Everyday Maths for Grown-ups

Getting to grips with the basics

Kjartan Poskitt (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2015
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78243-335-4 (ISBN)

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This book contains all the shortcuts, fun tricks and new approaches you need to tackle even complex calculations with confidence. Includes how to check a till receipt quickly, money and percentages and converting metres, litres and grams.

A fresh and fun approach to numbers that will help you master the sticky maths problems we all encounter in everyday life.

This light-hearted guide revisits all of the practical explanations, shortcuts and tricks you may or may not have learned at school. 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. Everyday Maths for Grown-ups will take you back to the basics and is here to help, with chapters on:

* How to check a till receipt quickly
* Money and percentages
* Tips to convert metres, litres and grams

This book contains all the shortcuts, fun tricks and new approaches you need to tackle even complex calculations with confidence, and will have even the most anxious numerophobe juggling figures in no time!

Kjartan Poskitt is the author of the successful 'Murderous Maths' series of books, which have been translated into over twenty languages and has presented numerous BBC education programmes on the subject.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.3.2015
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Mathematische Spiele und Unterhaltung
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
ISBN-10	1-78243-335-X / 178243335X
ISBN-13	978-1-78243-335-4 / 9781782433354
Zustand	Neuware