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Everyday math demystified, Stan Gibilisco

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 428-429) and index

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Everyday math demystified

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Stan Gibilisco

Demystified series

A comprehensive overview of everyday mathematics, including terminology, numbers, measurements, fractions, graphs, and more. Includes exam questions with answers

Expressing Quantities -- Numbers and Arithmetic -- Sets -- Numbering Systems -- Integers -- Rational, Irrational, and Real Numbers -- Number Operations -- More Principles Worth Memorizing -- Still More Principles -- Quiz -- How Variables Relate -- This versus That -- Simple Graphs -- Tweaks, Trends, and Correlation -- Quiz -- Extreme Numbers -- Subscripts and Superscripts -- Power-of-10 Notation -- In Action -- Approximation and Precedence -- Significant Figures -- Quiz -- How Things Are Measured -- Systems of Units -- Base Units in SI -- Other Units in SI -- Conversions -- Quiz -- Test: Part 1 -- Finding Unknowns -- Basic Algebra -- Single-Variable Linear Equations -- Two-by-Two Linear Equations -- Quiz -- More Algebra -- Quadratic Equations -- Beyond Reality -- One-Variable, Higher-Order Equations -- Quiz -- A Statistics Sampler -- Experiments and Variables -- Populations and Samples -- Distributions -- More Definitions -- Quiz -- Taking Chances -- The Probability Fallacy -- Properties of Outcomes -- Permutations and Combinations -- Quiz -- Test: Part 2 -- Shapes and Places -- Geometry on the Flats -- Fundamental Rules -- Triangles -- Quadrilaterals -- Circles and Ellipses -- Quiz -- Geometry in Space -- Points, Lines, and Planes -- Straight-Edged Objects -- Cones, Cylinders, and Spheres -- Quiz -- Graphing It -- The Cartesian Plane -- Straight Lines in the Cartesian Plane -- The Polar Coordinate Plane -- Some Examples -- Quiz -- A Taste of Trigonometry -- More about Circles -- Primary Circular Functions -- Secondary Circular Functions -- The Right Triangle Model -- Pythagorean Extras -- Quiz -- Test: Part 3 -- Math in Science -- Vectors and 3D -- Vectors in the Cartesian Plane -- Rectangular 3D Coordinates -- Vectors in Cartesian Three-Space -- Flat Planes in Space -- Straight Lines in Space -- Quiz -- Growth and Decay -- Growth by Addition -- Growth by Multiplication -- Exponential Functions -- Rules for Exponentials -- Logarithms -- Rules for Logarithms -- Graphs Based on Logarithms -- Quiz -- How Things Move -- Mass and Force -- Displacement -- Speed and Velocity -- Acceleration -- Momentum -- Quiz -- Test: Part 4