
Math Magic
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Millions of otherwise successful adults are afraid to balance their checkbooks and don't know how to figure interest on savings or credit. Millions of students dread their math classes and live in fear of the math section of the SAT. But, as Scott Flansburg, "the human calculator," demonstrates in this revised edition, anyone can put these phobias to rest and deal with essential everyday mathematical calculations with confidence!
. Master the basics
. The real way addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division work
. Simplify calculations through estimation
. Quick-check your answers
. Convert metric measures to more familiar ones
. Figure tips, taxes, and percentages-and never get shortchanged again!
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Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: The Basics
- Chapter Zero
- 1. Five Keys to Human Calculating
- 2. Addition
- 3. Cross-Multiplication
- 4. Complementary Multiplication
- 5. Box Multiplication
- 6. Squaring
- 7. A Hatful of Multiplication Tricks
- 8. Subtraction
- 9. Division
- 10. A Hatful of Division Tricks
- Part II: Parts of Numbers
- 11. Finding Square Roots
- 12. Finding Cube Roots
- 13. Fractions and Decimals
- 14. Percentages
- Part III: Handy Things to Know
- 15. Simplifying Math by Estimating
- 16. Quick-Check Your Answers
- 17. How We Measure Things
- 18. The Calendar Formula
- Part IV: Math in Real Life
- 19. Tips, Tax, and Change
- 20. Time: Jet Lag, Military Hours, Telling Time
- 21. How Big Is the Back Forty?
- Part V: The Next Step
- 22. Introducing Algebra
- 23. A Test of Your Human Calculating
- Part VI: Appendices
- Glossary
- Tables
- Tables of Weights and Measures
- The Metric System
- Conversion Table-Metric and English Systems
- Compound Interest, Annuities, Sinking Funds, Amortization
- Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots of Numbers
- Answers to Math Problems
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Books by Scott Flansburg
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
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