Basic Maths For Dummies

Make numbers dance to your tune –in no time! No head for numbers? Feel like maths isn't your thing? Stop selling yourself short. Maths tutor Colin Beveridge believes that doing maths comes as naturally to humans as swimming does to fish, and he proves it in Basic Maths For Dummies . Encompassing the Adult Numeracy Core Curriculum, and using Colin's proven formula for turning anybody – even the most maths-phobic student – into a natural number-cruncher, this book arms you with the confidence and skills you need to handle everyday maths challenges, return to school, pass skills and employability exams with flying colours, and help the kids with their homework. Face down the competition – overcome maths anxiety and set yourself up for successGet a firm footing – master the building blocks of maths, including addition, subtraction and long divisionTake their measure – size up weights, measures, rates, conversions and geometric shapesShow 'em who's boss – give fractions no quarter, put decimals in their place and accept nothing less than 100% from percentagesBeat the odds – discover how to decipher statistics, gauge odds and predict probabilitiesShoot from the hip – learn simple tricks for making reliable estimates – fastOpen the book and find:Tricks for conquering maths anxietyAddition, subtraction, multiplication and division made easyAdvice on money, weights, measures and shapesHow to read charts, tables and graphs at a glanceGuidance on conquering fractions, decimals and percentagesHow to decipher statistics and probabilitiesHow to handle ballpark estimates and rough calculations in your headLearn to:Add, subtract, multiply and divide with confidenceDeal with decimals, tackle fractions and make sense of percentagesSize up weights, measures and shapesPrepare effectively for maths tests Face down the competition – overcome maths anxiety and set yourself up for success Get a firm footing – master the building blocks of maths, including addition, subtraction and long divisionTake their measure – size up weights, measures, rates, conversions and geometric shapesShow 'em who's boss – give fractions no quarter, put decimals in their place and accept nothing less than 100% from percentagesBeat the odds – discover how to decipher statistics, gauge odds and predict probabilitiesShoot from the hip – learn simple tricks for making reliable estimates – fastOpen the book and find:Tricks for conquering maths anxietyAddition, subtraction, multiplication and division made easyAdvice on money, weights, measures and shapesHow to read charts, tables and graphs at a glanceGuidance on conquering fractions, decimals and percentagesHow to decipher statistics and probabilitiesHow to handle ballpark estimates and rough calculations in your headLearn to:Add, subtract, multiply and divide with confidenceDeal with decimals, tackle fractions and make sense of percentagesSize up weights, measures and shapesPrepare effectively for maths tests Get a firm footing – master the building blocks of maths, including addition, subtraction and long division Take their measure – size up weights, measures, rates, conversions and geometric shapesShow 'em who's boss – give fractions no quarter, put decimals in their place and accept nothing less than 100% from percentagesBeat the odds – discover how to decipher statistics, gauge odds and predict probabilitiesShoot from the hip – learn simple tricks for making reliable estimates – fastOpen the book and find:Tricks for conquering maths anxietyAddition, subtraction, multiplication and division made easyAdvice on money, weights, measures and shapesHow to read charts, tables and graphs at a glanceGuidance on conquering fractions, decimals and percentagesHow to decipher statistics and probabilitiesHow to handle ballpark estimates and rough calculations in your headLearn to:Add, subtract, multiply and divide with confidenceDeal with decimals, tackle fractions and make sense of percentagesSize up weights, measures and shapesPrepare effectively for maths tests Take their measure – size up weights, measures, rates, conversions and geometric shapes Show 'em who's boss – give fractions no quarter, put decimals in their place and accept nothing less than 100% from percentagesBeat the odds – discover how to decipher statistics, gauge odds and predict probabilitiesShoot from the hip – learn simple tricks for making reliable estimates – fastOpen the book and find:Tricks for conquering maths anxietyAddition, subtraction, multiplication and division made easyAdvice on money, weights, measures and shapesHow to read charts, tables and graphs at a glanceGuidance on conquering fractions, decimals and percentagesHow to decipher statistics and probabilitiesHow to handle ballpark estimates and rough calculations in your headLearn to:Add, subtract, multiply and divide with confidenceDeal with decimals, tackle fractions and make sense of percentagesSize up weights, measures and shapesPrepare effectively for maths tests Show 'em who's boss – give fractions no quarter, put decimals in their place and accept nothing less than 100% from percentages Beat the odds – discover how to decipher statistics, gauge odds and predict probabilitiesShoot from the hip – learn simple tricks for making reliable estimates – fastOpen the book and find:Tricks for conquering maths anxietyAddition, subtraction, multiplication and division made easyAdvice on money, weights, measures and shapesHow to read charts, tables and graphs at a glanceGuidance on conquering fractions, decimals and percentagesHow to decipher statistics and probabilitiesHow to handle ballpark estimates and rough calculations in your headLearn to:Add, subtract, multiply and divide with confidenceDeal with decimals, tackle fractions and make sense of percentagesSize up weights, measures and shapesPrepare effectively for maths tests Beat the odds – discover how to decipher statistics, gauge odds and predict probabilities Shoot from the hip – learn simple tricks for making reliable estimates – fastOpen the book and find:Tricks for conquering maths anxietyAddition, subtraction, multiplication and division made easyAdvice on money, weights, measures and shapesHow to read charts, tables and graphs at a glanceGuidance on conquering fractions, decimals and percentagesHow to decipher statistics and probabilitiesHow to handle ballpark estimates and rough calculations in your headLearn to:Add, subtract, multiply and divide with confidenceDeal with decimals, tackle fractions and make sense of percentagesSize up weights, measures and shapesPrepare effectively for maths tests Shoot from the hip – learn simple tricks for making reliable estimates – fast Open the book and find: Tricks for conquering maths anxietyAddition, subtraction, multiplication and division made easyAdvice on money, weights, measures and shapesHow to read charts, tables and graphs at a glanceGuidance on conquering fractions, decimals and percentagesHow to decipher statistics and probabilitiesHow to handle ballpark estimates and rough calculations in your headLearn to:Add, subtract, multiply and divide with confidenceDeal with decimals, tackle fractions and make sense of percentagesSize up weights, measures and shapesPrepare effectively for maths tests Tricks for conquering maths anxiety Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division made easyAdvice on money, weights, measures and shapesHow to read charts, tables and graphs at a glanceGuidance on conquering fractions, decimals and percentagesHow to decipher statistics and probabilitiesHow to handle ballpark estimates and rough calculations in your headLearn to:Add, subtract, multiply and divide with confidenceDeal with decimals, tackle fractions and make sense of percentagesSize up weights, measures and shapesPrepare effectively for maths tests Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division made easy Advice on money, weights, measures and shapesHow to read charts, tables and graphs at a glanceGuidance on conquering fractions, decimals and percentagesHow to decipher statistics and probabilitiesHow to handle ballpark estimates and rough calculations in your headLearn to:Add, subtract, multiply and divide with confidenceDeal with decimals, tackle fractions and make sense of percentagesSize up weights, measures and shapesPrepare effectively for maths tests Advice on money, weights, measures and shapes How to read charts, tables and graphs at a glanceGuidance on conquering fractions, decimals and percentagesHow to decipher statistics and probabilitiesHow to handle ballpark estimates and rough calculations in your headLearn to:Add, subtract, multiply and divide with confidenceDeal with decimals, tackle fractions and make sense of percentagesSize up weights, measures and shapesPrepare effectively for maths tests How to read charts, tables and graphs at a glance Guidance on conquering fractions, decimals and percentagesHow to decipher statistics and probabilitiesHow to handle ballpark estimates and rough calculations in your headLearn to:Add, subtract, multiply and divide with confidenceDeal with decimals, tackle fractions and make sense of percentagesSize up weights, measures and shapesPrepare effectively for maths tests Guidance on conquering fractions, decimals and percentages How to decipher statistics and probabilitiesHow to handle ballpark estimates and rough calculations in your headLearn to:Add, subtract, multiply and divide with confidenceDeal with decimals, tackle fractions and make sense of percentagesSize up weights, measures and shapesPrepare effectively for maths tests How to decipher statistics and probabilities How to handle ballpark estimates and rough calculations in your headLearn to:Add, subtract, multiply and divide with confidenceDeal with decimals, tackle fractions and make sense of percentagesSize up weights, measures and shapesPrepare effectively for maths tests How to handle ballpark estimates and rough calculations in your head Learn to: Add, subtract, multiply and divide with confidenceDeal with decimals, tackle fractions and make sense of percentagesSize up weights, measures and shapesPrepare effectively for maths tests Add, subtract, multiply and divide with confidence Deal with decimals, tackle fractions and make sense of percentagesSize up weights, measures and shapesPrepare effectively for maths tests Deal with decimals, tackle fractions and make sense of percentages Size up weights, measures and shapesPrepare effectively for maths tests Size up weights, measures and shapes Prepare effectively for maths tests Prepare effectively for maths tests Colin Beveridge holds a doctorate in mathematics from the University of St Andrews. He gave up a position as a researcher at Montana State University (working with NASA, among other projects) to become a full-time maths tutor, helping adults, GCSE, A-level and university students overcome their fear of maths – a position he finds 'far more enjoyable than real work'.