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<p>Introduction 1</p> <p><b>Part I: Boning Up on Math Basics 7</b></p> <p>Chapter 1: Awesome Operations: Math Fundamentals 9</p> <p>Chapter 2: High School Reunion: Revisiting Key Principles of Algebra and Geometry 27</p> <p>Chapter 3: Becoming a Believer: Conversion, Statistics, Probability and More 47</p> <p>Chapter 4: The Miracle of Mental Math 59</p> <p><b>Part II: Math for Everyday Activities 71</b></p> <p>Chapter 5: Let’s Make a Deal! Math You Use When Shopping 73</p> <p>Chapter 6: Mmm, Mmm, Good: Kitchen Calculations 97</p> <p>Chapter 7: It Does a Body Good: Math for Health and Well-Being 109</p> <p>Chapter 8: Putting Geometry to Work at Home 129</p> <p>Chapter 9: Math and Statistics around Town and on the Road 141</p> <p><b>Part III: Math to Manage Your Personal Finances 161</b></p> <p>Chapter 10: Budgets, Bank Accounts, Credit Cards, and More 163</p> <p>Chapter 11: Key Principles of Investment Math 183</p> <p>Chapter 12: Covering Your Assets: Insurance Math 203</p> <p>Chapter 13: Taking Math to Work 215</p> <p>Chapter 14: How Taxing! (Almost) Understanding the Government 229</p> <p><b>Part IV: The Part of Tens 241</b></p> <p>Chapter 15: Ten Quick Calculations You Can Do in Your Head 243</p> <p>Chapter 16: Ten Activities That Build Math Skills 249</p> <p>Index 255</p> <p> </p>

<p><b>Barry Schoenborn</b>, a longtime math, science, and technical writer, is the coauthor of <i>Technical Math For Dummies, Medical Dosage Calculations For Dummies, </i>and<i> Physician Assistant Exam For Dummies.</i></p>

<p>Learn to:</p> <ul> <li>Get the skills you need to tackle everyday math problems</li> <li>Know which math to use when shopping, driving, and investing</li> <li>Brush up on basic math skills and concepts</li> </ul> <p>Brush up on the math skills you need in your everyday life</p> <p>Need to sharpen your math skills to handle everyday encounters, like calculating restaurant tips, understanding interest rates, and figuring out percentages and odds? Packed with real-world examples, <i>Math For Real Life For Dummies</i> gives you plain-English explanations of the simple math formulas and operations you're likely to encounter in the workplace, the kitchen, and even when playing games.</p> <ul> <li>Brush up on the basics — get basic math from counting and simple arithmetic to broader concepts like statistics</li> <li>Math to the rescue — discover how to do the calculations that spring up while shopping, cooking, dining out, trying to lose weight, and more</li> <li>Manage money with math — get a handle on the general principles, specialized terms, and strategies to create a budget, better manage your bank account and check register, avoid credit card debt, and invest more wisely</li> <li>Room for improvement —see calculations you can do in your head and games you can play to build your math skills and sharpen your critical thinking</li> </ul> <p>Open the book and find:</p> <ul> <li>Math tricks that help you perform quick calculations in your head</li> <li>Ways to apply math formulas and principles to craft, home improvement, and yard projects</li> <li>How to make conversions, understand statistics, calculate odds, use percentages, and more</li> <li>Math solutions for day-to-day activities such as cooking, dining out, shopping, and banking</li> <li>Ten games that build math skills</li> </ul>

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