Everyday Math For Dummies by Charles Seiter

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Although there are people who live to solve complex computational problems, this book is not for them. It instead appeals to the math phobics and math avoiders--those of us who breathed a great sigh of relief when we left school and who vowed never to deal with numbers again. Unfortunately, that's a pledge that's hard to keep in the real world. Math is all around us, rearing its ugly head every time we sit down to balance the checkbook, decipher the fine print in a credit agreement, or figure the tip at a restaurant. Every day presents some sort of mathematical challenge. In this immensely entertaining book, Charles Seiter presents a crash course in everyday math, using a few simple examples to illustrate the principles underlying personal finance, economics--even gambling, sports, and news statistics. Filled with practical tips and shortcuts, and sprinkled through with "fun facts," here at last is an accessible guide offering real help for the mathematically challenged. B&W illus.

From the Publisher

After you graduated from high school, college, or even graduate school you might have vowed never to deal with math again, right? But everyday, you’re faced with some form of math, from balancing your checkbook to tipping your server at a restaurant. Well, there’s no reason to be intimidated when it comes to math, and this book will show you why.

Everyday Math for Dummies is intended to be a quick, enjoyable adult-oriented course in the aspects of math you need all the time. Whether you’re looking for a refresher on math skills you might have forgotten or want to obtain math skills you never fully understood, Everyday Math For Dummies can help you discover the answers to all kinds of problems.

Everyday Math For Dummies helps build your skills so that you can better deal with all sorts of stressful math situations, from refinancing your house to evaluating business news and understanding sports statistics. There’s even a fun chapter on puzzles! With this book as your guide, you’ll be able to:

• Finally make sense of your checkbook

• Master the simplest tipping rules in the world

• Calculate compound interest like an investment pro

• Understand the math of refinancing and debt management

• Decipher the fine print in a credit card agreement

• Figure percentages easily with a calculator, on paper, or in your head

• Get a handle on all that stuff from high school—algebra, geometry, and trig

Everyday Math For Dummies can help you take charge of your life. Complete with a tear-out cheat sheet for youto keep handy for when the kids need help with their homework or you need help completing your tax return, this book makes math easy.

Product Details

• ISBN: 1568842481
  
• ISBN-13: 9781568842486
• Format: Paperback, 384pp
• Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
• Pub. Date: January 1995
• Edition Number: 1
• Sales Rank: 98,222
• Series: Dummies Series

• Table of Contents

Table of Contents