Whether you're checking out at the supermarket or cashing in at the stock market, you need a command of basic math to survive in today's number crunching world. But most people have problems with math. A decimal here and an exponent there and you've gone from a balanced checkbook to a multi-trillion-dollar national debt. That's why The Princeton Review created Math Smart. Math Smart's approach is easy to follow. We'll show you how to perform basic math operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Once you've got that down, Math Smart will teach you how to handle the scary stuff like exponents, square roots, geometry, and algebra. How does Math Smart work? It teaches you user-friendly techniques that break down complicated problems and equations into their basic parts. You won't waste your time memorizing dozens of long formulas and equations. We don't promise you'll love math, but after reading Math Smart, you'll never be crunched by numbers again.

Regardless of whether they are housewives or auto mechanics, doctors or lawyers, or students or businessmen, The Smart Guide to Practical Math provides readers with responses to the questions they want answered about everyday math. From how many pounds of hamburger are required to make meatloaf to feed 12 people to how much to invest annually to be able to send a child to college, and whether it’s really a good idea to buy fuel additive for a car, this guide provides readers with practical mathematical formulas that can serve as templates for a number of real-life scenarios.

Sometimes, when you're stumped for a solution to a problem, the best thing to do is to relax. Free your mind. Doodle. Whether you're a budding Picasso or a novice artist, your drawings and scribbles can help you learn even the most difficult concepts. So, get doodling and de-stress your mind--all while you develop marvelous math skills--withDoodle Yourself Smart...Math! * WithDoodle Yourself Smart...Math, you can learn about patterns, prime numbers, and more of math's most fascinating aspects. * This fun and educational book includes more than 100 doodles and problems covering key concepts and ideas. * There's plenty of space for scribbling solutions--but there's also an answer key for when you're positively stumped! It's the perfect refresher course on a subject we all encounter in our daily lives. Let your pencil lead the way! Challenging but rewarding,Doodle Yourself Smart...Math will bring out the genius inside you in no time at all.

Essentials of Managerial Finance Explains the basics of business math for everyday use Includes helpful information on using computer spreadsheets Simplifies the intricacies of statistical analysis and other complex calculations

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Brain Stretching Math Riddles This book is the second in a series of riddles books. It is a collection of 150 brain teasing math riddles and puzzles. Their purpose is to make children think and stretch the mind. They are designed to test logic, lateral thinking as well as memory and to engage the brain in seeing patterns and connections between different things and circumstances. They are laid out in three chapters which get more difficult as you go through the book, in the author's opinion at least. The answers are at the back of the book if all else fails. These are more difficult riddles and are designed to be attempted by children from 10 years onwards, as well as participation from the rest of the family.

Give your child positive math experiences and strong math foundations with Smart Start: Math: Stories and Activities. The colorful activities introduce math concepts in creative ways using math stories to help children recognize number relationships in the world around them. Smart Start: Math: Stories and Activities workbooks provide structured weekly activities to help children practice and learn numbers, counting, measurement, addition and subtraction, shape recognition, and graphing. Audio story read-alouds with colorful illustrations help students learn math concepts and make connections to the real world. Illustrated activities provide meaningful practice in a variety of formats, giving children multiple opportunities to achieve understanding. Math activities: - Provide strong math foundations that teach the most important math skills. - Include creative and fun lessons that help children create positive math connections. - Provide reward stickers to motivate children to complete the activities. - Include audio stories that incorporate reading comprehension and vocabulary to demonstrate how math works in the real world. Smart Start: Math: Stories and Activities is organized into weekly lessons around one math skill or strategy. Each unit begins with activities that have simple tasks that help children better understand the concept. Children gain confidence as they compete each activity and gradually progress to completing more difficult math tasks. Each unit includes: - Math stories: audio read-aloud stories help children experience math with real-world problem solving. - Math practice activities: introduce one skill/concept per week. - Write It! activities: build math vocabulary, beginning writing, and fine motor skills. Throughout this early learning series, children will practice essential foundational math skills, such as: - Beginning counting - Shapes - Patterns - Measurement - Addition and subtraction Includes answer key.

Looking for challenging activities to jump-start your students' minds at the beginning of each math class? Look no further! Super Smart Mathprovides just the answer teachers need to grab students' attention and help prepare them for the day's lesson. Organized by mathematical topics, the book offers 180 days worth of activities, problems, and critical thinking challenges that become increasingly difficult as the students progress through each section. Super Smart Mathmakes math exciting for your brightest students by including situations and problems that are relevant to their everyday lives. Your students will look forward to math class each day!