MASTERING NUMBERS Everyday Mathematics Made Simple

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Author(s): Andrew Jeffrey
Series: -
Year: 0

Language: English
Pages: 106

Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Introduction......Page 8
The trouble with numbers......Page 11
Numbers as a concept......Page 15
How numbers behave......Page 16
Number patterns......Page 18
Progress?......Page 22
All in your head......Page 25
Developing your mental muscles......Page 29
The electronic brain......Page 31
Magic maths: 6801......Page 33
Conversion benchmarks......Page 34
Fibonacci......Page 35
Parts of a whole......Page 38
Mentally calculating percentages......Page 42
Ratios and proportions......Page 43
The golden ratio......Page 47
Meaningful averages......Page 50
A is for algebra......Page 52
Number bases......Page 55
Interlude: famous mathematicians......Page 58
Market forces......Page 61
The value of estimating......Page 64
Savings and loans......Page 66
The money market......Page 69
Navigation......Page 71
Statistics: should we trust them?......Page 74
It’s all a matter of scale......Page 77
Chance and probability......Page 79
The Monty Hall problem......Page 81
What are the odds?......Page 83
Zero: something and nothing......Page 85
Prime numbers......Page 87
Codes: a mathematical enigma......Page 89
Utter chaos!......Page 91
Discovering fractals......Page 92
A world without numbers?......Page 93
Into the world of the unreal......Page 95
Solutions......Page 96
Further reading......Page 101
Author’s website......Page 102
Acknowledgments......Page 103
Picture credits......Page 104
Copyright......Page 106