Understanding Maths
Understanding Maths
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Go to cartISBN: 9789385919480
Bind: Paperback
Year: 2020
Pages: 224
Size: 140 x 210 mm
Publisher: Studymates Limited
Published in India by: Viva Books
Exclusive Distributors: Viva Books
Sales Territory: India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Description:
Step-by-step guidance for entry-level learners and business students
Do you find it difficult to cope with fractions, percentages, averages, decimals, angles, areas, volume, or other number and data-related work” Can you keep up with your children's homework” Are you enrolled on an arts, social sciences or business course in further and higher education or a training course for work” If you fall into any of these categories, this is the book for you.
Written by an experienced and sympathetic teacher, Understanding Maths will help you master step-by-step the important skills involved in gaining confidence with maths. Whether you are just starting at college or university, or a mature student, Understanding Maths explains in easy steps everything you need for successful number and data handling .
Key areas covered include:
- numbers and place value
- calculating with percentages
- using a calculator
- areas and volume
- probabilities and chance
- dealing with fractions
- working with decimals
- angles and turning
- data handling
- estimating and checking
Target Audience:
Students and Academicians of Mathematics.
Contents:
Foreword by Arthur C Clarke • Preface to the third edition • Preface to the first edition
Chapter 1: Place Value: One-minute overview • Where numbers come from • What is place value” • Directed numbers • Mental maths • Tutorial
Chapter 2: Dealing with Fractions • One-minute overview • What is a fraction” • Tutorial
Chapter 3: Percentages • One-minute overview • What do the words per cent mean” • Tutorial
Chapter 4: Working with Decimals • One-minute overview • The meaning of place value • Rounding to decimal places • Tutorial
Chapter 5: Using a Calculator • One-minute overview • Why use a calculator” • The keyboard layout • The main keys for basic maths • Tutorial
Chapter 6: Angles, Turning and Pythagoras • One-minute overview • Turning • Angles • Triangles • The theorem of Pythagoras • Tutorial
Chapter 7: Area and Volume • One-minute overview • Perimeter • Finding areas • Finding volumes • Surface area and volumes of prisms • Tutorial
Chapter 8: Handling Data • One-minute overview • Importance of data handling • Averages • Displaying data • Variables and correlation • Tutorial
Chapter 9: Analysing Data • One-minute overview • Measures of central tendency • Measures of spread • Data-handling techniques • Tutorial
Chapter 10: Algebra • One-minute overview • Multiples and factors • Solving linear equations • Changing the subject • Tutorial
Chapter 11: Spreadsheets • One-minute overview” How to start Excel • How to magnify or reduce the display • How to move and school through a worksheet • Inserting the same information in several worksheets at once • Tutorial
Appendix • One-minute overview • Personal development profiles • Bad managers • How to complete a PDP • Make a 90-day action plan • Why mathematics counts
Answers to questions • Glossary • Web sites for maths students • Index
About the Author:
Graham Lawler has taught for over twenty years, and is a former head of mathematics. He has acted as a consultant for both the BBC and Channel 4 Television and is the author of a bestselling BBC Book. He broadcasts on radio as “Mr Educator”.
