Understanding math has never been easier.
Combining bold, elegant graphics with easy-to-understand text, Simply Math is the perfect introduction to the subject for those who are short on time but hungry for knowledge.
Covering more than 80 key mathematical theories from prime numbers and matrices to logarithms and quadratic equations, each pared-back, single-page entry explains the concept more clearly than ever before.
Organized by major themes – number theory and systems; algebra, arithmetic, and calculus; probability and statistics; geometry and topology; logic, game theory, and computer science – entries demystify the groundbreaking ideas of famous mathematicians such as Pythagoras, Pierre de Fermat, Fibonacci, and Henri Poincaré, explaining the essentials of each key mathematical theory.
Whether you are studying math in high school or college, or simply want a jargon-free overview of the subject, this indispensable guide is packed with everything you need to understand the basics quickly and easily.
Author(s): DK
Series: DK Simply
Edition: 1
Publisher: DK
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 160
Tags: number theory; algebra; arithmetic; calculus; probability and statistics; geometry and topology; logic; game theory; computer science
CONTENTS
WHAT IS MATH?
NUMBERS
NUMBERS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO
BREAKING NUMBERS
POSITIONING THE POINT
PARTS OF 100
THE X FACTOR
PRIME TIME
MULTIPLIED BY ITSELF
PUZZLING POWERS
PRIME BUILDERS
NOTATING GREAT AND SMALL
A DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING
NUMBER SETS
DIFFERENT BASES
GROUP RULES
CALCULATIONS
TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK
THREE THREES ARE?
EQUAL SPLIT
HUNDREDTHS AND THOUSANDTHS
MORE OR LESS
FRACTION SUMS
GEOMETRY
MEASURING TURN
PARALLEL RULES
FLAT SHAPES
FLAT WITH THREE SIDES
FOUR-SIDED FIGURES
THE SUM OF MANY ANGLES
3D SHAPES
MAKING PLANS
MULTIPLE COPIES
PLOTTING POINTS
TRANSFORMING SHAPES
SHAPE-SHIFTING
4D GEOMETRY
ZOOMING IN
ALGEBRA
BUILDING BLOCKS
KEEP IT SIMPLE
USING POWERS
RESHAPING EXPRESSIONS
DEFINING RELATIONSHIPS
A BALANCING ACT
WHAT ARE QUADRATIC EQUATIONS?
SOLVING BY SUBSTITUTION
NOT ALL EQUATIONS ARE EQUAL
WHAT NEXT?
UNIQUE NUMBER PATTERNS
GRAPHS
FUNCTION MACHINES
PLOTTING A LINEAR EQUATION
PARABOLAS
GRAPHING EQUATIONS
USING REAL-WORLD DATA
RATIO AND PROPORTION
COMPARING AMOUNTS
COMPARISON RELATIONSHIPS
CALCULATING CHANGE
ADDING UP OVER TIME
PROPORTIONAL CHANGES
IDEAL PROPORTIONS
EXPONENTIAL GROWTH
MEASURE
MADE TO MEASURE
A MATTER OF TIME
THE AREA OF SHAPES
TALKING IN CIRCLES
SPACE FILLER
A NET RESULT
A DEGREE OF ACCURACY
RIGHT-ANGLED TRIANGLES
SCALE FACTOR
SIMILAR OR THE SAME?
CALCULATING WITH TRIANGLES
TRIGONOMETRY IN ACTION
OBLIQUE TRIANGLES
COMBINING UNITS
SETS OF POINTS
MAGNITUDE AND DIRECTION
WHAT IS THE MATRIX?
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY
ARE STATISTICS VITAL?
SURVEYS AND SAMPLES
DATA CHARTS
MAKING SENSE OF DATA
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
FINDING CONNECTIONS
MEASURING CHANCE
COUNTING OUTCOMES
IN A PERFECT WORLD
TESTING THE ODDS
TREE OF POSSIBILITY
PART OF THE UNION
IT DEPENDS
DATA MAPS
VERY UNLIKELY EVENTS
CALCULUS
MEASURING CHANGE
CHANGING VALUES
SUMMATION OF QUANTITIES
AREA UNDER A CURVE
INVERSE PROCESSES
PRACTICAL CALCULUS
INDEX
