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The little green math book : 30 powerful principles for building math and numeracy skills / Brandon Royal.

By: Publication details: Calgary : Maven Pub., 2010.Description: 235 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781897393505
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA40 .R69 2010
Contents:
1. Basic Numeracy Ingredients. Percentages -- Ratios and proportions -- Reciprocals -- Order of operations -- 2. Wonderful Math Recipes. Overlap scenarios -- Matrix scenarios -- Mixture scenarios -- Weighted average scenarios -- 3. Favorite Numeracy Dishes. Markup vs. margin -- Price, cost, volume, and profit -- Break-even point -- Aggregate costs vs. per-unit costs -- Efficiency -- Distribution and allocation -- 4. Special Math Garnishments. Translating basic graphs -- Line graphs, pie charts, and bar charts -- Correlation -- Measures of average and dispersion -- Statistical significance -- Numeracy principles 1 to 30 -- The world of numbers.
Summary: The Little Green Math Book reads like a collection of math recipes to help us blend problems, principles, and approaches in creating our own lineup of splendid math cuisine. Anlong with 30 of the most fundamental, recurring math principles and rules, you'll find a three-tier system to rate problems -- one chili (mild), two chilies (hot), and three chilies (very hot).
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks QA40 .R69 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001162394

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-232) and index.

1. Basic Numeracy Ingredients. Percentages -- Ratios and proportions -- Reciprocals -- Order of operations -- 2. Wonderful Math Recipes. Overlap scenarios -- Matrix scenarios -- Mixture scenarios -- Weighted average scenarios -- 3. Favorite Numeracy Dishes. Markup vs. margin -- Price, cost, volume, and profit -- Break-even point -- Aggregate costs vs. per-unit costs -- Efficiency -- Distribution and allocation -- 4. Special Math Garnishments. Translating basic graphs -- Line graphs, pie charts, and bar charts -- Correlation -- Measures of average and dispersion -- Statistical significance -- Numeracy principles 1 to 30 -- The world of numbers.

The Little Green Math Book reads like a collection of math recipes to help us blend problems, principles, and approaches in creating our own lineup of splendid math cuisine. Anlong with 30 of the most fundamental, recurring math principles and rules, you'll find a three-tier system to rate problems -- one chili (mild), two chilies (hot), and three chilies (very hot).

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