Product Overview
After you graduated from high school, college, or even graduate school you might have vowed never to deal with math again, right? But everyday, youre faced with some form of math, from balancing your checkbook to tipping your server at a restaurant. Well, theres 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 youre 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. Theres even a fun chapter on puzzles! With this book as your guide, youll 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 schoolalgebra, geometry, and trig
