapters are filled...
Author
Series
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Learn addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers, integers, fractions, decimals, and algebraic expressions, as well as plotting points, graphing lines, and measuring length, weight, capacity, and time.
Publisher
Peterson's
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Peterson's Master the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam is a comprehensive preparation tool for candidates taking the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (PTCE). With its content aligned with the current PTCE blueprint, this guide provides hundreds of practice questions and answers to boost test-taking confidence. Also, features up-to-date details about pharmacy technician certification requirements, earning the Certified Pharmacy Technician...
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